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HASTSLAZED the TRAn.OPPROGREf^Wfto‘‘STATE Q]!;^KES;' * - ———'f-- A*- r^:-v: -'■^;Z- «>=??¥-■ lityjHfites Into NewBuilding All departments ot North Wll- kesboro’s city government today ^ moved Into their new quarters In the newly constructed city hall. For many years the city gov ernment units had been occupy ing leased quarters on the sec ond floor of the Poindexter build ing. The new city hail, which has been the subject of much favor able comment by local people and by visitors during process of con struction and since it was com pleted a few days ago. was erect ed as a PWA project at a total cost of about $36,900. 45 per cent of the amount being a grant from the federal government. project was begun last year. 4|fctbee and Eckard. of Icard, were contractors for the struc ture, which has three spacious floors. The building Is located on what was a portion of Eighth street, the plot being condemned by special act of the legislature ^ -Jor street purposes in order that might be used as ;•. building site. The bottom floor contains warehouse space end storage room for city supplies, tools and Implements and is also headquar ters for the street and water de partments. On the street floor are spacious quarters for the citv clerk and treasurer. including pdequatc space for records. A snacious and well lighted room in the rear of the street floor was set aside for use by the tVilkes county piiidic library. Also on the street floor Is the fire department, with adequate space for the two fire trucks. equipment and supplies. The top floor contains the as sembly hail and will have a seat- '^‘.ng capacity of 300 when the au- '^ditorium seats are installed. Chairs will be used temporarily until the seats arrive. .At one end of the auditorium are conference rooms and a room at the front on the top floor houses the police offices and highway patrol. The building is of brick con struction with an attractive stone and white brick front. The structure was designed by ' Benton and Benton, of Wilson, well known architects who drew plans for many of the best type • buildings in this section and in many North Carolina cities. It was especially designed a- long modern lines to fill the needs of a city hall and is so construct- that it will adequate serve all -^departments of the city govern ment. It is of modern construction throughout with newest type no draft ventilation windows and the interior is very attractively fin ished. Mayor U. T. McN'iel will pre- side over the first session of city j ■ 7'-vV-"' rfikta ' For rdjff buj .. j«Bhonv^ eSmr4r of Noitt Carofi®t% fir, - VOL. 7JmiI, Ho. CPnMilh-’ and Thn^ays. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, AUG. 31, 1939 tUcyW THB SltAi'B-W.OO OPT OP tl?He:8t4 . >. ■ * • ** New Attractions Rites Held For Victim Gunshot Wound Tuesday Gun In Hands of Husband Sends Bullet Through Mrs. Grant Holbrook Funeral service was held Tue.s- day at Roaring Gap church for Mrs. Nina Holbrook, 22, who died Monday morning from a gunshot wound said to have been accident ly inflicted Saturday evening. Her husband, Grant Holbrook, was cleaning a gun at their home near Traphill when it accidently discharged, according to reports given Coroner I. M. Myers. The bullet from the pistol went through his left hand, pene trated her abdomen and ranged downward through her thigh and into a bench, according to reports given by witnesses present at the time. fier father. Blaine Wood, quot ed her as saying that "whatever happens, it was an accident.’’ .At the time she wa.s shot she wa.s seated and was holding her baby in her arms. She is survived by her bushaud. two children, father, one broth er and one sister. Better Business Is Indicated By Fewer Jobless New Low For Claimants For Job Insurance Reached Here During Month court in the new- Monday morning. buildins Employment is at a high peak in North Wilkesboro, if the num ber of claims being filed with the employment service office for unemployment compensation can be considered an accurate barom eter. The local office, while releas ing no exact figures, said that the number of new claims filed in the past month represented a new low since the job insurance benefits were started. Practically every industry is running full time with full pay rolls at present and business con ditions locally are reported as good. Retail business is expeeted to show a substantial increase over 19.3S this fall and the fall of 193S was above the general aver age in recent years. Some encouragement was also gleaned from the records of the I employment office in job place ments. While placements on pub lic projects showed a decrease due to the fact that hut few pub lic jobs were under way. private ' placements showed an increase last month over the correspond ing month a year ago and the previous month this year. Wilkes Had 84| May Be candidate Working On NYA; More This Year Monthly Earning* $1,260; Valuable Training Is j Being Afforded ' Results of a tabulation just completed and made public by John A. Lang. State Youth Ad ministrator, showed that them was an average of about 657 ; young people employed on NYA projects in Alexander, Alleghany, j Ashe, Avery. Caldwell. Iredell. | Watauga and Wilkes counties, [ earning a total of about $9,-j 315.00 a month, revealing that j approximately $116,900.00 was ^ spent in these counties for NYA | vouth labor during the east year. ^ Out of this group Wilkes county had 84 workers with monthly earnings of $1,260.00 and a year ly average of approximately ? o,- 120.00. According to Mrs. A'aude Mill er. NYA Counfv Sunervi«er. an lacreasine number of voung neo- nio in this oouniv wi” br» s-iven an op-'ortiinity to parMcir.-ate in the NVA program during the u-"v year. Youth emnloyptl on N'’' work nrojects are between 18 and 2 years of age, inc’usive, out-of-schooI and unemulovcd. Their need must be certified by local welfare agencies. Although youth employment during the 1938-39 fiscal year ranged from a high of over 8,000 during one pay period to a low of about 3.500, the above statis-, Yeomans Newton, of tics were taken from an average j Washington, D. C„ month when 6.505 youths yesterday meet- employed on the program ,,,p pg^pie and talking about throughout the State. entering the race for the Demo- This year a total ot $1,754,640 nomination for congress in has been allocated to North Car- district in 1940. olina’s National Youth Adminis- Newton last year was a tration to carry on its work ex- f„r the nomination fin- perience program among out-ot- gurejn and school youth lor this year. This a race of five amount is about $700,000 i gjjnjj^gtes. than the State NYA was allotted ■ seemed not the least dls- last year for this purpose. ’heartened by his failure to get In employing youth on work nomination last year and said Registration 01 Students In City Schools ^plained Schools Will Open At 8:30 A. M. On Monday, September 4th The North Wilkesboro city schools will begin the 1939-40 session Monday morning, Septem ber 4th, at 8:30 o’clock. All children who attei'ded the city schools last year in grades one through seven are requested to report at that time to the same classroom they occupied last year. From these rooms they will be as- To Feature T. B. Hut Committee To Meet With Board At a meeting of the T. B. Hut committee held yesterday morn ing, a committee composed of Mrs. F. C. Forester, chairman, Mrs. Palmer Horton, and Mrs. J. D. Moore, Sr., was named to ap pear before the board of county commissioners at their meeting to signed to classrooms for the new 1 be held on September 4, in order session. [to see if something cannot be All pupils in the first seven [ done at once to provide adequate grades who did not attend the water supply for the inmates of city school last year will report Ciiles Ycoiiian.s Newton, of Gibson, here yesterday intimat ed iliat lie may again be a can didate for tlic Democratic con. I gre.ssioual nomination in the ; .Htli district in H>40. Newton Considers Congressional R ace in 8th District G'hson Man Almost Certain To Be Candidate Again Next Year Giles Yeomans Newton, experience projects, the NYA in North Carolina has constructed school bouse additions, youth community centers, repaired pub lic buildings, operated metal and ^ that be would "probably run a- galn next year.” The smiling and friendly man from Gibson carried on a unique eamnaivn last year in that be woodworking shops and sewing make public appearances rooms, carried on clerical acti-. went about personally meet- vities for public offices, conduct ed research projects into the situ ation of young people in this State, and operated 14 Resident Training Centers for white boys and girls, negro boys and girls and Indian boys. "It is the purpose of the Na tional Youth Administralion’.s program to help, through work experience projects, young people to develop certain basic skills which will enable them more readily to secure jobs in private industry, when openings are available,” Mrs. Miller said. Long Says 700 In —. . p School Wednesday ;Inspf tor To Give Exaimahons For Driving License Here On Thursday Wilkesboro Superintendent Says School Progressing Smoothly William T. Long, who began his duties as head of Wilkesboro school Monday, said Wednesday that the enrollment was about 700 and that the work of the school was progressing nicely. He said that there had been a big increase in the enrollment each day since the school opened Monday. On Monday he said that the enrollment was about 570 and that there has been a larger number each day. On opening day in 1938 there was an enrollment of 864 in Wilkesboro school, almost 300 - more than on opening day this year, according to Supt. Long s figures. Simultaneous with school open- " lyg Monday in Wilkesboro a mass meeting of several hundred citi zens and patrons was held, in which resolutions were passed demanding the immediate resig nation ot Supt. Long so that T. ' B. Story might again head the school and stating that they could not support the school with their goodwili and confidence until the demand had been met. The new teachers in Wilkes boro school whose names had not been announced prior to school « alng are: Mrs. R. V. Day. first Be; Zeb Dickson, math; W. O. es,' seventh grade: Miss Ruth ght, public school music. A daughter, Minnie Ruth, weight 8 1-2 pounds, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pharr Wednesday. Ftpirl Worker of Safety vision State Revenue De partment Here A field worker of the highway safety division of the North Car olina department of revenue will be in North Wilkesboro each Thursday from nine a. m. until one p. m. for the purpose of giv ing examination to applicants for drivers’ license. Albert Blanton, ot Marion, is the inspector who will give the examinations here and will be in the city hall each Thursday. Mr. Blanton, whose home is In Marion, will also serve Burke. Catawba. Caldwell. Watauga, Avery and McDowell counties. Although the hiahway safety division has been in existence for seversl years, it was not until recently that 15 field workers were employed and it is believed that they will be able to so pro mote the desire tor safety that highway fatalities may be de creased. In addition :o giving examina tions to applicants for drivers’ license, Mr. Blanton’s services will be at the disposal of schools, civic or.ganizations and other groups who wish to promote saf ety or to put on any kind of saf ety campaigns In the counties which he serves. He explained that the safety division has no connection with the highway patrol in that its chief objective is safety education rather than law enforcement. Di-*[ explain that applicants of 16 and 17 years of age cannot obtain lic ense without being accompanied by parent or guardian and that all applicants of that age must bring a car and demonstrate that they are able to drive safely. inc people, talking with them and presenting them with litera ture telling his views. He said that he does not be lieve in hiring workers nr haul ing out votes, believing that of ficers should he elected solely on thp judgment of the citizenship. He declined to discuss the prob- alile numtier of candidates for congress in the eighth district next year. He did say. however, that he was stronrlv opposed to a third term for President Roosevelt, not personally but because of the third term tradition which bad been followed since George WLasb ington. because he said that Garner is in position to carry on many com mendable things which have been started. One of Mr. Newton’s principal platform planks, should he de cide to enter the congressional race, will be a balanced budget. to the auditorium for classifica tion. It will be necessary that each pupil entering the North Wilkesboro school for the first time bring a report card or a written record from the school last attended. All children who are entering the first grade tor the first time are likewise asked to come to the school auditorium at 8:30 on Monday morning. According to the law, children who are six years old on or before the 1st of October are entitled to enter school this year. All high school pupils, grades eight through eleven, will as semble in the hall of the high school building and there they will be directed to their various rooms. High school pupils who did not attend the city school last year are asked to report to the school office Friday for the purpose of registration. Any high school pu pils who have problems In con nection with promotion or sche dule making should come to the office Friday for the completion of their record. A*' during the past session three separate courses will again be offered In the high school— the academic or college prepara tory course, the general course, and the commercial course. Par ents are requested to discuss with their children which of the cours es they desire to follow and to In struct the children to be sure that their regi.stratlon is for the desired course. Textbooks in the elementary school will be loaned without cost to the students and in the high school a rental charge of $2.40 will cover books for each student. the tubercular hut. The water situation at the hut has been a serious matter for sometime, and it Is hoped that arrangements will be made as soon as possible for the hut to be supplied with sufficient water. Asleep In Church, Ed Casey Is Taken Wednesday Night Officers Have No Trouble After Finding Outlaw Hiding In Church The Northwestern Fair WHl Open On September 12 Entirely New Program Of Thrilling Grandstand* Acts For Exposition MIDWAY FEATURES Increased Cash Premiums; New Chevrolet Free; Au tomobile Racing McNeill Reunion to Be Held Sunday Prominent Speakers On Pro gram For Millers Creek Gathering Sunday Program for the fifth annual reunion of the McNeill family to He favnrs Jack Garner i>pid at Mi'lers Creek on Sun day. September 3, was released today. The program committee has arranged a program which will be of much interest to all mem bers of the family and a large (Continued 'on page four) Wilkes county deputies last night captured Ed Casey, who was recently outlawed, without firing a shot and without him putting up any resistance to ar rest. Officers found him sleeping in Garden Creek Baptist church near stone mountain in the northeast ern part of the county. Those taking part in the arrest were Oscar Felts, Blaine Sparks,' Bret Cothren, Tyre Taylor, Guy Spicer and John Casey. Ed Casey, who was declared an outlaw a few weeks ago be cause he was considered a dan gerous character, is alleged to have shot and badly wounded his youthful cousin, Paul Casey, at the home of Mrs. Janie Sykes near Traphill several weeks ago. Paul Casey had just arrived from his home in West Virginia to visit relatives and had intro duced himself to people standing near a tew minutes before he was shot by Ed Casey. Officers said | that eye witnesses told them that | ♦here had been no quarrel and that Ed Casey fired without pro- , vocation. The youth was hit i" . the chest and for several days | J 'nrosram was so sucpsssfnlljr his rondition was considored ent- ; * • . nis lUMuiiiwii on at tho Amorioan Legion F ical hpforp» he began to recover. ^ ^ Ed Casey was chased over parts PiUsbi rg. of Wilkes and Surry counties that j The fair will again have Wag- The Great Northwestern Fair will offer a new program of en tertainment during the five-day exposition beginning here Sep tember 12, J. B. Williams, presi dent, said today. Through George A. Hamid, internationally known promoter of outdoor amusements, the fair association has secured four out standing headliner attractions to he presented each afternoon and night on the grandstand stage. Featuring the show will be the Paramount Revue, the Rexola Troupe, Silver, the Wonder Horse, and the daring Great Pet ers. Neither of these acts hare shown here before and they will compose a full two-hour show packed with thrills, excitement and humor, Mr. Williams said. This program contains varied elements and ample entertain ment is a.ssured. On the midway Frank West will display his Wonder Shows, coming to this city direct froa a week’s engagement in Durham. Wtest has rebuilt his shows, ac cording to advance reports, and has three new riding devices in addition to the standard ones. H« has added several new shows and will adhere to his practice of forbidding so-cailed gambling concessions on the midway. For fireworks this year the fair has secured at about double the cost of last year’s attract'ons an exquisite program of george- ous attractions which have never been .shown at fairs :,i this local ity. "The Bombing of Venice” is the event to be portraved in bril liant colors with 165 feet of scenery. This will be the first in the south since the put page- Ronda School Hasj Enrollment Of 500 Informs Users Of Coal About Taxes night and bad kept dodging un til be was taken last night and lodged in Wilkes jail at Wilkes boro. Officers said that Ed Casey a few months ago completed a five- year term for cutting his wife’s throat and inflicting serious in jury. He was not armed and offered no resistance to the officers last night. In jail today he was non committal. J. R. Rousseau, state collector of revenue, today called attention of users of coal to some provis- i ions of the state laws. Including 180 In High School; Com- what la known as the use tax. mercial Classes Are Be- | A person who does not buy, Icoal from .a dealer licensed to do business In North Carolina must Wilkesboro School Patrons To Meet Monday N^ht To Organize School To Be Under Direction 01 T. E. Story gun In The School A statement issued today by a : to attend the meeting The state- of citizens of the Wilkes-j mont calling the meeting is as district announced follows: “On account of much sentiment Ronda school began the new p^y a three per cent' tax to the year Monday with an enrollment state, he said. If coal is purehas- of about 500, which represents i ed from a licensed dealer the an increase of more than 50 over -ajps tax is paid by the dealer the opening day enrollment a ;year ago, E. R. Spruill, principal, said today. The school was opened by de votional conducted by Rev. Mc- Coin and many patrons were visi tors at the school. The high school enrollment on opening day was 180, which rep resents a substantial increase ov er last year. Commercial classes were insti tuted in the high school this year and several are taking advantage of the opportunity for commercial training. A successful school year Is an ticipated. Mr. George S. Forester and children have returned from Myr- who in most instances collects it from the buyer. But persons who buy coal out of the state or who buy from some person not licens ed as a coal dealer In the state, the individual buyer must pay the three per cent to the state. Tent Revival At Roaring River Soon A community tent revival will begin Sunday afternoon, Septem ber 3. at 2:30 o’clock, at Roar ing River on the T. J. McNeill lot just above the Methodist church. Services will be held each week day at 7:30 in the evening and on Sundays at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. The public has a cordial Invi tation to attend and all ministers tie Beach, S. C., where they are especially urged to be pres- group boro school o mcctine of Citizens and patrons a courthouse on ! from over the Wilkesboro cen ral held ,or I school district for the estahlish- * an accredited public to be Monday night iviuiiuaj' * f ;I',',7Sue1Sltna*,t£l”hoo. ..d.r .1.. .dp.-l.lon dt trlct accrenuea 8 story, who headed Wilkesboro school successfully for 15 years, has been asked to head a school to be organized by the patrons and that he has the matter un der advisement. Much interest is reported from various sections of the district relative to the organization of a | the successful school for the past fifteen years, (Continued on page four) ner’s band from Mount Airy, which will he supplemented by the North Wilkesboro band. A program of automobile rac ing will he the feature of the fair on Saturday afternoon. Septem ber 16. The fair will close on Saturday night with the full pro gram of grandstand acta, fire work.? and midway attractions. The fair officials have an nounced that a new Gbovrolet ♦ own sedan, which is now on dis play at Gaddy Motor company, will be given aw-ay one night dur ing the fair. The grandstand seating capac ity has been doubled and will ac comodate 3,000 this year. The exhibit hall has b--en mad* ready for showing of what Is ex pected to be a record collection of exhibits from the farms and homes In competition for th* $3,000 In cash premiums. Dan Holler, county agent, has reported that people of the coun ty are showing much interest In placing products on exhibit this year. The fair is an annual event for the people of Northwestern North Carolina and a gala occasion la expected, fair officials said to day. Knights of Pythias Cripple Clinic RaDy Night 014th Qn Septemher 7 All local Knights of Pythias school under Prof. Story. Inter-^ advised of a rally to be held ested citizens In discussing ^ the | zoom Monday at 7 o’- All members are Invited to be een j jt (g desired that as the SjorJunUyT rally to lthe,>any as possible will attend this [^”brundVhlB°d1wtion^ Refreshments are to be served An Invitation Is extended the proposal said that he had held i September 4th, himself available all summer to head the school again as usual, had he been chosen to do so. all ‘ and an Interesting program Is Mr. Blanton said he wished to spent a ten days’ vacation. ent. citizens and patrons of the dis trict, and any others Interested, planned. Visitors may b* Invited by the lodge, members. The Wilkes county health de partment announced today that another cripple clinic will be held at the Wilkes hospital bn the morning of September 7, at which time a specialist will give exam ination free for all crippled and deformed persons. Persons who know of any who should take advantage of the op portunity for a free examination are asked to urge them to attend the clinic. .