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fold Briefly
>IMetil» BpUeinlc
y«rk.TDec. 19.^—^Ignoring
|;Of two po7tM% who sougM
Um, Max Pincus, 56,
oftietal, d[imbe4 out
’ ;aimrtiaeBt>ItbuBe
'^ungsd to. Ills
trbil
- .otMWei'
yscMns who. 4|ed
(.qr, tBllB tron-hlgh
Ipmii t]>o'day, A foartb
» bospltai serioasly hurt
’Mm Bevtf^’ of JTRA
toa, Dw. 28.—Preel-
Mosw^lt, tonight sharply
ottfalr omployers and
^ tho -(wrmlnlstratton tp a
»ig3ir?y*elTminato'^Hd la*-
KdUce .working hours, and
)b4l9agO(- ot Ihoso who toll.
DriW# by la^ l«ad»n and
srimant au^tolrltfes that max-
^um-^hoani and^intiaum wage
^ds Mtabibihed under codes
tnralldat^ NRA were
down dally throughout
country.
Maw’s Body Mangled
^iKitoala, riee. 28.—grue-
^isoorery by a railroad seo*
ion t^man this morning mark-
a ^on,cou>4r^ fifth tragedy
t holiday ii^on. ’he body
i>u%^MMth, :»t, horribly man
tras found beside the tracks
'4)sa. JhMitbern railroad at Lo-
jMar here. Coroner C, C.
!B'Concluded after investi-
radlag that Smith was struck by
train while walking a-
the tracks. He was literally
‘h to’ pieces.
2S«w Coal Regulations
hfl^ Sulphur Springs, W. Va.,
29.—^A brand new plan for
leral regulation of the soft
al industry was advanced today
tha Ptuabtagb 4h»l Ciomintnyv.
:ereat, «t an ^bperatoirs’
mce- » Deialis of the plan
ire the operators by J. D.
Moore, Pittsburgh coal presl-
’warej not disclosed. It was
d, however, the plan
les for drastic amendment
anti-trust laws an they affeict.
Industry and much looser
I restrictions than the old
oontrol act set up.
Hol&y Season Is
Qniefly Observed
In Hi^es County
No Serious Accidents or Ma
jor Crimes Reported
During Wd*k
l-WO-DAY VACATION
Obserred by Business Hofu-
es Friday and Saturday
December 28>1B
Cbrfetmas was observed quiet
ly In wnkes county With no ser
ious accideuts or major crimes to
mar the joy of the season.
BuBiness yroa practically at a
standstill Friday and flaiurday
with the banks and many busi
ness firms enjoying a two-day
holiday vacation. The weather,
mild and clear, wm Very well
suited to the .haoter's tuts and
many nimrods took to the fields
to enjoy the bunting sport. Oth
ers observed Christmas In a very
quiet manner.
The police department here re
ported no major crimes but a
considerable increase In number
cf arrests for drunkenness. Koth-
Ing of unusual interest occured in
connection with the sheriff’s of
fice.
International
Shoe Company
Raises Wages
Increase to Go Into'Effect On
January 1; Amounts
To 5 Per Cent
The International Shoe Com
pany announced today that it is
making adjustments in the day
rates and piece rates paid In Its
manufacturing plants; the ad
justments to become effective
January 1, 1937. The averse In-
cc^B wiu, amount to -wpiiiwt-
matsily 6 per ceirt.
It is Interesting to know that
this Company has continued to
operate under the minimum rates
and maximum hours established
by the N.R.A. code, and has made
no change In either since thr-
N.R.A. was declared unconstitu-
Uonal by the V. S. Supreme
Court.
Judjge ThcMKtBod
I
dteirese Is Suicide
fork, Dec. 29.—Elizabeth
field, Minneapolis depart-
i.-^-**"*tore heiress who had been
since last Tuesday,
hged to 'her death from an
|Wh floor hotel window today
pausing first to take splrltu-
consolation from the Bible,
.^ppieally, it developed she had
JhBto living at the hotel Barbl-
^gplfplaa under a n assumed
since the day after her
ence vrhlle from anoth-
boteh the Gotham, only four
_.ia, away ber distraught aunt
yiUtrected a widespread search
..her-
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. State Gete 707
' ' yaahlngton, Dec. 29—^The sec-
• of agricnlture today appor-
I to the various states $125,-
609 of regular federal aid
Improvement of the federal-
p jjafem, $26,900,000
nt of hecondaty «tr
'rp«j6»,,Wtd IW,-.
fWmlnition ot hWP
/friiffd ct^lngs. The »w'
Ktt^ATo for the fiscal
jtwTTljOg July 1, 1937.
.^roilna will be allocated
S,70T-for regular and feed-
ai^ grade croeslngs.
5 ^ajt Receipt
Issued In 1814
y^Hrooks. aged rest-
1;^ "llWceBboro .roote i,
^ __ ' pniaqsslom a, tax r»- •
AM yeorti ago to
Tbe receipt
~iaialMlowe:
ti^ 5th day of
.llStd, from 'Thomaa
of 25 oenta «utd[
I for direct tax upon the
said Bash 1b the
Wilkes tn the IStfa
: UMriet, h» the state
^'Osaslliiai wader the
(passed the 9nd
nspswt. t»I8, to lay
rir Shrect. (sac within
, States.
jiSudUa*
of RerveSHM,
WPA to Provide
Jobs to March I
Projects Are Extended Until
That Date; Will Improve
Several Roads
Kansas City . . . Judge A. L'.
Reeves (above), was told over'
the 'phone, "We’re going to get
you for this,’’ a few hours after
Instructing a Grapd Jury tO
reach for high as well as low in
the alleged election frauds, No
vember 3rd.
Parkmg Limit
Ordii^eWill
BelnE^ctllth
Parking Tima On Sfareets In
Business Section Limited
To Two Hours' Time
The ordinance of the city of
North Wllkesboro limiting park
ing time of motor vehicles In the
business district to two hours will
go into effect on January 11. The
ordinance was ratified by the
city council In a recent meeting.
The ordinance is designed to
greatly alleviate congested traffic
conditions in the city, which has
"outgrown Its streets,’’ and to
provide parking convenience for
those who do business in the city.
The parking limit ordinance
covers all the principal business
thoroughfares of the city and
will be In effect between the
hours of eight a. m. and six p. m.
Daring tto hoR^y^ a^opu,,A,
special traffic p6llo«m4h Vreii
added to the force and great Ini-
provement was noticed in local
traffic conditions. It is under
stood that the special officer will
be retained to enforce the new
ordinance and that a special ef
fort will be made to enforce or
dinances previously passed rela
tive to double parking and park
ing long trucks diagonally to the
curb.
The ordinance, listing streets
on which parking will be limited,
is published elsewhere in this Is
sue of The Journal-Patriot.
Penalty for first violation is
set at not less than one dollar
fine and costs and five dollars and
cost for subsequent violations.
Tomorrow we launch intbi year. The year 1936 has passed
into history and we pause on the tWeehold of the New Year to extend
an expression of sincere appreciation for all favors extended in the old.
The Wter-Hubhaud Publishing Confpa^fi
Journal-Patriot, wishes to thank each and ews^Mae for j|Jke iiatronage
extended the newspaper, printing, or dfflce supply depegtBienjts, and to
wish to one and all a most Happy and Prosperous 1987.
Each year brings new hopes, new joys, new ambitions and new
duties to perform as a public institution. Our relations with our patrons
have been most pleasant and with each comes a realization a doty
to perfom, a public duty increasing as the yeaw roll along.
This New Year Greeting -is extended heartily to the .many new
readers of The Jol^al-Patriot added through the recent subscrijition
campaign> to those who have been ita;£ea^|]n|J^.^e*“^ those wjio
by their renei^ls, have expressed a triist^||^'^0!ii8dence in the' ne^^
paper of their home town and county.^^ W^stylll endeavor to pro^
ourselves worthy of that frust by supplyin|^|i^;^ere, con^ilete nejvs,
printing and advertising service than in any pwvious year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Work projects in the five
counties served by the branch of
fice of WPA here have been ex
tended to provide employment to
jobless until March T, it was
learned today from T. D. Heff
ner, division engineer.
Thfe county-wide road project
furnishes employment for a
great majority of jobless on WPA I
rolls in the county and the road
program was extended to include
sections of school bus and mail
routes which had not been Im
proved under the project which
recently expired.
The state highway commission
daring the past six months i-as
extended cooperation to W PA
'forces in furnishing equipment
for haallhg. crashed stone and
gravel, making it possible for a
more permanent type of road Im-
provemeat work to be accomp
lished.
Future of work projects after
March 1 will depend upon action
of congress convening in January.
Recent economy moves have
resnlted In reducing the super-
Tlsor iiersonnel on unskilled la
bor project. Several fore-
rmen ttt w^es county have been
.cut off;
Bill Somers Joins
Yadkin Valley Co.
l. B. Somers, for eight years
sheriff of Wilkes county, has
joined the Yadkin Valley Motor
company, of which 'he is part
owner.
Mr. Somers has taken up his
duties as a member of the sales
force of the company, which has
the dealership for Ford and Lin
coln cars In this territory.
He t« an experienced autoiHio-
bUe man. having been actively
engaged In the antonioblie busi
ness for several years prior- to
the-time he -wa* elected
sheriff in 1928.
Mr. M. L. Carter, of) State
Road, was a hnslness visitor In
tils ciw Thuwday.
Increase Capacity
Of Wilkes Hatchery
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gamblll,
who own and operate The-Wilkes
Hatchery, announce the purchase
and installation of a new Buck
eye incubator and separate hatch
er of 32,000 capacity.
The new hatcher is described
as the latest and moat highly Im
proved available and Its Installa
tion makes the total capacity of
the hatchery 60,000 with the
three Incubators. Purchase of the
new equipment was made possible
and necessary because of the
growing patronage of the firm
and the Increased demand for its
products.
Charge Max With
Larceny of Auto
Anson County Reaidont I»
Bound to Court Under
Bond of $500
William T. McQiiage, of An
son county, faces trial la the
next term of . Wilkes superior
court for stealing an automobile
belonging to Ivun .Absber In this
city on December 10.
The car was-stolen from Main
street and no trace could be
found) by officers until it was
wrecked only a 'feiY days ago at
Brooks Cross roads In Yadkin
county. Local officers here learn
ed that McQuage, who bad been
an employe on the Parkway, was
driving the car' and a ■^rrant
was isahed for his an^ sheriff
Gaddy, of Anson cduh^, attM^
McQuage and he was bronhht
hWTe for prellmtaary heAriog. «f
which time he filled ■head In the
sum of 1600. lir. Abaheri* car,;
aitbongh badly df^maged, was re
covered.
Above is pictured but one of America’s Queens who Will greet the
New! Year, 1937, this Queen, from a throne of roses. Miss Nancy
Bunrpus, college junior of Pasadena, Calif., will rule the real in the
annual Tournament of Roses at Pasadena on New Year’s day.
Paul Greene Head
Junior Order Here
Officers Elected in Meeting
Ttiesday Night; Large
Council Membership
North Wllkesboro council of
the Junior Order on Tuesday
night elected officers for the next
half-year period. Paul Greene was
’.idected counrilor, succeeding B.
The officers are as follows;
Pqul Greene, dounclloi ' B. A.
Shook, vice councilor; C. A. Can
ter, recording secretary; J- R-
Moore, Jr., assistant reeordltig
secretary: C. G. Day, tfnancial
secretary; Bank of North Wilkea-
boro, treasurer: R. B. CharOhi
conductor; A. O. Anderson, war-^
den; J.'S. Minton. Inside
nel; B. F. Bpntley, Junior-past
councilor; C. B. Eller, Clay Par-
due and C. O. McNiel, trustees;;
H..L. Mechem, chaplain. “
The North Wllkesboro council
•now has a large membership and
is a very active fnCtetnity. ■
Every member Is requested to
be present on Tuesday nfght, Jan
uary 6, at a very ImportatU meet
ing. There will be Installation of
officers and side degree ^workr
Robert. small ton of Mr, and
Mrs. Arlon Triploit, la rwv^rlng
from an attack of pneumonia.. ■
'I
City Schools To
Reopen Monday
North Wlllwhoro city schools
LWlU re-open on Monday, January
i. following the Chrlstmag hoU-
di'ys.- '■
During the holiday voeattaa
the httlldlafcs hare heeti. thoromh-
ly leaned and everythlBg to ih
aha;* for re«mlnj work wheai
th* second halt of the year be^,
glas.
Chti^
Moriitaiton.'
Many Licenses
To Wed Issued
During Holidays
Cupid’s business picked up
quite much in Wilkes county
during the holiday season, there
being 11 licenses to wed Issued
by Old Wiles, register of deeds.
Those to whom marriage lic
enses were issued during the past
week follow; Emmet Lawson and
Daeip Pruitt, both of North Wlb
kesbore; Shermam WhddeU, Rbar-
ing River, and Elsie Cheek, l«-
max; Robori Miller. Cricket, and
Gay Parsons, North Wllkesboro;
Left Sexton and Mamie Lyon,
both of 'Traphill; Freel Johnson,
■Joynes, and Pansy Pruitt, Lo
max; Dewey Wood ' and Verlte
Stone, both of Roaring River:
James Darwin Jones and Sanch
Gasmen Pbillips, both of Elkin;
W. H. Bauguess, North Wllkes-
bbro, and Dorothy Harltos, WU-
keeboro. Three couples requested
no publicity.
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Catch 150 Pounds
Fisliuin One Hour
J. B. Johnson, of this city, and
four friends from High Point, N.
C,. and Tampa Florida, caught
160 pounds of fine Crupper fish
in one 'hour ptt the coast of Flor
ida in the *Qulf of Mexico,, The
tishtag, needless to say, was high
ly enjoyable and a shipment of
the ftoh «nght by Mr. Johnson
vraa forwai^e^ to Hotiil ',WHk«i,
wherc^sd^us fish staa^ W«f*
serveo^today. One ftoh weighed
14'ponnds;
Mr. and Mrs. Johnspn return
ed last night from Florida, where
Owy
dsmehter, .Mrs, Oj
polpta-'Pf.^ater
Holiday Maflh
TUs City Was
At Highest Peak
Over SO.OOO Letters and
Cards Canceled During
Four Days Last Week
North Wllkesboro postoffice
during Christmu week bandied
Postmaster J. v. Reins taJd
SO.STIV'letters smd cards were
raglstered On the canceling ma
chines during the last four days
before Christmas, representing
an increase of 15,245 over the
35,133 canceled In the same per
iod in 1936.
'. The cancellation figures in
clude only letters and cards but
do not include the packages and
other parcels too large for the
canceling machine. Only one extra
clerk was used during the holi
day rush.
Postal receipts at the North
Wiikesboro office for 1936 are
expected to show a gain over
1935, Mr. Reins said.
CcHuplamt Issued in
Case Involving Of ^
Of Comnifwi|^ ^
BE ttUED IN MARCH
Rock Creek If Bd& Of
Contentwa; Othlk Al-
legatiens Are Mad*
Bulng In the name the state
of Morth CsroUna, D.' B. 6w*r-
ingen, of 'Traphill, forneW ehsir-
msh of the Wilkes county board
of commissioners, has Instltotsi
suit In Wilkes superior court te
title to office of Leet Poplin.
Of R^da, who wss one of th*
tWb Democrats sworn In as coan-
ty commlMioaers on Monday,'.De
cember 7.
returns certl-
^ tollton Cooper, obslr-
mfn, ttd J. C. Newman, the
DbnKXaWtle memoers of the
Wilkes County boare of elections,
Pdplln dOfested Swarlngen, R«1
p^bUcan, by s maiRin of two
votes. J. C. Orsysott, BeprbUeaa
member, refused to sign the re
turns.
The bone of contention in fw-
gard to title to the office lies in
the allegation by Repabllesos
that the returns to the county
board of elections credited Swar-
ingen with receiving only 341
votes In Rock Creek township
w>hen It should have been 441,
which would have beeiB' a vote
similar in number to the totals
cast In that precinct for other Re
publican candidates. '
The comrlaint which has.b*SB^
drawn up by Mr. Swaringen's af-
torneys lists the names of 411
voters la Rock Creek tovnslijf
who are said to have jnAde vol
untary affidavits on th* Btbla
that they voted for Swartegea
and additional evidence to -to th*
voters
Many Roads In
Bad Condition
Intense Rain During Past
Several Days Melts the
Dirt Thoroughfares
Almost incessant rains during
the first four days of this week
caused quite much damage to
dirt roads in several parts of the
county and ; revived desire on ;he
part of many people In rural sec
tions for improved roads.
* Reports from various sections
of the connty indicate that roads
which have been surffeeed with
gravel or crushed stone recently
are still passable while many
clay roads are nearing the im
passable stage.
AltHoUgh several schools have
pot re-opened following the holi
days buses at the schools which
'are operating,have been able to
make their n^'mlar runs but
with .«onaiderable difficulty in
localities Vhere dirt roads are
traveled.
Many citizens who do not live
on hard surfaced highways have
expressed the 'hope that the high
way commission and 'WPA will
hasten their work (if ImprovlBg
leading secondary roads by ap
plying crushed stone or gravel
surface.
KIWANIS CLUB TO
INSTALL OFFICERS
ON NEW DAY
North Wllkesboro Kiwanta cinb
will meetf- Friday noo&' and thB’
main feature of the program wiU
be InstaltaUon of new officers.
Every eim qttead to
expeet^tob* present.
CLUB DplBCFORB WILL
HAVE TGPQ9Y
014 neiir,^
publican tib , . .
The complaint,-
Apt' confined 'ttr the
vote,but alleged that more ’
100 people in the county ubAv”
21 years of age cast votes ft»t
Mr. Poplin and that he rec*kvag
more than 300 votes of. p*b;M«
who had not been in the eooBty
or precinct long enough 'ib' leridS^'
cast ballots.
Permission of the attorney gea-
eral of North Carolina was gimai-
ed last week to sue in the nam*
of the state and a bond of $1,M#.
was filed with him. A cost boa
in the same amount was filed by
Swaringen with the clerk of tha
superior court of Wilkes county.
Under the heading of "ReUer*
In the complaint the plaintitt
asks (1) that the election, certill-
cate delivered by the board oC
elections to Poplin be dectaiBE'
null and void (2) that the itete-
tiff be declared legally elected
and inducted into office (3) tba$
the penalty of $2,000 as prescrib
ed by law be adjudged by tfe*
court against the defendant (4)
that the defendant be required to
file a cost bond of. $1,000 'wlia
the clerk of superior court.
It will be recalled that Repub
licans began a mandamus actloB
against the county board of etoe-
tions and Poplin soon after etoe-
tlon returns were canvassed bnt
in a bearing before Judge J. H.
Clement In Yadklnville was dto-
mtesed on the grounds that tbe
election certificate had already
been delivered to Poplin beixme
(Continued on page eight)
rhieveo Loot Two
Service Stations
Midway Service Station En
tiled Sunday Night; Abo
EntteTfWalter Reavia*
Two robberies were reported is
Wltkea Monday, the thiaree mak
ing away with loot valued at
more than $200 and leaving ao
visible trace of their Identity.
Thieves ontored the Midway
fierriee gtatlcn betweea the
keeborpa Sunday night a^
shotgvns valued at more. iiur
$100. VariouB other it«na, Indad-
lag a quantity of cl|aratteB. waa*
misting wh«i the place
«d tor bnslneek Monday
’The aton tad -gaMfM
oi Walter Reavto
FaUfl ISs* atoe": ettatad''