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VOL. xxvra, NO. 71
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published Moudayv and Thursdays NORTH WILKISBORO> N. C, MONDAY; JULY 9»
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Redoes ^ver
Bridge Assured
^ D Street Location Agreed
By Engineers Of
-Highway Body
^ REMOV^LANDMARK
EUminate Dangerous
Curves Adjacent To Pres
ent Covered Bridge
Board of aldermen of the city
of North Wllkeeboro have clear
ed all obstacles In the way of
construction of the Reddies Riv
er bridge on the Boone Trail
here and the project is expected
to be let by the State Highway
and Public Works Commission
k during this month.
It Is understood here that the
■"bridge will be constructed about
60 yards below the present
bridge. According to the loca
tion chart submitted by engi
neers the approach to the bridge
on the -east side will begin at
the end of D street and the west
approach will enter the Boone
Trail on the first curve on what
Is commonly known as Gordon
Hill.
By a resolution passed by the
city board here saving the state
harmless from all complaints
and costs as may be entered by
owners of abutting property the
last obstacle to the project Is
apparently cleared.
Construction of the bridge wMl
remove from this section one of
the oldest landmarks in the
country, the present covered
bridge which is entirely inade
quate to accomodate the heavy
traffic on numbers 60 and 16.
The proposed bridge and ap
proaches will eliminate the dan
gerous corners adjacent to the
old covered bridge, which have
been the scene of numerous ac
cidents.
The proposed project begin
ning at the end of D street will
have a slight curve, only two per
cent.
Vaccination Dates
Begin Wednesday
ftppointments For Typhc'd
and Diphtheria Vaccina
tions Given Out
Wilkes County Health Depart
ment is conducting the annual
vaccination campaign in the
county. So tar this year around
3,000 people in the county have
been given vaccinations.
For the benefit of the rural
WiH fight OMtfges
29 Boys Fran
Wilkes Enlist In
C. C. Camps
Group of 35 Taken To Rwruit-
ing Station By Rdief
Administration
SIX ARE ALTERNATES
Each C. C. Camp Member
Must Send $25 Per Month
For Use At Home
Washington . . . Maj.-Gen.
Benjamin D. Foulols (above),
chief of the Army Air Corps,
proposes to fight to the last
ditch his removal as recommend
ed by the House Committee on
charges of “dishonest, incompe
tency and gross- misconduct.”
I
people, who are extremely busy i once they could pay only 4
"r r I _ » * V« _ cnnolrAI* C
the importance of economical
production of crops by means of
improved methods and by the
growing of more livestock, es
pecially dairy cattle. Second, he
called attention to the import
ance of the farmer staying out of
debt as much as possible. He
stated that statistics show this
country including all local, coun
ty, state and national indebted
ness amounted to 40 billions of
dollars and if the people were
called upon to pay this all at
cents
with their crops at this season
of the year. County Health Offi
cer Dr. A. J. Eller and County
Nurse Mrs. Bertha Bell have an
nounced the following appoints,
at which time and places anti
typhoid Innoculatlons and .i:ph-
theria vaccinations will be giv
en:
Wednesday. July 11 — ....
Millers Creek School. 10 a. m.;
Cross Roads Schoo:, 11 a. m.;
Turner Nichols’ store, 11:30 a,
m.; Whittington School, 1:30 p.
m.; Daylo postoffice, 2:30 p. m.;
Sherman School, 3 p. m.
Thursday, July 12
J. A. Pierce’s, 10 a. m.; Pur-
lear postoffice, 11 a. m.; New
Hope School, 11:30 a. m.; Par-
sonville, 1 P. m.; Summit. 2 p.
m.: Walsh postoffice 3 p. m.
BYlday, July 1.3
Plum Ridge school. 10 a. m.;
Cllngman school, 11 a. m.; Den-
nyville school, 1 p. m.; Temple
Hill. 2:30 p. m.
Dr. Eller urges that everybody
In need of these vaccinations be
at the most convenient appoint
ment. He will visit each appoint-
mant at the same day and hour
lor three weeks.
on the dollar, the speaker stated.
.A bounteous picnic dinner was
spread and enjoyed by all pres
ent. In the afternoon many wen.
swimming while others enjoyed
boatriding.
The older members of the
Grange discussed the possibili
ty of securing the State Grange
convention in North Wilkesboro
tor next year. It -was said in this
connection that there is a strong
prospect of getting the conven
tion in this vicinity and reports
are current that the counties of
Wilkes. Caldwell. Yadkin and
Alexander are making a concert
ed effort along this line by en
listing the support of the Kl-
wanis clubs and other civic or
ganizations in the several coun
ties.
Moravian Falls
Revival To Begin
Seriet of Services Will Start At
Baptist Church Thurs
day Night
A- Bories of- revival services will
•begin St Moravian Falls Baptist
dmrtdi Thtirsday night at eight
JieT. A. B- Watts, the pastor,
will b»-assisted by Bev. Avery
Chnreh, pastor of Wilkesboro Bap
tist church. The meeting will con-
tiinie throughout next week pnd
the public is invited to attend all
MTvices. •
Mrs. Nell Hendren and Miss
Belva Kilby and Messrs. Gale
b McMillan and Tom Green formed
' a party motoring to Cblmney
^iRock and other pdints 'of interest
la the western part of the , state
>^tsst Snoday.
Colored Child
Is Klled Here
Tidline Boy Killed Instantly
While Playing At Rail
way Tur.istile
William Sylvester Tidline, age
nine, was instantly killed while
playing with a group of other
colored boys at th*. Southern
Railway turntable Thursday aft
ernoon.
According to reports from the
other children '.he Tidline child
was playing with them by riding
on the turntable when he Was
caught between the ' turntable
wall and th« tracks. His body
was badly crushed.
He was a son of Pauline Tld-
line and a grandson of Lonnie
Tidline, well known colored men
of this city.- He is survived -
his mother and two sisters,
Ophelia and Anna Mae.
Funeral services were held at
Poplar Springs Church near
Roaring River Sunday morning
at eleven o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ballard, of ..
Winston-Salem, spent the Fourth |p’
with Mrs. Ballard’s mother, Mrs. ( to
Michael Churchy at Cricket.
31st anual convention of North
Carolina rural letter carriers
closed here this afternoon after
the election of state officers and
delegates to the national conven
tion to be held in Denver In Au
gust.
W. P. Cook, of Asheville, was
named president: D. J. Spruill,
of Columbia, vice president: A.
H. Capps, of Rocky Mount, sec
retary-treasurer; W. E. Bond, of
Willow Springs, chaplain; W. A.
Jennings, of Pores Knob, mem
ber of the executive committee.
Delegates to the national con
vention are President Cook, Dan
S. Hall, of Burlington; E. C. La
nier, of Hillsboro, and H. C.
Myers, of Lexington.
Chapel Hill was selected as the
19.3^ convention city at the open-
iis session yesterday. Around
400 delegates attended the meet
ing.
Those from Wilkes county at
tending the convention were Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Jennings and
daughters. Misses Grace and
Madge Jennings, of Pores Knob,
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Crater, of
Ronda. They returned Thursday.
The Wilkes party went by way
of Raleigh and Rocky Mount and
while on the convention trip vis
ited such scenes of historic inter
est as Edenton, Kitty Hawk,
Roanoke Island, Fort Raleigh
and Nagshead. They returned by
way of Warrenton, Oxford and
Reidsville.
The Wilkes county delegation
report a very pleasant trip and
a most enjoyable comvention.
Fifth Sunday Singing
Moravian Falls Soon
All choirs in this section are
cordially invited to participate
in the PHth Sunday Singing that
will be held at the Moravian
Falls Baptist church on July
29th. The singing will commence
at 10 a. m. and will be resumed
in the afternoon following an
hour’s adjournment for dinner.
A number of the best choli^
In this and nearby eoutfttes ,-are
expected to be present,- and the
public is invited to hear 'theM-
sing many of the fine old Oospal
Hymns.
Doctor 87 Turns Skip^ j
“ T?
Thirty-five Wilkes youths left
today for Greensboro where 29
wilt be enlisted In the Civilian
Conservation Camps.
Mrs. G. G. Foster, county re
lief administrator, accompanied
the boys to Greensboro. Six al
ternates were taken in order
that the county’s quota may be
filled in case any of the 29 se
lected do not pass the examina
tion.
Mrs. Foster stated Saturday
that she had selected the re
cruits from relief families. They
will receive $30 per month. $25
of which must be paid by the
government to the beneficiary
named by the boys at the time of
their applications.
As has been in the past par
ents cannot return the money to
the boys but must use it for food
and clothing. Sending any part
of the money to the boys in
camp makes them liable for dis
honorable discharge.
As a result of today’s enlist
ment 29 families in the county
will be taken care Of and taken
off the relief list.
Insteead of going to an army
training camp as has been the
former custom, today’s recruits
will be sent directly to the C. C.
Camps assigned. They* enlisted
tor a period of six months.
W. A. Jennings
Is On Conunittee
Wilkes Pomona
Grange Picnic
Held On Friday
Grangers of Two Counties
Gather For Picnic At
Hollywood Lake
T. E. STORY IS SPEAKER
Anmial picnic of the Wilkes
Pomona Grange was held at
Hollywood Lake Friday with a
good attendance from all parts
of the county and from Alex
ander county. There were also
Grangers from other stales pres
ent.
The principle feature of the
enjoyable occasion was the ad
dress of Prof. T. E. Story, super
intendent of schools in Wilkes
boro. He was followed by inter
esting talks by representative
Grangers from over the county
and by Mr. R. B. McCloud, depu-. .
ty Organizer of Alexander coun-' Wilkes Man Honored In State
ty. ProL Story^ywho is teacher,' Convention of Rural.Let-
lawyer and farmer stressed two- Carriers
very important matters in his |
address. First, he emphasized; Elizabeth City, July 4.—The
Buffalo, N. Y. . . . Dr. Elisha
P. Hussey, 87, (above) is home
again after skippering a small
craft on a cruise to the West In
dies, Bermuda and Virgin Is
lands. Photo shows the Doctor-
Skipper as he put into port at
New York.
No Big Change
Expected In
Tax Rate
J. (S; fteins^ Elect^
Of Pbstmasifers^ prganizi _
Grber nSecr^^
Comrentimi H,el
June Deal^ Rate' i
is Very Low
The death rate in North
Wilkesboro was very low- dtar»
Ins the month of June, in
Diet there were no deaths in
the city, according to the ree-
onb of W. A. Bnllis, registrar
of vital statistics.
Very tew deaths throughout
the county were reported; ht
the month of June and sickness
was by no means prevalent.
447 b Majority
For Rousseau
Burke Carries Appeal For
Probe To State Board of
Elections
bterie GuKU-Ha
According to Information re
ceived from County Accountant
C. H. Ferguson the tax rate tor
Wilkes county for the ensuing
fiscal year will be around 80
cents, which was the 1933-34 tax
rate.
Mr. Ferguson and the board of
commissioners have been work
ing on budget estimates during
the past few days and are striv
ing for the utmost in economy.
The 1933-34 tax rate was a re
duction of one third of the tax
rate for the previous year, the
1932-33 rate having been $1.20.
With the tax rate at only 80
cents taxpayers have found It
difficult to pay, as Is shown by
the fact that until July first on
ly 55 per cent of the year’s tax
es had been paid.
Delay in payment of taxes has
worked a hardship on the coun
ty to the extent that a large
number of vouchers are still on
hand because of lack of funds.
School Official
Visits In Wilkes
LeRoy Martin, executive sec
retary of the North Carolina
school commission, and Dr. B. B.
Dougherty, member of the com
mission, were in this county last
week conferring with Supt. C. B.
Eller and members of the coun
ty board of education refardlcg
problems of the coming school
year.
A number of matters were dls-
! cussed, Including transportation
' and other features of the school
system. ii
Mr. and. Mrs. G. W. Felts and
two children, of this city, and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prevette and
two children, of Spurgeon, mo
tored over to Independence, Va.,
last Sunday where they spent
several hours.
Raleigh, July T.—J. Hayden
Burke, who apparently was de^
feated for the Superior court
judgeship nomination in the sec
ond Democratic primary for the
17th district last week, today ap
pealed to the state board of elec
tions charging that J. A. Rous
seau was the beneficiary of illeg
al ballo.ts cast In Wilkes county.
On the basis of official county
returns sent to the state board
of elections it was Indicated
Rousseau got 6,137 ballots and
Burke 5,690.
Burke contended that the vot
ing of Republicans In the Demo
cratic primary in Wilkes county
and the improper use of absentee
ballots there resulted In Rous
seau getting 1,500 more votes in
the county than he should legal
ly have received.
The Wilkes county elections
board dismissed the protest of
Burke so he is appealing to the
state board.
After the first primary, which
fir?;t gave Burke a lead In the
district, the sUte elections board
ordered an investigation in Alex
ander and Wilkes counties and
after a recount Rousseau was
given the lead and Burke de
manded a second primary.
The state board will probably
meet here Saturday to canvass
the returns of the second pri
mary, hear the Burke dispute
and canvass the returns of to
day’s special fourth district con
gressional election, Raymond C.
Maxwell, secretary, said.
Erecting Residence^
At Moravian Fall*
Cyrus Brown, resident of West
Virginia, is erecting an attrac
tive nine-room bungalow at Mo
ravian Falla.
J. F. Myers, local contractor,
has charge of efeetlng the build
ing and Fred Wrycroft Is In
charge of the brick work.
Raleigh, July 3—It was learn
ed here today that Rexford Guy
Tugwell, Junlof “brain truster”
and undersecretary of the De
partment of Agriculture will be
unable to accept an Invitation to
address the annual convention of
the North Carolina Young Demo
crat Clubs. In Asheville on July
New York . . . Max Baer, new
heavyweight champion of the
world, greets his mother when
she arrives from the West to
help him celebrate his victory
over Prlmo Camera.
Teague Remanded
To Jail Without
Privilege of Bond
Hearing Held Saturday Be
fore Magistrate P. L.
Lenderman
EVIDENCE SUBMITTED
Bin Teague Is being held in
jail without privilege of bond on
a charge of killing Lloyd Casey
on the night of June 2 in Wal
nut Grove township.
Preliminary hearing was held
befor-. Magistrate P. L. Lender-
man in Wilkes Saturday morn
ing.
Evidened was submitted tend
ing .to show that Teague and
Casey quarrelled preceding the
knife fight, in which Casey lost
his life and Teague was severely
injured by a laceration across
his neck.
The state was represented at
the hearing by Attorney J. H.
Whicker, Attorney J. M. Brown
In N.
Friday^ i S3^day'
Delegates From Firts at
State Gather la Meetiiiir
TAM BOWIE IS SPEAKER®!
Postmasters Heased' WItK
Convention; Go To Char
lotte Next Year
J. C. Reins, North Wilke*-;
boro’s postmaster, was elected
president of the North CanHina^
Branch of the National Post-S
masters League in the final sea-
sion.of the 1934 convention held
here Friday and Saturday.
Wilkes county was again
ored when Mrs. J. E. Greer,-
postmaster at Boomer, was elect- ■
ed secretary - treasurer. M r s. -
Greer has been a member of th®
executive committee and haa
been actively aligned with th®
work of the organization for
several years.
Other officers elected were Thoa.
N. Kearns, of Hlinteraville, first
vice president? C. L. WilliamstMi^,
of Raleigh, second vice president.
The other members of the Execu
tive committee are Miss Sodi®
Morgan, of Spindate; Ralph Goode,
of Connelly Springs, and Miss Leo
J. Frank, of Jacksonville.
G. B. Goodson, of Lincolnton,
retiring president, spoke well of
North Wilkesboro. Speaking for
the convention as a whole ha
stated that the postmasters wer®
more than pleased with the roy
al treatment given by the people
here. Resolulons were drawn up
In appreciation of the entertain
ment, hotel facilities, publicity
and program for the convention.
The convention was in session
two days, Friday and Saturday.
The convention opened Frldaj
morning at nine o’clock with
registration of delegates at Ho
tel Wilkes. G. W. Goodson, of
Lincolnton, called the conven
tion to order at ten o’clock. H®
appeared for the defendant. ,
Casey was stabbed In the heart Presided over all sessions.
and died shortly after the fight.
Both men were residents of
Walnut Grove township and the
altercation occured at the Pleas
ant Hill voting place on the
night of the first primary,
John E. Justice
OnCodeGroiq)
Is Member of Furniture Code
Committee In North
Carolina Area
Educational Air Tour Is Termed
Highly Successful; No Aeddents
Adjovraetf 'MMting- Of
Pension Bosura July 14
Announcement Is made of an
adjourned meeting of the Wilkes
Pension Board to be held Satur
day, July 14, at the clerk of
court’s office jn the conitlionse.
The meeting will begin it ten
clock. Anyone having buslnaas
transact before the board are
asked to be present. ..
The 1934 Educational Air
Tour, which completed its visits
to many of the principal cities
on th® sUte on July 4, was con
sidered a success from the stand
point of creating good will and
educational of the people to the
type of planes and pilots In
North Carolina.
Demonstrating safety In flying
was one of the alms of th® tour
and it Is interesting to note that
on visits to eight cities with 24
or more planes that there was
not a single accident and no In
juries.
- This is considered as a great
boost for aviation in North Caro
lina. All pisneir and pilots 1ft' the
todr make therfTtaa«i1likrte« fa
the '1‘arheel state. The safety Of
the planes and care;^U8^ by ^
pilots can be most appreciated
by taking Into consideration the
fact that thousands of passeng
ers were taken ‘’^up and that
thousands of take-offs and l«id-
Ings were made.
Carl Coffey, local aylator,
Joined the tour with his SMiisoa
cabin plane and accompanied tt
on Its visits to the following cl
ues: - Charlotte, ?North Wllkei-
^
/few#;
boro, Burlington, Greeflsboro,
Winston-Salem, Raleigh, Golds
boro and Wilmington.
. At each city the pilots were
entertained by a dance or other
social functions. On their visits
here on June 29 the pilots of the
tour were entertained at a dance
at the Armory.
Managers of the tour, the two
government Inspectors, pilots
and all the tour personnel ex
pressed themselves a s being,
highly pleased with the visit in
North Wilkesboro and told of
their Intention tr make the tour
an annual event and' visit No^h.
Wilkesboro i^ln.
Mftttln Jiilson,'^ the Camdue
flyer who woft^ thif San Franid^
co-Hatrairalr was a mem
ber of th® tourv^^ stated that
it was the best tour of which Jie
"had ever been a member' and
complimented all the pilots high
ly. >f
The tour was nrt a commer-
dat ventnre and the pilots who
made passenger fljgbte did not
make any profits. Wiley Wylght
and Jimmie Natl were th® two
government Jnspectora who safe
guarded the manipulations ofj
the tour. *? ':■
John E. Justice, president and
general manager of th® Oak F3ir-
niture Company, has been named
a member of the Furniture code
authority on the regional com
mittee of trade practices and
complaints. His appointments,
along with the others in North
Carolina, was announced from
Washington Thursday.
The two regional compliance
directors are A. P. Haake, man
aging director, national associ
ation of Furniture Manufactur
ers, incorporated, Chicago, and
J. T. Ryan, secretary. Southern
Furniture Manufacturers’ associ
ation, High Poifiti
The personnel of the furniture
code authority regional trade
practice complaints committee in
the North Carolina area follow;
B. C. Phllpott, United Furni
ture company, Lexington; J. R.
Smith, - National Phirnlture com
pany, Mount Airy; F. A. Fogle,
Fogle Furniture company, Win
ston-Salem; Q. M. Hoover, Ho®^
ver Chair company, Lexington;
A. E. Tate, Tate Furniture com
pany, High Point; J. E. Ji^tlcei
Qak Fnndturp company,'
Wlkeeboro; J,, B. BroyhlU, Lsr
hoir^.Chalr comi^ny,' Lebolr, imd
J. ^ Wlldte. White FnndtbMi
company! Me^ne.
tnf la Vwgniiii
Rev, Eugene Oltre, Baptist
pastor here, retnmed Satu^ay
morning tyora Kindrlck, Va.,
where he; wn4acted A series of
evangelisti® services in Youftg*a
Chapel Baptist Chur^. Rev, J,
F. Fletcher„pajitor, auisted Rev.
Mr. Olive l^the meeting. Rev,
Mr. Fletcher It the father .. of
Mrs. W. R. Absber, of thi
J. B. McCoy, manager of Ho
tel Wilkes, led the convention in '
singing of “Amerlea,’' with Miss
Lois Scrogga as pianist.
The address of weleome of
delegates to North ’Wilkesboro 1
was Sboken by L.. fl-
representing Mayor J. A. Rous-:
seau, who was unavoidably ab
sent. Invocation was spoken
Dr. W. A. Jenkins, pastor of th®
Methodist church here. ' ’
J. C, Reins, North Wilkesboro’®
genial postmaster, spoke words
of greetings. D. W. Alexander,
of Connelly Springs, responded.
After a short business session
in which the minutes of the 193$
convention were read the presi
dent delivered a short address
and introduced Oscar M. Pem-
stermacker, of Cedar Bluff, Ne
braska. a representative of the
National Postmasters League.
The speaker spoke in an Inter-
(Continued on page four) ,
Principal 't
HoldCinrftmilcd:
To Meet w5hl52
At WSkishaid
Saturday ^
Dr. J. Henry Bdg^mjth,! di
rector of the division' of school
Inspection of the state depart--
m«nt of education, 'irW meet
with high school aad ejementary
principals in a coftfereftc^ YiPi
held at the Wilkesboro ■ hig
school bnilding pa Saturday,!
July 14. '
Announcement of the meeting j
was made recentty jg ,^qt. ~ ~
Eller, county supc^mflniliil^otj
schools, who ' urges thal
principal'b« present^'
Ing win begtn promt
o’clock. ,
The object of the eonfarahoe^
to discuss the sew .. conrsf -B
study that has been selected !
the coming school term.'
Miss Myrtle .^An
of the Ma:
in Mooreavlli
of July here
ChnrcA She
os her visit her®
erfne ShlmpacC
tladger and