W3kes G>imty Sunday School
Assoda^on Will Hold Annual
Convention At Beaver Creek
CORventioii Is To Be Held on
Friday, July 21; Program
Being lianned
PEELER WILL ASSIST
Sg|Prof. T. E. Story and Mrs.
G> G. Foster Will Be In
‘ Charge of Meeting
The officers of tiie Wilkes Coun
ty Sunday School association an-
„ nounce that the annual county
Sunday school convention will be
held on Friday, July 21, in the
Beaver Creek Advent Christian
church. The convention will con
vene at 9:45 in the morning and
continue throughout the day with
morning and afternoon sessions
aod dinner served at the'.church.
Helping in the convention will
be Rev. Shuford Peeler, of Salis
bury, general secretary of the
North Carolina Sunday School as
sociation, and local Sunday school
leaders from the county.
The convention is interdenomina
tional and workers from all Sun
day schools of the county are in
vited to participate in the conven
tion, mal^g it a day ef Christian
fellowship and 'helpfulness.
In charge of the arrangements
are Prof. T, E. Story and Mrs.
Valeria Belle Foster, president and
secretary of the Wilkes County
Sunday School association. These
officers are assisted by Miss Beu
lah Ferguson, one of the vice presi
dents of the county association.
T]h ja workers request the co-ope-
cfon of the pastors and superin-
indents, as well as other Sunday
ihool workers in the effort to
ke this convention one of the
it ever held in the county.
A pennant will be given to the
Sunday school having the largest
attendance based on miles traveled
and it is expected that there will
be much friendly competition for
the pennant among the Sunday
schools of the county.
Farmer
As Aspirant Fw
N.C.Govemorship
New to the Sea ZliSchool'^lection^U J|
Held August 15;M
Friends Say Representative
Would Like To Be Gover
nor of State
BOWIE MAY MAKE RACE
Doughton’s National Record
Against Sales Tax Is
Excellent
Winthrop Rockefeller, fourth son |
of John D., Jr., is at work in a |
New Jersey plant of the Standard I
Oil company and is reported as j
living in a $4.50 per week room. |
Board Draws Jury
For Regular Term
Of Criminal Court
Term Will Convene On Aug
ust 7; Board Met Mon
day and Tuesday
REDUCE SHERIFF’S BOND
‘"J
^eklmprovement
Of Hunting Creek
And Iredell Road
Jredell Commissioners Name
Committee To Confer
With Jeffress
WILKES FOLKS ACTIVE
An active campaign in behalf
of the Wilkesboro to Statesville
highway by way of Hunting
Creek is to be waged by citizens
of Iredell county, it was learned
here yesterday.
At the meeting of the Iredell
county commissioners yesterday,
a, committee was named to con
fer with Chairman E. B. Jef
fress of the highway commis
sion and to ask that the link
from Statesville to the Wilkes
line be built as Iredell's part of
the new federal funds which have
been allotted North Carolina.
A number of Wilkes and Ire
dell citizens appeared before the
iredell board in behalf of the
highway. The Wilkes delegation
was headed by D. J. Brookshire
and C. I>. Comer. .Mr. Brooks'uire
and Dr. G. T. Mitchell went to
Statesville Monday, but the Com
missioners' meeting had been
•postponed until after the holi
days.
Iredell is proceeding under the
assumption that if Wilkes does
not join in the movement, at
least the Iredell link should be
completed and open up an im-
prtWed highway tff Statesville.
Revival To Begm
Bethany Church
Jurors for the regular August
term of criminal court were
drawn and an order passed re
ducing the amount of the sher
iffs bonds at meetings of the
board of county commissioners
Monday and yesterday.
The adjourned session of the
board was held yesterday due to
the fact that Tuesday wa.s a na
tional holiday.
The sheriffs state tax bond
was reduced to S5.000. while
the bond as tax collector was re
duced to $30,000. Thir. action
was in accordance with an act
of the 1933 General Assembly.
It has been pointed out that
since the sheriff settles each
month tor all taxes collected, he
seldom has anything like even
$30,000 in his possession. Reduc
tion of the bond will result in a
considerable saving to the ta.x-
payers, the sheriffs bond prem
ium being paid by the county.
Tae sum of $30.00 as a beer
tax was remitted to I’. J. Fergu
son dUe to the failure of the
Wilkesboro board to issue a
beer license to Mr. Ferguson.
The regular term of Superior
court will convene on August 7.
It will run for two weeks.
The following jurors were
drawn Monday:
First Week
Clarence Hendren. C. H. Well
born, B. F. Estes. Barney Cau
dill. J. F. McNeill. Kirt Sparks,
C. f. Blackburn, Watt Smoot, N.
A. Hall. R. M. Hincher, J. D.
Caudill. F. 0. Foster, J. C. Ellis.
Bruce Combs. A. L. Sidden, S. S.
Jennings, .1. M. Nichols, \V’. R.
Absher, Jacob Bare, John Burch-
am, J. H. Moore. J. F. Mathis. E.
L. .Martin. W. C. Waddell.
Second Week
J. F. Rhodes, T. G. Davis, A.
E. Sparks. M. C. Jones, T. C.
Sparks, Rom Eller. J. A. Cost
ner. J. W. Waddell, G. M. Fos
ter. J. E. Howell, W. C. Scroggs.
W. W._ Gentry, Avery Triplett, T.
J. Frazier, T. H. Ashley, J. P.
Robinson, Geo. .McGlamraery, T.
J. Brock, W. V. Caudill, A. F.
Kilby, C. E. Billings, R. S. Mc
Daniel. R. C. Andrews, J. S. Bry
ant.
Raleigh, July 4.—Farmer Bob
Doughton’s friends who read with
inter'>st akin akin to curiosity the
signs that Tam C. Bowie, of Ashe,
is running for the Democratic
nomination tor governor in 1936,
suggest the wisdom of waiting un
til things shape themselves for
Mr. Doughton himself.
The news came out of Ashe one
day last week, then later from a
half dozen places- Behind each bit
of gossip was the guaranty that
Farmer Bob thinks well of the pro
posal and that he would greatly
like to be governor one term- It
isn’t the first time that the ninth
district representative has been
credited with such an interest, but
this appears to be the one time
that his candidacy would make a
perfect fit. His record against the
sales tax is just twice as good as
Mr. Bowie’s and has lasted ten
times as well. The A.lleghaiiy man
made his position national history.
It is doubtful whether he would
willingly quit congress to govern
North Carolina, but others before
him have done so. The late Wil
liam W. Kitchin ascended to the
governorship from congress, a
tragedy everybody agrees in the
light of subsequent history. He
beat the powerful Simmons organi
zation in rising to the governor
ship and employed the term in as
piring to the seqatorship. Had he
never gone governor nobody doubts
that he would have become sena-
tor-
But Mr. Doughton’s position in
congre.ss impinges wholly on na
tional politics and if there should
be a Republican congress in 1934
or even in 1936, the farmer’s lead
ership would be partially lost- Be-
(Contlnued on page eight)
A new trade route has been opened, to 22 mid-westem states. It
is the Great Lakes-Gulf of Mexico waterway now open to barge com
merce—the fulfillment of an inland dream of many years. Above is
pictured the first barge shipments crossing the official ship, U. S- S-
Wilmette (background) at Mich gan Link bridgi, Chicago, and inau
gurating the first ocean to Lake Michigan shipments. It is said that
twenty-two states in the Mississippi valley are to enjoV a revision of
shipping rates from this new trade route.
School Board Votes To End
Nepotism In County Schools
No CommitteeMan May Vote To Emirioy Any Member of His
Family As a Teacher; To Raise Standard of Certifi
cates Next Year; Board To Let Bus
Contract In August
With a view to putting an end, of teachers. After this year, It
to the possibility of nepotism In | was announced, no teacher with
the public schools of Wilkes; less than an Elementary A cer-
county, the Wilkes county board I tificate will be permitted to
of education in session Monday 1 teach. It was decided to make
passed an order to the effect I this announcement In advance
that no committeeman may vote 1 so that teachers may raise their
to employ any member of his i certificates it they wish to con-
immediate family as a teacher. | tinue in the profession.
A special effort to employ the i Buses will be routed at the
teachers on the basis of merit | meeting of the hoard on the first
On Supplement of lie
GRAYSON FUND
■riT
Previously reported
Nfiiv Donations
Floyd C. Forester --—
D. S. Lane —
J. M. Crawford
P. W. Eshelman —^—.v
C- T. Doughton
.$19.50
6.00
i.or
1,00
1.00
1.00
Fffe Does Much
Damage to Home
A£.Spainhower
Action of Small Dog May
Have, Saved Lives of
Members of Family
FURNITURE DAMAGED
Fire which broke out in the
home of Mr, A. E. Spalnhower on
Kensington HelghU early yester
day morning did considerable
damage to the home and furnish
ings before It could be extin
guished.
The action of Pooch, a small
dog, probably saved those sleep
ing in the upstairs rooms from
death. The dog, scenting the Are.
went Into the room of Mr. Spaln
hower, who was sleeping down
stairs and kept whining until Mr.
Election Called
By City Board at
Meeti^ Tuesday |
Failure To Supi^e^t Would
Cost Four l)e||^]^efits
and libniisiaB
NEW REGISTRATION
Wffl
School Next Year Wffl Be
Operated Only 8 Months,
the Board Decides
A special school election to
determine whether a small tax
win be levied to supplement
state funds in the operation of
the North Wilkesboro schools
for the ensuing year was called
by the board of city commission*
era at a special meeting held
Tuesday morning. *
August 16 was set as the date '
for the election and a new regie* ^
tration of the qbalitled voters j>f
the city was ordered. J. T. Brame
was appointed registrar.
The North Wilkesboro board
of education appeared before the
commissioners and presented
their petition that an election
be called.
The school board has definite
ly decided that the schools next
n
Spalnhower was awakened. , onerate not longer than
Mr. Spalnhower Immediately | ® . 5.® .
J,
eight months. It
I members of the
was stated by
school board
observed the fire and smoke and
awakened other members of the.
, ,1 „ that the schools could not posslb-
famlly. Those upstairs were low- n«.rt
Legion Post To
Meet On Friday
Important Meeting Will Be
Held Friday Evening At
the Club House
rather than upon family relation
ship is indicated in the order. It
was pointed out that “immediate
family” in this ''connection in
cludes. wife, daughters, sons,
brothers, sisters, and in-laws of
the same relationship.
The board also passed an or
der putting into affect for the
1934-35 school year a new re
quirement for the certification
Monday in August and contracts,
let for the contract lines.
School committees have not;
been named, but will probably •
be selected prior to the August
meeting if the redistricting la
completed before that time.
All members of the board, C.
0. McNeill, chairman, D. F. Shep
herd and R. R. ■ Church, were
present Monday.
An important meeting of the
Wilkes County Post No. 125,
American Legion, will he held
Fh-iday evening. July 7, at the
Legion-Auxiliary Club House on
the Fairplains road. I
Post officers for the coming!
year will be nominated and oth- j
er important business transact-1
ed. All members of the post are
urged to attend. .
Eshelman Named
Receiver
Judge Hayes Appoints Him
To l4K)k After Affairs of
Asheboro Plant
Quiet Fourth of
July In Wilkes
Tuesday Proves To Be Un
eventful Day Through
out the County
P. W. Eshelman. president of
I
Fourth of July
Takes Big ToU
R«v. Purvis Parks To Assist
‘ Pastor, Rev. J. S. Bryant,
In the Meeting
Scout Troop Home
From Fine Outing
89 Lose Lives In Holiday Ac
cidents; Day Fittingly
Celebrated
A series of^vival services will
egin at Bet%ny church, five miles
lorth of Ro^ng River on Sun-
lay, July 23, it is announced-
The pastor. Rev. J. S. Bryant,
rill be assist^ by Rev. Purvis
•arks, of Cycle. Everybody is in-
Ited to attend the meeting and
oin in each serviee.
.Methodi.'it Hoy* Bi)end Three
Days Caiuping .\t Lake
Tahonia Near .Marion
'fl
EDERAL SALARY CUTS
kRE TO BE CONTINUED
Washington, July 5.—The 15
it cent pay cut for federal em-
loyes will continue at least un-
1 January 1. This wak ordered
iday by President Roosevelt
udsr authority invested in him
f the economy act. The 15 per
)‘nt flash, bMed on Itvlng costs,
as. been in since April 1.
Fourteen members of Metho
dist Boy Scout Troop No. 34 and
their Scoutmaster, R. H. Reavis,
and assistant Scoutmaster, M. P.
Hunt, returned .Monday evening
from a three-day outing at Lake ^
Tahoma, near Marlon. |
The boys journeyei over to
Lake Tahoma Friua»^4gbt and
spent the three days in fishing,
boat riding and swimming. They
were joined Sunday by Rev. J.
H. Armbrust, Methodist minister,
who spent the day with them.
Regular army tents, loaned
them, by the local Natlorial Guard
company, were used by the boys.
Americana around the world
Tuesday celebrated with holi
day jubilation this nation’s 157th
Independence day. From one cor
ner of the United States to the
other the reverberations of can
non crackers echoed in salute.
The celebration exacted a high
toll in human life. Long before
nightfall 89 deaths had been re
ported, while holiday injuries
mounted into the hundreds.
Abroad, Americans gathered as
always to observe the day and
even in the fartherest distant
parts of the globe there was ac
knowledgment of one sort or
another.
In Paris, Patriots gathered at
a Fourth' of July dinner, heard
Jesse I. Straus, United States am
bassador, declare America was
“much misunderstood” by the
company of European nations.
He termed foreign criticism un
fair. In London, at the same
time, 1,000 Americans had their
own celebration at the United
States embassy.
Celebration of the 167th anni-
the Wilkes Hosiery Mills, was ap-I ^ersary of the nation’s independ-
.. „ . ence in Wilkes county was quiet
pointed receiver for the Keystone 1
Hosiery Mills at Asheboro by \ jjg -uneventful holiday.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes follow-j Marked by the county-wide sing
ing a meeting of creditors of the i iii^ in Wilkesboro and baseball
mill -Monday. | games, Tuesday was a day of rest
The mill has 160 knitting ma-i for a majority of the people who
chines and is well equipped in either rested at their homes or
every ■way.
Mr. Eshelman. accompanied by
T. G. McLaughlin, visited the
mill yesterday and inspected the
machinery and stock.
New Sales Tax
Greeted Coldly
Most Customers, However,
Accept Tax As Necessa
ry Nuisance
went motoring. The singing and
the baseball games attracted quite
a large number.
Practically all stores in the city
were closed for the day.
Home Coming At
Church In City
Second Baptist Congregation
To Hear Rev. Eugene
Olive
Mr. and Mrs. John Tull werei
vlsiton In Statesville Sunday aft-
Wilkesboro Must Order
Tax Sales Next Mmth
Under the law the Wilkesboro
board of aldermen must order
the advertisement of the sale of
land for delinquent taxes In Au
gust, Tax Collector P. L. Lender-
man stated last night an'3 tax
payers are urged to meet their
obligations Immediately. Much
inconvenience can be avoided by
paying within* the next tew days,
the tax collector stated.
“ ■■■ ■ - ’* TA-g; "
The new three per cent sales
tax was given a cold reception by
the general public Saturday, ac
cording to local merchants.
Addition of the tax to the
regular price was fairly well
understood, however, and most
customers seemed to accept the
tax as a necessary nuisance which
can be removed two years hence.
Judging-from comments heard
In the stores and on the streets,
the movement for repeal will
have wide support.
The tax did not materially af
fect the volume of sales in the
stores and while It will hardly
become popular, a majority of
shoppers are familiar with the
operation of the sales tax meas
ure.
Home Coming Day will he ob
served at the Second Baptist
church here Sunday.
The celebration will begin Sun
day morning with a sermon by
the pastor. Rev. J. E.* Hayes and
will continue through thd after
noon with a sermon by Rev. Eu
gene Olive, pastor of the First
Baptist church, at 3:30 o’clock.
The pilblic Is cordially Invited
to attenl.
EVANGELISTIC CLUB TO
VISIT BIG IVY SUNDAY
NEW PARTY URGED
Milwaukee, July 5.-—Dissatis
fied with the stand taken by both
major political parties, the an
nual convention of tne National
Women’s Christian Temperance
union today adopted a resolution
proposing a third party which
would attract dry voters.^
■-■u:
Members of the Wilkes Evan
gelistic Club will visit Big Ivy
church near the Wilkes-Ashe line
Sunday and conduct the 11
o’clock service.
The club is becoming more and
more active as calls for their
services epme in and the revival
season gets in full swing. Calls
for the services of club members
are welcomed, W. G. Gabrielj
president, states.
•^Members of Jhe club.
Creek phnreh in Ashe Tues-
ered by the means of sheets to
the ground from an upstairs
window. Mrs. Spalnhower was
very painfully injured when she
slipped and fell about ten feet
and was carried to the Wilkes
Hospital for treatment.
Much damage was done to the
house and furniture and many
of the family’s personal effects
were either burned or damaged
by water.
The fire department answered
the alarm about 4:30 and ex
tinguished the fire within a
short time.
ly be efficiently operated next
year for eight months on the
amount of funds to be provided
from the state treasury. It waa
pointed out at the meeting on
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WiBies Veterans
AttendJReunion
In Winston-Salem
H. C. Kilby Named
. As Deputy Sheriff
By
Appointment Made Monday
Sheriff W. B. Somers: For
mer Dry Agent
H. C. Kilby, who retired last
week as an investigator for the
federal prohibition bureau, was
appointed deputy sheriff
Sheriff W. B. Somers Monday.
Mr. Kilby was connected with
the prohibition enforcement di
vision for 12 years and was con
sidered one of the most efficient
officers in the middle district.
The appointment by Sheriff
Somers was accepted and Mr.
Kilby was sworn in Monday.
Col. J. M. Little Is Elected
Conunander; Birmingham
Convention City
STEVENS IS DEFEATED
Summer School
Held At EUdn
Second Term Will fiegin On
July 24; Registrations
On July 22
Winston-Salem, July 4.—A-p-
proximately 1,000 delegates to
the 81st division’s annual con
vention here todhy elected Col.
J. M. Little, of Winston-Salem,
national commander, chose Birm
ingham over 20 other cities for
** y! the next meeting place and raised
annual dues from 50 cents to $1.
Capt. W. J. Cordes, of Brain
tree, Mass., was elected senior
vice commander and James E.
Cahall, of Washington, D. C„
was re-elected national adjutant.
Cahall will select his headquart
ers later and the location prob
ably will be in the south.
H.. K. Grantham, of Martin,
Tenn., was elected first vice com
mandeer: H. S. Seargent, of Tus-
cumbia, Ala., second vice com
mander; E. A. Keoster, of Jack
sonville, Fla., third vice com
mander, and E. S. Grambell, of
Atlanta, fourth vice commander.
Colonel Little succeeds Maj.-
Gen. Charles J. bailey, of James
town. N. who was given the
honorary office of national com
mander-in-chief of the associa
tion for life.
The new commander was elect-
The second term of summer
school at Elkin will begin on
July 24, it was learned yesterday
In a telephone conversation with
Prof. Walter R. Schaff, director
o f Cata-wba College Summer ed' overwhelmingly over Henry L.
A
J
School, Elkin division.
Saturday, July 22, will be
registration day. Anyone inter
ested may take the courses of-
fei'ed'.
Prof. Schaff said all courses
carry both professional and col
lege credits. It is suggested that
those who plan to enter the
school get In touch with Prof.
Schaff at once.
Stevens, of Warsaw, past
al commander of the
legion and R. D. Carter
ston-Salem.
3t nation- 1
A-merican A
. of Win-,'' ■
Legion Auxiliary
Will Meet Monday
Chairmen Of Committees Are
Asked "1:0 BnbnUt Written
Reports At Meeting
Wilkes veterans who are
members of the 81st division at
tending the re-union were C. M.
Elledge, J. B. Church, Elisha Ed-
minsten, Ralph Caldwell, Ralph
Swanson, Carl Minton, Albert
MoGee, C. S. FelU, C. G. Poln-,
dexter, Carey Glass,' M. O. Bntji
ner, George Estep, David ’Thorpe^
Walter Greer. Many of the* wer#
accompanied to the Twin City; By
their wives and efaildlren.
Claud ^^ittlactoa U
Injured Alt Ball
The North Wilkesboro Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary unit will
meet Monday evening at the Le-
gion-Anxlllary Club Honse. ’The
Sneettng wUl begin at 8 o’clock.
Chairmen of the various com-
nrittees are asked. to submit a
, .written report of the year’s work
thiq meeting and this to ex-by the ^tsa^i
pected to he one of the- major
Game
Gland WhittlnktoB. y>aii|! man
of the MIlKw Creek community,
was very palnfnlly tnjorodi^j
day when he was ttruc
face with basebal
a practice session ^
Creek Held. The lad'
day evening
service.
and conducted the
imatters to come .before the unit.
IA large Rt^dhnce iif'dealred.
the. younf-l6ag
, fhWtme^t..M“
given at,'"■