North Carolina Newspapers

m Mm i * m I . ..'I -^A of^l t ' ;£^ '’'Publish^ Thursdays. - NO^T^ K. C4^raUM^ v^;. ../j ^ ' ■— - ■" ■' * " f%- , >;, ^ -«»u iCCO 184.19 AttiL.Sti.—S«l«s on the tMMk 1, 191 sM :U^,- M{t''tl"lfr!" At - hfllt ’ to^eco market here MnotiBted to 1,599,940 _ irhlch brought 9387 - ._^iS5, or an -average of 124.19. ■•3(f|twhouse floors were cleared ■iodity. mt For Opening Day Of Wilkes Schools ICKES DEFENDS F.D.R. t Bokton, Aur. 30.—^Asserting 'Pr^Ment Roosevelt’s Intra-party ■"purfo” efforts constituted a ■proper course against men “who tileVed the voters by wearing our insignia, “Works Progress Ad ministrator Harry L. Hapklns to- '■hlght declared the administration ■tfd not intend to be “gagged or mussled’’ In presenting its case. More Children Than Ever Before. Is Unofficial Re port From Schools New- WINNING 'EM OVER Denver, Aug. 30.—Jack man, grocer, eomplslned many friends shunned him on a recent ▼latt to Akron, Col'>., where he once ran a store. Puzzled, he re called former Akron customers owed him 95,000. So he advertis ed sM ac’ounts were cancelled. ‘Then everyboiv was happy,’’ he said. “Everybody is my friend a- galn.’’ PALL PROVES FATAL Ruthetfordtou, A;ig. 30.—Rob ert Culbreth, about 50. well known Splndale citizen and paint er, died at Rutherford hospital this afternoon about 4:30 o’clock from injuries he received this morning while painting on the Carolina theatre at Spindale. He fell headforemost to feet to the concrete sidewalk. He was. rush ed to the hospital but never re gained consciousness. School buildings of Wilkes county were filled to capacity this week after opening of all units of the county system Monday morning. Wilkesboro, largest school on the county system, reported .■>n opening day enrollment of S64 or 100 more than enrolled on opening day last year and 16 more than th? totn! enrollment during last term. At Millers Creek the openinv day enrollment was 7G0 with prospects that the enrollment this week would reach the 800 mark Similar increases were unoffi cially reported from the other large schools, Mountain View, Traphill, Ronda. Roaring River, Mount Pleasant and Ferguson. SpMial Term of W31 Cdnvene On SeptenAer 12; Two Weeks For Trial Civil Cases Plane For Exploration i Judge Plena May Be On Bench For The Special Term i- -L,' Is An Effort to Get Wilkes Court Dockets In Cur rent Condition RETURr^'S TO WILKESBORO HOME miUm I Registration Of Students In City Schools Explained Bivokl-vn, N. Y. . . . The monoplane, which IJncoln Ell-s- worfh will use for exploration in the .4ii(arc(ic being lowered into the hold C ; /^he base ship, Wyatt Karp, -•.umander Ells worth will p’,K-up plane at Capetown, .‘loiith .Africa. Schools Will Open at 8:40 A. M. On Monday, September 5 FEWER JOBLESS W.ishiugton, Aug. 30.—The so cial security board snnounced to day that $36,665,000 in unem ployment benefit had been dis bursed to jobless workers in 2 8 States In July. rai.=’"ng the 193? total to $216,000,000. The July figure was 8 per cent below June and there was a 21 per cent drop the number of initial claims 5n filed. ROAD BIDS OPENED Raleigh. Aug. 30.—The state highway and public works com- mi.ssion today opened low bids totaling $1,36?,473.70 for 19 highway :mp'‘ovem;'iit and grade crossing elimination projects. Contracts will t;e awarded next week by Frank L. Dunlap, com mission chairman, and bighwa- engineers. The awards, however, are contingent on approval by the federal bureau of roads. MORE FOR NEEDY Raleigh, Aug. 30 —The sta’o ; ^ board of charities and public wei • '’*"fare will ask the 1939 genera! assembly to m:ike i)o«.sible a $6- 950.000 annual fund for depen dent children and the needy aged. It was revealed here today. .A’ present public .'ssistance program fund totals $-..bOO.OOO a year. The legislature will be asked for 9250.000 boost in state funds a- bove the fl,000,000 annual ap proprlation for the aged needy for the 1937-39 biennium: and a 9150.000 increase above the 9500.000 the state furnishes for Indigent children. n"ew deal setbacks Washington. Aug. 31.—Senator William G. McAdoo’s defeat In California and Senator Ellison D. Smith’s smashing victory 1 n South Carolina, gave a double set back today to Pre«ident Roose velt’s attempt to shape the make up of the next Congress. Some administration adherents iiulicated there had been little hope that Smith would be de feated. but that MoAdoo’s failure to gain renomination was a stun ning blow. There was no indication, how ever, of any inclination to ease off on the congressional “purge” campaign. President Roosevelt himself •was represented by aides as nel- surprised nor disturbed by renominaclon of Smith In Th.- North Wilkesboro city schools will begin the 193.3-39 session Monday morning, Septem ber 5th, at S:40 o'clock. All chil dren who attended the city schools last year in .grades one thro.igh seven are requested to report at that time to the same ela.ssroom they occupied last year. From the«e rooms they will be as signed to classrooms for the new session. All pupils in the first seven grades •who did not attend the city school last year will report to the auditorium for classifica tion. It will bo necessary that each pupil entering the North Wilk'^sboro school for the fir.st time bring a report card or a written >-ecord from the school last .attended. .All children who are entering the first .grade for the first time are ’iike>''ise asked to come to the school auditorium at 8:40 on Monday morning. .According 'o a statement recently issued by Lloyd Griffin, secetary of the state school commission, the At- .torney General has ruled that I children who -ivo six years old on or before the 2nd of October are entitled ’o enter school this year. All high school pupils, grades eight through eleven, will as semble in the hall I'f the high school building and there they will be directed to their various rooms. High school pupils who did not attenfl th? city school last year are .asked to report to the school office either Thursday morning or Friday morning at nine o’ clock for the purpose of registra tion. Any high rchool pupils who have problems In connection with promotion or schedule making should come to the office Thurs day afternoon for the completion of their record. As during the past session three separate courses will again be offered in the high school— the academic or college prepara tory course, the general course, and the commercial course. Par- ■ nts are requested to discuss with their children which of the cours es they desire to follow and to in struct the children to be sure that their registration is for the desired course. The superintendent will be in his -4fice daily this week and will be glad to discuss any prob lems with ipterosted parents. Two Held For An Assault On Son, Brother tb«r the Tuesday’s primary. P.-T. A. Sponsoring Social Hour 5th There ® given for the teachers of the North Wilkesboro school, the fatheni. and mothers, Monday Arming, September 5, on the . !i a. aim s»«t i«t. are Invited to attend any S^^ween the hoiirc of eight Pareots Jwe urged to en- ttetr children by attend- take the advanUge ot opportBBlty t() v^eet their . VKherT Ufft refreehments ^11 which l3 being eponsored S i; ^«t-Teacher W.- Young Democrats To Meet Saturday Will Select Delegates to the State Convention In Durham Soon Sheriff C. T. Doughton, presi dent of the Young Democratic clubs of Wilkes county, has call Officer.s arc holfUng Coy Pruitt and Karl Pruitt in Wilkes iail for as.s.ault with in tent to kill on their .son and brother, AV.'iller Pruitt, ago 15, at the home of tlie father, Coy Pruitt, in the She|>l>erd’s Cro.ss Road.s section of Wilkes coun ty .Sunday. In response to a call from that community Sheriff C. T. Donghton and deputies went to the home of Pniitt Sunday aft ernoon and found I he cldei- Pmitt and Coy lying in the road with a honor jar between them. AValtcr had been remov ed to tile hospitiil iiere and to day was repoded a.s makuig satisfactory progress toward re covery. The l>ov had .suffered .severe lacerations about his head and hotly, |)resuniably with a knife. The family row is nlleKed to have begfiin over the hoy’.s re turn home after his father had told liim to st-iy aw.ay. Bus Lines May Begin Monday Wilkes Transportation Co. Arranging Schedule and Fares For City Buses A special term of Wilkes court will convene in Wilkesboro on Monday, September J2. The term will be ^or two weeks and will be for trial of civil cases. Jn.dge J- Will P|ess, Jr., of Marion, has agreed to preside over the term provided his other courts do not coffiflict. Judge Pless presided over courts of the 17 th district the first six months of this year and while In Wilkes made a record of disposal of cases from the congested Wilkes dockets. The special term 'was called in an effort to get the civil issue docket in current condition, j When the first civil term was held this year civil cases were calendared which doted back five years or more. There arc still a few case.s pending which originat ed throe or four years ago. The bar association in recent meeting made out the calendar for the term in order the cases were instituted and a full calen dar was arranged for each day of the two-weeks’ term. The county board of commis sioners in recent meeting drew the following jurors for the term’ First Week J. C. Marley, Elk; J. G. Wood ruff, Traphill; Nathan A. Call Wilkesboro; V. C. Cleary, Wil- keshoro; Alex Phepherd, Union; H. M. Hutchison, Walnut Grove; W. C. Huie, Walnut Grove; P. E. Dancy, Mulberry; A. C. Phillips, Traphill; D. Wt Setzer, fleaver Creek; Edgar Brooks, Wilke.s- horo- A. L. Bidden, Walnut Grove; J. B. ATiller, Union; J. Andrew Souther, Lovelace; George U. McOlaraery, Reddles River; D. J. Pard'.ie. Moravian Falls; Fred Gailher. Reddies Riv er; T. P. Harrold, Mulberry. Second Week M. A. Wellborn, New Castle: J A. Cooper, Stan*on; E. G. Barlow. Elk; Wi'.liam L. Russel, Boom er; N. Winglev, Union: A. C. Byrd, New Castle; Charles I.yon, Traphill; J. O. Brewer, Traphill; W. L. Minton, Moravian Falls; W. D. Kilby, Union: C. L. Bea mon, Reddles River: J. E. Bil lings. Walnut Grove: N. P. My ers. Kock Creek; S. A. Hutchison, Traphill: H. R. Queen, Brushy Mountain; Robert F. Eller, Boomer; William E. McCarter, Somers; Roy M. Alexander, Ed wards. - -r - T—' All Atteodiiice- Recordt myBl^i Broken At Filf Plymouth Automobile to B*' Given One Night at the ‘ Northwestern Fair ADDITIONAL FREE ACTS a Acts From World’s Biggest Show Made Available For Fair Here The Wilkes Transportation company plans to institute bus service in the Wilkesboros and to and from adjacent communities on four leading highways on Monday, September 5, if equip ment is ready by that time, com pany officials said today. Modern city buses have been purchased and will operate in the Wilkesboros. west on highway 421 to Millers Creek; east on highway 421 to a point about two miles from Wilkesboro; soutn on highways 16 and 18 to Moravian Palls; and north on highway 18 to Fairplains. Schedules and fares will be an nounced within the next few days. The company, recently incorpor ated, was granted a franchise by the Utilities Commission. Entertainers On Lions’ Program Johnson J. Hayes, judge of the middle North Carolina district fed eral court, has moved his office from Greensboro to Wilkesboro, i where he will make his home all the time. Since the middle dis trict was formed he has been making his home m Greensboro, where his office was maintained, and spent the summers at his summer home in Wilkesboro. He was bom and reared in the Pu^ lear community of Wilkes county and. hefore he was judge by President CimHdge in 1926 he w^as solicitor of the 17th judicial district. Banks To Observe Labor Day Here Banks in this city will observe Labor Day, Seoiember 5, as holiday and will not be open on that date Those who have busi ness to attend to with the banks should take notice of the fact in order that no inconvenience mav result. Name Committees Reunion McNeills Farmers May Yet Earn Payment On The 1938 Program Producers Urged to Regard Letters Sent Them as of Great Importance Expecting Large Crowd To Attend Fourth Reunitm At Millers Creek Anticipating the largest crowd in the history of the McNeill family association, C. O. McNiel, president, has appointed commit tees to look after various affairs at the fourth annual reunion to be held Sunday September 4. at Pete Ivey and Professional Millers Creek school. Troupe to Appear At Friday Meeting Continued Upward Trend In Business Reported By Bank New York, Aug 28.—^The up ward trend of business activity that began In June has continued this month, the G"aranty Trust company noted today In its monthly economic survey. “This development is encour aging in view of the obstacles C1UU79 Wi fv •• -- - ed a county meeting to he held 1 that have existed at home and a at the courthouse in Wilkesboro Saturday afternoon, three o’clock, September 3. One i^frpose of the meeting will be selection and instruction of delegates to the state conven tion to be held In Durham next week. All Democrats are invited to the meeting to be held Satur- broad. Including the traditionally dull mld-Bummor season and the renewal of war fears In Europe and the far east,’’ the bank said. “Despite the seasonal influ ences tending to restrain expan sion, activity In some branches of business increased rather sharp ly In July and the early part of Pete Ivey and his troupe of pro fessional radio artists who will be In this city for the Journal- S'entlnel variety show on Friday night, have consented to render the progrf.m at the Lions club’s regular meeting Friday evening, 6:30, at Hotel Wilkes. Ivey, who became widely known as editor of the tT. N. C. Biiccineer, director of recreation al activities, varsity boxer and who was once known as the “Will Rogers of North Carolina,” will speak on the subject of “Disad vantages of a College Education.’’ Others to apnear on the pro gram will be WSJS radio artists, Including Miss Frances Tucker, "the girl with a velvet voice”; Bob Van Camp, former Duke Uni versity organist; and the Forsyth Hillbillies, four girls who always are acclaimed for their perform ances. Lions who attend the meeting Friday evening are assured of an unusually entertaining program. NCSES Office To Be Closed Monday Notice Is given that the offices of the state employment service and the unemployment compen sation office will he closed on La bor Day, Monday, September 5. Claimants who have been jeport- injf v?® Monday are asked to r«^ "Phe program committee Is headed by Judge John.son J. Hayes, who has announced that Rev. James M. Hayes will deliver the annual sermon at two o’clock and that Attorney A. H. Casev will speak at 11:00 a. m. Sev eral other program features are planned. With Judge Hayes on the program committee are R. H. McNeill, of Washington, D. C.; Thurmond McNiel, of West Jef ferson; E. E. Eller, of North Wilkesboro and Ed Bingham, of Boone. Other committees are as fol lows; Music, Jay Anderson, chair man. Committee on grounds—W. A. McNiel, North Wilkesboro; R. L. Proffit, Goshen: T. J. McNeil, Roaring River; Iredell McNiel, Millers Creek. Committee to nominate offi cers—E. A. McNeill, Jefferson: Eller McNeill, Rutherford; Miss Minnie McNeill, Millers Creek; Kyle Hayes, Wilkesboro. Ushers—Archie McNeill, North Wilkesboro: Roby Eller, Millers Creek: M. B. McNeill, Cricket: Hampton McNeill, North Wllkea- boro. Parking committee—Cyrus Me- Neill, North Wilkesboro; Joe Hayer, Purlear; C. P. McNeill, Purlear; W. P. McNeill, Millers Creek. A basket dinner will be spread at noon and all attending are asked to contribute toward mak ing that feature .o( the. program as enjoyahle‘as It has been at The workers in the county agent’s office are nov.' computing the acreage in the different crops and also the un'ts that have been earned bv Wilkes farmers in the soil program this year. All the producers are urged to pay attention to the letter that they receive, because. as the farms are computed in the coun ty office the producers are imme diately notified how many units they have earned and how many they still have to make. However, in case the producer still lacks some units to earn his maximum payment, he can still earn them by applying limeEtene, seeding fall pasture, thinning woodland, terracing, and seeding winter legumes. The producers ar- also remind ed that the lespedeza that was seeded last year does not count any units In this year’s program, whether it is; cut or left on tho land. When Rlngling Brothers, Bar- num and Bailev shows, “greatest circus on earth ’’ folded their j tents and silently returned to ! winter q’.iarters in the middle of ^ the current season, many of the j world’s outstanding performers were left with nothing to do. The Great Northwestern Fair association has taken advantage of the opportunities thus afford ed and during the pxst week has signed up two former Rlngling Brothers acts to add to the pro gram of grandstand attractions at the fair to begin here on Sep tember 13. This assures fair visitors of one hour and 4 5 minutes of the best acts on the market, fair officials said. Will Give .Away Car To add interest and encourage greater attendance, the fair as sociation will again give away a valuable prize each night to some one in attendance. One of the prizes will be a Plymouth auto mobile purchased from Auto Sales company Two years ago the fair gave away a Ford, and last year a Chevrolet. More Exhibit Room In contrast to interest shown at this time for former fairs, in dications point to a record breah- ing number and quantity of ex hibits. The increase in exhibits to come about as the result of offer ing $2,000 in cash premiums has prompted the association to erect an additional building with di mensions of 24 X 60 feet to ac comodate the increase in exhibits Dan Holler, Wilkes county a- gent, said tod,?v that those who plan exhibits of apples may se cure display crates by calling at his office. The crates are being loaned through courtesy of Hot- ton Bourhonnaise, Hickory cor poration. Parade To Open Fair Governor Clyde R. Hoey will be the distinguished guest who- will open the fair with an ad dress following a parade through the streets here. The parade wll ^ form at ten a. m. on Tuesday^ September 13, at the comer of Tenth and D streets and will con sist of three companies of 105th engineers, the Engineers baaA from Charlotte floats by merchr ants, and children of Wllkaa^ op ' ... -vi school making ’he best showing ' —* 30 Years Pastor At Roaring Gap Rev. Grant Cothren to Be Honored With All Day Service September 11 On Sunday, September 11, Rev. Grant Cothren 'wlH he honored on his 30th anniversary as pastor of Roaring Gap Beptlst church with an all day serrlco. The date will also be his 69th birthday. Special music will be furnished by Elkin Valley choir and Hap py Day quartet. The morning sermon will be dellTored by Rev. C. M. Oandlll, moderator of the Stone Mountain association. Oth er speakers will take part on the afternoon program. All friends of Rev. Mr. Coth ren, especially from churches of which he is or has been pastor, are asked'to be present. A basted dinner irfll be spreed at noon. ng to be held satur-iiy in July and the early part « ‘wi-= , N. C. Tea^e.'Of _ did the pN«chli« gad. which aH"attIndWare «*ed » r^Wbuto.-’ i 1 Jtfay«ofi!fTTlesa.ii A prize of $25 will be given tlMj- school making in the parade. Governor Hoey and others will ■ be in the reviewing stand at the,. _ ' intersection of Main and Eightll^'^j strests. He will speak immediaf;^1^^* ly after the parade reaches fairgrounds. --:V, - r’S With West World’s Wonder . : shows on the midway, a full ' gram of srandstand acts by sOtut'S- ^ of the world’s best performem 7 each afternoon and night, mora exhibits, fireworks every night, a valuable prize every night, Wll- ^ son’s Hell Drivers on Thii afternoon and suto races oa urday afternoon the fair shoigM.' attract by far more people have ever attended an exposlUd|ii si In North Wilkesboro. % Work On the grounds Is go forward rapidly In an effort, hare everything In readla^ii f^ the opening and to asaiiTCf^'aai^ mnat convenience to rlsltora. ■im Good Revival It Held At Twenty were added church as the resist of -M “ which closed Tuesday nl Oakwoods Baptist .efipi «>?