:-a**V*
SMe • Natim^
1*W M
kfe
^^IMBNIBD divorce
Lo* Bte^k as.—lv>r
;fMt, ae Mta, that Catitornla
mlsht «»t ,tha aame ^ srantinK
A “mail ord« dlrorcaa.” a sapei^
” ior Jodga today rafuaed to take
Joaa Crawford’B word—^vla a
depoalUoB—that she should be
dteorced from Fronchot Tone,
iadse Beajamin Schelnman con-
tlaadd the case until April is,
Vkh tjhe provision that if any-
tMtt happaned to keep the movie
I from coming to court then,
dtorney should notuy him
Jartmnge for a later date.
" COLD WAVE STRIKES
Boston, March 28.—north-
eaat storm, which included rain^
snow and ^eet. banished signs of
spring la many sections, of New
Bnglaad today 'and made high*
ways treacherous. At Concord, a
hue fined with WPA workers ov-
* ortumed on the Ice-covered pave
ment and caught fire. Of the 39
paaengers, 37 required medical
attention, but none was hurt
crittcally. In the Lamoille river
at Bast Georgia, Vt., lea pH®d up
until H blocked a highway.
*"^ANK DEPOSITS UP
Washington, March 28.—The
Todoral Deposit Insurance corpo
ration announced today that
banks started 1939 with the larg
est total of dopostts In history.
A summary of the condition re
ports made by the 13,659 insured
commercial banks on December
31, 1938, showed deposits total
ling 149,779,000,000, which was
5 per cent more than a year ago.
Assets of the banks likewise were
at a record high of J66,800,000,-
000. Or about 5 per cent more
than a year ago.
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sasssasssssSmSm
Pilhltihod Mond«]raJ^Tlupnidd^ ^
AiT.
Justice »Rerc« Butler Satisfies Curiositt^^
Wifltes
SAFETY Pl^AUT^NS
I
ICO ComnuMiMierslR^-..^,^-,—
kSt^ Pro grail'
,t«f '
V%esb
If
of LiatiBt Propofty l«r
ToudoB Wai Bofli Ob
MoBdaiy, April lOlk
j. ,C. G. Poindexter, Wilke* cocpn "
^ aClConntant mad tax *jB|Hrf|if>
to^ir"ann6nneed appdratdidiM ft
Ukers fog W»llt*»'*l^;.;«
for this year.
Thte listing for the vailMht-
townshipC will begin on, MeaiHfv’
10, and wUI be comflClt^
as early as poaaihle.
takers have already A;
'eaiaged .in making appotBUeifli^
tor-Hsting and thoae wle>,a|B.;*p(,»‘
qatred by law to list property
taxhtion or to list for pigd^l^
of poll tax are urged to wp
list Uker at the' e*yll|||;.
most convenient appelatashkt .
“ The list of lUt takers follow*:
Antioch, Curtis Spark*. -*-•
-Beaver Creek, Hay«*.Widker.
Bodmer, Wilson M. LMhey-
Sr^shy Mountain, Alonao A>»
de^n.- j
Bireards No. 1. Mrs R. Iw
Jene*. .. . •
P,dwards No. 2. J. W. Cheek.
BdWards No. 3, K. C. HatTis.
Blk No. 1. Bo* McNailL
SMk No. 2, Jasper Triplett.
Jobs Cabin No. 1, G. M. Wat
son. '
Jobs Cabin No. 2. Grady Bak
er.
liOwis Fork, Ed Blackburn.
Ix»velace, R. V. Wright.
Moravian Falls, Mrs. Addle H.
L»wb.
Mulberry No. 1, 0. 0. Absher.
•Mulberry No. 2, Willie Harrold.
New Castle, C. W. Haynes.
North Wllkesboro, T. H. Settle.
Reedies River, J. W. Martin.
Rock Creek, Ell Sebastian.
Somers, E. E. Mayberry.
Stanton, R. D. Cooper.
Tra#bill_No. 1, J. H. Holbrook.
Trapbin No. 2, G. W. Brown.
Union. John C. Wyatt.
Walnut Grove No. I, J- Q-
Biilings.
Walnut Grove No. 2, J. M.
Blevins.
Wllkesboro No. 1. C. M. Par-
due.
Wllkesboro No. 2. C. G. Glass.
I Tihree Districts Made For
Nomination And Election
Bohrd Members
TO AWARD OtWn'RACTS
High Point, March 28.—Con
tracts involving more than J2,-
000,000 are expected to be award
ed tomorrow when the city coun
cil meets in special session for
further action on the city’s 86.
590,000 hydro-electric plant on
♦he Yadkin river. Awarding of
the contracts would give the pro
ject somaOitag of finality, since
the bids submitted and opened
on March 15 were for the dam.
fower house and spillway, as well
as for generators, and will in
volve by far the largest amount
of money yet consit’ered by the
council in a single contract.
The British gog|ili(|**Bt’B new gas
mask far chlMrch nader tws years
a( age as It was dLuwi|9tta(ed ra-
ceally in London. The ni*ik has a
bellows attached ta^fnrnlsh the bahy
with air. '
Jail Bill Passes
In Both Houses
Jail Board Set at 40 Cents a
Daj': TumltBy Fee
Is One Dollar
A biM introduced in the house
by Representative Dobson, of Sur
ry, setting the .lail board and
turnkey^ feej^
Wllkes.rj^i^.has
hou.se.s oT the general assembly.
The new law sets the jail hoard
allowed the sheriff at 40 cents
per day and the turnkey fee for
pi’lsoners admitted to the jail at
$1.00 each
'Raleigh, March 28.— Demo
crats of Wilkes county today got
the final approval of the General
Assembly on their plan to so dis-
U;lct the county that it will be. In
their opinion, impossible for Re
publicans to elect more than one
member to the board of connty
commissionerB.
Pinal approval was passage by
the senate, despite an earnest ap
peal from Republican Senator
Cowles, of a bill introduced "with
pleasure’’ ,Ia?t week 'by Democrart
Frank Woodhouse of Yadkin.
The bill, now ready to be rati
fied. provides for election of the
Wilkes board of commissioners
•by districts from each of three
districts and sets bounds of these
districts.
First district Includes North
AVilkesboro, Wllkesboro, Antioch,
Newcastle and Somers.
Second district includes I^ove-
lace. Brushy Mountain, Moravian
Palls. Boomer, Beaver Creek, Elk.
Lewis Fork and Stanton.
Third district, and the only one
which Is regarded as Republican.
I includes Reddies River, Union,
Mulberry. Rock Creek, Walnut
Grove, Traphill, Edwards and
Jobs Cabin.
Election by districts will go
into effect next year.
Senator Cowles of Wilkes, who
is one of the veterans of the as
sembly in point of service as well
as having represen .ed his district
In Congress, spoke earnestly and
feelingly against the bill. He ap-
In tha. pealed to bis colic ines to show
■«k«tli iBin the senatorial --Iwffrtesy o
klHing the bill.
“This bill was introduced by a
representative of an adjoining
county." the white-haired, courte
ous senator from Wilkes declared.
“He thought so much of it that
Farmers „WiU Be Notified’
When Checks Anriwe at'* '^
Office County Agent
Applications foe payment under
the 1938 soil conservation . pro
gram In Wilkes, w^lch have been
locally approved and-signed by
the applicants, total more than
$65,000, it was learned today
from the office of the county
agent.
In addition to these which have
already .been forwarded for pay
ment, many applicatians yet re
main to-be completed and for
warded, possibly enough to swell
the total for the county to f85,-
000 or 190,000. |
Checks are expected soon for |
the farmers for last year’s com
pliance and farmers will be notl- [
fled by mall -when the checks ar
rive and when to call and sign
for them. There will be no necaa-
slty to call for the dhecks until
notified.
It Is expected that there will be
approximately 8,600 farmers of
the 5,000 In the county who will
receivp oaymont for 1938.
For 1939 the county agent’s
office and the extension service
is lending every encouragement
to farmers to ean: the maximum
for their farms. In addition to
advancing lime, tW cost to he
deducted from the earnings, the
government will later furnish
Austrlen vrtnter p^ and vetch
to those wh^could pot ottierwlse
earn the maxtmunt 'payment.
jlt^kis W«red statea Supreme owl
reversed the^Dsrai p;' ledtaga reoistty and looked thro jh ’te eperaHNf
end ti'» newsreel cniMimr Be iaHiird Us corlosUy after posing fev
camemiMcn.'feeliag, aiWently, thnt tarn nbeaf is fUr pUy.
North V^esbivo H^h School Mask
Fiqiik F^er Histrict .Musk Ccoitert
If-
FILES FOR CiTIZENSHlP
San Francisco. March 28.—
Harry Bridges, longshore leader have been used for the p-n.^t sev-
and director of the C. I. O. on eral years.
;he Pacific coast, today filed a A '
'declaration of intention to be-] A C^OrrCCtlOn
come a United States citizen. It
was Bridges’ third such declara
tion to the natrralization Imrean.
Similar Sapers filed at New' Or
leans in 19ito. and San Franeisco
in 1928. were allowed to lapse.
He said be filed today’s decUira-
j in the headline preceding the
I Raleigh news story relative to
the bill providing that the sher
iff of Wilkes connty .=honld get
40 cents per day for feeding
prisoners in the connty jail it was
stated that the charge ner day
tion “because I wanted to KO os j cents. The headline was
far as I could" toward becoming | ^-ritten but sometimes
a citizen pending a deportation i unotype machine plays havoc
WAOvIfscr nnPS vrt\0 CORIOlSlD *5«la /vciiagi
hearing. “The ones who complain
I am not a citizen are the ones
who are trying to prevent me
from becoming a citizen.’’ he .said.
KIDS SEE FIRST SNOW
St. Petersburg, Fla.. iilarcU 2S.
—That white fluff, parents told
wide-eyed youngsters staring in a
down-town store window today,
was snow—the stuff you see pic
tured On Christmas cards. And
that’s about the only place many
natives of this sunshine resort
had seen It before an air express
shipment arrived from Cannon
Mountain. New Hampshire, and
was placed on public display. The
snow, packed in cartons protect
ed #y dry ice, was brought here
by. the New Hampshire Tourist
Sdelety for use at a party.
PASSF^S PHOTO LAW
Raleigh, March 28.’—The house
tonight passed Senator Gray’s
bin to exempt bona fide press
photo grabbers and amateurs
from the licensing provisions of
the state photographic law. The
bill now is to be ratified as law.
It allows press photographers to
sell negatives and prints made on
regular assignments and also al
low* amateurs to sell prints and
negatives but forbids solicitation
for sales^
Eastern Star To
Install Officers
Wilkes chapter number 4 2 of
the Order of the Eastern Star
will Install officers on Friday
night at 7:30.
Mrs. Eunice Clark will be in
stalled as Worthy Matron and G.
•P. Walter as Worthy Patron. All
memtera are urged to attend the
meeting.
If spirituality oonttnua* to
“osolve” downward for the next
fifty year* as ft lias tor the last
It-sMiii* tti«t it «U ^
frpii the face of tno
The statute fixes by law the j he marked it 'with pleasure’ and
boai’d and turnkey fees which are' signed his name. That was Mr.
at present allowed and which j Woodhouse of Yadkin.
“It is an unusual bill. It takes
from the people the privilege of
electing commissioners for the
connty as a whole.’’
S'enator Curtis of Asheville in
terrupted to ask Senator Cowles
if the introducer of the bill was
not a Democrat from a county
long Republican.
Senator Cowles admitted that
was so and went on to say that
he had not introduced a bill of
his own during the session. He
pointed out that the five he had
introduced had been by request.
“The senator from Iredell talk
ed a lot about one of them being
nnconstitutional. but it was not
my bill." he said. “It was drawn
by the city government of North
Wllkesboro.’’ ■ ^
He pointed out that advertis
ing hill for Wilkes connty which
he introduced and which was
passed also was by re.qnest. So
were two which were killed, one
of which would hsve banned beer
and wine sale in the Millers Creek
school district, and the other
which would have set up a re
corder’s court. Another bill for
the relief of a Democratic magis
trate was by reque.st of a Demo
cratic attorney.
“I don’t think the senatu ought
to pass this bill,” Senator Cowles
continued. “The county ought not
to -be cut up into three districts
wllli figm-es and this was the case
in this instance, and the proof
reader failed to catch the ertor.
While the body of the .story
carried the correct fignri' of 40
cents there prohably have been
some readers who only noticed
the headline which was errone
ous. In order that no one will be
misinformed about the provisions
*and in justice to Sheriff Dough-
ton The .Tonrnal-Patriot is glad
to make this correction in’ that
the public may be correctly In
formed that the board fee per day
is 40 cents, the same that has
been charged in the past.
Natio^l Farm
Loan ’ Office In
City To Move
Contest Is Now Being Gon
ducted at Granite Fallst
Student* Taking: Part
Office of the National Farm
Loan association, of which O. —
Bracoy Is secretary-treaanrer. wlllrtat-Granite Falls, and expect
move on April 1 fronf thoTresent
location On the second floor of
the Bank of North Wllkesboro
building to the Poindexter build
ing on Main street and will be
located next door to the Rexall
Eftlsg store.
Ism By
DcbsitHlf Cwitcst Member State Department
oil Instruction Inspects
Betty Rhodes, Ward Eshcl
man, Jr., Wayne Caudill,
Billy Wade Estes, Enter
School Facilities
“We are well pleased with the
excellence o£ the faculty and with
,n“ni .S'r" ,S”h”
75 Per Cent Ckv
Taxes Collected
City Clerk I. H. McNeil, Jr., i with each to elect a commission
Says People Have Paic
Taxes Well For 1938
City Clerk I. H. McNtcl, Jr.,
announced yesterday that ap
proximately 7.5 per cent of the
I er.
! “I have not done anything to
hinder or hamper the progress of
this senate. I have set here when
most of the seats -were vacant and
could have caught many of the
.senators far pff at home. In rec
city taxes for the .vear 1938 had j ognltion of my services. T think
Hlneady been paid by residents of
North Wllkesboro. a record that
speaks Weil for the citizenship.
Many of the larger taxpayers took
there should be enough senatorial
courtesy to Bnpport »*;• and kill
this bill.’’ ^ ' ’•’
.,inii.T ui „iir loiRc. Senator Erskine Smith then
advantage of the discounts allow-isi^e for the blllj saying that he.
ed in the fall. j was sorry to oppose his “good
However, at this time penalties' friend Senator Cowles,’’ but t^t . member
are accumulating monthly. The'many leading citizens of Wilkes jt was decl
penalty for this month is 2 per; had appeared to ask that the bill
Friday. March 81st.
The affirmative team, consist
ing of Betty Rhodes and Ward
Eshelman, Jr., will engage the
this week. Mr. Perry spent Tues
day afternoon in the classrooms
of North Wllkesboro elementary
school observing proceedures and
Dohson high i checking equipment. He is ..
im r^ Btu, w"i. 0.™, .0,. WM n.
Hanes high school at Dobson.
Teams from Hanes and Dobson
will debate at the*"ShsSe hour, one
shall be glad to report favorably
to the Rating Coihmittee in June.
There should be no question con-
o’clock P m.. 'in” "he"" North Wil- vernlng the retention North
kreLo high school auditorium. 1
The subject for debate this j the Standard List.
ye2‘ls:^ol^d. That I. An-1 ^ Irwhi’ch"
^ lerican Alliance Should Be day* here during which
B^blished."
^%e debaters have been cosch-
ell this year by Miss Marguerite
Harris, and Miss Estelle Ardrey.
high school librarian, has a-sslst-
ed in research and preparation of
material.
The students will be accompan
ied on their trip by Miss Harris,
Mrs. P. W. Eshelman and Super
intendent Paul S. Cfttan.
he
[yisltlng many of the schools
the cottBty as well.
Tal .Barnes
Hurt Wednesday
ine .5,
debates will go to Chapel Hill for
the final contest in April.
Orgaiuziiig Men s
Chorus In City
Tal Barnes, a well known citi
zen of this city, sustained segl-.
ous .Injury Wednesday • morning
when a piece of glass’cuA an art-
lenatjuv x c*u* . T ♦
The teams winning both their ery in his leg.
— ■ . "••• Mr. Barnes was handling a
fruit jar at the fcltchin sink when
the jar broke and a piece of the
glass cut his leg as it fell toward
the floor.
In the^'very short time before
he reached the Wflkes^ hospital
he suffered from much loss of
blood and after the arteiT wns
repahed a blood transfusion wt.s
given. His condition today was
reported as well as could be ex
pected.
Several were present at a meet
ing of local pexjple interested in
the organization of a men’s chor
us in a meeting held Monday
night at Hotel Wilkes.
‘ Richard Johnston and Zeb
Dickson were appointed on a
membership and publicity com
mittee and were asked to name a
ce.nt. and if the 1938 tax is not J be passed.
paid on or before April 1st. the] 'Senator Curtla Interrunted to
penalty will Increase to
cent.
Mr. McNeill will be more than
pleased to hand out a 1938 tax
receipt marked piUd In full to
those who wish td> avail them
selves of'.the opportunity to- make
settleanent before the extra 1 per
cent is added,- ■
The penalty also increases to 3
per cent on and atter ApidU l#t
on county taxes and taxes due
iio T6m. ot dMHufboro.
per : ask whY the county should be cut
up like a piece of pie.
Senator Smith replied that he
understood it was to enable the
people to vote Hot 4omp .one they
knew. Curtis then AskM If So^h
'ever heard of' a StallA^r.aieHpA: fn
a county. Smith safd ylM'
stood it was not so un9|MiiL Sen
ator Morphew pointed Mt ihdt tt
iud been done Ji* Gher^ee )6^n
It was decided .that a second
meeting will be held on Monday
night. April 3, at which time fur
ther organization moves- will be
made. All persons'djiterested; In
singing, are asked to attend t^e
meeting. : ,
,, CaHfiPoctor
Mtt,
Ye*tor4*^AW]BH end ftoiftt
tf *nd held constitutloml.^ ,* l«jr the tlrst tfiMb toelr, lateRthni. to; 4>« 0*
- (ContliiMd Mt.page [she ft * i»We»t «t -|-ko«jpital. *
Williams Files
For School Board
B. Williams, one of the two
roomber* of the North Wllkes-
boro school board wljose term ex
pires this year, has filed notice
of candidacy for re^elecUon with
J.-C. Gravson^ SPcrhisTy of the
countv beard of election*.
>t^ . *]ao be * eandidate ton
rieoMn fh the eltyvpTOetfitt-i;*©
W on ■ »uy t. > v 1
R. T, McMUt 4^. . jkQ
^.. the el^, .Iftfist-?' ot
I iiiiiiilllllifmtTrii fb^vaH
;to succeed thepuelw,.
NOi^b Wllkesboro high school
’ntusle pupils are participating t»-
.d^ -in the District Music Contest
At-Granite Fails, and expect to
repeat the fine showing made by
organisation last year.
/ Directed by Miss Hazel Sher-
.rlll for the second year, excel
lent progress has been made In
music under her leadership. A
mixed chorus is being entered for
the first time.
The club has appeared at ^
Um chnrelte and before -several
cttfb*“thl9‘^fff-88 well as present
ing- frequent programs before
both high school and elementary
assembly.
Piano solo and soprano solo
numbers will be given by pupils
of Miss Ellen Robinson.
Mrs. Frank Johnson has been
rendering excellent volunteer
service as accompanist. She is
with the group on this trip.
Events to ibe entered and pu
pils participating are as follows;
Soprano solo. Billie Barnes.
Pi,’.no solo. Mary I.onisp Clem-
nients.
Girls trio. Billie Barnes, Mary
Louise Clements, Bnrchie St.
John.
rhonis: Margaret Rhodes. Ray
Miller, Reba St. .lohn, Syvlia
Johnson. Joyce Kilby, Alice Cas-
sel, Kathryn Finley, Billie Waugh
Johnson. Ina Myers. Corinne Paw.
Rozelle Caudill, Wanda Kerley,
Edna .4bsher. Lula Hester Bra me,
Nellie Gabriel, Margaret Hendren.
Billie Barnes, Frances Crawford,
Bessip- Ijce .\nderson, Alice Wells.
Martha Lou Frazier. Betty Half-
aere, Mary Lois Frazier. Mary
Louise Clements. Yolande Ker-
baugh, Betty Pearson. Jane Per
ry. Grace Frank Kilby. Mildred
Williams, Ruby Jones.
13 Carloads (K
Lime Is Ordered
Wilkes Farmers Show Much
Interest In Purchasing
Government Lime
A total of 13 carloads of lime
has been ordered for farmers «f
Wilkes county through the soil
conservation program during tho
past week. County Agent Daa
Holler said today.
This year the government i*
offering lime to Wilkes farmer*
at $2.40 per ton and the amount
of lime taken at that price will bo
deducted from the earnings under
the government program.
Several of the orchard men oi^
dered a carload each last we^
Burchle.and later orders have resulted
St. dohn. Holt Hudson, Helen I from farmers in various cozn-
Wyatt, Paul Haigwood. Walter | niunities ordering cars collectIve
Jones. Joe McCoy. Russel Pear
son. R. E. Stewart. I^omax Crook.
W. J. Hudson. Don Craven. Har
lan Church, Ray Foster, Bruce
Dyson
ly. Cars of loo.se lime may b« or
dered for delivery on the track at
North Wiikpsboro or Ronds.
The connty agent expressed th*
opinion today that the totol »-
f»un. vpimvn ♦vsvsMj V.....
Parents who accompanied the mount of orders by Wilkes farm-'
students on the trip are: Mrs. Tal gr* this year may exceed 35. car-
Barnes, Mrs. W. D. Halfacre, loads. Every encouragement, hi*
Mrs. J. L. Clements. Mrs. W. G. j gaid. is being offered farmers to
Gabriel, Dr. Sam Cassel. Mr.. pam the maximum payment 0»-,
Ralph Frazier. Mrs. T. H. Wil- jpr the government program and
Hams, and Mrs. Thomas Me- the use of lime may enable tho»
Laughlin. to earn additional money, suf-
— .flclent to pay for the lime.
Newly Organized I Mother of Mr.. •
Band Progressing! *^^'’”**
® 'Mrs. Walter Kurfees, 85,
. • at her home in Cooleemee
All Former Band Musicians following a few d»y*^
tHness with influenza ,and ^piM«H .
monia. •
She is survived by her bh»*
band, Walter Kiirfen*: tW'W
■i >
Urged to Joht N«drB«inI“
In Weekly Practice
Members of the newly organlz- j
od band have
for all former
this section to meet with them-la
practice sessions every Tnes^y
night in the city haU.
The J^and, a ’brolect -iOf
the newly "^Kanlz- j jjrs. W. R JoD«;^ :
iMued an North Wllkesboro
■band of Kings"
one foster son, 7.
pt gpertanburK, S, C; ^
.. The $un«ral senrfce.wHl ke
a candidato foT rev •““1 ** i
, _Dl»atl^n kaitll
fia'Bitci Miottg: the f^
' ’ In this part of the
a->•
A . ijost kW^w *qme «’» po*t***-
. iT:. .Qiei»li*>re^ ftea.irlM
&r kettoifc lor :i pewoi^’kft ItjdOf,>• wodldrki^ Wdfne.'klto
■^hla ketf lor “kdt-fMk' jfli
than not to tt«o it *t all.
M i- r '