North Carolina Newspapers

•THE^JCKJ^AL^PAtRIOT HAS BJlS^ZED THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN TOE‘OTATB OF | MO] OC AL E WS Mr. J. M. Blevins, ol Sprlng- tield, was In this city Friday looking after business matters. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Critcher, of Boone, are visiting Mrs. Critch- er’s sister, Mrs. Vick Wall, at Boomer. Mrs. Bertha R. Hodges, of Pores Knob, one of Wilkes coun ty’s well known teachers, is em ployed this year at Gllreath school, which opened today. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Meadows and son Bobby, spent a few days in Martinsville, Va., with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Meadows and vis ited several points of Interest in Virginia last week. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Welch, Misses Daisy Sebastian, Argyle Haynes and N’orma Billings have ^turned home from a visit to pan View and Virginia Beaches. For do your buyln»-l)l wd Wilkesboro» center of North Cai^ina, VOL. XXXIII, No. 1 Published Mondays and Thursdays. 111 I I NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1989 $1.60 IN THE STATE—$2.00 OUT OF TM STAT^| New City Hall To Be Occupied Near First Of Month Skructure Complete; Awaits Only Final Inspection Before Occupancy The various departments of city government may be occupy ing North Wilkesboro’s new city hall by September 1. I. H. Mc Neill. city clerk, said today. Construction of the has been completed and it awaits only final inspection before being ready for occupancy. Since the structure was erected i4si!i Resignation Of Supt Wm> T. Long Citizens In Mass Meeting' Pass Resolutions Saying They Cannot Support Wilkesboro School; Many Attend On their return they visited Ra- It has been the subject of much leigh and other points of interest. Miss Mary I.ouise Hudson, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Dan I Hudson, of this city, is spending I a few days at home recuperating from an appendicitis operation, 'fciss Hudson is a student nurse of Watts Hospital In Durham. Mr. and Mrs. George Simmons, of Winston-Salem, were overnig'ht guests here Wednesdav of Mrs. Simmons' sister. Mrs. R. M. Brame. They had been on a trip to Williamsburg, Va.. and were motoring over the scenic highway. Rev. and Mrs. Paul Caudill and two children, Netta Sue and Pcul. Jr., will return Tuesday to .Au gusta. Oa.. where Rev. Mr. Cau dill is pastor of the First Baptist Chur-, h. They have been visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Caiiditl, of the Hays community. Mrs. W, A. Jones, who has been a patient at Davis hospital for two weeks. Is getting along . nicely. She has been removed nPfrom the hospital to the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Robertson, at Harmony. Mrs. Robertson is a daughter of Mrs. Jones. favorable comment by local peo ple and by visitors. The building, a brick structure with stone front, has three floors. The lower floor will house the police department, jail and ware house. On the street floor will be the clerk’s office, fire department and public library. Citizens and patrons of Wilkes-I spoke emphatically, declared that boro school district In mass meet-1 there is no power, not even the ing assembled today passed a res-j army,” that can compel him to ' olutlon asking the Immediate res-j send his children to a school i iftnatlon of William T. Long, sup- | where he considers "there Is not erintendent who began his duties | a fit atmosphere.’ He praised today, so hat Prof. T. R. Story ‘ former Superintendent Story very might again have charge of the i highly as a school superintendent gphool who in many respects does not ^ ^ , 'have an equal in the state and That until the demand is gran - ; ed bv school officials We will . . , . , against nim. he unable to sunnnrt the school with our goodwill and confi dence,” the resolution said. Questioned following the meet ing, Supt. Long said he had no statement to make. The meeting was attend'd by a crowd of patrons and citizens of the district est1maed at over Tho top floor contains a spa- ^ ^flO and the gathering was held eious assembly eiice rooms. hall and center- g,.t,ool auditorium. W. K. Harris, a former mayor of Wilkesboro, was the next speaker. He spoke briefly in pro test to the actions of the district board. R. C. Meadows, a citizen of the district who lives in the Pores Knob community, spoke in terms of nride of the fact that his two sons irraduated from high school One Killed In A Truck Collision On Highway 421 Two Trucks Collided 12 Miles West of This City On Saturday Night Public Assistance !n Wilkes Count’ $7,000 In August j The crowd assembled in the under Mr. Story. He said that a I auditorium about nine o’clock but ncuhew who makes his home beginning of the meeting was dc- For Aid To Aged Are On Waiting List Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Fletch er. Miss Marcella Pendley and k. Miss Vania Anderson left today for New York city and the World’s Fair. They expect to he away two weeks and will also visit places of interest in Boston . and Philadelphia before, returning home. ’ Miss Nina Jones has returned ' to her home In Wilkesboro from Salisbury, where she attended summer school. Miss Jones v’t-s Anne Jones Rohertson, Harmony, daughters of Mr. JMrs W. A, Jones, of Wilkesboro, "^bo’h received B. A. degrees from Catawba college ;bi.s summer. Mrs. J. D. Moore. Sr.. Mary Moore Hix. and son daiightpr, Tudie and Dicky and Miss Kathleen White Mrs. and Hix. left Thursday for a several days trip which included a stop ai .Manteo to see the pageant "The Lost Col ony”. From there they went to Norfolk and made a boat trip to Bal'imore. Md.. and they will al so visit at Washington. D C. and Williamsburg. Va. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller, ^of Reno, Nevada, are visiting Mr. * Miller’s brother. Mr, George Mill er and Mrs. Miller’s father. Mr. T. r. Foster, of Wilkesboro route ^ 2 They will return Wednesday and will he accompanied by two of Mrs. Miller’s sisters. Miss Elsie Foster, of Wilkesboro, and Mrs. M. K. Davis, of Raleigh. They plan to spend some time in Reno and at several points of in terest in California. Including the Golden Gate ExpdSition at San Francisco. Important Meeting Juniors Tuesday * An important meeting of the North Wilkesboro council of the junior Order will he held on ‘ Tuesday night, council officials I /said today. laved because Zeh Dickson. a new faculty member, was in structing eleventh graders re lative to schedule of classes. A eommitlee of patrons called on Supt. Long and asked permission to use the auditorium. He stated Almost 100 Cases Approved,'hat he was glad to cooperate and he moved the class to a classroom. Dr. H. G. Duncan presided ov er the meeting and upon finding that no school officials were present he named a committee composed of Carl Bullis, Mrs. D. S. Melville and Mrs. L. B. Dula to personally invite Supt. Long and newly elected teachers to the meeting. Supt. Long responded and came into the meeting. Dr. Duncan very briefly review ed the school controversy which started in April when Supt. Story and six teachers were fired by the district board and said the action was over the protest of more than 1.000 citizens and pa trons of the district who asked their re-election. The first speaker called on by the chairman wa.s Attorney T. R. Bryan, who said that he had been attending school openings in Wilkesboro and never before had been at one with no member of I he school board or school au thorities in attendance. He said that he had seen deputy sher iffs. highway patrolmen, and oth er officers on the grounds and that such proceediire was un necessary in that the people were only peacefully fighting for their rights. Part of his remarks were di rected to Supt. Long, saying that he had come into a district where no per cent of the people still favored his predecessor and into a county which believed in the rule by the majority. "Ninety per rent of the people are not easily persuaded that ten per cent can rule,” he said. Mr. Bryan told Supt. Tjong that members of the committee and county board of education were not present. "You see there is no one here to back you.” he said, addressing his remarks to the Almos- JT.noO was paid out in public assistance funds from the Wilkes county welfare office for the montli of August, figures re leased today by C'narles McNeill, welfare officer, showed. Those on old age assistance rolls received the greater portion of the amount, $-l,96fi.50 being paid out to 656 needy aged, the report showed. Thi.s represented an average grant of $7.57. A total of 112 families con taining 299 dependent children received $1,511.50 tor the month. Thirty-five blind cases receiv ed $51S. Mr. McNeill said that the wel fare heard has approved 97 cas- I es for old age assistance who are “^“'inot being paid because of the lack of funds. Tho cases on the 0’'^^ 1 waiting list can be paid only as ca.sos are terminated or if more funds are allotted for Wilkes county, he said. At present there are no ap proved cases for aid to dependent children on the waiting list hut all funds allotted the county are heiiis used. Recovering From Injuries By Bui! Joe Nichols Shows Improve ment and May Be Able To Go Home Soon Joe Nichols, aged man who was criiically hurt when gored by a bull on .August 14, is showing some improvement and may be able to return to his home in a In addition Iness matters to important bus- for action there ■will he interesting program fea tures and every member is asked to attend. few days. It was learned today i elected superintendent, at the Wilkes ho.spital. ^ Lynch, pastor of Mr. Nichols, age 79. received Ljjg ■y^riu^gsboro Methodist church, many painful injuries, including | laceration of his abdomen, when the hull which he had worked on his farm near Millers Creek for six years became angry and showed fight for the first time. Later on the same evening the hull attacked his son, Jesse Nich ols. 39. and inflicted injuries which proved fatal a week later. The hull was killed by neigh bors who gathered in that vicin ity late that night. with him was not at srhool today and wo'ild not be nt that school niMI ihe matter is straightened o-'t He said that it was time for action on the part of the people and called for a rising vote of a’l who were in favor of action. AM hut a few who professed no interest in the situation stood In response to his proposition and there were no opposing vote.s. Paul Osborne, Wilkesboro citi zen, spoke briefly, saying that Supt. Long had come to Wilkes boro well Informed about the sit uation as it existed and that ' he had known every step” in the controversy. Mr. Osborne declared with em phasis that the school controversy is not a political fight, although Ernest T. Greene, 23-year-old citizen of the Lewis Pork com munity, was fatally Injured Sat urday night when the truck he was driving collided with a truck driven by Duane Church, 18, a son of V. M. Church, of Purlear route 1. The accident occured about 12 miles west of this city on high way 421 near the home of Dr. W. R. Triplett. Greene suffered Internal In juries an ddled shortly after ar riving at the Wilkes hospital. Both trucks were badly dam aged. The accident victim was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Greene. He is survived by his wife, two children and two sisters, 'Veron ica and Ala Greene. Funeral service will be held at Lewis Fork Baptist church Tues day afternoon, two o’clock. Charges have been preferred against Church and a hearing will be held September 11, 11 a. m. before Magistrate R. C. Jennings. City Is To Pay $34,500 On Debts This Fiscal Year Schools Of Wilkdl County Begin Tenrl: Legion To Install Officers Friday Wilkes Post of the American Legion will meet on Friday night. The regular September meet ing will be called to order at 7:30 o’clock. A full attendance of the mem bership of the Post is requested as this meeting is the beginning of the Legion’s 21st year. A summary of the past year’s work will be given by retiring commander, John W. Hall. Frank E. Johnson, of North Wilkesboro, commander of the 15th district of the Department of North Carolina, will induct the new officials into office for the ensuing year. L. M. Nelson is the newly elect ed commander. Doughton Speaks On “Security” To Club On Friday Chairman Ways and Means Comm'ttee Tells Of Gov ernment Measures Large Attendance Reported In Many Schools Of Wilkes At1 Schools Be?in 1939-40 Term On Uniform Sche dule in The County Wilt Leave Indebtedness Of $268,000 And Represents A Steady Reduction Indebtedness of the city of North Wilkesboro wIP he reduced In the amount of *■’'’.500 during this" fiscal year whicn began on he had been falsely accused of i Ji,iy 1, It was learn-d today from taking a part for poUtical rea-11. H. McNeill. Jr . city clerk, sons. He said that his heart and I Half of this amount will be soul ■were In the matter and that j paid as it falls due this month, what part he had taken was sole- | and the remainder when due ly because ho was deeply inter-| during the remainder of the year, csted in the school. j At the heannlng of tho fiscal At tho request of the chairman, year the bonded indebtedness of Supt. Long addressed the meet-, the city was $302,500 and at the ing. He said that the first person ! close will be $268,000, city rec-' he contacted In Wilkesboro was | prds show. Mr. Story, whom he quoted as j 71,13 represents a larger than saying “I’m out of the picture” | „s„al reduction in the city’s debt and that Mr. Story said that he because some sinking funds will would not take the job if offer-1 be used in debt retirement, ed it back. j The indehtedne.ss of the city He said that he was there to | i,as been steadily reduced for serve the school and to work for I many years, including the depres- the best interest of the children , sion period when many municipal and not as a tool for any faction, j governments were defaulting on He said that he would do what ^ their obligations, the school hoard wanted done if ] ^jty cpjoys a splendid cred- iie thought it was right; that if j mating in financial circles and the school hoard asked him to bonds are always in demand. do anything which he did not, think was right that he would | get out. ! He slated that before coming ^ to Wilkesboro that he had no | idea of the magnitude of the dis- j cord and protest and that he | The city recently sold a reve nue anticipation note with Inter est rate of one and one-half per cent, representing a new low for municipal interest rates la this section. would have stayed with Cleveland w p yu Ri-oc'k ,chnnls in Rowan county if he K. VV. OrOtiA Rites Held Sunday schools in Rowan county had known, hut that he had al ready given up his work there. Rev, A. W. Lynch spoke again, saying that Prof. Story’s remarks to Supt. Mrs. Mary Jane Brock, age S3, died Thursday afternoon at her Long were characterls- [ borne near Pores Knob. tic of a man of his high type and that he naturally would not get into a controversy and fight for his own job back. (Continued on page eight) Mrs. L. F. Smith Is Taken By Death Mrs. -Alice Smith, age 76, wife of L. F. Smith, of Pores Knoh, died today. Funeral service will be held tomorrow at Walnut Grove Baptist church with Rev. E. V. Bumgarner in charge. ^Trs. Smith leaves the follow- children: Joseph and Rich- Smith, of Pores Knob; John Ellis Smith, of Boomer: Mrs. John Carrlgan. of Granite Falls; Mrs. Harry Fox. of Taylorsville; Mrs. Charlie Mesback and Mrs. Frank Meahack, 'of Pores Knob, nouncement today said. WeDborn Reunion On September 10 Annual reunion of the widely known Wellborn family will be held on the second Sunday in September at the home of the late F. M. Wellborn on highway 421 near Cycle. There will be an all-day pro gram. including a basket dinner served picnic style at noon. Rev. Seldon Wel’born, of Mt. Airy, has been invited to address the gathering. There will be oth er speakers and music by quar tets and string bands. All mem bers of the family and friends are Invited to attend. tho an- Funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon, two ■ o’clock, at Walnut Grove Baptist church with Rev. C. C. Holland In charge. She was a member of a well known Wilkes family, the widow , of the late R. W. Brock. The sur- I viving children are: T, J. and J. |e. Brock, Pores Knob: R. W. I Brock, Huntington. W. Va.; I. Europe’s hope for peace nar- keep in touch with European de- ; f. Brock, Mrs. John Joines. Mrs. TodayWar News Representative R. L. Doughton, chairman of the Ways and Means committee in congress, delivered an instructive address before the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club Friday noon, his subject being “security.’’ As chairman of the Ways and Means committee Renresentatlve Doughton, who helped formulate and pilot social security legisla tion In the house of Representa tives, had full knowledge of his subject and his address was re ceived with much Interest. He said that "all are Interest ed in security, security of fam ily, security of property, security of the state and nation. Today we are spending more money for wars past and to come than for everything else.’’ In 1935, he said, there began a program of social security, the most comprehensive program ever attempted by any nation. It pro vides for assistance to aged over 65 np to $40 per month if th>. states pay half the amount. Heij also spoke of the provisions for old age insurance in which the emnlnyers and employes pay a stated amount from each pay check to he paid later to the em ployes in form of monthly bene fits and of the unemployment compensation for persons out of v'ork. The last congres.s also pa.ssed legislation to aid the in firm and other indigent people in ' such a way that they may become ■ self supporting. He urged that “we build character and patriot ism as our greatest fort for se curity.” He also mentioned the fact that he had visited some NYA pro jects in Wilkes. Watauga and Avery counties and described as marvelous the results being ob tained in training of young peo ple for work. He highly compli mented J. M. Smith, aroa super visor, for the work being done on the NYA program All school of the Wilkes coun ty system opened today. C. B. Eller, county superinten dent, said that early reports from many of the central schools In dicated a larger enrollment than on opening days last year. School books were distributed In the various schools today when students were enrolled and work of the 1939-40 term began uniformly. Free textbooks were loaned to elementary students for use during the year and high school students obtained their hooks on a rental basis for $2.40 each. School buses operated on sche dule on all the routes, school au thorities said. According to tho calendar for the school term, schools will ope rate on a uniform schedule and complete half the term before adjourning for the Christmas holidays, allowing two days for TTianksgiving. There are 76 schools in the county system, which has eight central districts as follows: Wll- kesboro. Millers Creek, Mount Pleasant, Mountain 'View, Trap- hill, Ronda, Roaring River and Mulberry. All central schools are high schools except Mulberry. A standard high school for colored is maintained at Lincoln Heights in the Wilkesboro district and there are six colored elementary units. A junior high school is operat ed at Ferguson in the Wilkesboro district. North Wilkesboro city school systep will open on Monday, Sep tember 4. Graduates Of 1938 Tell Their Plans Nin*» of 42 Graduates Here Will Enter College; 17 Obtain Jobs rowed today. With the normal lives of 550,- 000,000 Europeans paralyzed by war preparations unprecedented in peace time. Great Britain clos ed the Mediterranean and the Baltic to her own shipping and drafted a message to Adolf Hit ler firmly reaffirming opposition to his official public demand for Danzig and the Polish corridor but attempting to keep the road to peace open by counter sugges tions. Parliament was summoned to meet tomorrow. War-time emer gency regulations were issued In London. Reports reached the ad miralty that German submarines were in the Mediterranean. Tens of thousands of school children practiced evacuation of London. More territorial army reservists were called up. Strict regulations were Issued to mobilize British foreign liquid assets and the pound sterling dripped to a new recent low. President Roosevelt abandoned a proposed trip to Hyde Park to ed a show-down. v»lopment.s and It was reported j f. craven and Mrs. abroad that he was being consult- Lane, all of Pores Knob, ed by Britain about a possible peace conference. Talk of a five-power peace con ference spread In Rome, but there appeared to be only the slimmest hope In other capitals that some action might yet be taken to ward off the war threat. In Paris, par ticularly, the FVench officials were gloomy, setting up a cen sorship and evacuating large numbers of civilians from the danger zone—including Paris. Hitler was described as angry because the French had sought to put full blame for the war dan ger on him and the German capi tal, mobilized and on food rations, was glumly ready for anything Reports said France had closed part of the German frontier. In Warsaw, the Polish govern ment threatened retaliation for countless alleged German fron tier invasions but in general the cabinet and people calmly awalt- W. K. Dockery Resident Claimed By Death Mrs. Nina Holbrook, age 22, wife of Grant Holbrook, of Dock ery, died today. Funeral service will be held Tuesday at Roaring Gap church with Rev. L. C. Sparks In chaxire, asslstfed by Rev. Grant Cothren. Surviving are her husband, two children, Lena and Gary, father. Blaine Wood, one broth er and one sister, Sam and Lu cille Wood. Bv M.AFK MTI.LEH (Hich School Rcnnrtcrl .According to information re- lea.ood today from the North Wil- kesboro high .school office by Siinorintondent Paul S. Cragan. nearly all of th» 4 2 graduates In ihe class of 1 939 have completed plans for work or further educa tion for the coming year. Nine of the gronp exnect to attend col- leirp—seven of them girls and two hoys. Their names and tho colleges they will attend are: Mary Louise Clements—Woman’s College: Margie Cahriel, ’Wom- en’^= College; Corinne Faw. nnke University; Margaret F°ndren, Lenolr-Rhyne; Billie Waugh Johnson. University of North Car olina; Jane Perry. Salem College: ,, - ,Reba Hayes, Appalachian State Miss Loir Scrogg”s'was program | Teachers College: .Toe AJ^oy Jr.. Davidson: Dwight Sebastian, Lees-McRae. Of the remaining 33, 17 are employed In local stores, fae- chairman for the day and W. H. McElwee Introduced the speaker. Prior to the address Miss Bert Holman delightfully rendered two number.?, "Shepherd Thy De- Uories, and business establish- meanor Way’’ and "Sweet Song of Long Ago.’’ In the business session Presi dent D. J. Carter appointed a nominating committee composed of J. B. McCoy, J. C. Reins and Genio Cardwell, to nominate of ficers for next year. It was also ments. Two members of the class, one hoy and one girl, have moved with their families and have tak en up their resident elsewhere. Of the remaining 14, It is In teresting to note that one girl Is married, one girl has announced =.ncedThat d*-To thejher approaching carriage in the Carollnas district convention to early fall, one young «an is In he held in Raleigh September 24 a C.C.C. ret..^ and 25 will be appointed at the nounced their intention of return- next meeting and a large attend-1 Ing to Preaching Service Rev. Everett Whlsnant, evan gelist who has been conducting a campaign here, will preach at Mount Olive school building the third Sunday In September at 11 o’clock. Everybody la Invited to attend. ance of members of the North Wilkesboro club at the conven tion Is asked. At the meeting Friday W. T. Long, newly elected superinten dent of Wilkesboro schools, was a guest of C. B. Eller. Wade Brown, of Boone and Judge Jus tin Miller, of Washington, D. C„ were guests of W. D. Half acre. Dr. R. M. Brame was a guest of John Prevette and Russel Hodges was a guest of P. W. Eshelman. ate work in commercial studies. Only seven members of the class, all of them girls, are as yet not certain as to their future plans, having made neither a choice of employment nor decid ed on further schooling. evening at Hotel Wilkes, 6:30 o’ clock, with A. H. Casey as host. The program for Friday’s meet- 'n will be In charge of S. V. ,a pa Tomlinson. To Call Pastor At Moravian Fall* _ Members of the Moravian Falla DTectors^yrtlTmeet “ThursdwiBaptist church are requited to meet at the church on Wednes day night, August 30, eight o’ clock. for the purpose of calling A!! members are asked. to be present.