VOL. XXtin. NO. 98
Published Mondays and Thursdays
NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 1934
$1.00 IN THE STATE—31.60 OUT OF THE STATE .
Reddies River
I Bii^e Contract
Toilet Oct. 18
Will Not Be Constructed On
What Is Kttwon as D
Street Location
LECT UPPER ROUTE
Concrete Approaches Will Be
Construct^ On Yadkin
River Bridge
On Thursday, October 18, the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission will receive bids for
the construction of a bridge over
Reddies River on highways 60
and 16 on the western boundary
of North Wllkesboro, according
to news gained from Raleigh this
■«e^.
-•llontract for the Reddies Riv-
eWproject will call, for concrete
bridge and approaches with con
crete paving.
Another Wilkes project adver
tised for bids calls for concrete
paving of approaches to the Yad
kin River bridge between the
Wilkesboros. During the past
few days the approaches have
been given a temporary treat
ment of oi! treated crushed stone
and gravel.
On the same date that the
Wilkes projects are to be let
nine other projects in various
sections of the state will be bid
upon, estimated cost of all the
projects run around $400,000.
Other projects of interest to
people in Northwestern North
Carolina are as follows: bitumin
ous surface treatment on 1.60
miles on route 17 in Blowing
Rock: bituminous surface of .S4
mile of route 2S in Boone; crush
ed stone surface on 7.23 miles on
route 80 in Yadkin county be
tween Yadkinville and Boone-
ville.
The Reddies River bridge pro
ject has been approved and the
funds for its construction have
been allotted for several months
but there was some delay over
approval of the first route se
lected. The first route (D street
location) was abandoned after it
did not gain the approval of the
federal bureau of roads, it was
.learned here, and the survey was
'-toen changed to a location some
dWtance above D street, which,
it was pointed out, could be con
structed at much less cost than
the route formerly selected.
Since part of the project is
within the corporate limits of
North Wilkesboro. there was
stipulation that the municipality
indemnify the cn right of
way damage. This was done in
amount not to e.xceed $750 and
what appears to be the last ob
stacle in the way of constructing
the much needed bridge was re
moved.
District Medical
Society Meeting
Registration of Voters For
Election November 6 Will
Begin Saturday,
j , |4,000,000^wtadie
Oct
Big Two of New NRA. Cbieftaios
Washington—The appointment of these two men by President
Roosevelt to the board of five which make up the new national indus
try recovery board, is being acclaimed with great favor. They are:
(left), Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing ,Work-
ers, and (right), S. Clay Williams, former presidient of the Reynolds
Tobacco company. Both rate high in intelligent and progressive busi
ness ranks. The board will take over General Johnson’s administra
tive duties on October 15.
Watauga Man Jaded For Making
One Dollar Bills Into Ten Spot
Marvin Warren made a prof
it of al>oiit twent.v-five dollars
from his manipulations with
I'nclc .Sam's currency but
•stand.s a fair clianee to pay for
his money in one of Uncle
Sam’s penitentiaries.
Warren, a resident of Wa
tauga county, wa.s airesfetl
Monday by IhV“ty Marshal W,
A. ,I«nes on a charge of defac
ing and changing currency
.According to the evidence
learned so far in liis case he
had lHN‘n using a ten-dollar
bill and a one-dollar hill to
make them all into ten.s by
sonic proces.s of splitting and
putting pieces together.
This methotl worked long
enough for him to pass three
on firms in and near Boone
but the ruse was soon discov
ert tl and secret service agents
aided in his undoing.
Before Unites! States Com-
I niissioner ,S. C. Eggers in
Boone Alonday AVarrt'n was
given a prrtiminary hearing
and iMiil wa.s .set at $5,000.
WTien he was unable to fill
iMMid he wa.s brought to Wil
kesboro to await trial in the
term of fetleral court begin
ning On Monday, November 19.
New Registration
In 4 Townships
Must Reregister in N. Wilkes
boro, Wilkesboro, Mul
berry and Union
Saturday of this week, Octob
er 13, will be the first day to
register to vote In the general
election to be held on Tuesday,
November 6. There will be three
days on which voters may reg
ister, Saturday, October 13; Sat
urday, October 20; and Satur
day, October 27. Registration
books close at sundown on Sat
urday, October 27, and after that
date no one can register to vote
in the election on November 6.
The registration in Wilkes
county this year 1s of especial
importance to -tht people of four
townships where new registra
tions have been called. Voters In
North Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro,
Mulberry and Union townships
must re-register if they expect
to vote.
North Wilkc-sboro
North Wilkesboro township
has been divided into two pre
cincts and a new registration
was necessarily called. The di
viding line begins at the Mulber
ry township line running south
with highway number 18 to
Dick’s Service Station, thence
with Elisabeth Street to Trogdon
Road and with the Trogdon Road
to the branch; thence with the
branch to D Street and with D
Street to Sixth Street; thence
with Sixth Street south to the
Ice plant. From the Ice Plant
the line runs directly south to
the Yadkin River. West of the
line described above will be
North Wilkesboro number 1 and
all east of the line will be in
North Wilkesboro number 2.
Registration books for North
Wilkesboro number one will be
open by the registrar at the city
hall. Registration in number two
will be at the R. & O. Grocery
Store.
AVUkesboro
All residents of that part of
Wilkesboro township west of the
Southern Public Utilities Com-
S. S. Association
Will Meet Sunday
Mountain Lions
To Play Boone
AH Churches Asked To Send W'll R®
Delegates To Meeting At 1 Gridiron Friday Aft-
Mt. Pleasant
Will Be Held At Elkin On
October 16; Dr. McNeill
* On Program
Meeting of the eighth district
medical society will be held in
Elkin .At Hotel Elkin on Tuesday,
October 16. beginning at 2:30 in
the afternoon.
Guest speaker for the occasion
will be Dr. I. H. Manning, of
Chapel Hill, who will speak on
“Group Hospitalization.’’ -A num
ber of other physicians will he
on the program. Dr. J. H. Mc
Neill. member of the Wilkes
Medical Society, will be on the
program for a paper on “Avtifi-
j|lal Fever Theraphy.’’
District officers are Dr. T. C.
Redfern. of Winston-Sale'u, dis
trict councillor: Dr. M. A. Roy
al, of Elkin, president; Dr. Hugh
Parks, of Elkin, vice president;
Dr. Fred C. Hubbard, North Wil
kesboro. secretary - treasurer.
Physicians from all parts of the
eighth district, composed of sev
eral counties, are asked to at
tend.
Lions To Discuss
Carnival Plans
Meetln^ Will Be Held This Eve
ning At Hotel WUkes, Sev
en o’clock
Plans for the Community Car
nival to be sponsored here by
the North Wilkesboro Lions Club
will ho|(l the spotlight in the
Lions’ meeting to be held at Ho
tel Wilkes this evening at seven
’o’clock.
In addition to plans for the
carnival an Interesting program
v.'in b« given and attendance of
every member is desired.
Ni'xt meeting of the Wilkes
Baptist Sunday Sc’aool .Associ
ation, organized following the
recent Sunday school enlistment
campaign in the county, will be
held at Mount Pleasant Baptist
church Sunday afternoon a t
2:30, it was announced here to
day.
It is especially urged that
every Baptist church In the coun
ty have one or more representa
tives at the meeting and the gen
eral public is invited to attend.
There w-ill be discussions on
topics of much interest to all
Sunday school workers and the
meeting is designed to be of
much inspiration to all churches
represented.
ernoon at 3:45
Hauptmann Is Charged
By Jersey Jury With
Killing Lindbergh Boy
Flemington. N. J.. Oct. 8.—
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was
indicted for the kidnap-murder
of baby Charles A. Lindbergh by
a Hunterdon county grand jury
today.
Swiftly, with Colonel Lind
bergh among the witnesses, the
state of New Jersey laid down
the evidence charging up to the
stolid, tight-lipped German alien
the most sensational crime in
modern annals.
The indictment was voted but
a few minutes after the last wit
ness was heard. In all the grand
jury session lasted only four
hours and 42 minutes.
Masonic Notice
Regular meeting of North Wil
kesboro lodge A. F. & A. M. will
be held on Friday night with de
gree work occupying attention of
those attending. All members of
th© chapter are urged to attend
and visitors will be welcomed.
North Wilkesboro High
School’s Mountain Lions will go
into their third game of the sea
son here Friday afternoon when
they play a strong team from
Boone high school.
The kickoff will be promptly
at 3:45 and local fans who want
to se© one of the best games of
the season are asked to be on
hand. After two heartbreaking,
7 to 6 defeats at the hands of
Marion and Lenoir the local boys
will be out to win.
pany line from the Yadkin River
to the Brushy Mountain town
ship line will be In Wilkesboro
number one and the registration
books will be at the courthouse.
East of the power line will be
Wilkesboro number two and the
j registration books will be open
at Straw school house.
Mulberry
For information in regard to
the boundaries of Mulberry pre
cincts one and two, attention of
tl e reader is called to the reso
lution passed by the county
i board of elections.
The registration books will be
i oven at Sulphur Springs school
house for Mulberry number two
and at Felix Hall’s store for
number one.
Union
New York . . . Ten year old
Gloria Vanderbilt (above), heir
ess to $4,-000,000, is the center
of a court battle between her mo
ther and her grandmother (mo
ther of her mother) and aunt,
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, for
her custody. Gloria wants to stay
with her grandmother and aunt,
both of whom testified that the
mother cared only tor a gay,
spendthrift life and was not a
fit person to have the child.
Evangelistic
Services At
First Baptist
Two Weeks’ Series of Meet
ings Will Begin On Sun
day Evening
A series of special evangelis
tic services will begin at the
First Baptist church here Sun
day evening, it was announced
this week by the pastor. Rev.
Eugene Olive, who will conduct
the meeting.
Services will be held each eve
ning at 7:30 for two weeks, ac
cording to the announcement by
the pastor. No day services will
be held.
The church and pastor extend
a most cordial invitation to
everybody to attend any or all
the .services during the series of
meetings.
ilkes Farmers
Make Cleanup a
N, C. Stale Fair
Wilkes Farmers
Favor Retaining
Control jOf Crops
While the government Is
taking a poll of the farmers to
find ont vrtiether or not they
want to continne farming und
er the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration, it is in
teresting to note that all the
farmers in WUkes who signed
up for com-hog crop reduction
favor having the same system
another year.
Questionnaires have been
sent out to those who signed
this year and who get a share
of the $10,000 in crop reduc
tion payments to VVllkis. So
far there has not been a dis
senting vote in the county
while less than a half dozen
“no’s” have been received
from the othtk counties in the
Wilkes Com Hog Crop Control
Association. It appears that
they will have the same op
portunity next year of getting
paid for crop reduction.
44 Wilkes Boys
Enlist h Camps
Examined in Greensboro Mon
day; Taken From Re
lief Families
Apples, Com,
Wheat Winners
Purple Ribbon On Countjr
Com Exhibit and Commer
cial Apple Display
Wilkes County made a better
record In winning premiums at
the North Carolina state fair
this week than any one of the
other 99 counties in the state, la
the opinion of County Agent A.
G. Hendren, who returned Tues
day night after viewing the pur
ple. blue, red and yellow prem
iums tied to specimens of pro
ducts from Wilkes county farms
and orchards.
Although the judging had not
been completed, Mr. Hendren
saw enough to know that Wilkes
had made an enviable record
with apples, corn, wheat, poul
try and general farm exhibit.
Dewey Broyhill, Brushy Moun
tain orchardlst, swept over all
competition to win the biggest
apple prize, first on commercial
display, first and sweepstakes on
five trays, nine firsts on plates,
first on ten plates and a number
of first and seconds on individu
al exhibits.
Pearson Brothers
Divide Property
Biisincs.s DiMl.s Involving Ijarge
Sums Are Transacted In
This City
Rtisines.s deals Involving some
of the city’s most valuable prop
erty were culminated here this
week when I. E., Hamp, Rom H.
and Tal J. Pearson divided their
business interests.
Rom H. Pearson sold to I. E.
Pearson his interest in the stock
of goods of Pearson Brothers
Store on Tenth street and his
one-third interest in the new
building that houses the firm. I.
E., Hamp and Tal J. Pearson
sold their interests in the North
Wilkesboro Grocery Company,
including real estate, situated on
the Boone Trail one mile west of
this city, to Rom H. Pearson,
making him sole owner of that
store and property. He also pur
chased the interests of I. E. and
Tal J. Pearson in The Wilkes
Electric Company.
These deals will not affect
the policies and services of the
above named business firms,
which are widely known in this
part of the state.
The Capitol building and
grounds at Washington are val
ued at 124,400,000.
Work On Tanks
Going Forward
Representative of R. D. Cole
Manufacturing Company
In Charge
Union township has not been
divided but a new registration
has been called and all voters in
Union, regardless of whether or
not they have registered in the
past, must register before clos
ing of the books on October 27.
The names of all voters in
North AVilkesboro, Wilkesboro,
Mulberry and Union townships
hav© been stricken from the
registration books and no voter
in these four townships will be
allowed to vote in the November
election unless they register on
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Must File Sales
Tax Returns By
15th Of October
Pcnaltus Will Be Added After
16th; All Reports Are
Now Due
Attention of all merchants and
others who files sales tax re
turns is called to the tact that
unless they file their returns be
fore October 15 th a penalty will
be added.
This applies to those who file
returns monthly and all who file
quarterly because of the fact
that the quarter ended on Sep
tember 30. 1**^
J. R. Rousseau, deputy reve
nue collector, will be in his of
fice in the Deposit & Savings
Bank building each Saturday for
the accomodation of state tax
payers.
Since the arrival of T. B. Al
len, representative the R. D.
Cole Manufacturing Company, of
Newman. Ga., and the beginning
of work on the erection of three
water tanks and towers, the
North Wilkesboro Water Works
Improvement Project i s pro
gressing rapidly.
This concern holds the con
tract for the erection of the
tanks and towers, which will be
placed at three high points of
elevation to supply the town
with water.
Elliot Building Company, hold
er of the. general contract for
•the remainder of the project, has
been engaged in work here for
the past month and considerable
progress has been made in lay
ing (water lines, installation of
valves, etc.
About 60 men have been used
on the job. Workmen were sup
plied from the North Wilkesboro
files of the National Re-employ-
meht Office here.
St. Louia Champions
In the final game of 1934
World Series baseball Tuesday
the St. Louis Cardinals, national
league champions, became cham
pions of the world when they
defeated the Detroit Tigers II
to 0 in the seventh and final
game. Scores of the seven game
series which began on October 3
were as follows: St. Louis 8, De
troit 3: Detroit 3, St. Louis 2;
St. Louis 4, Detroit I; Detroit
10, St. Louis 4; Detroit 3, St.
Louis I: St. Louis 4, Detroit 3;
St. Louis 11, Detrslt 0.
Forty-four boys from various
sections of Wilkes County left
Monday to enlist in Civilian Con
servation Camps. They were giv
en examinations in Greensboro,
from which place they were as
signed to camps In widely de
parted sections.
Selections of recruits was
made by Mrs. G. G. Foster, coun
ty relief director. The boys were
chosen from families on the re
lief rolls and the greater part of
their salaries will go for the
benefit of relatives.
The forty-four who passed the
examination were as follows:
Roy Lee Barlow, Vance Handy,
Mack Lee Shumate. Earl McKin
ley Owens, James Gordon Watts,
Talmadge DeWitt Burchette, Pal
mer Lee Lovette, James Claude
Welch, Fred Allen Kilby, Wil
liam Henry Swaim, Benjamin
Philmore Hall, Samuel Washing
ton Hincher, Robert Lacy Wad
dell, Fidell Shepherd.
Thomas Earl Huffman, Stacey
Roderick Parsons, Rufus Dancy,
Wiley Earl Severt, Otis Lewis
Bradley, John Rufus Laws. El
mer Charlie Harrold, Jesse Glenn
Walker, Arless Ray Combs, Q.
Andrew Harrold, W. J. Higgins,
George William Earp, Eugene
Smith, Stergle Watson.
Ernest Paul Myers, Howard
Paul Church, Raymond Glen
Royal, Broncie Ernest Osborne,
Hamp Wyatt, Shirley Stone, Hen
ry Lee Burnett, Worth Benge,
Ira Columbus Watkins, Clyde
Woodrow McNeill, Willard
Burke, Carl Harris, Clyde Rich
ard Jones, Emmett Johnson Law-
son, Dennis Pierce and Claude
Lester Bell.
Want People To
Wmter Cattle
WUkes County’s corn club
members took almost everything
they tried for in their contest
with perhaps the keenest com
petition in state fair history.
Their two county exhibits, con
sisting of ten or more ten-ear
exhibits each, won a first and
second and exhibits won various
individual prizes from the first
on down. The variety coming in
for the greatest honors was the
famous Wilkes County White,
exhibited by a group of Purlear
farmers. The corn department
was an almost clean sweep for
Wilkes, even down to the first
prize on popcorn.
James Pennell, enterprising
young farmer who specializes in
poultry, won a number of first
and second premiums. J. L.
Gregory, of the Hays community,
showed the entire state that
AVilkes could grow wheat by tak
ing first on smooth and bearded
varieties.
Clifford Moore, whose ability
to gather and display a general
farm exhibit is known far and
wide, had unparalleled competi
tion but lost first prize by a few
points and won second.
Tabulation of the individual
prizes wou by Wilkes people at
the state fair was impossible
here today as no word had been
received from Raleigh since
Tuesday night but from early re
ports it is clearly indicated that
AA’ilkes took a big share of the
premiums on the staple crops of
diversified farming.
Comic Characters
Convention Here
Funny Paper Will Be Person
ified In Play At School
Friday Night
All the best known characters
of the “tunny papers’’ will come
to life on the state at the school
auditorium here Friday night
when “Comic Characters Con-
Sections Of The State That vention,” hilarious play, will be
Did Not Graze Cattle
May Feed Them
The North Carolina Emergen
cy Relief Administration has
provided that counties which did
not get any of the cattle from
presented under the auspices of
the Parent-Teacher Association.
F’or this couple of hours of
side-splitting entertainment the
P.-T. A. hopes to raise funds this
year for its work in the schools.
An admission of 25 cents each
the drought areas to pasture for everybody will be charged,
during the summer may have j a look-in on a part of the
them to feed this winter if farm-j cast of characters finds Andy
ers have the spare feed and want i Shook telling Major Hoople’s
the responsibility of caring for l yarns while W. D. Halfacre will
the cattle. j be Lord Plushbottom for “the
The administration will pay a time being. As Maggie and Jiggs
reasonable sum per month for
each head of these cattle fed
during the winter months. In ad
dition to th© payments it is a
recognized fact that keeping the
cattle will mean improvement
for the farm.
Any persons wishing to winter
any of these cattle can get full
details from O. Mack Proffit,
farm and garden program ad-
Kenneth Chilton and Miss Lil
lian Stafford are a scream. Pop-
eye, "the one-eyed sailor man,”
is Howell Gabriel. C. A. Ritchie
and Hunter Keck are paired up
as Mutt and Jeff, and what a
pair! Betty Jane Turner makes
a good Little Orphan Annie
while C. C. Paw, Jr., is th© he
roic Cheater Gump. Some of the
ministrator, at th© relief office
in Wilkesboro. If any farmers
have the spare feed and do not
want to keep the cattle they can
get a reasonable price tor the
feed by selling to the relief ad
ministration.
other characters are: Mrs. Frank
Allen, Dumb Dora; Marjorie
Deans, Boots; Mrs. Ivey Moore,
Phyllis; C. B. Higgins, Avery;
Mrs. Edward Finley, Annt Het;
Mrs. Andrew Casey, Rachelf'Joe
Brame, John Hermit Blabkbam.
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