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•yOL. XXXnrNo. VpablM-ed Mondays and Thursdays. NoSm WILKESBORO. N. C., THURSDAY. SEPT. 7, 1939 ?1.60 IN THE STATE-t2.00 OOT^ip OTA^
GREAT
WILL
Stone Mountain
Association To
Meet Sept. 22-24
Annual Session Will Be Held
At Fairplains Church;
Program Outlined
WHERE THOUSANDS WILL ENJOY FAIR SHOWS] Record Crowds Expected For
Big Five-Day Exposition Her^
New Entertainment Features
Aonual session of the Stone
^rountaln Baptist association will
' be held with Fairplains Baptist i
5
church on Friday, Saturday and |
Sunday. September 22, 2.S, and
24, according to an announce- j
ment issued today. j
Friday’s program will open at
ten a. m. with songs by Fairplains j
choir under direction of Rev. H. '
A. Bullis, which will he followed ;
by devotional by the pastor. Rev.
S. L. Blevins and the sermon at
10:30 by Rev. A. B. Hayes. Read
ing reports from churches and or
ganization and appointment of
committees will lonclude the Fri- ■
day morning program. |
Friday afternoon'.^ session will
begin at 1:15 with songs by Fair-j
plains choir and will continue
with reports as follows: temper
ance, Elder J. A. Blevins: peri
odicals. Rev. A. B. Hayes; pastor i
and church relations. John Me-,
Grady; committee on religious ;
exercises. !
Information Booth
To Be Established
In This City Soon
NYA Project Sponsored By
Lions Club To Get Un
der Way Soon
Here is pictured the grandstand at the Norlhwes.’ern fc.ir grounds after the seating space wm
doubled this vear by »he addition of a wing of seats on each end. bcvcral other inyirovemente have
been made on the grounds and buildings, including a new jvdges stand, new fairgrounds fence along the
street and a new office building. The fair will open on Tuesday. September 12 and continue through
Saturday, September 16.
On Saturday the association
session will open at 9:15 a. m. '
with songs and devotional by Rev. .
J, E. Hayes. The following re- j
ports will be given: aged minist-1
ers. C. C. Gambill; hospitals, Mrs. 1
•Glenn Dancy; home missions,
Elder H. V. Hix; state and for
eign missions. Rev. L. B. Murray
and Rev. J. C. Pipes; orphanage,!
Board Orders Street Markers And
Buys Materials To Surface 9th Street
Other Business Is
Maxwefl Speaker SpotUght Flag
New York. .Sept. 4 -The U. S.
Navy radio today "suggested” to
Rev. 0. B. Mayberry.
given in the Saturday afternoon iFor Kiwaois Meet
session beginning at 1:15; Chris-J .cu.,,
tian education, Mrs. ^ Gr^-^ To; American merchant shi^ps at sea
ory; Sabbath schools, Mrs. ' WUK rinh Here '"I® zig-zag or black-
Luffman: special charges. Mack j Meet With Club Here ^ subm.arine
Pruitt; financial report by com-. On Fnday Evening j capain to mistake them for enemy
mlttee: report of committee on, I vessels. The Navy also asked that
time, place and preacher; report ■ ” " '' "" '
the American flag be spoi lighted
night. The sugge.stions were
A. .T. Maxwell, North Carolina
by resolutions committee. ; commissioner of revenue, will de-^
Program for the Sunday ses- ^ ij^er an address here Friday eve- | to ships in port by the
Sion will be arranged by the ex- at a joint meeting of the , .^tj^.ttinie Commission.
ecutive committee. i Kiwanis clubs of North Wilkes-,
All churches are urged to be 1Kikin and Lenoir. i A4 D Af
well represented and committees , inter-eiuh meeting will be ; McUeC KCUniOIl At
are asked to have reports ''eady j -^rjijtpa beginning I Mount PlcaSailt On
for the association. ‘ at 6:30 o’clock. The meeting was I Sent 17
; arranged by C. O. McNiel. inter-^ SUnPay, OCpi.
'club chairman of the North Wil-j reunion will be
NYA Ofteringi
mtunities
I kesboro club. [held on Sunday, September 17,
I There will be '’becial mus c church
UDDOTtUniuPS>^^^ cording to an announcement is-
r *** * of Mr. .Maxwell, it was 'earned ^
The National Youth adminis-i j, j, expected that the address j The day’s program will '>oein
tration now offers high school ; of Mr. Maxwell, who has been ; at ten o clock. t ery ° ^
graduates who cannot go to col- freauently - a ‘tL'daT’thT^^^^^
lege an opportunity for training. | date for governor in 1940, will be . enjoy e y.
J. M. Smith, area supervisor, said ; received with much interest. said.
here today. !
He explained that the NY \ will ,
be glad to reach' those who for j
vario’-a rea = on« cannot continue
scholastic training, who have no j
jobs and who wish to earn porno |
money while, obtaining training |
designed to be of value in seeiir- ^
ing jobs and earning a liveli
hood
He pxnlained that under the |
NT .A program for the coming j
vear that there ■will be a num-i
Wilkesboro Patrons and Citizens Form
Organization To Continue F^ht For
Removing Politics From High School
Transacted By the
City Council
To Foreclose For Delinquent
1936 Taxes; Street Work
To Begin Soon
Two major public improve
ments in North Wilkesboro were
assured by action taken by the
city r jncil in September meeting
this week.
The board ordered the city
clerk to purchase markers for the
streets of the city. I. H. McNeill,
Jr., city clerk, said today that the
markers have been ordered and
.should arrive soon.
The markers will be of porce
lain enamel with white letters on
a blue background. They will be
erected on three-inch steel posts.
A movement has been on foot
to mark the streets of the city for
the past few years and civic
clubs have joined in the request
that action to that effect be tak
en.
The board also authorized the
purchase of oil, stone and other
niaterlal-s necessary tor placing a
black top surface on the cobble
stone section of Ninth street. It
IS understood that the work will
be done as soon as highway ma-
Within the next few days an
information booth will be estab
lished in North Wilkesboro under
sponsorship of the Lions Club and
will be maintained by the Nation
al Youth administration, J. M.
Smith, area supervisor of the
NYA, said here today.
Throughout next week an in
formation booth sponsored by the
Lions club will be operated at the
Great Northwestern Fair and
will be situated just inside the
fairgrounds gate, Mr. Smith said.
I In the booth will be persons
posted to give any kind of infor
mation desired to fair visitors
and will endeavor to render a
complete information service
there.
After the fair a booth will be
constructed in North Wilkesboro,
for which the Lions Club will fur
nish materials. Construction will
be done by the NYA construction
crew and the booth will be mann
ed by young people employed by
the NYA.
The information booth will
serve as a general dispensary of
information to the public. Par
ticular stress will be laid on giv
ing information to tourists and
visitors about this section of
North Carolina, including infor
mation about highways, the Blue
Ridge Parkway, places of scenic
interests, hotels, tourists homes,
apartments, rooms, board, mer
cantile and professional services
and all other information desired
as far as practical, Mr. Smith
said.
The cooperation on the part of
the public is desired in that those
who run the booth will want full
knowledge of all phases on which
information may be desired. Co
operation of the Commerce Bu
reaus and all civic organizations
in compiling information and lit
erature has been assured, Mr.
Smith explained.
The booth will have dimensions
of six by eight feet and will be
conveniently located. The NYA
plana to give to visitors souven
irs made in the handicraft and
woodworking shops.
Egg Within An
Egg Found Here
A cook in the kltchln at Mo
tel Wilkes yesterday at noon
broke an ey^g tliat looked no
different from any other Cftg
but after tlie shell was removed
there was another shell, sur
rounded by a small quantity of
cgfe white.
The outer shell was of aver
age size and the egg within the
egg was about tlie size that a
bantam hen would lay. ’The t“*
ner shell was hard and within
it was a small yolk and egg
white.
The egg was from a lot pof-
chased from O. H. Opitz, ponl-
tryman who lives near Oak-
woods.
$3,000 Premiunu
Expected to Draw
NumerousExhibits
Four New Acts Compose On
Two-Hour Show Iii
Front Grandstand
Late News
Of the War
FIVE DAYS, FIVE NIGHTS
Tuesday Through Satur
day; Auto Raves To Be
Saturday Afternoon
j chinery is available for the pro
R,p„..nt.«ve Group Met Monday Niph. In County .h..n will pr.b.b,, b.
Courthouse; Prof. Story Corrects Statement
Made By Prof. W. T. Long
'ber'of nrojeets suitable for em-i At a meeting of a representa-
plovraent of boys and girls whn'tive crowd of patrons and citizens
have some scholastic training hut, of the Wilkesboro School District
are unable to go to college. IhMd Mondsy nu'bt at the
For girls the NYA has clerical house in Wilkesboro, it was decid-
nrolec’s for work in county snd , ed to abandon the organization of
City offices, the home making an independent school under the
project and an information booth , supervision of Prof T. B Story
sZ to be established in North for fifteen years principal of he
Wiikeoboro under sponsorship of, school, T^ftteS
^ T • ci„h the summer by the district school
^ For'^hovs there is the wood- committee composed of J. ’T. Pre-
working shop in which those em- ,vette. T. M. Foster. D. J. Brook
working Shop ' . the'shire, M. G. Edwards, and Mack
pleved obtain . natrons.
pleveci Moore. The citizens and patrons.
b...,..P ,..«d . rnbUbb ...ni-
ers were fired by the majority
members of the district board
without any just reason or cause,
they said.
The meeting also passed a mo
tion to release all the patrons
and citizens of the district from
some time this month.
'The clerk was ordered to fore
close on real estate on which
1936 city taxes have not been
paid. Ralph Davis was appointed
as attorney to handle the fore
closure proceedings.
The board agreed that the city
will pay the salary of the librar
ian in the public library for 30
any pledge they had previously ' days it she cannot be certified to
made in regard to sending their | receive pay from the WPA.
children to the Wilkesboro high | It was agreed that the city
sch6ol.
Prof. Story, whom a number
of the cltizena and patrons have
been seeking to head the indepen
dent school for the past several
weeks, was present and •made a
and furnttiire. the mously to form a permanent or- splendid address. He thanked the offict
project on ion to work for the best people of the school district for week
furnish water at the county tu
bercular hut for the minlmi/m
charge of $1.00 per month If the
county lays a water line.
Police Chief J. E. Walker was
authorized to appoint six special
officers to serve during fair
project on ' ganization to work for the best
carpenter work brick laying ^^hool, and es-
.na
Interested in the training they
Interested in i Ischrol at the present time,
receive as well as R ^ number of talks were made
Mr. Smith the'at the meeting by citizens and
the NYA i.s pr , (..-in ' patrons from various sections of
pun,... or ^ •" »'
Ing and Jchool! that although they necessarily
people who cannot g - | ^^n^ren in the
and in order th „ni™to ‘ school, they were doing so a-
fitted for employment | their will, and that they
industry and the Y'ter^ted are
Young people ‘“terwt^ are j^ad been
aaked to call for Sting since April 14th, at
the NYA office in . e^c ' wh'ch time six of the best teach-
at Wilkesboro, he said.
the loyal support given him
during the fifteen years he head
ed the school. During his remarks
he corrected a statement made
by Prof. W. T. Long, now head
of the Wilkesboro school, at the
mass meeting of citizens held at
the schoolhouse on Monday, Au
gust 28th. At that time Prof.
Long stated that Prof. Story told
him that "he would not accept
the princlpalshlp of the school
under any circumstances.’’ Prof.
Story stated before the meeting
Monday night that he told Prof.
Long that “apparently he was
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Complaints of congested traf
fic and especially parking of
large trucks on the streets were
heard and the matter was turned
over to the police department for
action.
All members were present with
Mayor R- T. McNiel at the meet
ing, which was held on Tuesday
night at the new city hall.
Many Children
On The Streets
Paris, Sept. 7.—The French
general staff reported tonight
German reinforcements were be
ing rushed to the northern flank
of the western front where an in
creasing French attack was said
to have carried the fighting into
the fringes of German’s Saar bas
in.
An army communique, which
said fresh German forces were
observed moving up “from the
interior of Germany,’’ gave the
first indication that French press
ure might be succeeding in its
aim to force the Nazi command
to concentrate troops in the west
and ease pressure on Poland.
There was no indication wheth
er new German troops were ac
tually pulled away from the east
ern front, but military observers
pointed out that even if they
were units held in reserve up to
now, Germany’s potential striking
power against Poland would be
reduced by just that much.
The two-sentence communique
said;
"On the front between the
Rhine and Moselle the enemy is
being reinforced in front of us.
Observers report the arrival of
new forces coming from the in
terior of Germany.”
It's fair time again as the peo
ple of the northwest section of
North Carolina complete their
plans tu attend their big annual
event—^The Great Northwestern
Fair, which will open a five-day
exposition in North Wilkesboro
on Tuesday, September 12, and
continue through Saturday, Sep
tember 16, with big attractiona
each afternoon and night.
The annual exposition will get
under way Tuesday when jover
10,000 school children will be
guests of the fair and will be ad
mitted on free tickets.
AH Indications point to the
most successful exposition in the
history of fairs at North Wilkes-
boro as thp date for fair opening
approaches.
The features of the fair as con
tracted are superior to anything
at fairs heretofore and should
draw a record attendance
throughout the five days and
nights.
Already the grounds have been
made ready and all the buildings
have been placed in good con
dition in anticipation of the event.
Some of the improvements in
clude enlarging the grandstand to
double its seating capacity and
making it possible for 3,000 peo
ple to be comfortably seated
while watching the attractions
on the stage.
.Many Exhibits Evpi'cted
This year the fair is confident
ly expecting to display the larg
est and most varied collection of
exhibits ever witnessed by fair
visitors in North Wilkesboro.
In order to more efficiently
promote progress of agriculture
and home industry the fair offi
cials this year increased th© prem
iums by about fifty per cent and
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Enrollment In City Schools
Clixnb; All Asked To
PrcKnote Safety
Class I railroads In the past ten
years have paid $3,204,658,584 in
taxes to federal, state, and local
governments, of which amount
it Is estimated approximately 46
per cent went for schooL^urppsea.
Enrollment in North Wilkes
boro city schools has passed 1,-
080, according to information ob
tained from Fupt. Paul S. Cragan.
The enrollment figures arc as
follows: elementary, 618; high
school, 306; colored school, 160.
At the corresponding time last
year the enrollment in the ele
mentary school was 616 and high
school 290. '
The white schools enrollment
by grades follows: fLVst, 102;
second, 98; third, 85! fourth, 85;
fifth, 85; sixth, 76; seventh, 87;
eighth, 91; ninth, 79; tenth, 67;
eleventh, 56; post graduate and
commercial, 12.
School officials today joined in
a plea to promote the safety of
the children who use the streets
,to and from school, practically all
jof them tour times per day. They
urge that parents instruct, the
children to be careful and, the
cooperation o f everybody i s
sought with the hope that there
may not be any accidents.
German submarine warfare,
which almost won the World War
for Kaiser Wilhelm, became an
important element of the new
European conflict last night a.s
at least four more allied ships
were attacked in the Atlantic by
the universally feared U-boats.
Two of these, the British
freighter Manaar and Olivegrove,
were reported sunk. No Immedi
ate word was received of the fate
of the others, the British Puk-
kastan and French Tamara, also
freighters.
Still another freighter, the
Cunard Royal Sceptre, was added
to the roll of victims by th© Brit-
1 s h ministry of information,
which announced also that the
Corlnthlc had been attacked but
reached port safely.
Driving License
ExamsHereToday
Inspector takes Applications
In This City On Each
TTiursday
Birds sometimes drop fish from
their beaks accidentally and thus
help to stock -waters with new
species.
Berlin, Sept. 7.—A spirit of
victory was in the air In Berlin
tonight as the result of German
army reports of sweeping gains
against a crumbling Polish adver
sary.
German armies had clamped
Polish forces in three great vises,
one of which was reported inex
orably clamped down on Warsaw
with the main jaw of the advance
only 20 miles from the capital’s
northern limit.
Field Marshall Hermann Wil
helm Goering told his air force:
“Mastery of the air In the East
is yours. No enemy plane was able
to touch the defense of German
air space.’’
: Even the Westerplatte, the tiny
Polish munitions station in Dan
zig harbor, had fallen after six
days of assault.
Albert Blanton, field worker
for the safety division of the
North Carolina department of
revenue, filled his second weekly
appointment here today and gave
examinations to several appli
cants for drivers’ license.
He is one of 15 field workers
recently employed by the divis
ion. He serves several counties
and spends each Thursday in
North Wllksboro, his headquart
ers while here being in the po
lice office in the new city ball.
Mr. Blanton said today that
his services and the services of
the department are available to
schools, civic organizations and
others who wish to promote saf
ety.
He again explained today that
persons 16 and 17 years of ago
must demonstrate in road teats
that they are capable of drlviag
and that their applications must
be signed by parents before o lic
ense can be Issued.
Three license applications tak
en today were by persons age !•
and 17 and the road tests wera
successtuiry carried out. The ap
plicant must furnish the car for
the test.
Addresses on the subject ofl
safety will be scheduled soon for
schools here, Mr. Blanton said.