VQli X3tXH, NO. 40
Published Monday! and Thursdays.
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NORTH V7ILKESBORO. N. C. THURSDAY, DEC. 29, 1938 81.60 IN THE 8TATj-4$2,00 Ol(y OF THE STATO
Late News Of
State - Nation
Told Briefly
ROiO) DEATHS DOWN
CUcago; Dec. 28.—The Na
Nation
al SafetT council tonight predict
ed traffic deaths in the United
Statee this year, would total 31,-
^500 if the favorable trend of the
^ iflrst 11 months continued until
-p^wnuary 1. That would he a re
duction of S.OOO from the all-
time high of 39..')00 recorded in
1937.
SPEAKER RACE CLOSE
Raleigh, Dec. 28.—So close is
the race for the speakership of
the state house of representatives
that, apparently, only three mem
bers of the 1939 general assemb
ly are making predictions as to
its outcome. Those three are the
candidates themselves — D. L.
(Libby) Ward, of Craven; Wll-
lisn (Bill) Fenner, of Nash, and
Victor S, Brj-ant, of Durham, all
of whom are forecasting victory.
MAY OVERHAUL LAWS
Raleigh, Dec, 28.—A thorough
overhauling of North Carolina’s
criminal statutes and enactment
of a strict antl-lynch bill may be
recommended to the legislature
by the attorney general’s office,
it was learned today. Attorney
Gen. Harry McMullan disclosed
that his staff had drafted an 18-
point program for legislative con
sideration. The program has been
mailed to all of the state’s solici
tors for additional recommenda
tions and possible revisions.
One Killed And
One Injured In
Accident Monday
M’88 Marie Pear8on Dic8
When Car Plunge8 Into
Stream; Davis Hurt
DEANE TAKES JOB
Washington, Doc. 28.—C. 'B.
Deane, of Rockingham, the loser
in a hotly contested North Caro-
' lonai
Miss Marie Pearson, member
of a prominent Wilkes family,
met instant death. Monday eve
ning when her car left the road
and crashed into South River
near Statesville on highway 115.
The accident, which occured a-
bout dark, was witnessed by two
people who were walking along
the highway. Mr. Davis was re
moved from the flooded strea.m
first and was in an unconscious
condition. The dead body of Miss
Pearson was taken from the
stream several yards below the
bridge.
Mr. Davis, an employe of Hor
ton’s Drug Store here, was taken
to a hospital in Statesville, where
it was reported that he was crit
ically injured but may recover.
At the time the accident oc
cured they were on the way to
Statesville, where' Miss Pearson
was going to see her sister-in-
law, who was a patient in a hos
pital there.
She was the only daughter of
the late Hamp Pearson, and Mrs.
Mary Jane Pearson, who survives.
The remaining members of the
family are four brothers: Tal J.
Pearson, of this city; Claude
Pea,rson, of Purlear; George and
Frank Pearson, of Boone.
Miss Pearson formerly made
her home at Boomer but for some
time had been engaged in the
beauty ahoppe buslnees, being
owner of shoppes In Danville and
Martinsville, Va. She was well
and favorably k'town ud news of
ItStr tragic death was an occasion
K> many
lie an mchaHenged Democrat-
candidate, a board of three
^mocTHta Aoa© W. O. Burgln
who subsequently was elected to
succeed Reipreeentative Lambeth;
Democrat of the eighth district,
who was not u candidate for re-
election.
lay fd^nooul two o*-
cToek, at Boomer Baptist church.
Rev. A. E. Watts was in charge
of the service and burial was in
the church cemetery.
COLD CONTINUES
A new cold wave was forecast
for ice-sheathed plains states
yesterday while freezing weather
engulfed most of the nation. TTie
frigid belt extended from the
Rockieo to the Atlantic seaboard
and from New England to the
Florida border. Fatalities at
tributed to the wintry onslaught
and treacherous highways reach
ed 27. Exposure deaths were re
ported from such widely scatter
ed centers as Parson^?, Kas., Wat-
erbury. Conn, and / Birmingham.
Ala. /
New Plates Must
Be Used Sunday
Expected That Several Hun
dred Thousand Will Be
Purchased In 2 Days
RELIEF CONTROVERSY
Washington. Dec. 28.—Senator
Byrnes, Democrat, South Caro
lina, said tonight that he would
call the senate unemployment
committee Into session next wwk
to discuss the desirability of im
mediate changes in the adminis-
trativn of relief. The committee
chairman added that the group
■woaM seek Infonmrtion on how
much WPA money remains and
the truth of reports that existing
fund* will he exhausted February
7,
FARMS ELE(TRIFTED
Raleigh, Dec. 28.—'The Janu
ary, 1939, report to Govern.or
Hoey by the North Carolina rural
electrification authority will show
that electricity is now available
to 78,906 farms and other rural
customers In North Carolina, as
oouLpared to 11.558 farms re-
cftivLng power four years a.RO. ac-
cording to Dudley Bagley. chair
man. Since life last census lists
282,253 farms in t ? state with
occupied dwellings, electricity is
available to one in every four,
and one in each five farms is ac
tually using, it. This coimpares to
one in six for Virginia and one tn
seven for South Carolina.
State officials in a statement
from Raleigh Wednesday warned
that 1939 automobile tags must
be on vehicles aperati'd on and
after Sunday, January 1.
Although sale of plates has
been more brisk than last year to
date, several hundred, thou.sand
yet remained to 'be purchased
throughout the state when the
Raleigh report was made yester
day. A record number of 592.000
pairs were sold; during 1938.
The Carolina Motor club
brancih office is located in this
city at Western Auto Associate
store in Hotel Wilkes building.
Every motorist who applies for
license Is asked to carry along
the applicadon card which was
mailed from Raleigh. A license
can be issued immediately on the
application card but If it must
be issued from the title much
time is necessarily consumed.
Attention is also called to the
fact that the office sells North
Wilkesboro city tags, which must
be displayed on and after Jan
uary 1 on all cars owned by resi
dents’ of this city.
Claim Title As
Champion Hoi?
Killers For Year
Season's Greetings
FIRMLY RESOLVED TO RENDER A BETTER SERVICE,
THE PUBLISHERS AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE PER
SONNEL OF THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT SINCERELY EX
TEND GREETINGS OF THE SEASON AND WISH FOR
EVERY READER, PATRON AND FRIEND . . .
MILK RACKETEER
Power Line b German Army Recruits Circus Elephant
Eastern Wilkes’.
Be Built!
Five-Mile Extension .In New
castle and Somers Town
ships Approved
A, five-mile extension of exist
ing power lines, in eastern Wilkes
has been approved and will be
con.structed soon, it w-as learned
today from M. G. Butner, man
ager of the North Wllkesboro
branch of the Duke Power com
pany.
The new lino will be south of
highway 421, a branch off the ex
isting line which leaves 421 at
Mathis store. 'The extension will
go through the southern edge of
Now Castle township and parts of
Somqrs town^lp to Yadkin coun-
of iahoitl It fenn home* sad
ee of .hoslnees.
During the past year the ru^
expansion work was necessarily
Almost as contented as a cat in a
i creamery, this kitten has learned t»
meet the London milkman at the
garden gate in this amusing fashiol
and get a lift back to its home.
Kelly Voucher Is
S^ned But Board
CaucelsPaymeut
nof9h^3Sii9y elephant Iliif'HSSSSciA cfirmin
kelps an asmared car across » strstta during a craclal mmest >■ Uis
Gomnn army utoneuvers near MeiUngtnirrer, Silesia, Germaiv recentiy.
curtailed in order to allow time
for rebuilding many of the exist
ing lines to carry heavier loads
and thus render a more complete
power service to rural areas. Sev
eral crews of workmen were kept
at work throughout 1938 In re
building the lines, which are now
capable of carrying the desired
voltage.
During the year. however,
many surveys were made, includ
ing esti.mates of coot and antici
pated revenue on many line ex
tensions In every part of the
county. These surveys are being
given careful consideration and
it Is hoped that many proposed
lines will be approved and con
structed during tlie coming year.
Officials of the power company
said that the people of the coun
ty have shown willingness to co
operate and have aided material
ly in the preliminary .surveys,
showing that they want the ad
vantages of electricity in their
homes and on their farms.
Judges Rive Difficulty Decidiug Ou
Wiuuers lu Lightii^ Coutest lu City
GOLD MEDAL FOR HER Two Tie For First and Two
Tie For Second, Is Decis
ion of Committee
Still Cut But
Owuers Get Stuff
Mcimbers of the judging coi
mittee reported today that selec
tion of prize winners in the home
I lighting contest sponsored here
Pipes, V^ves, Etc., Disap
pear When Deputy Re
turns After His Car
f Ira Payne^s Store
^ . v_ KT— Location
New
Payne’s store, for several
t located next door to the O.
tore, moved Monday to the
ling next door to Carlton’s
jtrare store-
^ many patrona of this well
I atore, which' handles men’s
,i^,and ehoee, are arted to
iha-plaee of the
bn suw a visit ■will he ap-
• famitr" aiforo* nplen-
Melvin Bumgarner. Granville
Woods and D. R. Arthur Haley,!
of Cricket, lay claim to the title j
of “champion hog killers’’ in:
Wilkes. I
Prom Novem'ber 15 to Decern-]
her 24 they had killed, dressed j
and delivered 263 hogs. ’They]
rendered a cur plete service, go
ing after the hogs, dressing them
and returning the meat already
cut and ready for the pot or the
curing box. For the butchering of
263 hogs they were paid a total
of $293.00.
Banks To Be Closed
On Monday, Jan. 2nd
.SI'
Both banka here will observe
New.Year’s holiday on Monday,
Jaanary 2. Those who have bus
iness to attend to with title banks
that^4ate_ should make advance
gming^enta in order that no lo-
—iiv ' '
Charlie Faw, deputy sheriff
who lives near Millers Creek, de
stroyed a large, 250-gallon still
Monday morning one mile from
his home on fishdam creek but
that while he returned after some
tools to destroy the outfit the
owners had returned and carried
it away.
He located the illicit outfit
while the snow was falling and
poured out 250 gallons of hot
beer from the still. Not having
the necessary tools with which to.
make the outfit of no longer use
to the owners he returned to ibis
home to get car and tools but
when he returned he found that
pipes, valves and certain other
pieces of equipment had been re
moved.
He followed tracks from the
still site to within 50 yards of a
house in that vicinity but the
name of the occupant of the
house was not revealed.
Plan Dance Friday
In Wilkesboro
Night
The Junior Woman’s club of
Wllkesboro is sponsoring a dance
to hie held on Friday night, eight
till twelve, at the WllkesiHiro
Community House. Admls^don
will be 26 cents and all are In-t
vlted.’The proceeds will be.iUNid
In
w.’
Miss Louise A. Boyd, explorer and
geographer, who recently returned
from her sixth expedition to the
Arctic, received the American Geo
graphical society’s Cnilum gold
medal for 1938. She is the second'
woman to be so honored.
Local Residents
Will Attend Game
In The Rose Bowl
during the holidays by the Wom
an’s club was a difficult task.
Mrs. W. R. Absher,^ chairman
of the committee of three said
that tihe judging was so difficult
that the judges finally decided
on ties for first and second 'plac
es.
Louis Hill Jenkins and Betty
Jane Turner tied for first place
I while second place was a tie be
tween Judge Johnson J. Hayes
and Henry Landon. Mrs. H. P. EI-
I ler won third. Those who did not
receive prizes 'but who received
honorable mention were Mrs.
Dick Bason, Mrs. J. C. Reins,
Marvin Warren, last year’s win
ner. Mrs. W. E. Jones and Mrs.
Coon Parflue.
With. Mrs. Absher on the judg
ing committee were Mrs. B. S.
Call and Mrs. L. B. Dula, of Wil-
kesboro. The committee congratu
lated all entrants upon the effec
tiveness of holiday lighting of
homes and grounds and said that
all were to be commended for the
interest shown.
Prizes for the contest, a total
of $15, was furnished by the
Four North Wllkesboro people \ Power company. First prize
will be among the throng in the
Rose Bowl at Pasedena, Californ
ia, Monday when Duke University
and Southern California football
teams play.
Carlyle Ingle and W. A. Mc
Neill left early this week and are
making the trip by automobile.
Miss Beatrice Pearson joined a
party of friends in Greensboro
and boarded the special train
there. Joe Brame has also gone to
attend the game and Is traveling
by train.
Duncan’s Store
Here Is Entered
One or more ipersons of un
known identity forced entrance
into -Ralph Duncaq’s electrical
store on Ninth street Monday
night. A hole was horod Into- the
hack door large- enouglr fur*; a
person, to reach- through .ghd turn
the lock. 6o far aa couW as-
certirfBBl," ■othWi'- ■ Inton
from the store. ,kW^,
been found whleh
IdfloUty "pap-’
was $7.50, second
third, $2.50.
$6.00 and
lions Club Milk
Fund Closes 31st
Jars To Be Picked Up From
Business Houses Here
On Monday
Commissioners Order That
W. P. Kelly Not Be Paid
Sum of $966.66
Wilkes county board of com
missioners in recess session pass
ed a resolution and order direct
ing Uhle Bank of North Wilkes-
^ vanchacin- the:
sum $966.66, whi(A was auth
orised iby- the board • of commis
sioners whose term of office ex
pired on December 5, and made
payable to W. P. Kelly, Wilkes
county accountant, tax supervis
or jftid purchasing agent for the
past two years.
’The voucher was authorized by
the old board in a resolution
which said In effect tJhat Mr. Kel
ly took the job with an under
standing that he wa.'^ to receive
$250 per month—$20o as ac
countant, and $25 each as pur
chasing agent and tax'supervisor.
The resolution set up that he had
been paid only $200 per month
except for one month.
On the grounds that the board
had never set the pay for Mr.
Kelly as tax supervisor and pur
chasing agent, Oid Wiles, regis
ter of deeds, refused to sign the
voucher as clerk to thq board
and i n a mandamus action
brought by Mr. Kelly before
Judge J. A. Rousseau he was or
dered to sign it but notice of ap
peal was given to the supreme
court.
However, the case will not bo
taken up to the high court be
cause Mr. Wiles signed the
voucher and tihe new board of
commissioners, all Republicans,
passed an order revoking the or
der of the old board passed on
November 22 and ordering that
the voucher not 'be paid.
t
Police Departmedti
Office Hare.Only Norm- --
aJ Dudes
fhaa
Leas ' disorder tMa -ynir
at any Christmas time^we,
ever known. wa«ri:
oipinion as expressed by law
forcement officers in Wflke*
ing the past week.
nie .police department here
ported only a slight increaae In
the number of drunks and them
were no fights or general disor
der on Abe streets. "EJverybo4|r
seemed to enjoy Christmas sal
most everybody behaved tbeoi-
selves,’’ one officer said.
Sheriff Doughton reported that
his office had experienced ahoat
tre usual amount of wc^k sad
that the number of can* was not
excessive for a -week-end.
Notwlthstanding the heavy tiinl-
fic, 'POBsihly the heavient. holtdair
traffic in the history of Noidl
Wilkesiboro and vicinity, them
were no disastrous accidents -witk-
in the county during the holiday
season.
There were several miner
wrecks and many bumped fendOW
reaulted from driving on
snow Monday but as far as couU
be learned today no one was ser
iously Injured In the county.
However, there was one hlgli-
way trageo: in which local pee-
ple were involved. Miss Marks
Pearson was instantly killed sad
Q«ie Davis was ba^JiUured
when Miss Pearson’s’ carJptWded
Into a stream near Statesville'
highway 115 Monday ewening. ,
khtToEmidoy
One Case Worker *'Emplogr-
ed” Bat Not at Work; 2
“^Discharged” Worldng
In the resolution and order, in
troduced by C. C. Sldden aud sec
onded by M. P. Abeher, the new
board set out that the order em
ploying Mr. Kelly had not set
any .price for his services as tax
supervisor and purchasing agent
but had stated that the price for
his services as tax supervisor
would be set at the completion
of his duties.
The-' .-resolution said further
that-up to November 22 Mr. Kel
ly and those working under him
hadbT*p«elved a'total of $6,583.85
for' work which “he contracted
to do and for which Ahe commis
sioners contracted tp P*y the sum
of $2400 per year.*’ The order
said the board was acting to
“protect funds of the county paid
by the taxpayera’’ Old Wiles,
clerk to the board of commis
sioners, was directed to notify
the bank of the cancellation of
the voucher.
The drive for funds with which
to purchase, milk for underprivi
leged and undernourished chil-^
dren in the nutrition classes of
North Wllkesboro schools -wlB
close on Satnyday, January 31^,
L. L. Carpenter, president of thS
club, said today.
The jars placed in various bus
iness houses for donations to the
fund will be collected on Monday,
January 2; and .It is hoped thsl
aireiylibdy who" has not; donafed-
or who irtelKsa to; latJpb
dp&aJion pUl
:tho ppportnnlty
jPHOf «wy» wwp ■■■
Three Porkers Net
^ 1>643 Pounds Meat
The Wilkes county welfare of
fice today continued to have one
case worker which' had baen em
ployed blit not at wort and tim
others who have been notified
that their services are no" longer
needed but wlio are still working.
The situation arose ov«r differ-
encps of opinion as to wiho has
the right to select or employ the
case workers—the board of coin-
mi.'isioners or the superintendent
of welfare.
’Bhe new board of commission
ers, composed of three RepnbM-
can.s. employed Mrs. Ruby Pend-
ley, of this city, as case worker
and notified Miss Mai’y McNeal
and Mrs. Inez Bowles, who were
employed by the old board com
posed of two Democrats and one
Republican, that their service*
were, no longer needed.
That was ten days ago and
Mrs. Pendley has been reporting
daily at the welfare office for
work. Meanwhile Miss McNerd
and Mrs. Bowles have continued
working.
Charles McNeill, county wel
fare officer, contends that he
has right to select case work
ers and the commissioners have
been acting of the belief that they
have that right, since the county
pays almost two-thirds of the ad
ministrative expense of the wel
fare department.
Mr. McNeill contendf that the
law vested supervisory powers Is
Abe state board of allotments and
appeals, which in turn has dele
gated certain responsibilities to
county welfare officers, among
them being the selection of case
workers.
Yuletide Week-End
Fatalities Mounts
To Mo|*e Than 400
with more"
its hollday-
Tbe nation paid
than 400 lives for
week-end. . .,>4
A prevailing "green” Chrirt-.
mas, with Its attendant restrie-'..
"•A. R. Miller, prMninent dti-
xen ot the Vannojr commimity
and champion porir prodacer,
recently batchored three Mg
type O. I. O.’* nddeb netted s
total ot f1,848 poonds oi poriK.
n>e laiq^ riVV*# the scales
•4 dStk l ament at ' 6M
tlon of icy roads and snow, -wat^
credited with a amaller deato .
count than last Christmas, . '
more than 500 'persona.lo^ tbeii£'.:. ^ '
lives. ‘ -
Metropolitan New Jofk , and
other cities qalo^
springlike weath^.
Fire claimed 17. ,
gunshot wounds li;
train accidents 24;
and mlseellnMfflr^'
rest.