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olert 4«cl» of tb4^
-' Bouatcn, apod toward P«-
ftohtng rroanda today. The
eXMutiro embarlced on the
Shary warthlp here late yeater-
4ay, after ptittfug the finishing
^litieal touch on his transconti-
aeatal speaking tour.
«Uef
_!^8egm
Wt^dii Boomer
Sdiool Builtfog
|42^V L dead
^»*rta, Jn»y '‘H.—Samuel In-
anll.- wUte-halred ex-monarch of
^ $4,0«e.000,000 utftltlea empire
ha created In the United States.
tUod toilftp. froBtAO; bean attack
fa » _P«^ aolMsay.etattoB. Seaen-
ty-eight yaara-oid. Inanll had suf
fered fiVm a keaft ailment for
aexeral years and bad been ask
ed by Ua wife “nerer to take a
8nbT>ay because it was bad for
his hrttrt.”
Building With Four Rooms
amd Auditorium to Be
Project of W. P. A.
•fc-
McADOO O.K.y
Bn t Route With President
Roosevelt to San Diego, Calif.,
July 16.—^President Roosevelt
gava his loyal supporter. Senator
William G. McAdoo, a clear-cut
Indorsement for renoniinatlon to
day. Speaking from the rear plat
form of his special train as Los
Angeles with McAdoo at his side,
lb® chief executive recalled he
had written the Californian last
March urging him to seek renrrm-
ination. “I might add that I
meant I hoped he would get
elected, too,’’ the President said.
Work' will begin within the
next few days on construction ot
a four-room brick veneer school
building at Boomer to replace the
old dilapidated frame building, it
was learnt tdday from the of
fice of C. B. Eller, superinten
dent of schools.
The building, which will also
contain an auditorium, will bfe
erected as a WPA project with
the cost shared between WH^cs
county hs sponsor and the federal
government.
Materials salvaged from the
old school building will be used
as a part of the sponsor’s contri
bution and it is understood that a
loan has been negotiated from the
state’s literary fund to supple
ment the materials salvaged. A
similar project has been approved
for Cllngman school, Mr. Eller
said.
STUDYING TAXES
Washington. July 16. — ’The
treasury Intends to make an In
tensive study t'als summer of the
feasibility of leaving heavier in
come taxes on the “little-fellow.’’
No decision has been made as to
^ whether the administration will
..sponsor any change In the low
Income tax brackets, but a study
of the subject was one of the
items of “homework” that Sec
retary of the Treasury Morgen-
thau assigned his experts before
leaving Friday for France.
Ask That Way
Be Named Honor
Of J. G. Hackett
Kiwanians Have Interesting
Meeting Friday Noon;
Funds Are Raised
GRASSHOPPERS HUNGRY
Sidney. Mont, Julv 17.—Vora-
ainua gmoppera which, descend
ed on grain fields “like rain” are
swiftly ruinin.g promising crops
in this part of eastern Montana.
“'They took all my oats. There
are so many hoppers that poison |
seems no use.’ That was the
plaint today of H. A. Schultz, of
Lambert. Others told of similar
devastation In this section, until
this vear harassed by drought for
five to 10 years. The farmers
likened the sound of the ap
proaching flight of the Insects to
drone of Invading airplane
the
motors.
explosion KILT.S 2
Wellsville, N. Y., July li.
Two men were killed tonight
when an exploding oil tank leaped
200 feet across the Genesee river
and fell into e. crowd of specta
tors watching the fire in the $15,-
000 000 Sinclair Oil company
plant here. It was not Immediate
ly known whether other specta
tors might not have been burled
under the huge missile. As fire
men from scores of cities battled
desperately agiinst the roaring
names within Oie plant, workmen
begun cutting apart the tank in
an effort to discover if there were
other victims.
May Open Pool
On Wednesday
1-Plans For the
fH^jeel; Good-Profram
Is Carnad Oat
Tho North Wilkeshoro Kiwanis
club in meeting Friday noon
asked that highway 115 be named
in honor of Highway Commis
sioner J. G. Hackett, subscribed
$50 as the club’s part in financ
ing publicity for the Tenne-Sea-
Trail, and listened to an excellent
Scout program presented by Rev.
W. A. Jenkins, of Elkin.
A'fdB5Ttmmr-*as read "bV Pres
ident Casey setting forth the rec
ord of the public service of J. G.
' Hackett. and in consequence
thereof request'rg the highway
authorities to name the Hunting
rreek highway just now complet
ed, ‘‘The J. Gordon Hackett High
way.” By motion J. R- Finley,
seconded by C. O. McNeil, the
resoUitioi. was unanimously a-
dopted. m ■ IT
Pursuing the Tenne-Sea Trail
matt?'- which has been up for
consideration for some time. P.
W Eshelman stated that it had
been decided that three groups
would raise one hundred dollars
to further tb" proposition in
this community, twenty-five dol
lars from the Lions Club, twenty-
five from the .Vlerchants’ Associ
ation and fifty dollars from the
Kiwanis club. The fifty dollars
was immediately suhscrihed by
members of the club.
Program Chairman W. E. Jones
presented Rev. W. >. Jenkins, of
Elkin, with three Eagle Scouts,
Dick Smith. Jimmy Harrell and
Dick Sugart. Rev. Mr. Jenkins
made a splendid talk on the vir
tues of seoutirg. stating that as
a minister, he had found It a
most valuable asset In his church
program. “It breaks down barrier
between boy and his pastor. They
work together better in church
enterorises. They do better school
work. They have better attitude
toward community. Scouting pre
pares tor citizenship. It is Chris
tian in its entire set-up.” He
then presented his scouts, and
Dick Smith gave a fine talk on
the “History of Scontlng.” Jlm-
pool
will
The Rlferslde Swimming
IjettWen the Wllkeeboros
% .The North Wllkesboro Lions
cfah will operate the pool as a
non-profit project this summer as
* part of the club’s Girls and
Bora activities.
■- Renovation work has been
under wa.v and If the work can
• be completed tomorrow the pool
open Wednesdar- The pool,
■which Is of concrete construc-
’" tton. has been repaint^ and r^
^iiMlrsd. Bath houses
^>'£en^rebulit. City water will be
a splendid program was
aat^ Paul CasMon was in
and ho presented Rev.
n, .
bright
ifth
an
iMt
••ritenre Time.'* The hciaffcs
^rlSivM wttlt rapt fctwsst
^VuHou was adopmd ask-
”^\he .tafa hlghwsT com-
^“‘nLme"t”rHT.Ung creek
Jnnmber IW) , th® J-
^^Haekett hlf tt wW M be-loi
ray begiif increasing
, n:ts. i»»8;
tu
OF 4-H.Cl
Umii-
Ami
Kills
Here are pictured members of the Wilkes^ county Cof
officers of the six individual clubs, ^ft to right are: t
son, Zalatese Walsh and Claude B Minws; standing. E«!
Amelia Blou, Blanche Sidden, Charlie Wiles, Lucile Jt
hers of the counc 1 not present when the above ^cture
D J. Reddings, Lorraine Tharpe, De mna Templet
ers, U . ixeutiiug®, r . J f i
Caudill, Billy Hayes, Ruth HuflFman, Ray.nond GofoiT
of 4*H clubs ft^ed by
ot row, Raymon Fergu-
lae Cryael, Hugh Kilby,
^'and Doris Hamby. Mem-
taken are Edith Chamb-
Margaret McGee, H. D.
jla Hall, Magdalene Bar-
ers, D. J. Redding, Lorraine Tharpe,
Winston-Salem Journal).
Mary Lee V^^le.—(Photo by Courtesy
Coming To Wilkes Many Expccted to'Hear Secretary
NationsJ Grangefat Grange Picnic
Near Moravian feJls Tuesday Night
Silas Johnson, WllkMbbro citi
zen and* bee keeper, killed 48
snai&s on highway 421 near Ma
ple Sprfngi^one day last-wwk.
And’the report jp not the re-
snlt «f' delerluui tremens or a
snake tale without a tbnndstlon.
Ben Whittington, wbo was near
by, witnessed the wholesale kill
ing.
Mr. Johnson was on his way to
Maple Springs to see if an apiary
of bees had stored up a bounti
ful supply of so*)rwood honey. He
saw a snake lying on the highway
but (lid aot see it In time to run
over it with his car He stopped
and backed up, skidding the
wheels of his car on the snake.
He stepped out of hts oar to^
Inspect the dead snake and little'
snakes 6 to HI inches long were
all over the pavement. H? killed
47 and saw three or more Others
hanging out of a hole the car
wheels had torn In the large
snake's carcass.
'The large snake was peculiar
in a.opearance. Some who saw
the snake said It resembled a
highland moccasin.
Successful Revival
Sixteen were added to
church Sunday at Mt. Herman
where a very •’uccessful revival
bad been In progre.ss during the
.Tlse pastor. Rev. S. I.
Picnic Will Be Held at Six
o’clock at Pine Ridge
thei Picnic Grounds
Moses Triplett
Taken by Deatlil
Harry A. Caton, secretary of
the National Grange will he the
,T1^ R®^-. ^ *-j steature speaker at a picnic ot the
cftPdmbed'
hy7 .Rev. -Howard Ford,
pastor cf Wllkesboro
cbitcch.
Harry A. Caton, secretary of
the .National Grange. He will
speak at the annual Pomona
Gr.inge picnic Tuesday evening,
six o’clock, at Pine Ridife pic
nic gronnd.s near Moravian
Falls.
Union Methodists
To Build a Church
L%e held at Pine Ridge picnic
Captistf>^^^j^^^ near Moravian Palls on
jiesday evenip?, July 19, six
’o’clock.
.... Orange leaders have aunounc-
' i,ed that the picnic will be an open
' ^meeting and that all persons In
terested are Inrr.ed to attend and
f tbear the address by the widely
nown executive of the fraternity.
' Mr. Caton has been secretary
_f the National Grange for the
Been 111 Since Reunion
Few Days Ago
“Uncle” Moses Triplett, wh ^
•‘fooled them all” at the reunloiv
ot the men who wore the blu*:
and grey at Gettysburg, passed a».
way last night at his home
Denny, only a few days after aty
tending the joint reunion.
“Uncle Mose.” as he wa
known to many people, was oni
of the most remarkable chara
ters of his community. He was 9
I
Will Sell Old Building Sat
urday; Church Offered
Gift of $2,000
Union Methedist church has
plans well under way for a mod
ern thnrch building to be erected
at the site of the nresent build
ing in the Cricket community.
Rev. A. W. Lynch, pastor of
the Wllkesboro charge, of which
Union la a part, said that the
church has been offered a condl-
Uonal gift of $2,000 from Duke
Foundation as a part of the cort
of the new building. It is under-
years of age. K i »= -
He was a member of the Unloij North
army in the War Between the- " ' ’ * -■—*
States but at Gettysburg reunion
this month was placed in the grey
tents of the Confederate veteran^]
Even the attendant who aceoni^^
tne -ruH-urj u. stood, however, that the grant is
my Harrell and Dick Sugart eave conditioned upon what the church
some llfe-savipg demonstrations ■ •• • " * **’“
for swimming.
John Rector, of San Diego.
California, was a guest of E. E.
Eller and J. D. Holcomb, of El
kin, was a visiting Kiwanian.
Locals Lose Two
North WUkesDoro baseball
team was off form during the
week-end and dropped games to
Elkin and Hanes Cubs from Win
ston-Salem.
North Wllkesboro lost to Elkin
at Elkin Saturday nine to 1 and
to the Twin-City nine here Sun
day seven to live. Reavls hit.a
homer for North Wllkesboro Sun
day and one of the visitors dupli
cated the feal.
contributes and raised toward the
cost of the building.
The plans call for a brick ve
neer structure with spacious au
ditorium and eight Sunday school
rooms.
"The trustees of the church will
offer the present frame building
for sale and will receive bids for
the building at the church on
Saturday morning, July 23. nine
o’clock, the pastor announced.
panied the aged man to Gettyjjr;
burg did not know that he ha
been a Union soldier until Trl
lett was replying to questions b:
a reporter at Hickory on the r
turn trip. He had been feeb
since his return from the reunloi
He Is survived by his wif
Mrs. Elida Triplett, and two chi
dren: Irene, age 10, and Bveret
only five-
Funeral service will he heM
the home Tuesday, 11 a. nr., t
be conducted by Rev. A. J. Pot
ter. Burial will be In the famll
cemetery. He was a member o
Darby Baptist church.
Find Small StiU
Near City limit
Funeral Is Held
For L. B. Church
Officers Destroy Little Out
fit on Gordon Hill
West of City
Farm Product Prices
Farm economists at vstfious
universities throughout the coun
try are predicting no furtHsr
drop in gqperal #awsi product
prices. "
Though Opinions vary, most
products are expected to maintain
the present low level fer a time,
not be - long before
Funeral service was held today
at^rbor Grove Methodist church
foipj. B. Church, well and favor
ably l«iown citizen who died Sat
urday at his homo near Mifters
Creek.
Mr. Church was 81 years of
age and I.s survived by eight sous
Odell Whittington, chief depu
ty sheriff, reports the destruc
tlon of a moonshine 'Still wlthl
less than a mile of the city limit
of North Wllkesboro.
The still, a very small outfltf'
iv^ located on the northeast side
of Gordon Hill near a small,
branch. Beer boges had a capaoltjf'
of .about ■»»0 gallow, ,en(mgh M
past ten years. He is a former
jturer and master of the Ohio
itate Grange and is now chair
man of (he board of trustees of
the Ohio state university.
Plans for ths picnic were form
ed In a meeting of the Pomona
Orange held Friday night in the
Wilkes county courthouse. A
‘Jeature of the program at the
meeting Friday night was an ad
dress by T. E. Story, who has
Just returned from a trip to San
Francisco as delegate of the
club
to the Kiwanis International con
vention.
Junior Leaders
Remain On Top
On Saturday Traphlll junior
jieam defeated Wllkesboro 6 tp 0
gain a stronger grip on the
[d in the eastern dlvlalon of Le-
junfor baseball.
'Ji' The lead '.ol ’Trapbill was
engthene* when the second place
rorth WHkeshoro team dropped
a well played game to Cllngman
^^to 2.
In the western half Boomer
A ^failed to appear at Cricket, which
^^esulted in a forfeit to the unde-
tated leaders. Moravian Falls
^won 11 to 1 over Purlear.
t'. ’The standings:
Eastern
Team ^
ihlll *
Wllkesboro 5
lllngman f
'llkcsboro —— I
Western
trlcket — — ®
Child Welfare
Assistant Will
Work In Wilkes
Miss Leora German Assigned
to >yjlke8 by the State
Board of Welfare
Miss Leora German, daughUr
Mr. and Mrir. J-
of Boomer, has been appointed by
the state board of charities and
public welfare as child welfare
assistant for Wilkes county.
This type of work is being in
stituted in the state this year for
the first time. Commenting on
the appointment ot Miss German
to Wilkes Charles McNeill, Wilkes
county welfare officer, said.
'Child welfare assistants are be
ing assigned to a limited number
of counties and we feel fortunate
that Miss German has been as
signed to Wilkes. She Is well qual
ified by training to carry on this
work.”
Although an outline of the du
ties of child welfare assistant
have not been announced. It is
understood that she will deal
principallv with what is known
as “problem children.”
Miss German Is a graduate of
Berea College at Berea, Ken
tucky. and she did post graduate
work at the University of North
Carolina as training for social
work. .
Miss German’s office is in the
Wilkes county courihouse In the
room formerly occupied by
county farm agent.
Endorse Pri
For City
North Wake^
Also Favor White WAjr -^l|^
Maia Street * '
Held Thursday
PLAN TRADE EVENT
Plans to Be Worked Out For
Tradei Expansion Event
Here This Fall
Wilkes County Merchants’ as
sociation in meeting Thursday
night went on record as favoring
two proposed publiif' improve
ments In North Wllkesboro.
The association as a body en
dorsed the proposal for construc
tion of a municipal building In
'North Wllkesboro as a Works
Progress administration project.
The mayor and city board have
nnd'sr consideration a proposal
that calls for construction ot a
building to house the various de
partments of city government now
occupying leased quarters and tho
agencies for which the city shares
cost of rental space. Including
the area WPA offices and the em
ployment service office.
The association also went on
record as favoring a ‘White Way’
on Main Street.
The organization has plans
under way for the promotion of
a trade expansion event in North
Wllkesboro early this fall. Furth
er plans for the event are expect
ed CO be announced following
subsequent meetings of the as
sociation or the board of direc
tors.
Twelve 4-H Club '
Members Plan to
Attend Meeting
Wilkes Will Be Well Repre
sented In Annual Gath
ering at Raleigh
the
Nisbet, Reeves
Tennis Champs
Defeated Carrigan and Gar-
^^ood In Finals Of the
Tosmament
Pet.
ioravlan Falls 8
somer — — ^
furlesr ®
Saturday of this week will find
Tuflear playing at Boomer; Mo
ravian Falls at. Cricket: Cllngman
at Wllkesboro: and North Wll-
keeboro at ’Trailhlll. -
and, one daushtS-; R. L. Chufc^
- ■ - B. Church, of Roar^
e aba|| 10 gallons of-sngarl
iM
ef,ri*kln: J
Ing River; C. W. Church, of Wll-
keaboro; W. A.. E. E., A. M. and
P. W. Church, of Wlnston-Salejn;
J. M. Church, Of Oreeashurogji^
Mrs. F. H. McNeUU
nkd llqueT.'
Deputies WWittingtsn and Be*
shears destrhyed a 5-gallon stUi
near ParaonvlUe early ‘ In- th
No one was fonnd at th'
t hut the AMcen located^ J
iUBi hf tinuo? hidden
,Whe4t Crop IwRfaiice
.t Under a rscefit amendment te
the .KeieraP Crop InsUiranoe
the wtert
pfeu>luaff Poftey
^ [cd'tWo ae-Pura cofiey
After losing the first set 1-6
Thomas Nisbet and Ross Reeves
went on to win the doublee cham
pion in the Wilkes tourney over
William Carrigan and Albert
Garwood three sets out of five.
The scores were 1-6, 6-3, 2-B,
8-6, and 6-2.
Carrigan and Garwood advanc
ed to the finals after a lengthy
and closely contested match with
Ralph Crawford and Blair Gwyn.
The fifth set was played Thurs
day 7 to 5 aftPt darkness had
halted play Wednesday afternoon.
Nisbet, singles champion, and
Reeves advanced to the finals by
defeating John Kermlt Blackburn
and Dick Gwyn.
Trophiee were presented the
winners at the end of the tourna
ment.
The tourney was hlghjr
cessful daring the two w^ of
play and many of the most ex
citing matches were witnessed by
large crowds. The North Wllk^
boro Lions club wiu sponsor t»e
toirnment as an ananal affair.
Judge and Jin. T. ,B,
Kb. C. D. C«ey,. Jr., and l^ps
went to Newton
Twelve boys and girls from
Wilkes county have been selected
to attend the annual 4-H club
short course to begin at State
College July 25, it was learned to
day from Dan Holler, county farm
agent.
The selections from the various
clubs follow: Millers Creek, Eda
Mae Crysel and Odell Whitting
ton, Jr.; Champion. Doris Ham
by and Ssm Church; Ferguson,
Magdalene Barlow: Ronda, Ruth
Tharpe. D. J. Redding and Dean
Pardue; Traphill. Geraldine Nicb-
olsrtn and Dwight Blackburn;
Mountain View, Claude Billings
and Lizzie Lee Wiles.
The boys and girls will be .gc-
companied to the short course 'By
Giles, assistant county agent, orto
Miss Harriet McGoogan. homo
demonstration agent, and Jeeso
Giles, assistant county agent,
who win remair there during fao
week.
On the way back to Wilkes on
Saturday, July 30, the Wilkes
delegation will stop In Wlnstoa-
Salem to broadcast a program
over radio station WAIR. ’Tho
subject will- be “Grooming.”
North WiHre^ro
NCESOffice Leads
Has Highest Number Place
ments and Registrations
In the District
M
i'
I
North Wllkesboro office of tho
North Carolina State employment
service led other branch offltms
in the Hickory district in regis
trations and number of private
placements during the month of
June, a report from state head-
auarters shows
The North Wllkesboro office
placed 78 applicants to private
employment during tlis
Thefa wore 55 at the Hickory-oK
flee, SI at Lenoir and 18 at Mor-
gan^on.
‘ irth Wllkesboro led in pahlic
ents hy 1«. hr-
with 44, ,-Morgaatda IT
tftrt^ WiSsiV™
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at^ad gti>dnd,.vjlti >15. :L«plf 4ff, art