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KING, QUBKN in U. S, N1»wr» FWls, N. T., June 7 — The royiU train bearing King George and Queen Elisabeth left Niagara nills at 9:58 p. m. (E. 8. T.) tonight en route to Wash ington, D. C. The ro3ral couple vas welconaed with simple In formality to the United States by Secretary of State Cordell Hull, acting as host for the gOTernment on the historic occasion, i t nlafked the first time in history a rrigning English monarch had set foot on United States soil. MAY CURTAIL WPA 4 tlr Washington, June 7.—Inform- :d legislators said today that the louse subcommittee investlgaUng le federal relief system would recommend curtailment, but not abolition, of the WTA for the next fiscal year. Various substi tutes for the present setup had been proposed as a result of criti cism of the relief agency, but it was learned that subcommittee members felt there was too little time before July 1—the start of le new fiscal year—to make luch a drastic change. DRIVER AWAKENED Asheboro. June 7.—Because he went to sleep at the wheel. E. T. Lambert, of Alamance county, crashed Into a filling station on the Farmer highway Tuesday aft ernoon at about 3 o'clock, and wrecked his car. The car. which was headed toward Asheboro. left the highway for about 100 yards, hit a post on the filling station, knocking it down, ran through the station drive, and turned over On the other side. Mrs. Lambert, and their two children, who were In the car. received bruises and scratches, but were not seriously hurt. Their negro cook, also a- long. received a deep cut on her arm. «r 12 to 17 County Welfare Board Holds First Election Under New Local Statue o5. B Stockholders Of Expositimi Han For Bigger Event Increased Premiums $1,000; Contract Major Enter tainment Features NEW GRANDSTAND ACTS Seating Capacity Of Grand stand Will Be Doubled For 1939 Exposition MISSED HIS GOAL Camden, N. J.. June 7.—Wear ing handcuffs Instead of a hero’s wreath. Chester ti. Eshelman, i 22. of Carlisle. Pa., returned to night to the airport from which he started his asserted "flight to Mare” that ended in the Atlantic * ocean, some 44,000.000 miles short of his goal. The young flier faced a hearing on a larceny charge brought by Edward Walz, owner of the craft that settled to the ocean bottom yesterday off tbe Georges banks, where Eshel- man was picked up by a fishing vessel. Walz said tbe plane was t rented to Esbelman only for re stricted flights near the Camden airport. “T guess I missed It a few million miles." grinned Eshel- man when he arrived here from Boston, accompanied by a Cam den policeman, in a plane piloted by Walz. LOW INTEREvST RATE Raleigh, June 7.—Greensboro and Raleigh made unprecedented ly low bids for North Carolina bonds today In the $2,250,000 issue sold by State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson. Kirchofer and Arnold, of Raleigh, with 1.- 2667 per cent, and Lewis and Hall, of Greensboro, with 1.3518, startled Treasurer Jjhnson. He had counted on Ibss than 2 per The Great Northwestern Fair, the annual gala agricultural and entertainment event for north western North Carolina, will hold its annual five-day exposi tion here beginning September 12. Plans for a bigger and more comprehensive event were laid In a recent stockholders’ meeting, at which time J. B, Williams was again elected president and W. A. McNiel secretary-treasurer. One of the first moves In the plans to enlarge the fair was the decision to Increase the cash premiums from $2,000 to $3,000. fair officials said today, and the revised premium -catalogue will be off the press and ready for distribution within the next fev weeks. TOURS UNITED STATES General Evangeline Booth, bead of the Salvation Army, at present touring the United States, will re turn to Kngiaud in August for tbe meeting of the Salvation Army high council to select her successor. By a vote of two to one, the Wilkes ef0t^ board of welfare i n sessk^''' Monday re-elected Charles McNeill as county super intendent of welfare. The election was the first und er the new law which was passed In the 1939 legislature providing for the election of the superinten dent of welfare In Wilkes by the welfare board Instead of Jointly by the board of welfare and the county commissioners as In other counties and as was provided un- df.r tha state-wide law. Che board of welfare Is com posed of P. J. Brame, Wm. A. Stroud and W. E. Smithey, the latter having been appointed re cently by the county board of commissioners, succeeding Dr. W. W. Miles, whose term expired on June 1. There were two placed in nom ination for the post of welfare superintendent, the present offi cer and J. F. Jordan, mayor of Wllkeshoro. Mr. McNeill received the vites of Mr. Brame and Mr. Stroud. Mr. Smithey voting tor Mr. Jordan. Mr. J. B. McCoy and son, Joe Jr., were at Myrtle Beach for sev eral days last week. Mon^y Evening PlauM Complete For Cooraes To Be Offered Free Through WPA A driving school conducted as a WPA project will open In North Wilkesboro on Monday, June 12, C. M. Crutchfield, area supervis or, said here today. The school, which will be open to everybody, will be held from four to six In the afternoons and seven to nine in the evenings, at the city hall. Thomas A. Early, former lieu tenant In the state highway pa trol, will be In charge and will be assisted in clasr.room instruc tion by Joe Brame. of this city. In making announcement of the school, it was stressed that men, women and children, exper ienced and inexperienced drivers, are Invited to attend and no cent, but scarcely hoped to bet ter 1.75. But he did with barely more than 1.25. and in the sale justified the treasurer’s course In declining to sell them under the 19$7 act. The approximate mil lion dollar saving is not alone to be praised. The state’s new high raflng with the abysmally low bid on long time money would both have been missed had the sale been made two years ago. The next move toward expand-r nig the exposition was the au thorization of rebuilding the grandstand in order to double its seating capacity. A. will be added and all the p^ent structure will be repaired and renovated for greater convenience and comfort. A section will also be added to seat colored people. The fair officials have already contracted through George A. Hamid, noted producer of out door attractions, a gala program of grandstand acts which will be entirely new at the fair here. The free act program will in clude “Great Peters,” whose aer ial acts have caused many faint hearted to collapse, the Para mount Revue of beauty and va riety, the Rexola troupe of skat ing acrobats, and a hilarious comedy act of “Silver, the wonder horse.” The performers will come di rect to North Wilkesboro from the Canadian exposition at Toron to. Canada, fair officials said. Frank West’s midway attrac tions. which were the subject of favorable comment last year be cause of the absence of many ob jectionable features, will return to the midway with many i»ew features and a completely reor ganized aggregation of shows and rides. Other plans for the exposition include the awarding of a valu-! Summer Session Schod Under Way 4B Enroll In Summer School At North Wilheaboro Hish SchooV" 57 WPA Project For 4 School Buildings, 3 Additions Asked Wilkes Fourth In Amount Lime Bought This Year Wilkes county is fourth in North Carolina in the amount of lime being used this year by farmers under the soil program. It was learned today from the office of Dan Holler, county a- gent. The counties w‘ ose farmers are buying more lime to be paid tor at government contract price Asb Builds In Somers Townslup, Cricket, Newliie charges will be made. Individuals and corporations who own and operate fleets of trucks are es pecially urged to encourage their drivers to attend the school. The course, which will Include classroom instruction and prac tical lessons, will continue for three weeks and will be repeated as often as necessary to provide instruction for all who are Inter ested. Such schools have been very successful in teaching the princi ples of Bate" (Irtvliig fn* other North Carolina cities and it is hoped that response to the op portunity for a school here will be great. The school has the un qualified endorsement of the slate highway patrol and other agencies interested. Eight-Room Additions For Roaring Riv^r ijnd Mount Pleasant Schools City Board In Meeting Tuesday The Wilkes county board of education is this week submitting to the Works Progress adminis tration a achoo’ project which if from program earnings are Wa- carried out would provide build- tauga. Buncombe and Cherokee. Wilkes farmers have purchased and are using 4.752.000 pounds 12,376 tons) this 5’ear through the cooperation of the soil pro gram. In addition to this quan tity, much lime has been pur chased from other sources. Officers Junior Council Elected communl- North Wilkesboro Juniors Elected Officers For Term Beginning July 1 able prize at each evening per formance. a good band, commer cial exhibits and other things which go toward making a bigger and better fair. County Agent Dan Holler and others interested have been re vising the premium catalogue up ward and cash premiums are be ing Increased especially in classes where greater enconragement recording secretary: Paul needed for those particular * fj„t{.),ens, asaisiant recording sec- of agriculture, horticulture and | ^ rhurch, conductor: home endeavor. This is (p (j pav. financial secretary: A done to secure a maximum of ■ NorMr Wi1k"=tioro ' council of the J'laior Order has elected of ficers for the six months term be ginning July 1 as •follows; i Richard Beamon, councilor; O. i K. Pope, vice councllot; C.’ A. The summer-school at North Wilkesboro high school got off to a good start this week with an enrollment of 46. The summer session was bread- ened this year in that commercial, band and other subjects were of fered out-of-school people as weU, ag^ studlents. Eight students have enrolled in the commercial classes and the game number are taking band In- t Btruction. Those taking high B'school snbjects total 17 and 13 Welementary students are enrolled. ^ Prospects are good for a suc cessful session. The school is under the direction of Robert Taylor, who is assisted by other regnlaf • members' of' the - 4oh«ol exhibits and to make, the exhibit hall' more 'aitcurately reflect pro gress ip tiie vyhquy.riii^.^jj Nine Frorn*-T*’Dk>^ 35 - ! C^p - Xasater toculty..r.> Boy *Sc6'ut Troop 35 will' be well represented at-CamtS LSsater which opens for Its regular camp ing season on J\ine*14, and runs througlt July 12. * Going from- the local Troop .are the following boys, who will stay one or more weeks: HiU Carlton. Billy Wade Estes, HeniT Waugh, Palmer Horton, Jr., Alvhi Sturdivant. Jr., Har- rold Sturdivant, Lomax Crook, Wayne Gentry, Edwin Long. Also attending the camp will be Isaac Duncan, Scoutmaster, who will attend camp for a week, and Assistant Scout Master Bff- •oer.Erfer. who will attgiid for (our weeks. ' jw.# G. Andqyson, warden: Otis Bar ker, Inside sentinel; Che.ies Leckie, outside sentinel; F. Bentley, D. E. Elledge, ' legates to state convention; C. G. Horton and S. L. Pardue, alternates to state convention: H. L. Mechem, chaplain. A. A. Fashion was elected trus tee. Two whose terms have not expired and who will serve with him are B. F. Bentley and Paul Hutchens. An Important meeting of the council will be held on next Tues day night and every member Is askf.-d to attend. An Interesting program will be carried out In addition to'traiiBacttoTj'of ImpoH- ant business’-matters. String beans,' lima beans, Irish potatoes, "sweet potatoes, com, pumpkins, squashes, peppers and tomatoes all origmated in Ameri ca: and in the days before Am^-' SA WM diseoyered civUxed without tbeBfc K'i:- ‘ ing facilities in seven ties. The project as set up carries an estimated total cost of about $230,000. of which the county would be required to pay about $90,000. The project calls for erection of 8-room elementary school build ings at some point in Somers township and at Cricket three miles west of this city: eight- room additions and enlarging au ditoriums at Mount Pleasant and Roaring River; six-room build ing and auditorium at Fairplalns; three-room building at Newllfe; and two-room addition to the TraphiU building. C. B. Eller, county superinten dent of schools,* In discussing the project today said that there Is great need for each building or addition as set up in the project. ’The Somers township building would bring about the consollda- 11 o n of several one-teacher schools which beve been operat ing under handicap from lack of facilitiee and the plan for the consolidation is said to hare re ceived much support from school patrons. Cricket school is Inadequately housed In a dilapidated frame structure and delegations Of citi zens have petltloned^that a ^build ing be erected. The old bhlldiiig was badly crowded during the past term. , , There has .been a demand for a school building' at Fairplalns for several years. Roaring River and Monnt Pleasant high schoolbuildings have been badly crowded for the past few years and It has beOP necessary to'use" tbe_ auditoriums and all other space available tor • f^lll 1_ A 1 Ai A M A j1 . classes, 'there Is also heed* for 'ad- dltlohal rooms at ’TraphiU, edu cational authorities' point but. . Transact Routine Matters; Miss Mary Nichols Is Named Stenographer The North Wilkesboro board of commissioners held a lengthy ses- R. T. McNiel and I. H. McNeill, Jr., city clerk. Board members uresent were H. M. Hutchens, Ralph Duncan, W. K. Sturdivant and A. G. Fin ley. J. B. Carter, the other mem ber of the boerd, was absent on account of illness. Wilke. Third In - Number Of Farnie f On Soil Program Wilkes county ranks third anumg the 100 counties of North Carotins in the nambOr of farmers whose farms havei' been sSgned np for participa* tlon in the government's soil program, according to records on file at the office of Dan Holler, WUkes county agent. Xhe only two counties in the state which have a greater number of farm units in tbe program are Johnson and Sampson, two of the largest coontlee in area. Wilkes ccranty has 5,904 farms signed np and is only 180 behind Sampsoi) -with S,- 340. Wilkes Fanners Allay Earn $84,598 In Soil Payments Enmings During Past Year $6S,261, Report Of State Office Shows Farmers of Wilkes county can earn $84,598 in Agricultural Con servation payments under tbe 1939 Triple-A Farm Program, It was announced by E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer of State College. Last year they earned $65,261 by complying with acre age allotments and carrying out soil building practices. Floyd said that farmers who expect to qualify for payments in this year’s program should sign an individual farm plan before June 15. If this has not already boon done. To determine wheth er this requirement has been met. a producer should check his records to see it he has a copy of the Farm Plan. Floyd stated County Farm Agents and local AAA committeemen are prepar ed to assist every farmer In un derstanding h i s soil-depleting bers. acreage allotments, in working out a goal for soil-building prac- sion Tuesday night with Mayor flees, and in otherwise earning his maximum payment. In addition to the payments for carying out soil building prac tices and complying with soil de pleting acreage allotments, a Cotton Price Adjustment pay ment is available in counties j where cotton is grown. The board adopted the special This county's maximum Cotton Charter Granted ^eOnMindf^. Meeting WUI Be Held Oft Monday Night At dtf Hall, 7:30 O’clock WILL ELECT OFFICERS • Charter Will Be Acceptetl and Constitution And By Laws Adopted North Wilkesboro busiuees sn. professional men will gather M' the city ball on Monday nlgkl^ Jane 12. to perfect organlutlea of North Wllkeeboro’s Commeree Bureaus, an organization ha-rlng as Its purpose the promotion ''ot North Wilkesboro as a buslneti- and industrial center. The meeting will open at 7:3# o’clock. Secretary of State TTiad Enre on Monday granted a charter to the organization. The charter, which has J. B. Williams, J. R. Prevette and W. P. Kelly a.s In corporating stockholders, will be before the body for acceptanc* Monday night. The Commerce Bureaus will ha a non-stock organization and there are 85 charter members, representing a great majority of the business firms in North Wil kesboro. Every member who baa signed is asked to attend th» meeting to-be held on Monday night. Included In the business of or ganization to be taken up Mon day night will be the acceptaneo of the charter, adoption of coix- stitution and by laws, and elec tion of officers. Present plans call for active functioning of the bn- reaus immediately after organf- zation. The bureaus, designed to work cooperatively to promote tbs growth and progress of the city, will be Manufacturers, Merchants, Wholesalers. Credit. Advertising and Better Business. Each win be represented on the central board of directors by three raem- privilege tax ordinance and trans acted routine matters. The only action relative to city employes was the appointment of Miss Mary Nichols as stenog rapher In the clerk’s office. 26 Cases Of T. B. Found In Cliiuc 350 Examined By Specialist During Recent Clinics In Wilkes Twenty-six cases of . tubercu losis were discovered In the t. b. clinic held in Wilkesboro recent ly, a report In the office of the county health department shows. The clinic was considered high ly successful In that a total of 350 examinations were made dur ing the two weeks of the clinic. Those examined included people who for various reasons had rea son to suspect that they may hare contracted the disease. Dr. Skeen, a specialist from the state sanitorium, made the exam- inatfons. In addition to the 26 positive cases, some classed as-, dou-btfuL were advised ..to.; toarerJC-ray ex aminations and other trete made. The Wilkes county board of Oommistlonere In "^seMlon this woek admitted’to5aw,€«iBty tn- bercplar hospital sodne ol the now The liargest sM seni^t.^ Iom”™ tt if tthi^tood paOoiitf (0*;: tn^ payment for Price Adinstment 1939 is $1,256. j Floyd said that two soil build- j ing practices being encouraged this year are the application of triple-sapernhosphatp and ground limestone. Payments may be earn- , ed for applying phosphate in | connection with the seeding of J perennial or biennial legumes. 1 Wilkes perennial grasses, annual rye grass, winter legumes, lespedeza. crofalarla, or permanent pasture (except in connection with soil- depleting crops). Limestone can be applied to any crop, except that applications of less than 1.- 000 pounds per acre on peanuts, flue-cured tobacco, and commer cial vegetables will not be count ed. The Triple-A is making triple- superphosphate sud ground agri cultural limestone available In all counties as grants-of-ald; that Is. the material Is being fur nished now with the cost to he The officers shall consist of x chairman of the hoard, presi dent. vice president, secretary- treasurer, executive secretary and six other vice presidents, each of whom will head a bureau. Thft proposf‘d organization r€- ceived much support in meeflngo held prior to the application fox charter and tbe opinion was al most universally expressed that such an organization can be-verr helpful to the (itr and to every phase of business life. Divorces Granted To Four Couples Court Now UndM* Way For Trial Ofi Civil ' Cases; Warlick Presiding. - - . Msry Bauguess . .. d.educted,fTPm soil building Pav-j Rauguess: Arvilla - C. Johisplj ments. next year. County farm m. Johnson. \ . The jury was withdrawn and a %ii8trlal waf ordered In. the of Mt. Pisgah' versus E. L. Spicer and others. ?’ .f—f—- ^ I4 O. SpriiJcle County farm agents are prepared to help all faftners- obtain the phosphate and Ume as 'grants-of-ald. Want Home* For Two Children Charles McNoHl,. .Wilkes coun ty welfare officer, has two home^ less chHdren hi hls care. • . He said today^tbat tbel Is keeping bright Mfients .AUVO' unpv* ^xoRi wnow .wdWSi’vonld iOM two dal Claimed By, Funeral service was heW ftOto- day at Charity pknro|l| *(IR Sprttokto,.age 47. "ii. the hoapltal itt. tiut MM xra '■ w k resident of niW-Rcwy* bright' ■1 j -t Pour di’rorces were granted !■ U.e opening days of the Jnno term of Wilkes superior eonit which opened Monday. ^ Judge Wilson Warlick. of NeWi ton, is presiding over the. terui;, which will be in session for weeks. • . ■ The divorces granted ■were;t»'’’ the following cases: Ida Bell* Watkins Reynolds versus Engfd* «• Reynolds- Theresa Smith ShMipb;' versus James Wade^ Stis'rpey-^ versus'. Bedffi^_ a