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Rvviatration Necessary For
4J1 Not On Active Ffles
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and when the additional
loin and grant 'are secured from
the Public Works Administra
tion for the city water . works
‘project here the contractors will
begin work.
And when the contractors are
ready to begin they will need
Quite a number of men, the
najUgs of which must be furnlsh-
ecHBom the active files of North
Wltkesboro’s unemployed in the
office of R. L. Wooten, reem
ployment director.
At the present time there are
not enough residents of North
Wilkesboro on the active unem
ployed files to care for the pro
ject if the contractors should
call for the men within 4S hours.
In this connection Mr. Woot
en is warning the unemployed
men of the city to reregister at
his office in the city hall If they
have not done so in the past 90
days.
After the project is started,
and the contractors get the
workmen they need it will be
useless to renew a registration
and it will be too late for any
disgruntled ones to say anything
about the office going out of the
city to get any workmen.
The re-employment office bas
orders to give the unemployed
residents of North Wilkesboro
jobs on the water works project
when it is started. It is purely a
city project to be paid for with
the loan and grant given the
city by the Public Works Admin
istration and for this reason resi
dents cf the city will be given
the jobs.
other proposed projects,
"inciuding the iwstoffice, Red
dies River bridge and other high
way projects, must also he car
ried out with men furnished by
the re-employment office but
men from all parts of the coun
ty ilfSt be used.
Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY. JJJLY 19. 1984 '^'' 81.00TN'TH& ffTATBJ—-81.50 OUT OF THE OTATR
Bermuda—The Alpha Delta Phi, one of the oldest American college
fraternities, celebrated its 102nd year by holding the annual convention
and election of officers on the high seas en route here aboard the
Queen of Bermuda of the Furness lines. Photo shows (insert), Dr.
Frederick Sill of the Kent school. Kent., Conn., elected Alpha Delta
Phi president for 19.34. (Aboye) W. I- Momsen, secretary of executive
council: Eugene C. Worden, chainnan executive council, and Irwin H.
Cornell, committee chairman of the Columbia university chapter, spon
sors of the voya."'.
Part of North Carolina Route For
Parkway Apparently Assured; Work
Is Expected To Get Under Way Soon
Only 28, But Says
He Is A Veteran
Of The World War
Only one of ttip things a re-
cinploynicnt office tlircctor
ha.s (o contend With Is shown
by the incident wliich oceured
a few days ago when a nian
c -ftistered at the office liere as
a yeleian of the World War.
lint this particnlar nnin
must have been only a water
hoy if he was in the war Ih--
tai'se ’'C gave his age as 28.
In litis he would have been
only 1- .V ar.s of iige.
ilhc le-employment office
now requires that all who reg
ister as veterans must show
their disrluirge anil give the
date of their enlistni'nt.
Scenic Highway Will Enter
North Carolina From
Virginia
FOLLOWS BLUE RIDGE
Route From Grandfather
Mountain To Smokies Is
In Controversy
Washington, .Inly 16.—In ord-
Irr In get work on the parkway
connecting the Great Smoky and
; Shenandoah national parks nnd-
j cr construction without further
delay. Secretary o i Inierigr
i Tckes will within the next few
' days approve location of the
! route in certain sections where
I there is no deep-seated contro-
I versv. it was learned today from
Clyde And Allie
Hayes Applicants
For Fall ^r Exam
Pnrlear Youths Among List Of
139 Applicants For Licenses
In North Carolina
Clyde Hayes end AUie Hayes,
youths of the Purlear commun-
„jlty are two of the 129 applicants
for ihe state bar examination to
be held on August 20 and 21.
Clyde and Allie are students-
at W'ake Forest College. Clyde is
a^on of Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Haves and Allie is a son of Mrs.
Carri© Hayes. Both are well
ktiown and popular throughout
r the county.
Also among the list of appli
cants is J. K. Harwood, a former
superior court judge who lost
his licenses when he was sen
tenced to the penitentiary for
destroying government records.
M. E. Church Lay
Leaders In Meet
Best Prospects For Com
Five Years, Mr. Hendren
States
In
Held Sunday At Union Meth
odist Church; All-Day
Service
County Agent A. G. Hendren,
in an interview with a Journal-
.Anmial lay leaders meeting of
Hie Wilkesboro M. R. charge was
held .Sunday at ' Union church
near Ciicket.
It was an all-day service,
largely attended by repre.senta-
tives of the various churches of
the charge and by ihe general
public. Homey P. J- McDuffie,
Ian authoritative source.
This means that action -on lo
cating the parkway below Lin-
ville Gorge will be delayed for
several weeks. Secretary Ickes is
leaving on his vacation the last
of the week and he is expected
to head directly to some of the
national parks in the West. He Patriot representative this week
will meet President Iioosevelt
upon his return from ii.s cruise
and will accompany him on an
inspection tour of some of the
PWA construction projects.
To Make Insp/riion
After Ickes returns to Wash-
Blue
Ridge Association
Meet At Big Ivy
Church
Ter
ONE AT MORAVIAN FALLS
Stone Mountain At Chestnut
Grove; Ronda Singing
At Bethel
' Chairmen of the various union
singings organizations in Wilkes
ebunty are' announcing the next
sacred singing associations,
wjhich will be held on the fifth
Sunday in this month, July 29.
The Blue Ridge Singing Asso
ciation will meet at Big Ivey
church near Waish postoffice.
Sione Mountain singing conven
tion will be held at Chestnut
Grove church. The Ronda sing
ing will be held at Bethel, and
the Sout'hside singing will be
held at Moravian Falls.
Blue Ridge Singing
Announcement ' of the Blue
Ridge Singing Association meet
ing at Big Ivey was made this
week by J. C. McNeill, chairman,
and Dwight Nichols, secretary.
Big Ivey was selected because of
invitation from the singing class
at that church and because it is
an ideal place for a gathering
during the hot summer days.
A number of singing classes
in Wilkes and some from the
counties of Watauga and Ashe
counties are expected to attend.
Also on the program will be one
or more quartets from distant
points.
The singing will begin at 10
o’clock and continue into the
afternoon. Those attending are
asked to carry lunch.
Slone Mountain Singing
.^Announcement of the singing
to be held at Chestnut Grove is
made by J. A. Gilliam, chairman.
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County Agent Gives
Review Of Fanning
Iitdustry In County
Wlieat Crop Turns Out Good
Despite Disastrous Winter
Freezep
CORN CROP IS GROWING
gave a resume of the prospects
for exceptionally good farm crop
in Wilkes this year.
The wheat crop, which looked
so bad in the early spring, is
threshing out wonderfully well,
the county agent states, and on
Alter IGKCS vv/ -- - , ,j
ington he is expected to make a some farnis yields were
personal inspection tour to view
th© scenery in W'estern North
Carolina and Eastern Tennessee
and
the
section
Jennings-Henderson
Law Firm Organized
public, -uiorney f. J. .vicuuiue. determine for himself which
charge lay loader, wa.s in charge
of the piogram. should follow. One calls for
Services were the' parkway to enter North Car-
votional le^d olina around Roaring Gap
of Jefferson, lay leader of ‘J’® p^^^f^ther Mountain
Mt. Airy disMict. was and to Linville Gorge and then
cipal speaker m the foieuoon into Tennessee and into the,
program dinner near Gatlinburg. The other
At noon .1 route which is proposed by the
was spread on a long table near ' Highway Depart-
the church. , , ■ (.i. sam© to Linville
Following the fellowship dm- ment. s o
roMoviiis to ^ 4 fin rep hut continues down the
hour the meeting convened,
O. Jennings And J. R- Hen
derson Form Law Part
nership Here
Attorneys R. C. Jennings and
C R Henderson are the princi-
als 'in the city’s newest law
irm, offices of which are locat-
i in the old Bank of North Wil-
esboro building on the south-
rest corner of Main and Ninth
tieets.
Attorney Jennings nas oeen
rractlcittg law here since he
loved to Wilkes about two years
go from Salisbury, where he
erved as postmaster for some
me.
Attorney Henderson was lie-
ised to practice law In 1906.
e practiced for two years here
id for two years at Jefferson,
aen for several years he was
Bployed in the legal profession
r the International Harvester
OBXpany In Atlanta, Birming-
im and Charlotte.
,For two years he was employ-
I by ihe F. D- Forester Com-
my, later entering the furnl-
tre buBlnesB here.
otfieea that are now being
teapled by Jennln**
ifvoB are ^aidona and edm-
•table- The entrance is from
iata ftraet- ,
4- , f hp l-nion Sunday! Mount Mitchell. Asheville and
^hool J R Henderson, super-j Pisgah and entering the park in
intendent of the ''''^ll'esboro; the BaU^ni JVIountam^sej^^^^^^^
The fact that SeJre^y ick^
The address of Prof. Price was , delaying decision on the south-
iln the subject of “Evangelism.” | em end of the parkway !s con-
He spoke in a most convincing I Mdered a victory for Asheville
made. On Mr. Hendren’s farm
104 1-2 bushels were threshed
Monday, two acres yielding 37
bushels.
The county agent further stat
ed that at this stage the corn
crop looks the best it has in
five years and prospects are
bright for a record crop.
Dairy farmers are hoping /or
a still better price for their milk,
although the around $125 being
paid daily to farmers of Wilkes
by the Scott Cheese and Butter
Factory here is not to be regard
ed as infintesimal.
With many of the farmers
waiting benefit checks tor corn,
hog, tobacco, cotton and wheat
curtailment there is an optimis
tic spirit prevailing among the
rural people of the county.
Another outstanding achieve
ment among the rural folk this
year is their gardens. Practical
ly all the farms have excellent
gardens which are going a long
maimer and held the rapt atten
tion of the large crowd of bear
ers.
Barn Destroyed
By Fire Tuesday
siaerea as a viciury aui fv foKih
and North Carolina. It is pretty | way °ward applying the table.
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Furniture Men At
High Point Show
Lightning Strikes T. H. Set
tle's Bam; Livestock Is
Saved
A barn on T. H. Settle’s farm
near Wilkesboro was completely
destroyed by fire Tuesday after
noon. The fire started when the
barn was hit by lightning during
the electric storm.
It was fully ten minutes after
the stroke before it was discov
ered that the barn was on fire.
The fire started In some feed In
a loft.
By quick work the mnlefl and
all of the cattle were saved from
the flamee. .
Repre.sentat ives Of Local Manu
facturers Display Wares
At Show
Furniture manufacturers in
North Wilkesboro and vicinity
are displaying their wares in the
furniture exposition being held
in High Point this week.
Companies here are represent
ed as follows: Forest Furniture
Company, N. O. Smoak; Home
Chair Company, J. M. Quinn, al
so J. D. Moore, Henry Moore and
Ivey Moore several dars thla
week; Oak Furniture Company,
John E. Justice, Jr.; American
Furniture Company, Dick Gwyn,
A. B. Johnaton and J. R. Hlx.
The Roaring River Furniture
Corporation Is represented at the
show by C. J. Lambeth.
The farji and garden program
instituted by the relief admin
istration is credited to a great
extent with the success of gar
dens among many of the relief
families.
It is interesting to note that
the farm on which County Agent
Hendren lives but just a minia
ture wilderness ten years ago
when he moved there, the only
cultivated land being a garden.
Today it is one of the model
farms in the county.
Working On Com-Hog
Reduction Contracts
County Agent A. G. Hendren
and the members of the board of
control of the Wilkes Corn-Hog
Reduction association, will go to
Raleigh Saturday to receive fin
al instructions toward the cul
mination of the corn-hog crop
rednetion program.
It la -SKBSoted that the .tenn
ers will .'^teoelvt their bliUMt
QlM]^ Mite ttas hisgt mttteL
Tfare^Proj&b
In Wilkes Maf
I Panama. Canal Zone—Now out on the broad Pacific ocean aboard •the
U- S- S- Hou.ston. President Jtoosevelt will not leave ship on his 10J)00
mile vacation trip until they put in at Hawaiian Islands. Photo above
sjiows the President and his son Franklin D., Jr., receiving in the presi-
dfential salute when they went ashore at Mayag;uez, Puerto Rico, while
the cruiser Houston stood by in the offing.
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New jersey Firm Submits Low Bid of
$45,^0 For Erection of Postoffice
Here; Early Construction Expected
J. A. Gilliam
Has Bumper Crop
Wheat This Year
Considering the fact that
the wliciit crop in this section
was iiiaterially doinagrll by
the freezes la.st winter, J. A.
tiilliain, prominent farmer of
the Hajw community, made an
excellent yield, on six acres.
The six acres yieldi'-d 100
husliels of wheat, which is not
an extraordinary yield for
good land here in s^ood wheat
years, but is an outstanding
yield considering the prospects
In early spring.
Lundberg-Richter Company,
Inc., Successful Bidder
On Project
ALLOTMENT IS $55,600
Remainder of Fund Can Be
Used For Fixtures and
Work On Grounds
Oxford Class To
Sing Here 30th
Class From Masonic Orphan
age To Appear In Con
cert In City
The singing class of the Ma
sonic Orphanage at Oxford will
give a concert in tho school audi
torium on the evening of Mon
day, July 30, beginning at eight
o’clock.
Announcement of the concert
was made here this week by J.
C. Grayson, H. M. Hutchens and
J. E. (Turner, committee in
charge of the local arrange
ments.
The class this year is compos
ed of fourteen boys and girls
under the direction of Mrs. Sadie
Hutchinson. A most delightful
Low hid for the construction
of a government-own-i postof-
ficc bitildin.g in North. WilHes-
boro was sulimittcd Tuesday by
, Lundberg-Richter Company, Inc.,
I of Oceanport. N. J. Bid of the
New Jersey firm was $45,600.
The bids were received by the
Pubim Works branch ‘ of the
treasury department in Wash
ington.
When the bid and contract are
approved by the government of
ficials the long fight on the part
of local citizens and congressmen
representing this district for a
postoffice here will have ended.
The fight the building be
gan about four years ago in the
administration o f President
Hoover, at which time the post-
office department made alloca
tion of .$100,000 for lot and
building. The government econ
omy program cut the allocation
around twenty per cent and
when the appropriation for the
building was finally made by
congress and the PWA it was for
$50,600.
Increased building costs made
it neces-sary that the appropri
ation bo increased or the plans
simplified and bids were held
up. The last congress, in the fin
al days of its session, appropri
ated a sum of additional money
to the PWA. which increased the
program of songs, recitations
and splendid music will feature | allotment for the loca^postoffice
the pi'egrara.
The singing class of tiie Ox
ford Orphanage has for more
than fifty .years made annual
tours all over tlie state, each
vear bringing a new ciass with
a new urogram and tr,e influence
of the appearance of these chil
dren in the community on the
cultivation of interest for the
cause of t'ue orphan cannot be
measured. There is scarcely a,
community that in the sixty j
years of the life of the Oxford ^
Orphanage has not sent some
boy or girl to that splendid home
for care and training.
The class is under the travel
ing management of Mr. L. W.
Alderman who tor many years
has been leading this class over
the state. He has traveled thous
ands of miles and his thousands
of friends among Masons as well
as others look forward to his
coming with the singing class.
On account of transportation dif
ficulties the class is again using
its own bus and its appearance
on our streets is an object of in
terest. The members of the class
are entertained In the homes of
Masons and other friends.
building by $',000, making it
possible to proceed with the orig
inal plans.
The postoffice site was pur
chased by the government sever
al months ago. The location is
what people here have termed
the “camp lot” on C street be
tween Ninth and Tenth streets.
J. C. Reins, postmaster here, is
custodian of the lot owned by
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Good Ball Games
Here Tlus Week
Home Chair Team To Play
Statesville Friday, and
Yadkin Saturday
Be Let AM7d|
W : .A. ^
Funds Have Been AUoea^
and Contracts Are To Be ’
L$et Soon r T
HAVE BEEN' APPROVED
Reddies, River Bridge, Jc8>
ferson and Elkin Ro^
Are Projwts
The state highway and Public
Works Commission will iheef in
Raleigh for the n'ext roaU lettth^
on August -7, at which tin»e three
Wilkes projects are expected tP
be let for construction.
Very fdw projects were consid
ered at the last meeting, which
was held on Tuesday of , this
week.
According to news dispa'tcbei
from Raleigh'there is still a IwD
ance of the 1933-34 appropri
ation from the federal funds,
which have been allotted to cer
tain projects, including the' erec
tion of the Reddies River bridge,
five miles of number 16 from
Millers Creek toward Jefferson,
and five miles of the Elkin-North
Wilkesboro highway, extending
from Elkin toward North "Wil-
kes.boro. • * ’ •
All obstacles in the way of let
ting contract for the Reddies
River bridge here were apparent
ly removed when the board of
city commissioners approved the
D street route and passed a reso
lution saving the state from any
damages or complaints by own
ers of abutting property.
It is understood that the three
projects have been approved by
the federal bureau of roads.
Four Wilkes Students
On A. S. T. C. Honor Roll
Boone, July IS.—It is learned
from Prof. J. T. C. Wright, head
of the department of mathema
tics, of Appalachian State Teach
ers College that 119 studeqU
made the honor roll in the spring
term. These honor students come
from forty-three different coun
ties, and from tjuiee states.
Wilkes county is represented
by Coit Dyer, Purlear; Leota
Greene, Maple Springs; Paul
Gregory, North Wilkesboro; Dor
othy Stewart, Hunting Creek.
School Building
Contract Is Let
Foster & Allen 'Successful
Bidder On Colored Scho(d
Building Here
Cary Adam* Named Head
Pre*byterian Jr. College
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Maxton, July 18.—One of the
South’s most prominent workers
with young people, the Rev. P.
Cary Adams, has been elected
president of Presbyterian Junior
College for men, located here,
to an annoaaceoteBt
made pnbUc this week br Mr- M-
Herrey..Evanfc oU*lr,?»n ef tbe
board of triipM- :
Two crackin’ good ones are
on the baseball schedule of the
Home Chair Company’s team
this week. On Friday afternoon
Statesville Weavers will play
her© at 4:30. They have the dis
tinction of being first half cham
pions of the Statesville league.
On Saturday afternoon at 4
o’clock the Yadkin County all-
stars will play the home team
here. They always could play
baseball In Yadkin county and
the home team will have-plenty
of trouble getting and keeping
the big end ot-ibe score.
Baseball lovers can hgrdly af
ford to miss either of thbaw two
^mes. Although the visiting
teams are reputed -to be veterana
on tbe diamond the Borne Chair
Oompany baa quite a record for
banding out dorgats and soodi
Iftam are equated*
•
Board of education of the
North Wilkesboro city adminis
trative unit met on Tuesday aft
ernoon and awarded contrict to
Foster and Allen, local contrac
tors, for the erection of a colored
elementary school building. Sev
en contracting firms submitted
bids, the low bid being $2,970.
It will be recalled that the old
building was de.stroyed by fire
early in April of this year.
The building will not be erect
ed on the old site but will be
built on a two-acre site gener
ously donated to the city by N.
B. Smithey. The new site is lo
cated on Boston Avenue Exten
sion.
The building will be erected
on an adaptation of the Rosen-
wald plan, which is being adopt
ed as standard. There'will be
tour classrooms with provisions
mad© to throw two rooms to
gether to be used as an audi
torium. The exterior will be fin
ished with stained vertical
boards, with the idea of replac
ing with brick veneer at a later
date. Contract calls for comple
tion of the building by Septem
ber 8.
The building was made pos
sible by an appropriation by the
county commissioners. Recent
rulings by the supreme court
make it mandatory that school
buildings appropriations be made
by the county as a unit.
Stuurt Canter Sustains ^
Badly Crushed Fore Arm
Stuart Canter, resident of tha
Purlear community, suffered a
severely crushed left arm Mon
day night when a truck crashed
into a car which he was driving
near Hillers Creek. .—■
His elbow and fore arm «irs
80 badly crushed that he^wa*
taken to a bone speciallK in
Charlotte Tueoday by ambnlai^.
Physicians stated (that there waa
a possibility of sa«teg his ang.
Mrs. Joba I. Justioe. and
son. Jolin M,. Jasttes, HI, am
Hir^fDt liimk wtth rslar
ttv«i is Ommisborq.
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