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tVOL. XXVni, NO. • PabHsbed Mmidays and Hinradays NORTH WILKB8BOBO, N. C., THUK8PAY, DEC 21, !.
11.00 IN THE STATE—11^ OUT Of THE 8TA1
Schell Issues
Statement About
pSanitary Privies
MARRIED 64 YEARS
^Supervisor of Sanitary Proj
ect Calls Attention To
Law^ Requiienents
Knives bhx biaterials
Sdiosds Especially Are Urged i
To Secure Materials For
Sanitary Privies
^S. P. Mitchell, who was^ re-
•ently appointed supervisor ol
' sanitary itrojects under the civil
Yorks administration, issued
statement yesterday In which he
called attention to the law re- (
I
carding the construction of san-'
Itary privies.
Mr. Mitchell lists the bill of j
materials necessary for the
privy and particularly urges the
schools to secure the materials,
thus taking advan^ge of the
CWA labor which Is offered free.
The supervisor’s statement
allows:
"ff,. "Mrs. Foster, the county direc-
tor of the CWA has had approved
project for construction of San-
lH^f^ry Privies in Wilkes county
r whereever these privies are need-
Jbd In meeting the requirements
of the sanitary laws of the state
as under the direction of the
State Board of Health. T’nder |
these laws It is required that any j
residence within 300 yards of i
another residence, erect and |
maintain a sanitary privy or sep
tic tank approved by the State I
Board of Health. This of course i
does, not apply or effect resldenc-
es "Where sewerage systems are i
provided by towns, but It does
apply to those residences In a
town that Is not provided with a
- aewerage system.
“.Under the CW.\ program the
property owner benefits In sev-
' eral ways. Firsf he secures tree
labor In the construction of a
jfiikes Poultry
^ Is Winner Over
Excellent IKrds
iChrirtmasWSI
Be Observed In
W. C. Meaiows, Pioneer
Baj^t Minister, IHei
James Pennell Says Qiaiiotte
Show Furnished UnuraaOy
V Strong Competitiott
Approitfiafe'^ Pro^jSms Ar
ranged Firir Churches of
Williesbotos
M-jy
Aimikes
8 FIRST PLACES WON PROGRAMS BE SUNDAY
i The Southern Poultry Associ
ation show at Charlotte last week
' was featured by the strongest
' competition he had ever Men,
I Mr. James Pennell, who entered
poultry in the show for the Blue
, Ridge Hatchery, stated upon his
] return here Saturday.
Approximately 2,000 birds, the
best in the South, were entered,
i Mr. Pennell said.
I Mr. Pennell was accompanied
to the poultry show by Mrs. Pen-
Chr^tmas Tree At First Bap
tist Tonight; One At St.
Paul’s ^turday V
Christmas will he appropriate
ly observed by the congregations
of local churches. The observance
starts tonight with a Christmas
Gee at the First Baptist church
and will continue through Sun
day evening, with most Of the
Christmas programs on Sunday.
Following are the announce
ments of the special Christmas
nell and their daughter, Mary,
j services for churches in the Wll-
The Blue Ridge Hatchery’s y.3 | kesboros:
entries won the following hon-
Leg-
I ors for Barred Rocks and
• horns;
Two firsts for cocks; two sec-
' ends for cocks; three flrqts on
old pens; two firsts on youag
pens; first and second hen; two
seconds on cockerels.
MR. AND MRS. JAMES A. FORESTER.
Liberty Theatre
Opens Saturday
(Cut is used by courtesy of Charlotte Observir)-
FORESTERS CELEBRATE THEIR
64TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Western Electric
Equipment InstaDed; Goqd
Picture To Be Seen
! After Installing Western Elec
tric sound equipment, celotexlng
j the walls and decorating the lob-
At First Baptist
Two special celebrations of the
Christmas season will take place
at the First Baptist church. On
Thursday night at seven o’clock
there will be a -program given by
the elementary departments of
the Sunday school. The church
will be decorated with Christmas
tree and accessories, and it Is re
ported that Santa Claus is ex
pected to make his appearance.
All boys and girls from the Cra
dle Roll through the Junior de-
Sound partment will be given a treat by
the Sunday school.
On Sunday night at seven-
thirty o’clock the church choir
will render a program ol Christ
mas music, consisting of an
thems, quartets and solos. The
by, Mr. M. L. Curry, the new
(By G. M. \. Barker In Charlotte .Mr. and Mrs. Forester have seen manager, will reopen the Liberty
Ob.sei"ver) many modernisms flit by. but ^ Theatre Saturday, December 23,
Mr. and Mrs. James A. For- none took them oft their feet. ^ with “The Thundering Herd
ester of Wllkesboro on Friday on the philoso-1 ‘I*® famous novel by Zane
celebrated their 64th wedding jg ^^yg j„ {unda-'
anniversary. Mr. Forester was p^gnt^ig than in frills; that In | "r**® sound will be the t^ry
born in Wilkes county July 16, life’s lasting ladder the topmost |
needed privy. The property owner
1847, and Mrs. Forester October round is nearest the ground. | P«*>nc Is
cordially
• s ni2S. 1S50, They were married De- go^g'th7 nTtional domestic |
“...".".m b,„e.. .o„,d bo w.„ .o*'"■
..a lomoer lo DO 0.00 1 J ‘ „„„a, to Mr., j “boorvo tb. mon, Imtro.ooi.iiB
^ 1 , rs I"" '»-■ WrL.0, ...a .o.r» 1,00 „
m me pnv>. oecuuu ue ^ere born, three of w-nom nave i^orester and learn how to fry; . [Christmas at st. Faurs ropiscopa.
of sMur ng a P*’yy p*® . passed from secular to seraphic (.[jigjjen, make souce-meat and i The-person who guesses closesthistoric edifice of wor-
requlrements of the law gjtj^euship. The others are: Mrs. in the ’ t® number of nickels in the wilkesboro. The program
special program will consume the
full period ol worship at the eve
ning hour, including the singing
of some Christmas carols by the
congregation. At the morning
service there will be special
Christmas music and a sermon
by the pastor on the theme:
Sweetest Story Ever Told.’’
At St. Paul’s
A Christmas tree and exercises
will mark the observance of
Christmas at St. Paul’s Episcopal
requirements of the 1®^ g^i^gughip. The others are: Mrs. And some in the ’ t® the number of nickels m the
thereafter has only to maintain Princeton. Ky.; Mr. „^tig^al agrl.ulture department window of the Brame Drug com-
it. Second every resident In t^e Forester. Washington. do well to drop down to P®®y be given a pass to see
community benef. s n that alF ^ -The Thundering Herd’ Satur-
prlvles are made fly tight and ^ -day.
thus preventing the
(Warren W- Finney, 60, Emporia,
Kansas banker, who was sentenced
Funeral Is Hdtf At Wain*
Grove Baptist Chnrdt;-
Hondr^ Attend
WAS ILL FOB TKNaDAra
51
Pores Knob lllbui Was Bi M»
istry 63 Years; Invnted
Meadows Mill
■■■- ' .f
Ber. W. C. Meadows, of Poew
Knob, pioneer Baptist minister
and one of the best known citi
zens of the county, was claimed;
by death at the Wilkes Hospitid’
Monday evening at 6:15 o’clock.
He had been a -patient at the bo»>
pltal for 10 days.
Although not in the best of
health for several months,
well known minister was a fre
quent visitor In the city and had
attended the most important
nansas oaiiaer, wno wa» ^
36 to 600 years’ imprisonment for sious of his church s assodstJona-
embezzlement. He was convictied
on 12 counts, the embezzlement
totaling 163,000.
Auto Owners Are
Asked To Secure
Cards For Tags
Patrolman Moore Says State
License Cannot Be Obtain
ed Without Card
SHOULD WRITE RALEIGH
“rat proof
risk of spreading contagious di
ll goes without saying that (Continued on page tour)
(Continued on page four)
NEWS BITS
"Food Sale Friday - , „ ,
The Young People’s Division of Outside Team Composed of; 400 Dodge Dealer l^e-View
the North Wllkesboro Methodist I Ex-Service Men and Army j New Models At Meeting
church will sponsor a Food Sale' Men Issues Challenge At Sedgefield
at Spalnhour-Sydnor’s Store on; rifle tram of Com- T. S. Kenerly, F. D. Forester.
Friday afternoon. December 22. j tluard | R. I. Moore and Henry Moore
Company A Rifle Local Men Go To
Team Challenged! Dealers Meetii^
Work Started At
Ferguson School
Unemidoyed Put To Work
Yesterday; Hope To Fin
ish In February
With the project for rebuilding
of Ferguson school building ap
proved. the civil works admlnls
I pany .v , locai .Naujimi uuaiuiiv. x. ic * *>, #i * h vpnt
.Stor.'s Open Nights | has been challenged ’.o ® j attended a regional Dodge dealers P" °
Stores of the city are remain-! shooting match by an outside meeting at Sed.getield n e a r i
Ing open at nights this week ln!tpam, it was learned yesterday ■•Qppg„si,o..o Monday as represen-
order to accommodate t he ^ Captain R R. Reins. i
Christmas shoppers. Trade at The challenging team will be
.1 TN.#.. A n 4 T>l vrm /xil 1" n
uorisimas houc cnauenging team wm ue , ^ ^ ^
evening has been very satisfac-1 ^(„np„se(j ex-soldiers, army 6f-:I®® - '®®®' Dodge and Plymouth
tory, local merchants report. | fleers or others who may qualify i dealers.
for the competition, it was stated.
. .r,. V .vif lor me cumpex.x.-.i. .X Approximately 400 Dodge au-
PUy Given Ixast .Nigiit ^ Caotain Reins said the chal-j tomobile dealers and salesmen
An excellent three-act comedy, j jjad been accepted but no from Virginia, Tennessee, North
“The Right Answer, ” was given | and South Carolina attended. The
at Mountain View high school] The challenging team will , meeting was held under the sup-
laat night for the benefit of the j p^phably be composed of Captain , envision of W. M. Purves, asslst-
ecbool. Individual eharacteriza-1 (.Q^mandant of the James ant sales manager of the Dodge
tions were splendid and the au-1 ^ p Purlear, Lieuten- Brothers corporation, Detroit,
dlence accorded the performance Wolff, Newton Bumgarner. Mich.
a cordial reception. |t a. Finley, Mr. Hill and ilr. | The gathering was one of 22
of men on the job yesterday.
The building will be of brick
veneer construction and will have
seven large rooms and an audi
torium.
It Is hoped to complete the
ship. In Wllkesboro. The program
will be given at 2 p. m. Saturday
No service will be held Sunday.
Automobile owners who have
not received their new registra
tion card should write to the Mo
tor Vehicle Department at Ra
leigh Immediately and secure the
'The *card In time to purcdiase their
T934 plates before January 1,
'Patrolman -S. D. Moore, who Is
located here, stated yesterday.
Automobile licenses cannot be
secured without this card or the
title, Patrolman Moore pointed
out.
Patrolman Moore issued the
following statement:
“Inquiring Into the reason for
the failure of a number of auto
mobile owners to purchase their
new license plates, I find that
there are a num-ber of motorists
At Methodist Church
A Christmas pageant will be
presented at the Methodist uumuci ox xxxovo.xoxo
church Sunday afternoon by the ^ failed to get their new regls-
_ A s tratlon cards because of changes
of address and other reasons.
Young People’s Division, A. S.
Cassel, Sunday school superin
tendent, announced yesterday.
There will be a treat for the chil
dren of the Sunday school. The
program will be given at 5
o’clock.
this year.
William Calloway Meadows
bom in Alexander county and
would have been 89 years of
had he lived until February 11 of
next year.
Mr. Meadows’ lon^ and usefid
career included service in the Con
federate army, ,63 years in the
ministry and adventures in the
field of invention, one of his me-
jor achievements in the latter be
ing the invention of the worM
famous Meadows Mill.
Joining the Confederate foreee
at the age of 17 yemre, Mr. Mi^
dows served under General' IM-
with honor and distlnetion- Ibi-
was wounded in atjAi eegagemcilfr
near Richmond and-was later
tured and held prisoner of war
at Hart’s Island. New Toric, dur
ing the last three months of thfS
War Between the States.
After the war, Mr. Meadows
secured the pza^itjr on vriiidli
the Meadows farht -is located and
lived there throughout his life.
When only 11 years old, Mr.
Meadows united with the Baptist
church in his home community in
Alexander county. He mas or
dained as a minister of the gos
pel at the age of 25 and continued
active in the ministry until about
ten years ago. During hia 53 :or
more years as an active minister,
Rev. Mr. Meadows served a num
ber of churches as pastor and was
instrumental in founding a num-
-ber of churches and through hia
efforts helped many churches to
“All who have not received j
these cards should write imme-’i
(Continued on page five)
At Presbyterian
A Christmas pageant will he
given by the Sunday school chil
dren at the North Wllkesboro
Presbyterian church Sunday aft- subject to a fine of not
ernoon-at 5 o’clock. This will fea-r
diately'“r the ToTor Vehicle” D^- j CHEVROLET DEALER
partment, giving name, present | RETURNS FROM DETROIT
address, make of car, motor num- b,th local
ber and requesting that the card I ^
are decidedly on the
be forwarded at once. ^ l. Haf-
“This is a final warning tba^^^ Chevrolet Co., lo-
people caught operating their dealers, who has just
cars after sunrise on January 1 ...
Christ-
ture the observance of
mas at the church. 1
Dr. R. S. Moore, of Providence, j
less than $10.00."
building by the latter
February.
part of IR. I., who will deliver the ser-
Lions Meeting To
Be Held Tonight
-1 „ . J I Blake. AU members of the team regional meetings being held for
-A J are reported to be excellent shots the two-fold purpose of pre-vlew-
M The StatesVtlle Record, pu - expected to give the ing the company’s 1934 models
^Hbbed by J. V. Jennings and Ben plenty of competition, and of reviewing the new sea-
L. Bronce. has been sold to John ^ „>,,iionFP l« e.xnected to son’s sales program. Five of the
McCarthy, of Washington. D. C.
Both Mr. Jennings and Mr.
Sronce. the latter a former news
paperman here, are continuing
their connection with the paper
under the new management.
Let 5 Miles Of Road
• Tlve miles of the Millers Creek-
Jefferson road will be let in the
near future, according to an ar
ticle In the Skyland Post, pub
lished at West Jefferson. The
Weet Jefferson papoc *>®8®1
statement upon information fur
nished Judge T. C. Bowie by
Chairman B. B. Jeffress of the
state highway commission.
’ ’Tobacco Fanners Meet
Tobacco farmers of Wilkes will
meet at the following places this
week to study contracU offered
b% the government for acreage
reduction: Dennyvllle school-
. boOM tonight at 7 o’clock: Cedar
?.HiU schoolhonse tomorrow eve
ning at 7 o’clock; Maple Springs
Mhoolbouse in Edwards town-
ahlp Saturday afternoon.; at 2
o’Moek hnd at LltUe Mountain
li^hoolhoaBe Satnrday evening at
’ 'i o’clock. AH tobacco farmers
era requested to attend one ot
; theee meetings.
The challenge Is expected to son’s sales program. Five of the
result in spirited practice ses- new 1934 Dodge cars, which were
sions for both teams, neither of'Shipped here by express, were on
which will want to lose to the' display In the ball-room of the
other. j manor.
The showing Included varying
Dollar Shows Jump
I
London, Dec. 18—After cheap
ening to $5.16 to the pound on
announcement of the United
States’ increase 'n the price of
gold, the dollar rallied appreci
ably In a quiet market today and
ended after the official exchange
close at 5.10 1-8 to the pound.
: color specimens ol the line, which
will be offered In two wheelbas
es. The bodies of the two series
are entirely different in charac
ter. Both chasses are equipped
with six-cylinder floating power
motors.
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS.
Office of Civil Works Is Moved
To Old Bank of Wilkes Building
’The office of the Civil Works
Administration was moved Tues
day and yesterday from the coun
ty courthouse to the old Bank of
Wilkes building. The bulldliig
was prepared for occupancy by
the county commissioners.
Use of the building for Civil
Works headquarters was donated
by the owner, County Account
ant C. H, Ferguson.
The office of County Welfare
Officer Charles McNeill, which
the Civil Works Administration
has been using. Is now being
renovated and he will have the
entire office for his use after the
Christmas holidays.
The Civil Works Administra
tion office force at the present
time Is composed of Mrs. O. O.
Poster, administrator; Miss Ber
tie Rose, disbursing officer; Mrs.
J. H. Alexander, clerk; Mrs.
James O’Daniel, bookkeeper; and
Miss Ines Absher, federal emer
gency relief clerk.
Program of Final Meeting of
Year To Be In Oiarge of
Mr. Frank P. Eller
Frank P. Eller will be in
charge of the final 1933 meet
ing of the North Wllkesboro
Lions Club this evening at Hotel
Wilkes. The meeting starts at
7:30 o’clock.
Gifts will be exchanged and a
mon at the Sunday morning serv
ice. Is expected to use Christmas I
as the subject of his message. |
Yuletide jProgram
Given At School
returned from Detroit, where he
and other dealers from this section
“pre-viewed” the new 1934 Chev
rolet, soon to be announced-
Mr. Hafer spent an entire day
at the General Motors Proving
Ground. There W. E. Holler, gen
eral sales manager of Chevrolet,
presented the new line of cars,
Club Sings
series of
planned.
Christmas talks Is
Vets Asked To
Apply For Jobs “
In Near Future
January 15 Is Ir’lnal Date To Ac
cept V4erans For Conser
vation Work
At Wllkesboro Methodist
Church
A special sermon on the sub-.
lect "To Whom Does the World j The Christmas program given
Belong”’ by the pastor. Rev.: at the city high school audltor-
Seymour Taylor, and Christmas j turn Tuesday evening was Im-
songs and music under the direc
tion of Mrs. R. E. Prevette, will
feature the observance of Christ
mas at Wllkesboro Methodist
church. 'The special Christmas
service will be held at 11 o’clock
Sunday morning. The Christmas
theme will also be emphasized at
the Sunday evening service.
Impressive Pageant Presented I ®"tl'."®^ P’®"®
By Grade ChUdren; Glee i ?®ve every deal-
Unemployed veterans who seek
jobs in the Civilian Conservation
Corps should apply at ®a®®-
Charies McNeill, county welfare
officer, stated yesterday.
January 16 Is the last Aate on
whldh applicants will be accept
ed. Mr. McNeill aald he did not
know how many veterans could
be accepted, hut requested that
applications be made at once.
Application blanks may be ob
tained at Mr. McNeill’s office In
the county courthouse.
Attorney B. T. Henderson, of
this city, was a professional bus
iness visitor to Galax and Ind»*
pendenee, Va. yesterday.
At Wilkesboro Baptist
A Christmas pageant, followed
by a treat for the children of the
Sunday school, will be given at
Wilkesboro Baptist church Sun
day evening at 7 o’clock. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
pressive in every detail.
More than 50 members of the
high school glee club rendered
several numbers very effectively
under the direction of Miss Tim
Crawford. A Christmas pageant,
man directed the performance.
Despite the inclement weather,
a large audience witnessed the
Christmas program.
Stockholders Of
Wilkesboro B. &
L. Meet Friday
telling the story of the first
Christmas, was given by about
75 grade children. Misses Ruby — , x.-‘ • xi. • '
Blackburn and Kathryn Trout- wou d revolutaomze the experience
ftf riding ann rtnvintr.
er present an opportunity not only
to inspect each model but also to
put it through its paces on the
rugged hills, rough roads, and
4 1-2 mile speed track which the
Proving Ground provides.
“iWith cars like those new Chev-
rolets to sell, I’m enthusiastie
about business prosp'"ts for next
year,’’ said Mr. Hafer. “I went up
there expecting a lot, for of courte
General Motors’ ‘knee-action’ front
wheels had already been announc
ed, with the promise that they
ASHE YOUTH LOSES
FINGER^AND THUMB
Joe Yearick, 10-year-old son of Annual Meeting Will Be Held
S. H. Yearick, of Sturgills, Ashej Tomorrow Evening At The
coun^, lost the thumb and fore-1 Goonty Courthouse
finder of his right hand Saturday |
of riding and driving.
"I found this literally true. llMy
told us to ‘give her the works,’ to
put the car, at 50 and 60. over
bumps and ruts we’d ordinarily
take in second gear—or better yet,
, avoid altogether.' The abaencfr^df
j jolts, jars or shocks Is simply
yond description; it must be
perienced to be believed. Yet ‘knee-
action’ is only one of a dozen ms*
jor features embodied in .the near
Chevrolet.” ■a'*' •
when his hand was caught in
com mill. The Ashe boy was
brought to the Wilkes Hospital for
treatment and is getting along
nicely.
^ The annual meeting of the
u Stockholders of the Wllkesboro
Correct Labels Sought
New York, Dec. 18.—Pressing
his campaign against sabterfnge
In the selUng of whisky, Dr. Shir
ley Wynne, city health commis
sioner, declared today he would
seek a lew to make tallare to
apedtleal^ label UahoF punish
able aa a misdemeanor.
Building and Loan Association
wlU be held tomorrow evening at
7:80 o’clock, it was announced
Tuesday by Wm. A. Strond, sec
retary-treasurer.
It/ls rellaWy reported that the
association had an exceUent year.
AH stockholders are asked to
be repreranted at the meeting.
Mr. George Reeves, ot All»-
ghany connty, waa a bttoWa
visitor In the city Tuesday.
if
a
%■
Pensioa Checks For
Ctmfederate Vets Here
The semi-annual pennon
for Cmifederate Tetrimna and
widows have arrived and are readf
for dlstribation» .Cleric of Coptfc
W. A. Strond tmammi ymOOP-
day. .
North Wllkeaboro dly sehqsja
City Sch
closed, yesterday aftsrndoAP. ?
the Christmaa hoUtiya. h
School bells will ring ag^ on i
the morning 8.