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VOI* XXVIII, NO. 97 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY, OCT. 8,
1934
I 43 Wilkes Boys
EnroDu!^ Today
^ b C. C. Camps
^Son of Hauptmann
Left Today For Greensboro
To Be Examined Before
Enlistment
REUEF FAMILIES
ef Burden Lessened; Part
of Boys’ Pay Goes To
Relatives
Forty-three Wilkes county boys
left today for Greensboro, where
they will take examination for en-
listme'.^ in the civilian conserva
tion camps.
The boys who enlist today will
go directly from Greensboro to
the camps designated without pre
liminary training at Fort Bragg
the former custom,
■m^cmlhs from Wilkes were se-
l«Sted by Mrs. G. G. Foster, relief
director for the county. She made
the selections on the basis of merit
of the applicants and the help
they would be to the families at
home. Since a greater part of
Kiwanians Hear
Judge Oglesby’s
TalkOn^phabet
Interesting Historical Ad
dress Given By Jurist To
Local Club
INTERNATIONAL ROAD
Letter Regarding Canada-
Mexico Highway Brought
To Club’s Attention
New York . . . Here Is inno
cent little Manfred Hauptmann,
10 months old. whose father,
Bruno Hauptmann is held In con
nection with the Lindbergh case.
The only breakdown by Haupt
mann occurred when his little
son was brought to see him.
C. E. Lenderman’s
Store Is Robbed
their $.30 per month goes for the (
benefit of their families, the 43
quota will lessen the relief burden
in the county to a great extent
and take several families from the
relief rolls.
Thieves Take $10 in Cash and
Undetermined Amount of
Merchandise
Fred Hubbard
Heads Students
Elected President of North
Wilkesboro Student Body
Thursday
Fred Hubbard, a .son of Dr.
and Mrs. F. C. Hubbard, was
elected president of the North
Wilkesboro high sehool student
body in an election Thursday at
the school.
Others elected wore Miss An
nie Katherine Moore, girls’ cheer
leader: Miss Elizabeth Jennings,
assistant girls' cheer leader: C.
C. Faw. Jr., boys' cheer leader
with Matthew Estes and Harry
Kerley tieing for place as assist
ant cheer leader.
This tie will be broken by the
students’ council, made up of
elected representatives from each
'.^lass and home room.
N^Ptesident of the student body
will be the official representative
of the students at all school
functions and is the highest hon
or that can he conferred upon a
student by his fellow students.
The election was modeled aft
er the .Australian Ballot system
election with booths and all the
necessary election parapheualia.
Students took great interest in
the election.
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B. Y. P. U. Study
Thieves nf uiikown identity en
tered r. E. Leiiderman's grocery
store in Wilkesboro sometime
Sunday night or Monday morn
ing and looted the place of $10
in cash and a con.siderahle a-
niount of various kinds of mer
chandise.
Entrance to the store was
gained hy horin.g a hole in the
rear door, through which the
robbers were able to unlock the
door.
The cash register was relieved
of its entire contents of change,
a number of old coins, keys, etc.
In the merchandise ci.garettes.
chewing gum, candies and tobac-
co.s suffered the greatest loot,
the thieves making an aliflost
clean sweep of the department.
About the floor were cigarettes
and other merchandise that
would indicate the storehreakers
left the scene of the robbery in'
much haste.
No clue was left that would
lead to the identity of the "erson
or persons who did the crime and
the investigation of the affair
lias amounted to naught so far.
Carolina Alumni
Planning Reunion
Will Gather During Christ
mas Holidays For Big
Banquet Meeting
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Will Conducted .At Fairplaiii.s
Churcli This Week B.v
Bill Dancy
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Pat Williams called a bunch
of University of North Carolina
alumni together Thursday to lay
, plans for a .get-to-gether meet-
Course To Beginilng to he held near Christmas
time.
Present plans call for a big
meeting of alumni ol this coun
ty at a banquet meeting, at
wiiicii time some prominent
speaker will be engaged for an
address.
Greetings were sent to Caro
lina by the alumni Thursday.
A senior Baptist Young Peo
ples’ Union study course will be
be’.d at Fairplains Baptist church
jveek with Bill Dancy, local
PV. U. leader, in charge,
if^s will be given each
from Tuesday through
' at seven o’clock. AM
t'k)f the B. Y. P. U. at
and others interested
to attend.
RT GRINDS
OUT SEVERAL CASES
Methodist Auxiliary
Zone Meeting To Be
Held On Thursday, 11
October term of Wilkes super
ior court for the trial of civil
actions entered the second week
today with Judge John M. Ogles
by, of Concord, on the bench.
A number of cases of a minor
nature have been disposed of
since the term began on October
1.
Gets 323 Bushels
Of Wheat Off Of
Four-Acre Tract
Mrs. C. F. Bretholl, of Pores
Knob, wrote a letter to her sis
ter, Mrs. Walter B. Chrysler, in
Bozeman. Montana, asking her
how severe the drought was in
that part of the country during
the past summer.
Mrs. Chrysler’s reply contain
ed the following clipping from a
Billings, Montana, newspaper:
Bozeman, Aug. 25.—Unwil
ling to believe the threshing ma
chine measure which showed 297
bushels harvested from a four-
acre field of winter wheat, Mar
lon F, Kelly, farmer, near here,
ihed the grain weighed and to his
gr?ater surprise found, h® sa'.,.,
That he had threshed 323 bush-
—just short of 81 bushels to
the acre.
A meeting of Zone No. 4,
which includes auxiliarie.s from
the North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
boro. Sparta, Union and Mora
vian Falls Methodist churches,
will be held Thursday afternoon,
October 11. beginning at one
o'clock at the Wllke.sboro Meth
odist church. All members are
expected to attend and asked to
take visitors.
Mrs. B. S. Call, zone chairman,
will preside and principal speak
er for the afternoon wull be Mrs.
J. L. Woltz, of Mt. Airy, who is
district secretary. As a request of
Mrs. Woltz just one session is be
ing held instead of all day servic
es as heretofore.
The anelent Phoenicians con
tributed more to civilization than
in one other nationality In his
tory. was the essence of an ad
dress by Judge John M. Ogles
by, of Concord, to the North Wil
kesboro Kiwanis Club Friday
noon. This contribution of the
Phoenicians was the alphabet,
which is used universally by the
civilized world today.
One other thing of much in
terest taking place in the meet
ing Friday was a letter from
Judge Oscar Dancy, of Browns
ville. Texas, to J. G. Hackett. of
this city. This letter from a na
tive son of Wilkes was in regard
to the proposed International
Highway which would connect
Ottawa, Canada, with Mexico
City, touching, of course, the
United States Capitol city, Wash
ington. D. C.
Judge Martin stated that he
was a charter member of the
BrownsviUe, Texas, Kiwanis
Club and the promotion of this
three-nation boulevard was one
of their main objectives. The
route has already been decided
upon for a distance of several
hundred miles from the Capitol
of Mexico to New Orleans. Judge
Dancy suggested that since North
Wilkesboro lies directly in the
airline path between Washing
ton, D. C., and New Orleans that
efforts be made to have it tra
verse this section. The club voted
an approval of his suggestion,
mindful of the fact that such a
highway, if it ever becomes a
reality, would naturally follow
the Scenic Parkway route which
will follow the Blue Ridge on
the western boundary of Wilkes.
Rev. C. W. Robinson was in
charge of the program and pre
sented Judge Oglesby. H. H.
Morehouse was a guest of Rev.
Mr. Robinson.
The judge began his address
in a most humorous vein, bring-!
ing smiles and outright laughs
from attending Kiwanians. Then
he entered into the subject mat
ter of his address on the subject,
"An.Ancient People, the Phoeni
cians.’’
He told how Rome had con
tributed law to civilization,
Greece art and accomplishments
of various people before he dis
cussed the contribution of the
Phoenicians, th© alphabet.
He told further of how it is
hard to realize the importance
of the alphabet and its universal
use. Like everything else, the
alphabet is of little benefit with
out it is properly used. The
speaker told of how easily It is
to improperly use the alphabet
and that the characters must be
properly related.
$1.00 IN THE STATE—$1.60 OUT OF
Detroit—Tne wildest baseball scramble in many,
many years flicks merrily along twixt here and St.
Louis as the Tigers and Cardinals battle it out for
the world’s championship. The sixth game of the
series is on in Detroit today with the Tigers leading
thre” grames to two. Above are pictured brilliant
stars in the headlines and world series. scenes so
near to the hearts of all diamond fans. (Upper left)
Paul Dean, younger brother of the firm of Dean and
Dean, St. Louis Cardinal pitchers supreme. (Upper
right), Mickey Cochrane, great catcher and fight
ing leader of the Detroit Tigers, greeting Henry
Ford and son, Edsel Ford, at the Detroit opening
01 the series. (Below left) Frankie Frisch, great
second baseman and leader of the Cardinals; (cen
ter) The one and only Jerome “Dizzy” Dean, red
bird pitching ace, who lost to Tommie Bridge.s in
a pitcher’s duel in St. Louis Sundiay. (Lower right)
The Detroit Tigers “million dollar” infield. Lett to
right. Owen, third base; Rogell, short stop; Gher-
inger, second base, and Greenberg, first base.
A Tiger victory today would cinch the pennant.
Republicans To
Hold Meet&j^
In 4 Townsh^
Will Be For Purpose of Ed*
couraging Registration
of Voters
CANDIDATES TO SPEAK
All RepubUcana in Town*
ships Affected Invited
To Meetings
Boy and Girl From Blowing Rock
Hitchhike To Moviedom Capital
Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 4.—
Mary Johnson, 14, did not get
into the movies after hitch
hiking across the continent, but
she found filmlatvd hospitality
good enough for food, a coat,
four dresses besides shoes and
stockings.
Her father, a carpenter, was
out of a jo'b and her mother is
dead, so with $1.50 between
them she artd her brother, David,
12, started from Blowing Rock,
N. C., a month ago to find their
aunt, Maly Johnson, who lives
“on the edge of San Francisco.”
David was left behind in El
Paso when they tried to hop a
freight train and only Mary suc
ceeded. She left the train at
Brawley and hitchhiked here.
“I thought I’d get in the films,
so I went to Paramount,” she
related. “But that didn’t work.
So I went to Columbia.”
It was while she was sitting
distractedly outside the latter
studio on the running board of a
car that Donald Cook, the actor,
found h.'r and sent her to the
Hollywood studio club where she
got food and clothes.
“Oh, they are swell,” said
Mary, "and I guess they’ll find
our aunt.”
She expressed some concern
for her brother, but added:
“He’s smart. He’ll be all
right.”
Wilkes Charges
Change Pastors
E. H. Spencer On Wilkesboro
Charge; W. L. Harkey
At Traphill
Auxiliary Meets Tonight
October meeting of the Wilkes
unit of the American Legion
Auxiliary will be hell at the Le
gion and Auxiliary clubhouse
this evening at 7:30. Announce
ment of the meeting calls for
bringing in the jelly pledges at
this time.
Judge Oglesby To Speak
At Wilkesboro Church
Judge John M. Oglesby, now
presiding over superior court In
Wilkesboro, will speak in the
regular prayer service at the
Wilkesboro Methodist church on
Wednesday evening at 7:30. The
public has a cordial Invitation to
be present for the serrice.
Blue Ridge and Atlantic Con
ference of the Methodist Episco
pal church (North) held its an
nual session at Newton during
the latter part of last week, clos
ing yesterday. A very successful
conference Is reported.
Assignments of interest to peo
ple in Wilkes are as follows: E.
H. Spencer for Wilkesboro
charge succeeding E. P. Green,
who was assigned to Bakersville;
W. L. Harkey to Traphill suc
ceeding Rev. Mr. Shaw; J. L. A.
Bumgarner, of Millers Creek, to
St. Paul’s circuit. C. C. Benton
was named superintendent of
the Asheville district.
Birthday Dinner
On Sunday many relatives and
friends of Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Walsh gathered at their home at
Boomer to celebrate their birth
day anniversaries, Mr. Walsh be
ing 67 and Mrs. Walsh 65.
At noon a picnic dinner such
as only good country people can
prepare was spread near the
home and the occasion was very
much enjoyed. Among those
present wer® eight of Mr. and
Mrs. Walsh’s ten children and
fourteen grandcblldren.
Brier Creek Baptist Association
Convenes In 113th Annual Session
Local Baseball Fans
Send Best Wishes
To ‘Schoolboy’ Rowe
Every Church In Association
Represented; Programs
Inspiring
Baseball fans here Thursday
afternoon, enthused over the
outstanding performance of
Schoolboy Rowe In game he
won for Detroit 3-2 over St.
lionis in the second contest of
the world series, sent Rowe a
telegram as follows:
"Congratulations on wonder,
ful game. Dizzy Dean not in
your class. Luck.—Baseball
Fans of North Wilkesboro, North
Carolina.”
To Give Monkey Shoiv
At Wilkesboro School
Lofslrom and St. Eloi’s troupe
of 16 trained African monkeys
will present an hour’s show at
the Wilkesboro high school au
ditorium on Thursday afternoon
at 1:30.
This show has been widely
heralded a monkey school room
act that is highly entertaining.
The school will share in profits
from the 16 and 15 cent admis
sions. The public is cordially In
vited to attend.
Special Session Of
Quarterly Conference
In Wilkesboro Church
Rev. A. C. Gibbs, presiding
elder of the Mt. Airy district of
the Methodist church, has call
ed a special session of the quar
terly conference of the Wilkes
boro charge to be held at the
Wilkesboro Methodist church
Saturday afternoon at three o’
clock. It Is earnestly urged that
official members of all churches
In the charge be present.
The River Jordan Is about 200
miles long, and from 100 to 200
feet wide.
Wilkes Has Over
Three Hundred
Tobacco Farmers
As surprising as it may seem
to residents of central and west
ern Wilkes, the county has oyer
300 tobacco farmers, according
to figures in the office of the
county farm agent.
There were 220 who signed
tobacco reduction contracts and
57 who signed crop allotments.
In addition to the 277 thus clas
sified there were a number who
signed neither the reduction con.
tracts or asked for allotments.
Tobacco farmers this year are
receiving the best prites in five
years for their crop. The aver
age on all markets in North
Carolina has climbed to 30 'cents
per pound.
National Secretary
Coming For Meet
Of Local P.-T. A.
All Members And Interested Pa
trons .Asked To Attend Meet
ing Thursday
By MISS SYLVIA WARREN
ROARING RIVER, Oct. 6.—
The Brier Creek Baptist Asso
ciation met according to appoint
ment Thursday and Friday 11 the
First Baptist church of Roaring
River.
Devotional service' was con
ducted by Rev. Gus Myers using
as his subject “F’aith”. The open
ing prayer was led by I. W. Vest
al. Following this service Rev.'
N. T. Jarvis and S. G. Crater
were re-elected as Moderator and
Clerk for the next association.
At this time the clerg, S. G. Cra
ter, read letters from all the
churches, each church being
represented. Just before the
noon hour Rev. Noah Hayes
preached an inspirational serm
on using as his text Philliplans
2:5. At 12 m. a tempting picnic
dinner was served.
At one o’clock business was
again taken up, and a number of
interesting discussions wer® giv
en. Reports of the Yadkin and
Brushy Mountain Associations
were given by N. T, Jarvis and A.
T. Pardue.
At this time the association
made a special order for a dis
cussion of the Baptist Hospital.
Supt. Smith Hagaihan made a
very able presentation of the
needs of this Institution. Dist
sions were also given by N. T.
Jarvis and J. L. Bray.
A report on the Mills Home
and an assoclatlonal collection of
113.06 was taken. Following this
an Interesting talk on Missions
was made by N. T. Binkley using
as his t abject, “Go ye Into all
the world and teach every Na
tion.” Reports on periodicals
(ConttniMd on pf tonr)^
Mrs. Raymond Binford, na
tional secretary of the Parent-
Teacher Association and field
worker for North Carolina, will
deliver an address before a meet
ing of the local P.-T. A. Thurs
day afternoon, 3:45, at the
school auditorium in this city.
AH members of the Parent-
Teacher Association and all pa
trons interested in the welfare
of the school are cordially Invit
ed to attend.
P.-T.A Play On
Friday Night
“Comic Characters*’ To Be
Presented By Local People
At School Auditorium
Something unique, comical In
the extreme and highly enter
taining, will be the “Comic Char
acters Convention” to be present
ed on Friday night. 8 o’clock, at
the North Wilkesboro school au
ditorium.
This play is being sponsored
by the P.-T. A. for the purpose
of raising funds for the 1934-.35
school year budget of that or
ganization and deserves t'ae sup
port of^ll people Interested In
the schools.
The small admission price will
not be a donation, for the splen
did show will be hilarlons enter
tainment worth far more than
the admission price.
The play is being directed by
Mrs. Richard Finley and such
characters as Maggie and Jiggs,
Uncle Blm and the other Gumps,
Time and Mac, Jeff and Matt
and all the better known comic
characters will be represented by
local people in” this extravaganza
of fun. '.
In an effort to encourage all
voters of Republican faith to re^
ister in the four townships when
re-registrations have been ordered
by the county and state boards of
elections, leaders of the G. 0. P.
in Wilkes have made appoint,
ments for political meetingfs in the
townships affected—North Mflir'
kesboro,'Wilkesboro, Mulberry and
Union.
New registration was ealled for
in North Wilkesboro^ Wilkesboro
and Mulberry because of the fact
that these two townships were
split into two precincts; each and
in Union because of the fact that
the old books were in bad shape
and because there had not been
a registration in that township
since the acquisition of a part of
Ashe county.
On Monday, October 8. Repub
licans of North Wilkesboro town
ship will meet in the law office of
Jones & Brown to formulate plana
for registration in North Wilkes
boro .
On Thursday. October 11, Re
publicans in the newly formed Mul
berry precinct No. 2, will meet at
Sulphur Springs schoolhouse, be
ginning at 7 o’clock.
On the following night, October
12, at the same hour a similar
meeting will be held at McGrady
schoolhouse in Mulberry No. 1.
On Thursday afternoon, October
11, at 1 o’clock, a meeting will be
held at Harmon schoolhouse . in
Union township and at 4 o’clock on
the same day another meeting will
be held at Miller school. At 7:30
on the same date still another
meeting for Republicans in Union
will be held at Vannoy school-
house.
All Republicans in th'? town
ships affected are invited by the
county chairman, J. Mack Brown,
to be present. Some of the coun
ty candidates will be present to
speak at each meeting.
RuIii^OnBus
Transportation
Elementary School Children
Cannot Be Transported To
Another District
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools, stated today that
no child in the elementary grades
of school can be transported from
a district where a school is main
tained into another district.
Several complaints have reached
his office to the effect that chil
dren in some districts were riding
the buses provided for high school
transportation to another district.
This is contrary to a ruling by the
state school commission and an
order passed by the county board
of education and will not be al
lowed.
Several reasons are given for
this action. If children were
transported from a small school to
a larger one the average of the
smaller school would be decreased,
probably losing a teacher and the
school would be crippled in other
ways. Other reasons are that the
limited number of buses are
crowded anyway and that the. cen
tral schools are filled to capacity.
To Hold District
Welfare Meeting
Fourteen Counties Of North-
westiem North Carolina To
Be Represented
Welfare and relief officers for
Wilkes county and others inter
ested in social work are expect
ed to attend the Northwestern
District Welfare Conference to
be held at the Rqbert E. Lee
Hotel In Winston-Salem Thurs
day, October 11.
On the program will be many
of the leading welfare and health
workers of the state and nation.
All who are interested In tho
work are asked to attend.
The Northwestern district com
prises Watauga, Ashe, Surry,
Stokes, Rockingham, , tyukea,
Tadkln, Forsjrth*, Guilford,
mance, Davie, Davidson, Rah-’'
dolph and Alleghany conntlee. f.
C. Carson is district qiuBri#iite|
and Mrs. Robert L.
secretary.
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