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U, un ot Mr. and
Harr^ Latham, of near
oleoma, died In a Wlneton-Sal-
hospital of Wood poisoning at
/first attributed to his having been
‘‘homed’’ by a catfish, bat later
thought more likely from infec
tion occurring after a spHnler
waa accidentally run underneath
the toe nail. He had heen 111 for
aboat taro weeks. ,
HURT BY HYNAMITE
High Point, June 18.—E. J.
Johnson, who lives at 118 North
Hamilton street, owner and oje-
rator of the Johnson Stone com
pany. was painfully Injured this
morning when a charge of dyna-
Ite exploded In his shop. Sparks
im an emory wheel are thought
to have set off the dynamite,
which peppered Mr. Johnson •^'th
fine bits of debris. He was taken
to the Guilford General hospital,
where he was retained as a pa
tient.
FiNBid^ RMt inid Uncle Sam
Last Rites
A. F. Phillips Paas«$ In Rich
mond Hospital Satwday;
111 For Several Months
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MERCURY LEAPS
as- Milwaukee. June 16.—Prank
*^^H. Coleman, head of the Milwau
kee weather bureau, mopped his
brow this afternoon and confirm
ed that the temperature had
jumped 24 degrees within 15
minutes. At 1:10 p. m., it was 68
on the weatherman’s official in
struments. Fifteen minutes later
it was 92. A shift in the wind to
the southwest brought the rise.
A. F. Phillips, founder of the
root and herb market In North
Wllkesboro and reput^ to be the
largest cash buyer of root and
herbs In ihe -nation, died In a
Richmond. Va.. hospital Satur
day morning, 7:30 o’clock.
He had been In 111 health lor
several months but at Intervals
was able to give attention to his
many business Interests In North
Wllkeehoro and elsewhere.
He was born aud reared In
Ashe county near Brpwnwood. a
son of the late George and Loret
ta Morphew Phillips. --
He came to North Wllkesboro
more than 30 years ago and with
two other men and a small a-
mount of capital began buying
medicinal roots and herbs. He
soon became sole owner of the
business, which grew rapidly to
gain a wide reputation. Though
his business he accumulated much
property here and at other points.
He never married and the sur
viving members of his immedi
ate family are two brothers, G.
W. Phillips, of West Jefferson,
S.'E. Phillips, ot Laxon, one sis
ter. Mrs. J. W. Greer, of Brown-
wood. and a number of nephews
and nieces.
He was 63 years of age.
Funeral service was held this
morning at Laurel Springs c.'.urch
in Watauga county with Rev.
Levi Green conducting the last
rites.
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To Millers O
Veterans* Pension
Clrecks To Arrive
First -Part
C. C. Hayes, Wilkes clerk of
Court, said today that he had
been informed by state officiato
that checks for confederate vet
erans and widows will he ready
for delivery during the first part
of July, possibly about July 1.
There has been a change iu.the
pension law which delays pay
ment from June 15 to the flfft
part of July. Mr. Hayes said that
he would announce through the
papers when the checks arrive,
rive.
Offidak Say i :
Work Win B(^ i
in Short
Ned Brookshire
Victiln Accident
Sunday Morning
RAT.EIGH MAN KIIXED
Sumter, S. C., June 16.—John
Moore. 24-year-old Carolina Pow
er and Light company lineman,
was almost instantly killed this
morning when he came In contact
with a high-voltage power line
while working on a pole in a
residential district ot this city.
Moore, whose nome was in Ra
leigh. N. C., w-as standing on a
ground wire wlien his hare elbow
touched a line carrying 2.300
volts. Another lineman working
on the pole with him knocked
Moore loose from the w're and
lowered him to the ground. Et-
torts to revive him were unavail
ing.
DAM DECTSKW 30TH
After spending the entire day
' hearing the pros and cons of the
city ot Hich Point’s endeavor to J. Clinton Smoot, former resi-
proceed with the construction of dent of this city and now a citl-
a $6,500,000 hydroelectric plant zen of Panama Canal Zone, was,
on the Yadkin river. Judge H. the speaker at Friday’s meeting
Hoyle Sink, ot Guilford Superior of the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
court Fridav afternoon said that club,
he would announce his opinion in The program was in charge of
AHhe case, which has occupied the r. g. Finley, Vho first presented
■^ourt for five weeks, at 10 o’clock jMic.3 Grace Frank Kilby, who
Wednesday morning. June 28. inii,ave a humorous reading. “When
the Guilford Superior courtroom, pa v/as Courtin’ Ma.’’
At that time he will also give his The talk by Mr. Smoot was
opinion in the action brought hvjfiiied with information about the
Seeking to expand the number of Ita pUote to more than 4,500 in the next two yean, the Onited St^
lo nfiitiniK in it* training of sky soldlen. After three months Initial (raining In nine civilian i
schools the students go to Randolph field, San Antonio. Texas, lor another three months |
t a«i A A*nAc:e aro 1 —The DhotoDoIy RTBph determines moscnlsr End brain cMirdinatUmy
their naettle and ^eter‘he vlsnal field of form and color la
rivM Eye deS Ld £ blood JLsure cause 45 out of 50 rejections. 3.-The baUncing chair de^^KiHed
mines' the sense of eqnlUbrIum. 4.-Ground school teaches the cadet ^ ,7KSly*S I When Car Overturned On
woV and other details. This, plus actual flying, readies the cadet for advanced work at KeUy field. I
Line O^ighwayi 24 NYA Girls Are Being Trained In
421 Is Completed Home Making Project In Wilkesboro
Smoot Speaker
At Kiwanis. Meet
Gives Interesting Facts
About Panauna Canal and
People Of Territory
Nine-Mile Extension From
Home Of Dr. Triplett
Now Renders Service
A nine-mile power line exten
sion from ths home of Dr. W. R.
Triplett 12 miles west of this city
Three Are Injured I B.i»e u.-
In Auto Collision | Groups Girls
Paul Haynes, of Hays, Isaac
Eller. Jr., and Ned Kiser, of
North Wllkesboro, were badly
pieu xi- limes Y>esi, Ml -ms -.-J hurt Friday afternoon when cars
to within one mile of the V»iade j ^j,y Haynes and Eller col-
Harris bridge on highway 421 has three miles north ot this
been completed and the line has! (.jfy
been “made hot,” it was learned
today from the North Wilkesboro
office of the Duke Power com
pany.
The extension will make elec
tric service available to 60 custo
mers.
Surveys of several proposed ex
tensions in the county are being
made.
Eller received a broken knee ,,, ^ .
r:: s,r«rrtu*
•rnro'rrr. ^ ‘
... 1 project to afford training,
minor injune . . important
! needs for such a project Is some
The N. C. Confederate Wom-jp,j^^g g^„y tjje training,
en's Home had a population ot 42 Wilkeshoro Woman's club
In April, 1939. the need by allowing the
girls on the NYA project to use
the '■'ommunity House.
T'-o shifts of 12 girls each are
eiuulnved on the project. Each
shift "-orks for two weeks and
I then tiie other takes charge.
The idea is for the glrl.s to
I care for the community house and
to treat it as they would a home.
They wax and care for the
floors, dress the windows, make
curtains, make handwork. cut
and sew garments, cook and serve
their own lunch and carry on var-
Among the things the National
Youth administration is doing in
Wilkes is training 24 girls be
tween ages of 18 and 25 to be
home makers.
Figuring by statistics that a
great majority of girls between
Mass Meeting Wilkesboro School
Patrons Called For Friday Night
Y’adkin county against High
Point, the hearing of which will
begin Monday morning in Yadkin
Superior court, he said.
SPEND-I T-IND PKU(4K.^^M
Washington. June 16.—Presi-
dpnt Roosevelt was revealed to-
d^y to be giving further conside-
Paiiama canal and adjacent ter-]
ritory. Rome of the interesting
facts related were how the Canal j
Zone got Its freedom from Co
lumbia, the sanitation of the ter-j
ritory, the various types of peo
ple, and the number of ships
which pass through the canal,
sometimes as high as 20 per day.
dation to equipment loans for , He said that as high as $2.5'00.-j
railroads as a part of a broad qoO per month Is received in tolls j
program of federal self-liquldat- fmm ships. Plans are now being,
Ing projects which may also em
brace such fields as housing,
r highways, rural electrification
and alleviation of farm tenancy
problems. This program, the Pres
ident made known, was discussed
at tlw White House earlier this
week when he called In some of
hi* fiscal advisers for further ex
ploration of the fields in which
the government might he helpful
iB speeding industrial activity.
Reports said the Initial cost of
the railroad project might he be
tween $300,000,000 ana $500.-
000,000.
, Criminal Court
Begins Session
Special Term of Two Weeks
For Trial Of Criminal
Cases Under Way
A special term of Wilkes su
perior court for trial of criminal
cases convened In Wllkesboro to
day with Judge Wilson Warlick,
»f Newton, presiding
made for building another set of,
lock in the canal, a job which
will require five years.
Prior to the program J. R. Fin
ley announced that the coming
week will he the best time to see
the Rhododendron in bloom in
the mountains.
In accordance with a request
hy President D. J. Carter at a
previous meeting P. W. Eshelman
reported on an interesting news
event of the current week. He
called atatention to recent court
rulings relative to trailers. -T. C,
Reins was asked to report a news
Item for the next meeting.
Tt was annr.nnced that Kiwanis
International Hatfield will speak
over a national hook-up from the
International convention on Tues
day, 9:45 p. m.
In the meeting Friday Harry
Goode was a guest of W. J. C»-
roon and Robert V. Martin was a
guest of Rev. A. L. Aycock.
Miss Aenes McDonald
To Address Mass Meettnff
telephone ines.«ij^e from
Mis.s .Apnes McDonald, imme-
luate past president of tlie
(^Insg Room Teachers’ Organ-
i7a.tioii of the North Carolina
Education As-sociation, r o-
celvetl this morning by the
Wilkesboro Citizens and Pa
trons School Committee, .stated
that .she would be present Fri
day night to address the dis
trict mass meeting which will
be l>eld at the courthouse at
7:30 p. m. Miss McDonald Is
well known throughout North
Carolina as one of the state’s
educational leaders, and It is
expected that her presence will
bring out many of the citizens
and patrons of the Wllkesboro
school district for the meeting.
Patrons Committee Gives
Reasons for Calling Meet
ing On School Situation
Ned Brookshire, age 24, was
killed Instantly Sunday morning
about eight o’clock when his car
turned over several times on
highway 18 near Boomer.
Brookshire was alone at the
time of the accident and the
cause of the accident was not ful
ly determined.
He was an employe of Fores
ter’s Nu-Way Service in this city
and was said to have been on the
way to his work here when the
accident occured. He had been
employed here for about one
month.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elisha Brookshire, of Lenoir
route 1 and in Addition to hi*
parents is survived by two sisters
and one brother.
Funeral service was held this
afternoon, two o’clock, at Kings
Creek church.
Install Nichols
District Deputy
Installation Of District Dep
uty Grimd Master For the
33rd District Friday Nile
The following statement and
call of a mass meeting was issued
today by the Patrons committee'ions duties closely related to ac
of Wilkesboro school district: | tual home life,
j “The Patrons’ School Commit- j The project in Wilkesboro Is
tee ot the Wllkesboro school dls-: one of only six in the western dis
trict hereby calls an open non-' trict of North Carolina and 1s
partisan mass meeting of all pa-'under the direction of Mrs. Mande
Irons and citizens of the Wilkes- [ Miller, supervisor of girls’ NYA
Tennis Tourney
Closes Saturday
Miss Frances McNeill Wins
Over Dr. Caredyn Taylor;
Trophies Are Awarded
Tbs tern 'was
quest of the bar asaoclation and
Solicitor Avaipn _ E. Hall In an
effort to clear the docket of crim
inal cases penmpg.
A toUl ot Its cases were
placed on the calediar for trial.
Jnelddlng a number of homicide
continued from the regular
In March.
a" grand Jury was empanneled
today to pass on new bills of in
dictment and will be ex«“»^
wh*u they b#ro oomtfloted ti^
dtstlM 1b that oapsettyka^
little girl IN NEW
SHOES IS KILLED BY
A DRUNKEN DRIVER
Toronto, Canada.—Proudly wear-
called at the re- ing the new shoes her daddy just
bought her, and carrying a note
her mother gave her to get an ice
cream cone Verna Groves, 4, walk
ed out of he rhome on Rosethom
Ave., early last night.
Five minutes later her cruihpled
little body was carried into the
house. She had been hit by a two-
ton truck, driven by a man under
the influence of liquor.
Eighty-two children were being
. Mid.^ltt'' aetna dateatloB qi^^r
. to
By defeating Dr. Carolyn Tay
lor 6-1, 1-6 and 6-3, Mias Fran
ces McNeill won the North Wll-
kesfcoro girls’ tennis title Satur
day afternoon In a fast match.
They were finalists In the Ki
wanis club tourney which started
several days ago with 22 young
women and girls of the city and
vicinity participating.
Keen interest w a * -Shown
throughout the tournament.
At the close of the match Rev.
Watt M. Cooper, who was • in
charge of arrangements for the
tournament, presented a heautl-
ful tronhj to Miss McNeill and
the-runner-up trophy was pre-.
sented by E. G. Finley to Dr.
Taylor. The presentations were
made on the court.
...Tie trophlw w«f*
boro school district to be held In
the courthouse at Wilkesboro on
Friday night, June 23rd, at 7:30
o’clock. The reasons for this
meeting being called are as fol
lows:
“1. Professor T. B. Story and
six other teachers with excellent
school records have heen arbi
trarily discharged from the Wil-
koshoro school without any real
reason ever being- offered to the
people and over the repeated pro
tests df a majority of the citizens
and patrons, including two for
mer highly respected members- of
the school committee.
“2. Over one thousand of the
most pkomlnent cittaens' of the,
school district signed a* petition,
work in Wilkes, with Miss Eliz
abeth Johnson as project fore
man.
In the project the girls are
taught and trained to make as
many needed articles for the
home as possible, with a view to
ward keeping down home ex
penses.
In addition to practical train
ing in house keeping, the girls
are trained to make bedspreads,
beaded bags, bracelets, belts and
other articles which find a r«^ady
sale. The girls are allowed to
work on the project to make pro-
.-lucts for sale but are not paid
for the time put in on salable ar-
the 1 tides.
The girls engaged in work on
On Friday night, June 9, 1939,
North Wilkesboro Lodge number
407 A. F. and A. M. met in regu
lar communication and this was
set as the date for the installation
of a District Deputy Grand Mas
ter for the 33rd district. It was
/made possible for J- F. Mar-
I queue, assistant grand lecturer of
'the Grand Lodge ot North Car
olina. to he present, through the
j courtesy of Yadkinville Lodge hy
relinquishing the time of Mr.
Marquette from the Masonic
school which he was conducting
there.
Mr. Marquette, as the direct
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IVill Greatly Improve
fie Facilities For Over
Six Miles Highway
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^ Plans have been approved for
'Wdeaing and revision of highmty
421 from this city westwart’
distance of over six miles to
lers Creek, it was learned toiaf
from division highway officials*
here.
The plans as approved call for
addition of a strip of tratlia
bound macadam three feef wlte
on each side of the comrfkte iik'fiS'
ment. which is only^slxte^ fsat
in width. In order'.'Cc^'illtjciflrfito
better traffic facliltiee and to
further improvement to the h|rh>-
way, a wider strip wlll' ho Oo«»
structed on the inside of tha
curves, highway engineers said.
The highway, constructed oC
re-InforcPd concrete, was th»
first hardsurfaced hlg.iway la
Wilkes and waa constructed by
the county. At that time it wms
considered an excellent piece of
road but has become dangeroua
and out-moded. It is pointed out.
In addition to being too nar
row for modern traffic, there aro
numerous curves, some of which
are not properly elevated, and tho
road has become notorious as ao-
cldent-prone.
The highway Is the route of
the famous Boone Trail and te
part of the Interstate highway
iTOjU WUmiagtsn .on. the AtlantI*
coast through North CaroHm,
part of Tennessee and into Ken
tucky. It Is also a part of th®
widely publicized “Tenne-Se®
Trail.” Between North Wilke®,
boro and Millers Creek, the se®-
tion to be improved, it also car
ries the traffic of state highway
number 16, which leaves 421 in
a northerly direction toward th®
Jeffersons at Millers Creek.
Widening of the highway 1®
scheduled to It’-giti .'•oon, hi-:hway
officials said.
Hackett Speaker
At Lions Meet
Tells Interesting Facts Aboat
History Of North
Wilkesboro
hors who are employed In the
WllkMhoros.
’They express the opinion that
the project Is exactly what they
want and that they enjoy their
work immensely.
rr^estlBg this acTlon but the m«-|the project are from all parts of
jorlty members of the .school, Wilkes county. They ‘rayel to
Lmmlttee turned a deaf eBf to j and from their homes with nelgh-
their plea and the county i^ool »'»'« nro emnloved In th«
hoard and the county schooJ.hnp-
erintendent of schools havo BBan-
imt^ualy approved' of the ac^P of
the jichool committ^men. iU a
reiiill the eChool a
tnrmoll and the people art dis-
satlsfted. Our children wUJ Hlffer
for proper education unl^ ^thls
matter Is straightened
“¥hefefore, all cl^xeij^^nd
patrons of the'Wllkeshot^^lpool
dlstrlA are ®rged to atte^Jthte
meeting so that further Mf^ite
-plans I may be formulatedOl
der ti see that the righttWl ne-
mhndfl of the people art Wrt.me
threeimombers of the «*oolJoni-
miftee, Mr. J.
M. Foster and Mr- D. *«Siiook-
shlre, are pubMcly inritM^y at-
tend thls. tnwlSWf 5*1*
may make aiiy:4^W^d|^
people thai tliey ,|dal».
ClinMman And
Cricket Winners
Clingman took advantage of
numerous errors hy North Wll
kesboro juniors at Clingman Sat
urday and won 4 to 3.
. Clingman gathered only two
hits off Brooks tut were greatly
alded'hy fielding' mlacues, while
North WWkeaboro players hit 11
scattered Wts.
At Temjd® Hill Cricket blasted
out a 20’to 10 victory, temple
flOlkpndiBetod too icngto of the
J. G. Hackett, eighth diviskm
highway commissioner, addressed
the North Wilkesboro Lions club
in meeting Friday even'ng.
Mr. Hackett told in a very in
teresting way historical facta
about North Wilkesboro and
mi — Wilkes county. His address waa
represeXativeTf the Grand'Mas- the subject of much favorabl®
ter was received with honors comment among the members and
and he installed John W. Nlch- guests present The program waa
ols, as district deputy Grand in charge of Mack Moore.
Master In a very impressive man- In the ^
ner. this being the eleventh con- club the time ^
secutive year for Mr. Nichols to changed from 6.30 to
erve in this capacity. o’clock and several
Mr. Nichols made a very "P, 1° * *
teresting address of acceptance. | meethig of the old wd "cw
He expressed his appreciation for ,
the cooperation he had received i The chib directors discussed tlMl
from the lodges ot the district
during the past ten years and so
licited a continuation of the
same.
Mr. Marquette delivered a very
forceful address and also spoke
in verv high terms of the effici
ent manner in which Mr. Nichols
has served his district and the
untiring efforts which he has
manifest for the advancement of
Masonery during the past.
Several lodges of the district
were represented. After the meet
ing refreehments were served
and the occasion wa,s a very en
joyable: evening.
Stitf Meeting
The rirder of the Eastern Star
will gather in regular meeting at
the lo4ie hall on Tbursday nlgbt,
eight o’clock. ^ ■ ’
,, Mr. and Mra. Vernon Kixer.ap^
week-end In ICmdim wito 1^.
g^’g jpaWBtfc, atoi .Ijtrk. Vfj,
3. BoWBUm. TOejr wm
pgj^d IfOrtB
matter of operating the swinnaaiaff
pool at night and it was decided
to install lights to make nigM
operation possible.
The club also decided to sponsor
an NYA project for Hie ertcUoa
of an information booth for Norto ■
Wilkesboro. According to preaeot.
plans, the club would fumiabxMi’;^
terials for the erection of a bodtiv
whkh would be maintaW^d^jMjfk-'
NYA and the NYA
attendant. The hootb-
available to the public-'
serve in every way poe/
giving oat information. j
' At the close of the ctoV*
ing Friday evening . ‘
ston took .over >
ggvel and will prteidg gt
maeting. Hb jwcaedB L. Ifc-’Ou*
penter ■« .weaMcnk ‘ : ’’V..
■! L Tlwte were two new tecm^M
‘ at the meeting, Fred Hrf»e»d, «e
end Clyde Ptoiwm. PaSM OabdiiiB
ipfit b'gp||gt of Paul.Cgahiont J. M-
and^Werren. Davis -
gneitoi La’wrence Miller.
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