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Of Brushy Mtn.
Baptist Group
Tuning. Up Their Challenger For Gold Cup Races
AdM>dation Meeting Held At
Moravian Falls Church
Friday and Saturday
1. G. GREER SPEAKS
Superintendent of ? JUs Home
Delivr;* Inspiiiitional
Address
Prof. T. E. Story, principal of
Wilkesboro dlntrict schools,
/ ^waS named moderator of the
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luirday at M
Mountain Baptist Asso-
session Friday and
Moravian Falls Bap
tist church. Mrs. Floyd Jennings
was reelected secretary.
The program was carried out
in much the same manner as
was published for the two-day
session and each number was of
an Inspiring order. Practically
all of the 29 churches in the as
sociation were represented.
The association opened on Fri
day morning at ten o'clock with
Rev. Avery Church leading the
praise and worship service. Next
followed the enrollment of mes
sengers by the moderator, J. L.
Hemphill and the reports on re
ligious literature.
Prof. I. G. Greer, superinten
dent of Mills Home at Thomas-
ville, made and discussed the re
port on Mills Home and deliver
ed a most eloquent and touching
address pertaining to the wel
fare and training of Baptist
orphans.
The address of Prof. Greer was
followed by the annual introduc
tory sermon, delivered by Rev.
Eugene Olive, pastor of the First
Baptist church of North MHlkes-
boro.
The Friday afternoon session
was featured by one minute re
ports from the churches; a re
port On missions prepared by
Mrs. R. P. Casey and read by
Mrs. Eugene Olive; and an ad-
^ress by M. A. Huggins, execu-
'■"^Ove secretary of the Baptist
State Convention.
In Saturday morning’s session
there were reports of various
phases of the Baptist program
and an address by Smith Haga-
man, superintenoent of the Bap
tist Hospital in Winston-Salem.
Goals of the association and I!up- ;
tists everywhere were su’.nmariz-1
ed by Rev. Eugene Olive.
Saturday afternoon was devot
ed to a discussion on temperance
and public morals by T. E. Story,
reports and discussion of- Sunday
schools by Miss Marie McNeill,
report and discussion on B. Y.
P. U. work by Mrs. Helen Linney
Cashion.
Lewis Fork church was the
place designated for the 1935 as
sociation and Rev. Avery M.
Church was selected to deliver
the introductory sermon with
Rev. H. A. Bullis as alternate.
The resolutions committee in
troduced a resolution written by
Rev. Eugene Olive commemorat
ing Rev. W. C. Meadows, vener-|
able Baptist minister who pass
ed into the great beyond since
the 1934 association. The reso
lution was adopted and ordered
placed in the associational min
utes alon-rside a photograph of
Rev. Mr. Meadows.
All se.sdcns of the association
were weli attended and reports
from the various churches denot-
Forty Schools
Begm Work
h County
High Schools and Others
May Start Within Next
Few Weeks
prmance
Be Gaven On Streets Of
Will Make Their Famous Drive Here.
New York . . . The British
Gold Cup challenging yacht "En
deavor” (below), is getting her
tuning up trials off the Connecti
cut shores as her owner, Mr. T.
O. M. Sopwith and wife (above),
smile optimistically in the hopes
of lifting the famous yachting
trophy which the late Sir Thom
as Lipton tried so valiantly to
take back to England. . . . The
International races are schedul
ed to start off Newport, R. I.
about September 15. . . . Mrs.
Sopwith will sail in the races
with her husband.
Forty schools in Wilkes coun
ty yesterday opened their doors
to begin the 1934-35 school
term.
About fifteen schools had
previously opened, making the
number of schools now engaged
in work about halt tJ .e total for
the county.
No high schools and none of
the elementary schools which ^
have transportation have opened:
so tar, this delay being due to aj,
disagreement between the state i
and county over the appropri
ations for transportation. 1
It is hoped that arrangements}
will be worked out whereby the ^
remainder of the schools will be J
able to start work early next,
month.
Total Valuation
Wilkes Property
I Signatures Corn-
Hog Signers Are
I Wanted On Blanks
No Decision h
Primary Probe;
Friday Drive To
Begin At 1 P.M.
Saturday 10:30
Merciiants Will Feature Two
Big Days of Value-Giv
ing For Event
EXPECT THOUSANDS
Drive
Professor Nemar to
Alone Through Traffic
While Blindfolded
Near $12,000,000
Figures Represent Drop of
Almost Quarter Million
Under Last Year
MOTOR VEHICLES UP
Personal Property Classified;
Corporations Valued at
Around ?2,000,000
Contracts Will Be Forwarded To
Wa.shington As Soon as Names
Arc Signed
Prof. Nemar and the former Baby Shirley, of movie
cstato Flertioiv Board Will fame, noted for their blindfold drive. They will be seen in
Xd “ Dec^\»n On that performance on the streets of North Wilkesboro Fri
day afternoon and Saturday mormng.
Judgeship Friday
ed much p-ogress.
Teachers Talk
Their Problems
Wilkes county’s total valu
ation of taxable property this
year will be approximately $12,-
000,000. according to figures
compiled by the tax li.sters this
year. i
Total valuation tor all real j
estate and personal with the ex- j
ception of that listed by corpor
ations totals $9,.382,339. Al-|
though the total for corporations
have not been compiled it is ex-1
pected that the grand total will I
not be far in exce.ss of $12,000.-1
uOO. 1
Of the total vsluatimi li.ded by
individuarls a-.id firms ot'n^r than i
corporation.^ $1..'^SS.28S was in]
personal proper.y. The personal |
property was classified as fol- •
lows: .stocks of merchandise, j
$333,230; materials iir process
of manufacture. $1 30,056; live
stock, $407,568: motor vehicles,
$235,378. Valuation of mtttrr ve
hicles for this year is about $30,-
000 in excess of last year’s
amount, indicating increased
buying of new automobiles and
trucks.
Property valuation of races
was classified as follows: white
$9,696,739; colored $185,600.
The total valuation for this
year will he almost a quarter of
a million dollars under that of
last year.
Contracts for AAA benefits
from corn and hog crop reduc
tion will be ready to send in to
headquarters a t Washington
when the signers put their fin
al signatures on the papers.
County Agent A. G. Hendren
is asking that all contract sign
ers call at his office between now
I and Monday night in order that
the blanks may get the final
; signatures and be forwarded to
Washington.
Promptness in meeting this re
quest will mean earlier payment
from the government. Wilkes
farmers wdll be paid around-
$10,000 on the contracts.
State board of elections will
Teachers For City
meet in Raleigh tomorrow to
hand down a decision in the
probe of the vote in the 17th dis
trict run-off primary held June i
2. A news dispatch from Ra-'
Jeigh says the decision has been
written by a special committee'
of the board.
Citizens in 17th judicial dis
trict and all the state await with
much interest the decision of the
state board concerning whether
Schools Announced
Verj’ Few Changes Fr-em Facul
ty Of Ijast Yiar; School
Begins 10th
A complete list of the teach
ers for all departments oT the
city school was announced to
day by W. D. Haltacre, superin-
Auxiliary Has
Greatest Year
In Its History
begin
Leadership! and Vision of
Mrs. W. R. Ahsher Prais
ed in Convention
tendent. The schools will
on Monday. September 10, ^IthlQQQjj YEARLY
Julius A. Rousseau, of this city,
or J. Hayden Burke, of Taylors
ville, will be certified as the
Democratic nominee for judge.
On the basis of returns cer
tified by county elections boarda
REPORT
the forma! opening for the ele-1
mentary grades to’ be held the | Public Child Welfare Survey
following Wednesday and th6| Comes in For Much
high school department on Fri-j
day, September 14.
Following is the complete list |
Praise
in the six counties in the seven-! ot teachers:
Methodists Ask
teenth judical district the local
j candidate had a majority of 447
I votes over his Alexander oppon-
Jenkins’ Return I Burke protested the vote in
! Wilkes on the grounds of Re-
The American Legion ^ Auxil
iary in Nortli Carolina has j
the
First grade.s—Mi.ss Sam John-i
son. Miss Sallie Outlaw, Miss,'““"rieted
Emma Koon; second grades—j work of its history
Miss Emma Eller, Mrs. Susie H. 1 reports given in the department
Williams, Miss Beatrice Pearson; ■ convention held in Greensboro
third grades — Miss Elizabeth
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Resolutions Asking Return of
Methodist Pastor Here j fjied protest of fraudulent
blican voting and certain oth-[ Finley. Turner; fourth ^
this city, at the helm as depart-
er alleged irregularities. Rous-1 grades—Miss Edith Williams
Blackburn; fifth
Are Sent In
Two Wilkes Men
Given Freedom
Carl Oakley and Pet Hayes
Are Paroled By Gover
nor Ehringhaus
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Many Teach«rs Attend Meet
ing Held Tuesday at ,
Wilkesboro School
Teachers meeting for all teach
ers \ ^re to begin work In the
8choch»,\ the county was held
Tuesday Jlorning at the Wilkes
boro school building with a good
attendance.
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools,' presided and
after the routine business was
transacted principals of each of
the high schools were called up
on for a short talk, each of
which dealt with school matters
of Interest to the teachers.
The principals responding with
short talks were T. E. Story,
■Wilkesboro; R. V. Day, Millers
Creek; S. E. , Matthews, Mt.
Pleasant; B. R. Spmlll, Monn-
^ (Continued on page eight)
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus,
on recommendation of Parole
Commissioner Edwin B. Gill, is
sued paroles Tuesday to seven
teen prisoners, two of whom
were sent up from Wilkes coun
ty.
Pat Hayes, who was sentenced
to four years in the penitentiary
In the August 1933 term of court
for assault, was one of the two
Wilkes men receiving paroles.
Carl Oakley, sentenced in the
August term last year to three
to five years for assault with in
tent to kill, was the other Wilkes
man given freedom.
It will be remembered that
Oakley was convicted for shoot
ing Fon Combs In the leg, in
flicting permanent injury.
In a meeting of the board of
stewards of the North Wilkes
boro Methodist church Tuesday
night It was unanimously decid
ed that proper resolutions be
sent to the presiding elder ask
ing the return of Dr. W. A. Jen
kins as pastor of the church
here.
Dr. Jenkins will complete his
first year’s work as pastor here
when the annual conference
meets at Greensboro on October
24, at which time Presiding Eld
er A. C. Gibbs is asked to use
his influence to have him re
turned for another year’s work.
Dr. Jenkins, before entering
pastorial work, was president of
Davenport College for seven
years. His work jfire during the
past year was highly endorsed by
the board of stewards and the
congregation concurs in the
opinion that his service as pas
tor has been very successful.
use of absentee ballots and Re-
j publican voting in Alexander
county.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
HOME CHAIR TEAM
Two ,gool ba,seb»n games
are on the Home, Clinlr team's
card for the remainder of tills
week.
This afternoon at four o’
clock a team from FalrfWd
(.lialr Company In Lenoir will
play the local team here.
Saturday’s game at 3:80 on
the local field will be between
the Home Chair Company and
Flumljpure City, from High
Point.
Miss Ruby ,
grades —Miss Kathryn Trout-’ ment president the Auxiliary was
man. Miss Mable Hendren; sixth , the most active during the past
grades—Miss Doris West, Miss | Year, of poppies were great-
Gertrude Gilliam; seventh grades >er. membership was higher and
—Miss Rebecca Moseley, Miss j a broader program of activity,
Elizabeth Zurburg. including t h e history-making
public child welfare survey, was
greater than in any previous
Spending Week At Fair
High School Department
Miss Mary Nelson, Miss Julia
Finley, -Miss Estelle Ardrey, R.
D. Vogler, Miss Virginia Tom
linson, C. A. Ritchie, Miss Nell
Rousseau, Miss Mable Topping.
Superintendent, W. D.
acre: custodian of buildings, T
J. Haigwood.
Colored Teacht rs
Prof. Frank E. Parker,
cipal, Dorothy Isabelle
and Josephine Barrier.
year.
Mrs. Absher presided over the
convention, which was declared
to be the best ever held by the
Half-1 North Carolina department. As
retiring president she was made
One of the most mystifying
and spectacular exhibitions ever
staged will be the blindfold drive
of Prof. Nemar through the
streets of North Wilkesboro Fri
day and Saturday.
In order to give everyone an
opportunity to see this mystify
ing performance Prof. Nemar
has agreed to give two perform
ances in this city.
Friday’s drive will start on
Main street at the intersection
of Kensington one-way drive at
one o’clock. The drive Saturday
will begin at the same point but
will be In the forenoon, starting
promptly at 10:30.
Nemar will be followed dur
ing both drives by the former
Baby Shirley, of movie fame,
who will ride on the running
board of a chauffeur-driven car
about 70 to 100 feet in the rear
of the new Chevrolet car, fur
nished by Hafer Chevrolet Com
pany, which he will be driving.
Before the drive starts Prof.
Nemar will be blindfolded in
such a manner that his vision
I will be entirely cut of;, l.ocal
j physiciso ■ '.’.ave h * a inv’ ed to
'''lindi il i'-.-ji- Xpr.:;v. K; will
jailc.; doclor ’oi piece n half
r;m’>’ over each and
1 s r! ‘I'.';:: wUl! crlliesive
, ' rsr ■’ h'.ch he '■.'■ill place
greatest year’s| ggverai iliicknessci of black
according to ; geoze. which will also be held in
place by tape.
To raake it doubly certain that
Nemar will not be able to see
through the blindfold W. B. Ab-
sheix locih tinner, has accepted
Prof. Nemar's challenge and has
constructed a metal mask, which
will reach from the middle of
his forehead to the tip of his
nose. Over the mask will be
placed other strands of cloth,
after which a cord will be drawn
tightly around his face to cut off
all circulation of the blood to
the head.
After this is finished Prof.
Nemar will be placed at the
wheel of the new Chevrolet and
(Continued on page eight)
prln-
from the Wilkes hospital to his
John and Slater Prevette left home at Purlear. He was serlous-
Sunday for Chicago, where they ly Injured two weeks ago when
are attending the Century of be fell from a moving automo-
will I bile and suffered a fractured
Progress Exposition. They , , ,
return the latter part of this > skull. His condition is much im-
week.
DAIRYING INDUSTRY HAS BRIGHT OUTLOOK;
SEVERAL TRENCH SILOS BEING CONSTRUCTED
national executive committee-
woman and a delegate to the na
tional convention.
Utley i M. H. Shumway, of Lex-
I ington, was elected successor to
i Mrs. Absher, Miss Arelia Adams
Mr. C. F. Canter has returned as reelected secretary.
Those from this city who at-
tehded the convention were Mrs.
Absher, Miss Adams. Miss Rach
el Payne Sugg, supervisor of the
child welfare survey, Miss Toby
Turner, Mrs. A. P. Kilby, Mrs. J.
A. Rousseau, and Mrs.'J. E. Tur
ner.
A. P. Kilby represented the
Wilkes Post in the Legion con
vention, which was held simul
taneously in Greensboro.
Enforce School
Attendance Law
Know Wilkes county heroes
of the Confederacy. The U. D.
C. anniversary party Sept. 3,
will be instructive and Interest
ing. Only 23 cents and refresh
ments will be served.
The dairying industry i n
j Wilkes county has the brightest
I outlook in recent years, is the
essence of information gained
from W. N. Wood, assistant
county agent. In an interview
with a Journal-Patriot represen
tative yesterday.
The greatest outlet for dairy
products for the Wilkes farmer
is the Scott Cheese and Butter
Factory, which raised the price
of butterfat In whole milk from
25 cents to 28 cents per pound
on August 1. Tbis raise was
made possible by heltter condi
tions of the cheese market and
increased demand for the pro
duct. .
Mr. Wood, who keeps in close
touch with the farmer and hit
myriads of problems, stated that john. State Road; Luther P^ty-
john and R. C. Harris, Benham;
milk can now be produced by the
farmers at a substantial profit,
not to mention the improvements
of his farm as a by-product of
-keeping cows and/selling milk
Welfare Officer Asks Teach*
ers to Make Reports Each.
Week This Year
Pomona Gratae
To Meet Sept 5
"There will be no excuse for
children In normal health not at--;
tending school this year and th*^
school attendance laws will be
rigidly enforced.’’ Charles Mc
Neill, welfare officer, stated yea- ,
terday. , v *
Lack of books or clothf&Xr.OT
even something to eat for lunch
will not be an excuse tbis year
because the Emergency Belief
Admilnistration is going to re
move these excuses by furnish-
(Contluued ou page eight)
H. Ci Roberts, Cycle; Walter
McBride, Traphlll: s J o b n R.
Jones, North Wilkesboro; and S. Fourth D^ree Will « COU-
In anticipation of better busi
ness at least a dozen farmers
thh) year ar© building trench si
los to conserve feed tor their
herds during the coming winter.
Wilkes took the lead in the state
last year by building about fif
teen trench silos and these prov
ed to be so profitable that other
farmers are following the ex
ample. ,
Among those who have trench
slloa under way this year are D.
B. Swearingen, Traphlll; Paul
Prultti Auatln;^ Watson Petty-
V. Tomlinson’s farm five miles
west of this city.
As an added boost to feed pro
duction Mr. Wood is advising
that farmers sow cereal hay
crops in September for harvest
In the spring, when feed is most
scarce on all fafms. Three bush
els mixed as follows Is the prop
er seeding for each acre to be
sown: one and one-balf bushel
oats, one bushel barley, one-
half bushel wheat and 20 pounds
of vetch. This mixture will pro
vide a bountiful “harvest of hay
e^ual in quality to hay from a
rad clover crop.'’? '
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Miss Ellen Robinson
To Open Studio
ferred By Team From
Alexander Goonty
An important meeting of the
Wilkes Pomona Grange will be
held at the courthouse In Wil
kesboro on the evening of
Thursday, September 6.
The meeting will begin
promptly at 7:30 In the evening.
a' degree team from Alexander
county will bo present to confer
the fourth degree and for this
tessoD every member of the
Wilkes Orange is earnestly urged
th«l
to be preaenti,
Miss Ellen Robinson^ well'
known teacher of piano, voice-i
and theory here, will open her"
studio in the North WilkeslMnit-
high school building on Monday^
September 10.
Miss Robinson Is bus of
best known* music teachsn
this section and her training ably,^
fita her for the position of aiiulel
stndlo tnstrnctor.
She will welcome any new Sts' ;
dents this year and h^
pupils. She hna been,
music here for a nomber
years.
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