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North Wilkesboro
WPA Supervisor
Says Project Is
Available Here
Cost Would Be Shared Be>
tween City and Federal
Government
Aalcs Mate’s Arrest
North Wilkesboro board ol
commissioners are considering a
proposal that a municipal build
ing be erected as a WPA project,
It was learned here today.
C. M. Crutchfield, WPA area
supervisor, said in discussing the
proposal that the city has a good
opportunity to obtain a building
"through the Works Progress ad
ministration with the cost shared
between the city as sponsor and
the federal government.
In discussing the need for a
municipal building it has been
pointed out that the city has no
adequate hall for assembly pur
poses and that the city has been
leasing quarter? tor many years.
1. So far no action has been tak
en and no plans have been formu
lated for a building, yet it is
understood that considerable in-
Uereet has been expressed by a
number of the city’s leading citl-
aens.
It has also been pointed out
that the WPA may need addition
al projects In order to use labor
now on the lists of persons cer-
ttiUed for work and that there may
of projects on which
be used. The
^ptoject. would
ll Boy Scouts
Back From Camp
Boys Enjoy Summer Camp
ing at Camp Lassater;
Merits Passed
Local Boy Scout troops have
been well represented at the
Scouts' Camp Lasater near Win-
iton-Salem.
All the boys at the camp have
been enjoying camp life and have
passed several merits.
Ellner Eller, Wayne Caudill
and Malcolm Butner from troop
35 were in camn, Caudill for one
week and the others two weeks.
Henry Landon, Ward Eshel-
man. Grant Stewart, Joe Clem
ents. Carl Gwvn Coffey, Charles
Williams. Paul Haigwood and
James Hemphill attended camp
from troop 36. Coffey. Williams
and Landon are in camp for a
month, Paul Haigwood for a
week and the others two weeks.
Bank s Resources
Continue Upward
statement of the Northwestern
Bank as of July 1 showed that
the bank’s resources had exper
ienced steady growth in the past
quarter despPe recession talk
throughout the country.
About $300,000 was added to
the bank when it took over the
Bank of Ashe at Jefferson but in
ndditlon to that amount the bank
^ showed a substantial gain for the
quarter.
Mrs. Weaver Starr and little
, daughter; Mary Miller, returned
' home the first of the week from
■ a two weeks visit at Folly Beach
Mm Starr’s sister, Mrs. A.
and her mother, Mrs.
at Pageland, S. C.
^yHth Mrs.
a, Moore,
g, r. Ingram,
^j.-'Mlss Marjorie Gabriel, Messrs.
James and Russell Pearson, are
=■ ’Ending the week at Lake Juna-
> h»ha attending the Young Peo-
' ale’s Assembly of the Western
‘•fi^pth Carolina Conference. Rev,
Armhrust, of Reldsvllle, and
artet'^pastor of North Wllkes-
is -one of the faculty mem-
> at Abe assembly
'auirMrs. Lawrence Miller
I M their guests last week-end
l&jid Mrs. W. L. StaUhigs and
«erwln, of Forest City. Mr.
1 Mrs. W. C. Stallings and chil-
, Jane and Douglas, and Miss
Stallings, all of
aboro, R W. Stallings, of
Md C. H/StaUlngs. and
•n and BUUa, of Spring
London, England . . . Count
ess HaUgaHta Reventlow, the
former Miss Barbara Hutton,
“Woolworth heiress,” has ask-
ed tliat her titled husband be
put under arreat to insure saf
ety for herself and two-year-old
son, Lance,
remains
In Lead As Deane
Lodges Protests
Official Returns Give Dav
idson Man Lead of About
75 Votes
DAVIDSON PROTESTED
State Boen’d of Ejection Ex
pected to Determine
Contests
Quotas Reached
In Aid To Aged
And For Children
/ _ _ _ _
i- “ I rZTZTZ un.« Am Deane eunporters of 13 absentee
^ . ballots in Elk precincts and a
^t* *1_1 _ wM#Enr ml,^A L ^ . > • _ . _t ja.i a^
Eligible WHt Not be Help
ed This Year
ballots In Elk precincts
general charge of irregularities In
other precincts, including the al-
legstlbn that Republicans voted
Jib it is estimated t^ in a nurt'^r bf
ys**i'each»d v>tg-dll- •»re»t«fetsi - , "
The Deane supporters will file
protects with the state election
board in the time prescribed by
law, it is understood.
Biirgin has been quoted as say
ing "I am the nominee” but
Deane has refused to concede the
nomination and has employed Ma
jor L. P. McLendon, a former
chairman of the state election
hoard, to represent his cause in
protests before the state election
board in investigation of the vot
ing in the second primary.
Protest.s Filed
Albemarle, July 5- Maj. L.
P. McLendon. Greensboro attor
ney said tonight that C. B.
Deane. Rockingham attorney _and
gible under the law to receive old
age assistance and aid to depen
dent children in Wilkes county,
the quota has been reached and
no others can be added to the
roll receiving monthlv grants ex
cept when present cases are term
inated by death or for other rea
sons. Charles McNeill, county
welfare officer, said today.
On July 1 the number which
had been approved for old age as
sistance grants in the county was
426. which represents all the
quota .set up by the state. Mr. Mc
Neill said. There are now 88
families, including 293 children,
receiving aid to dependent chil
dren grants and this is the full
quota for Wilkes. Blind receiving
monthly grants on the social se
curity program total 37, which
likewise is the full quota tor the
county.
Commenting on the situation,
the welfare officer said that the
welfare department has estimated
that there are yet about 300
aged people eligible to receive as
sistance and that the number of
children eligible to receive aid
and which have not been reached
in the quota is about 150.
Funds for this work are pro
vided by the federal, state and
county governments. The state
and federal funds are allotted to
the various counties from appro
priation made by the 1937 legis
lature for the years 1937 and
1938 and the funds are limited
by ‘he appropriation.
Approximately $5,000 per
month is now being paid out In
Wilkes county to needy aged and
dependent children. This amount
Is expected to be constant during
the present fiscal year.
Dettor Assistant
Probation Officer
Wilkesboro Man!- Assigned
To Post By Judge John
son J. Hiayes
Osteen, of Ortensboro, is chief
probation officer in the district.
Mr. Bob Jones, of the Somer-
sett Funeral Home at Salisbury,
is spending the week in Wllkes-
and Mtiir Wi A. Joaas.’
With official returns from all
counties except Montgomery and
unofficial returns from that coun
ty William O. Burgin, of Lexing
ton, led C. B. Deane, of Rocking
ham, by 74 votes In Saturday’s
second primary for the Demo
cratic nomination tor representa
tive of the 8th congressional dis
trict.
However, the nomination has
not been settled because the state
board of elections has protests
filed by Deane of the vote in
Davidson county and precincts in
certain other counties while Bur-
gin has asked a recount of Rich
mond county’s vote.
Wilkes’ vote as canvassed by
the county election board was 1,-
541 for Burgin and 835 for
Deane.
The board met at Wilkesboro
Tuesday but adjourned until
Wednesday, asking the sheriff to
bring in poll books, registration
books and tally sheets from 12
precincts which had not sent In
the books with the returns.
On Wednesday afternoon the
boar4, after the missing books
were B^jpght In, certified the
vote" hut without prejudice refus
ed To- act on protests filed by
filed with county election boards
gressman in Davidson county,
Montgomery county and certain
ballot boxes in Union county.
Affidavlt.s Back Protest
Major McLendon personally ap
peared before the Davidson coun
ty board of elections at Lexing
ton and filed a written protest
sworn to by Mr. Deane and sup
ported hy affidavits of Davidson
Bttilmg
i k jfn
V Ta tiA.'J
OFFICE FORC^ OF BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
This office force has the job oif'keeping the records and looking after myriads of details for
the North Wilkesboro Building and Loan association. Left to right: Miss Nina Call, J. B. Wil
Hams, Miss Elizabeth Barber and Jack Brame. ' ■
Assodatitm Hasi;
Enviable RecMid
Statement For First . Sfcn
Months of 1938 Shows
Continoed Growth.
HISTORY IS GIVEN
C. Smoot, W. F. Trofdon
And J. C. Reins Only
Presidents
‘Tenna-Sea’ Trail ^way North Wilkesboro
Prop»al T« Rale Win Be
bterest Of Qrib
Joint Meeting of Three Civ
ic OrganiMtions May
Be Held Soon
Public spirited citizens here
are showing considerable interest
In the proposal, to establish a
*‘Tenna-Sea” trail, which would
be classed as a first class route
over existing highway from
Tennessee to the Atlantic.
In the North
was ramed to contact the Liqns
Club and the Merchants’ associ
ation in regard to a joint meet
ing of the three organizations, at
which time a speaker familiar
with the "Tenna-Sea’’ trail pro
posal would be o-btalned tor the
occasion.
Following the Joint meeting
the civic organizations, which fre-
quenily find it necessary here to
serve as a chamber ol commerce,
would have more thorough knowl
edge of the proposal and would
be able to take some action.
In the meeting Friday L. M.
Nelson had charge of the pro
gram. He talked very interesting
ly about automobiles, gasoline
Joe McCoy, Jr., one of the three
youths composing the Carollna-
’Califorrila Continental Caravan,
was strolling over the streets of
San Francisco, California, a week
ago and ^humped into T. E. Story,
North yilkesboro Kiwanls club
secretary who was attqndine the
Inthraattonal^ Kiwanls ootorentloh
In Uie Golden Gate city. Needless
to say that both were xtelighted
to meet a nelgh^r more than 3,-
000 miles from home.’ ‘-'-v-
'u.,-
Over $900 Increase Report
ed For First Sek Months
Of 1938
Deane, »• - ... j
eighth district candidate for Con- taxes and other subjects and con-
gress in the July 2. primary, has ducted a que.stion and answer
contest about the subjects dis-
a protest to the vote cast for con- cussed. C. B. Eller, county super
Intendent of schools, scored high
est and received the prizes offer
ed.
Another feature of the program
wac an Intercsling talk by Rev.
Eugene Olive, who told of his re
cent trans-continental trip to
California ami other western
states.
The committee named to ar-
Postal receipts, often pointed
to as a barom?ter of business
conditions, showed an Increase ol
almost $1,000 at the North Wil
kesboro postoffice during the first
six months of 1938 as compared
with the same period in 1937.
Postmaster J. C. Reins said the
receipts for the first six months
this year exceeded receipts lor
the first six months last year by
$919.71. Receipts showed an in
crease for each individual month
over the same month in 1937.
He also stated that the post of
fice had sold more government
bonds in the first six months of
1938 than were sold during the
entire year of 1937.
of A. H. Casey, J. B. McCoy. E.
G. Finley. S. V Tomlinson and
P. W. Eshelman.
Appointment of D. C. Dettor,
well known Wilkesboro citizen,
as .assistant probation officer in
the Middle North Carolina federal
district was made known a lew
days ago from the office ol Judge
Johnson J Hayes.
Dettor is a former federal a-
gent, having served as prohibi
tion officer prior to 1932. voios —
Salary of arsistant probation eluding only 447 absentee ballots,
oHioer is ^2,000 per year. J. L. _
countv voters, requesting a re- range wi'h other organizations
count of the vote in Davidson , for n joint meeting is composed
countv and particularly in certain
specified precincts. The Davidson
board declined, according to Ma
jor McLendon, to act on the pro
test but took it under advisement
and also declined to permit Mr.
Deane or his attorneys without
instructions from the state board
of elections to have access to the
absentee ballots, poll and regis
tration books for the purpose ol
preparing evidence to support the
Deane protest.
Absentee Ballots Involved
It was pointed out In the Deane
protest that approximately 40 per
cent of the total vote In one pre
cinct in Davidson county was cast
by absentee ballots.
Bui^ Asks Recount
After Mr. Deane’s protest was
filed to the Davidson vote Mr.
Burgin wired the Richmond coun
ty board of elections asking for
a recount of the vote In Rich
mond (Deane’s home county).
The request was promptly grant
ed and the Richmond county
board wade public a letter from
Mr. Deane requesting that a re
count be made It Mr. Burgin
asked it.
Mr. Deane pointed out that in
his home county a total of 7,121
votes were cast for Congress. In-
Order Land Sold
For County Taxes
Wilkes board of commissioners
in July session Tuesday passed a
resolution ordering the sheriff to
advertise real estate for taxes due
Wilkes county for the year 1937,
the advertisement to appear dur
ing the month of August and the
sale to he on Monday, September
5.
It was further ordered that the
sheriff proceed at the same time
to levy on personal property and
to garnishee wages for taxes duo
on personal property for 1937.
The order Is In compliance with
the law and those who have not
paid county taxes for 1937 are
urged to pay during this month
and save advertising costs.
whereas In Davidson county the
absentee ballots are believed to
be approximately 2,000 out ol a
total of less than 8.000.
Recoont In Richmond
Rockingham, July 5.—A re
count of the congressional rote
IS ByVUUUJft TV wee, eee ,, VVUUV V*
boro with Us parents, Itepu^ Rlclmond county July 8
irii*bs madw . ,
Will Play Strong
Team HeVe Sunday
North Wilkesboro baseball
team will play the fast Wachovia
oil company team rom Winston-
Salem on the fairgrounds here
Sunday afternoon. The game will
begin at 2:30.
The game Sunday will be the
only home game for North Wll'
kesboro this wei^-end. On Set
ter will play at
at CHngman.
,’phe standings:
ER.stem
Team
W. L. Pet.
5
Wilkesboro I--"- 5 ‘2 711 junior baseball, was on the mound
Traphlll
N.
CHngman
Wilkesboro
Western
Cricket —
Moravian Falls —-
Boomer
Purlear -
711
1000
771
167
000
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Rector
and mother, Mrs. Ida Rector and playytg. Not expecting such a dl^
daughter. Patty. Mr. and Mrs. B.
E. Eller, Mrs. J. C. McNlel, Mr.
and Mrs.. Warren Hastings
two sons. Edwin and Robert
lyn,’and Misses ..Wanda ; Kerley
and Nellie Ostirlei went. to 8hat-
^iliQjiirth
'■iismagf.
$1.25 For the Year
Loss In Valuation Balanced
Off by ReductionO In
The Budget
North Wllkesboro’s tax rate Is
expected to remain at $1.26 on
each hundred dollars’ valuation
of property for the fiscal year
which began on July I-
The board of commissioners In
recent meeting tentatively adopt
ed a budget similar to ^e jfod-
Hkst year and whjdti calls
-tax leriw. ‘ - -
However, the city experienced
a loss of approximately $200,000
in assessed valuation due to the
new state law whlcn exempts In
tangibles from city and county
taxation.
This will result in decreased
rev?nue from the $1.25 rate, city
officials said, hut the decrease is
balanced by reductions in the
budget, principally in debt service
wher-’ a smaller amount was re
quired tor interest because of
bonds paid oft.
The general fund has total esti
mated expenditures of $49,250,
for which the tax levy is tenta
tively set at 36 cents. However,
other sources of revenue go into
this fund.
Debt service takes the greatest
part of the levy, 77 cents, while
the school funds levy remains at
12 cents.
Poll tax will remain $1.25. ac
cording to the tentative levy as
published today.
During the past fiscal year the
city government met all obliga
tions promptly and did not bor
row any money. In the meantime
the bonded debt was reduced by
a substantial amount. The bonded
debt at present is $287,000, not
including school bonds which are
in litigation with the county but
which arp included in the city s
budget until the case Is settled in
court.
North Wilkesboro
And Tranhill Tied
In holiday American Legion
Jui>*->r haseball games North Wil
kesboro went into a tie with
Traphiil for first place hy defeat
ing Wilkesboro 8 to 3 while
CHngman was winning over Trap-
hill.
In the western half there were
two shutouts by identical scores.
Cricket remained undefeated by
scoring eight runs against Pur
lear In a game witnessed by a
large crowd at Cricket.
Moravian Falls defeated Boom
er 8 to 0 and on, Saturday of this
week Moravian Falls will play
Cricket at Moravian Falls and
Boomer will play Purlear at Pur-
l6&r>
A good game is in prospect street nine,
here when ’Traphlll and North The victory of Tenth was In-
WHkesboro battle for the eastern deed cause for celebration In the
ipaeue lead Wilkesboro will play west end of the city because only
IfrBneman. a week before Chilton;s Ninth
street did everTthlng but
make a race track ont of the
base lines.
Jay Church, a graduate of
Defeat Of Tenth
Street Revenged
There was no boasting on
Ninth street late Wednesday aft
ernoon because bats of Ninth
street sluggers had been silenced
to the tune of 8 to 6 In the sec
ond baseball game with Tenth
(or Tenth street and Ninth street
batters who didn’t get hit expect
ed to as the speed balls and wind
ing curves went over, and about
the plate.
Manager Chilton, o f Ninth
street was not present and with
_ justlfled(T) pride he points out
the reason for the defeat of his
play of power from Tenth street
he tailed to send In his “good
and players in reserve” and evidently
Al- saved them too long to stave off
oertaln defeat. t ,
TbniSt Street victors yedngj^
rSDrlBi ' WVUIr.-.Md *w**#r*^ ------- 3 .
Ashe ttte J^igrjog w«er thq
of Manager Bfame.
.d-
The North Wilkesboro Building
& Loan association has completed
its 35 th year.
Organized when North Wllkes-
bbr.D was only a Tillage, tbe as
sociation has kept in step with
the growth and progress of the
community until it is now one of
the outstanding associations in
this part of the state.
Today The Journsl-Patrlot has
devoted a great part of tlris issue
to the association in the belief
that many people in this section
will be Interested in the organi
zation which is being so success
fully maintained here.
The North Wilkesboro Build
ing & Loan association was or
ganized and started into buslnees
In the month of April, 1903, hav
ing been chartered on, the Appl^f?
cation of Dr. W. - P. HprtM,
V. Foote, L. A. Hausen i 3. V
Marlow, Frank D. ..
Deans. E. M. BlabMbrh, W;
Henry, W. 8. -Ralrratt,
Combs, J. S.,
ton Smoot, W, F. ’Tro^Oh, W.
M. Absher, J. E. Finley, and H.
W. Horton. This association has
been and is today the most ac
tive financial institution in homo
building in Wilkes county. Dur
ing its existence there has been
millions of dollars loaned for
building construction as well aa
a place of savings for those der
siring to do so.
This association was first head
ed by J. C. Smoot, president,
Frank D. Hackett, attorney, and
A. V. Foote, secretary-treasurer.
Mr. Foote resigned in a few yeara
after organization and he waa
succeeded by Frank D. Hackett
as secretary treasurer, who con
tinued in this position for a long
number of years. W. F. Trogdon
was the second president of the
association having been elected
to this office either in 1915 or
1916, and about that time Clem
IVrenn was elected secretary
treasurer, who served until about
1927. J. C. Reins, the third pres
ident of the association, was elect
ed in 1923, and is still serving in
this capacity. J. B. Williams was
elected secretary treasurer in
1927, having served as assistant
secretary treasurer from 1920.
It is interesting to note that
this association has been headed
by a number of prominent cltizena
who have died. Among those who
were direefors and officers and
who have gone to tPeir reward,
are found the names of J. C.
Smoot, F. D. Hackett, W. P. Hor
ton, W. F. Trogdon, J. R. Mai^
low, A. B. Williams, J. R. Combs,
A. R. Sherman, H. O. Absher, R.
C. Hendren, W. W. Call, T. J.
Phillips, Roscoe Prevette, H. C.
Landon, Sr., and J. F. Johnson.
There are perhaps others but
soma of the early records are not
available and a complete list can
not be secured.
J. B. Williams, the present sec
retary-treasurer. said that since
1924 there have been checks
mailed out to stockholders hold
ing full paid stock, totalling
$149,372.31, which covers • th»
period from January 1, 1928 to
June 30, 1938. Most of this mon; ’
ey was paid to citizens of tVIlkeS
county. -According to information
available this »s perhaps the larg
est cash dividend on investinenta
that has beeh paid by any finan
cial institntion in this connty.
From January 1st, this year, to
June 30th, there have been twen-
ty-seven loans made for new
constrnctlon in which $30,730.00
was loaned; ten loans for tho ,/*"
purchase of hom;iW,;raio9nBtiag
$15,250.00; eleven loans for re. 4-
palrs, reconditioning and. 'otbe
purposes. .$8O.75O.0jl),
total of forty-otg^ loanii^"
log I7».760,«0. rr; ...
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