rVOL. xxvium 88
PuUished Mondays and Thursdays
north WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY. SEPT. 6, 19.84
tation
Deadlock Still
Grips. Schools
^Date For Opening of Central
Schools In the County Not
Ascertained Yet
NO SOLUTION FOUND
te May Send Number Jof
ed Buses For Use
In Wilkes Schools
No break in the deadlock be
tween the state and county over
school transportation problems
seems probable at this time and
the date ot opening the high
schools and central schools re
mains uncertain.
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools, stated yesterday of an article she
tBrn^the state is still contending! (Germany.
that th
fiiramandMan^,
Hilarious Clowns,
On Fair Program
Best Laugh Provokers On the
Road Are Signed For Fair
Engagement
GORGEOUS FIREWORKS
Record Attendance nnd Exhi
bits Exp^ted For Annual
♦ Exhibition This Month
Paris . . . Dorothy Thompson,
above, American magailne writ
er and wife of Sinclair Lewis,
the novelist, is now here having
been ordered out of Germany by
the Hitler government as result
wrote about
lie county should furnish
Hosiery Mill Is
Established Here
ByJ.M.Crawford
part of the cost of contract trans
portation and it is learned that
the county commissioners still
contend that operation of the
schools is purely an obligation
of the state.
The difficulty arose over the
^.fact that Wilkes county has only
'20 school buses while the system
as it is constituted calls for
operation of 49 buses.
Supt. Eller and C. O. McXeill.
chairman of the board of edu- newest addition to North
cation, were in Raleigh last week , wilkesboro’s manufacturin'; in-
conferring with LeRoy Martin. .
. I diistrv IS the no.siery mills re
executive secretary of the state , , , ^
school commission, in an effort \ centl.\ purchased ... raw
to reach some agreement where-! ford, local business man.
by the schools would be allowed Mr. Crawford purchased a
to open. complete mill in Radford. Va.,
School authorities are hoping recently and is moving it to
to be able to make some ®0",Xorth Wilkesbora, where the ma-
Local Business Man Buys
Complete Plant In Rad^
ford, Va.; Moved Here
the!
I chincry
beinc installed as
possible in the Pal-
nouncement in re.gard to
schools in the near future. , .
It has been intimated that thej'®”' • ,
state may send to Wilkes a num-l building on East Mam
her of discarded buses from oth- j Street. He stated today that he
er parts of the state in ease the hopes to be.gin operation on or
county does not furnish the ?2,- about October 1.
000 demanded to help in con-1 t‘ir mill consists of 100
tract transportation costs. ! knitting macliines for making
This arrangement, it is Point-|i,aif hose and children’s anklets,
ed out, would greatly handicap included in the purchase
the school system, since it is not machines,
6XDdCted tliHt this cl&ss of busos
3d gtvtr-satlsfactory service, dyeing equipment.-etc., neees.sary
Schools which do not have | in the operation of a complete
transportation have been open-'plant for hosiery manufacture.
Ing but all high schools and cen- xhc new industry will begin
tral elementary schools have not with about 50 operators.
able to open due to the fact' Mr. Crawford said today that
th?t they are served by
transportation network.
the
I
Company A At j
Marion Strike'
he had not decidea on a name
for the mil! and suggestions are
appreciated.
Return From Trip
Asheville. Waynesville and
North Wilkesboro Units
Called To Service
Company A, local contingent
of the North Carolina National
Guard, was ordered last night by
Adjutant General J. Van. B.
Metis to Marion to quell report
ed strike di.sorders about tho
textile mills at that place.
Other companies of the guard
ordered to Marion were Waynes-
(Continued on page eight)
Messrs^ John and Slater Pre-
vette returned Tuesday evening
from a 2.700-mile trip which car
ried them to Chicago and the
World’s Fair, Pittsburg, Phila-
dclptiia, Baltimore and Wash
ington. In these citie.s they visit
ed a number of leading depart
ment stores, observing the vari
ous s.vstems of merchandising.
They report that they found in
dications of good business and
optimism among business men in
all the cities.
To furnish laughs for the
thousands who are expected -to
attend The Great Wilkes Fair
here September 18-22, the fair
association has engaged "Hiram
and Mandy,” world famous
clowns, for the annual exposi
tion.
“Hiram and Mandy’’ are none
other than the Mr. and Mrs. Hap
py Jack Darling and as man and
wife they are a scream. For the
benefit of fair attendants they
will put on three acts each after
noon and night. One act will be
a comedy acrobatic act on the
free act stage, another will be
among the crowds and the last
Win Highest Health HtMiors During Fann Week
act will be a singing act. "Hir
am and Mandy’’ have the repu
tation of wiping away worries
from the most confirmed grouch
and bringing laughs by the
wholesale to the entire crowd.
Plans for the fair this month
are going forward rapidly and
it is learned that farmers and
housewives are planning to fill
the exhibit hall with the best of
products of the season,
premiums with assurance of be
ing paid promptly is probably
one of the reasons for the busy
preparations of exhibits this far
in advance.
It if. difficult to remember off
hand just how many attractions
the fair has engaged for this
year but some of them are a
regimental band from Fort
Bragg, a company of light ar
tillery from Fort Bragg. Billy
Senior and his combination of ^
free acts, gorgeous display of |
fireworks each night by the,
Ohio Fireworks Display Com-|
pany, Marx Greater Shows oiij
the midway — enough shows, i
rides and concessions to till the
fairgrounds, more and better ex
hibits, professional aujlo races
and various other attractions.
And almost at the last minute
comes the assurance that fair
visitors will be entertained by a
number of thrilling and comedy
acts by Reckless Recklaw and
his troupe of bicycle entertain
ers. This is an attraction that is
rarely ever enga.ged by fairs of
less magnitude than the North)
Carolina State fair and other ex-j
positions of like importance.
Comment on the coming fair
would not be complete without
mention of the balloon ascen-
cion. This is not the usual bal
loon act but is something more
sensational and death-defying, it
Chicago ... A country girl, but a city boy walked away with hon
ors as the healthiest pair during Farm Week at the World’s Fair.
Miss Clista Mlllspaugh, 17. a 4-H Club member of Mt. Pleasant, la.,
(above left), was the young lady. Mortimer Foxmann, 16, of Chica
go, (above right), thanks athletics for the physical
which -arought the honor to him.
development
Work On City Waterworks Project
Gets Under Way; Men Put To Work
Judge Hayes Will
Write Articles
Cash j On McNeill Family
Miss Elizabeth Cashion has as advance information on the fair
I her guest Miss Dorothy Harless, ' is correct.
' of Lenoir.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes,
who was (lected chairman of
the |)criuanent organization of
the McNeill Reunion, has writ
ten a creditable account of tlie
McNeill g'atheiing at Millers
Oeek (HI last .Sunday, This
article will appear in the Mon
day’s Issue of Tlie Journal-
Patriot.
This aceounf will deal large
ly with the fafis about the Mc-
.Neill family brought out by
the speakers Sunday and will
)>e of mucli int(Test to hun
dreds of i>eoi)Ii in tlic county.'
It Is surprising to know the
large number of i>eopie who
are descendants of the Mc
Neills.
Fi-om time to time .Judge
Ha.ves will write othilr articles
for Tlie Journal-Patriot I’e-
garding tlie liistory of the Mc
Neill family as it affects the
people of Wilkes county. All
who want to get a full, accur
ate and comprehensive history
of th'i McNeills from the time
of tlie earliest settlers in
Wilkes county can do so by
saving these articles from this
ncwspai>er.
Lbout Four Months Will Be
Necessary To Complete
Job; Is PWA Project
Will Let Contract
On Highway 16
^Commissioners Draw Jurors For
Term of Civil Court In October
Bloodhound Placed In Care of gth Grade Pupils
G.J.HoUand; Other Busi- , In City Schools
Traced j Must Re-register
Board of county commission-;
W. A. McNeill, president and
general manager of the fair, is
working overtime to get the best
in attractions, which should re
sult in a bigger fair than has
ever been held in North Wilkes
boro.
Rev. Charles Jackson, of East
man. Ga.. is here on a visit to
his sister. Mrs. R. G. Finley.
ers in regular September session j Meeting Of I’ro.spective Students
Monday drew jurors for the Oc-i To Be Held at School Build- |
toker term of civil court begin-
, Bing on October 1st, and trans-
cted a number of other matters
t 4^^ public interest.
& Bloodhound Leased
The county-owned bloodhound.
^ which has been in the custody of
it"' S M Estep, was ordered trans-
ferred to G. J. Holland for a
r period of six months, with the
i privilege of another six months
^7 lease in case there is no com
plaint.
Holland is to keep and care
for the dog without cos( to the
county and is allowed tc charge
citizens 2f. cents per hour for
the time the dog is used and
tr five cents per mile for mileage.
When the dog is to be used in
another county the customary
fees will be charged and when
ttaed for Wilkes county Mr. Hol-
.land is to charge one half the
regular fees.
Mr. Holland was also appolnt-
- r-ed special rural policeman and Is
' required to post bond in the sum
of fsoo.
Love, of Roaring River,
was granted a peddler’s license,
#Jie being a World War veteran
The commissioners agreed
(KjontiBued ou page eight)
PYiday Afl(>moon
'4.
Due to changes in the course
of study all children who expect
to take the eighth grade in the
North Wilkesboro High School
are asked to meet at the school
auditorium on Friday (tomor
row) afternoon at two o’clock to
register for the coming term be
ginning, on next Monday.
This applies to all eighth grade
i students, regardless of whether
or not they registered at the
close of last term. All high
school students in any grades ex
pecting to enter North Wilkes
boro High School for the first
time are also required to attend.
Tomorrow afternoon the
changes in the course of study
will be discussed and the chil
dren will fill out rofeistration
cards in anticipation of the
school opening. It Is important
that all eighth grade students
and students in other high school
grades entering the school for
the first time attend the meet
ing tomorrow.
Three Precincts
Will Be Divided
Date of Next Highway Let
ting Moved Up From
Sept. 18 to Sept. 12
The first section of highway
number 1 6 between Millers
Representatives of the Elliot
Building Company, of Hickory,
have reported here and work on
the city water works project is
now under way. The Elliot Build
ing Company holds the general
contract for all the project with
the exception of the erection of
the three tanks and towers,
which contract was awarded to
the R. D. Cole Manufacturing
(Company, of Newnan, Ga.
G. F. Brown, engineer-inspec
tor of the PWA, J. T. Adams,
resident engineer of the project,
and Gilbert C. White, consulting
engineer, are here to supervise
the project.
The contracts call for a com
plete renovation, . enlargement
and improvements of the present
water system and the erection of
the three tanks and towers,
which will provide for a water
works system equal to the needs
of the city for years to come.
The water works project will
be an NRA job throughout. All
contractors must be operating
under their code and all ma
terials used must be purchased
from manufacturers and dealers
complying with the codes for
their respective industries.
It is being financed by the
Public Works Administration
and the city of North Wilkes
boro. The PWA purchased the
city's bonds for the project and
supplemented the bonds by a
grant of thirty per cent of the
cost of labor and materials.
Work began yesterday in a
small way but will get In full
blast within the next few days.
Engineers stated today that the
project should be completed
$1.00 IN THE STATE—$1.60 OUT OF fHi STAW :
CHANIB»G00D FOR
19H CONVENTION OF-IT All
GRANGE IN NORTH WILKESBORO
Analysk To Be
Made of Contents
Negro’s Stomach
Creek and Glendale Springs will j days.
All labor, with the exception
to
Solicitor John R. Jones is con
valescing at his home after an
illness of about two weeks’ du
ration.
New Registration] All Over
Wilkes May Be Called For;
Will Transcribe Books
be let for contract on Wednes
day. September 12, according to
a news dispatch from the state
Capitol.
News that contract will be let
for a portion of this Important
road is cause for elation for a. .
great part of Wilkes and Ashe since his project « be ng
Lunties. highway 16 being the P^^d for by the city Mr. Wooten
. states that the number of unem-
ot members of the contracting
firms, is being furnished from
the files of the National Re-em
ployment Office under the direc
tion of R. L. Wooten and only
those men who are residents of
North Wilkesboro are being
As a move to facilitate elec-
tion.s and primaries and to re
move one of the causes for Ir
regularities, the state board of
elections has ordered that three
of the largest precincts in Wilkes
county be divided.
R. M. Brame, Jr., chairman of
the county board of elections,
stated today that the state board
had notified the Wilkes board to
divide North Wilkesboro town
ship into three voting precincts,
Wilkesboro into two and Mulber
ry into two. These orders will be
complied with within the next
few days.
Since the state authorities
have recommended a transcrib
ing of all registration books in
the cpuuty It has been suggested
that there be a new registration
for the entire county. However,
there has been no action taken
on this matter to date.
A new registration will be
necessary in the townships to be
divided.
most direct outlet for Ashe
county to piedmont North Caro
lina.
The first contract on the road
will call for grading and struc
tures over a stretch of about
five miles. The new survey fol
lows the old route to Deep Ford
Hill, leaving the present road
and going by way of Wllbar and
the “Jumping off place.” The
new survey is declared to be one
of the best across the Blue
Ridge.
The lettings in a number of
counties were scheduled to be on
September 18 but was moved up
one week. The Reddles River
bridge ““t included In the
list of lettings for September 12.
Calloway Reunion
The annual Calloway reunion
will be held at Mitchell’s Chapel
four miles from Yadkinvllle on
September 16, the Journal-Pa
triot is requested to announce.
There are many relatives of
this family in '‘Wilkes who will
be Interested in learning of the
announcement and are making
plans., to attend. ■
ployed in the city who are regis
tered as laborers does not exceed
the demand, there being a large
number in the “skilled labor”
classifications.
Contents of the stomach of
Bryant, colored' man of
WJlkCBboro who died Monday
mijrnfQg, have been sent to the
tabratorles at Raleigh in
an effort to ascertain whether or
not he had been poisoned as he
claimed while on his death bed.
Bryant was stricken ill Sun
day night and a physician was
summoned. He is said to have
stated that he had purchased
some liquor from Ed Courtney,
negro, and that he believed the
liqno|r was poisoned. He died
early Monday morning.
A coroner’s Jury would not re
turn a verdict without learning
whether or not Bryant’s stomach
contained poison.
Election Law
Violators Will
Be Prosecuted
Solicitor John R. Jones Re
plies To Criticism by
Press of State
Following the probe by the
state board of elections of the
primary vote in the 17th judici
al district in the primaries held
on June 2 and June 30, some of
the daily newspapers of the
state made editorial comment to
the effect that when so many
flagarant violations of the laws
were obvious that prosecution
should follow and that the of
fenders should be punished.
In answer to this line of com
ment, which may be construed
as indirect criticism of solicitors
and prosecuting attorneys. Solici
tor Jones issued a detailed
statement, citing several indict
ments which he sent before the
grand jury in the August term
of Wilkes Court and assuring
the people that he will do all in
his power to prosecute the vio
lators of the election law without
fear or favor.
Calling on the state board of
elections to place in his hands
other evidence of violation of the
election laws that he might send
to the grand jury other bills.
Solicitor Jones issued the follow
ing statement:
"Upon affidavits and evidence
furnished me by the state board
of elections, I indicted Clarence
Hendren. registrar of Brushy
Mountain township i n three
counts. First for registering Miss
Nellie Reavls on May 30, 1934,
after the registration books had
closed, and registering her out of
the township; second count, tor
making alleged false entries on
the registration books that were
fraudulent; third count, for aid-
(Continued on back page)
Executive Committee Expect*
ed To Recommend ThiB
City for Meeting
LUMBERTON THIS YEAR
Several Hundred Ddegatn
Attend Cemvention; Graagv '-
Active In Wiftes
North Wilkesboro has an
eellent chance to secure the 193S
state Grange convention, It wh
learned here this week from
prominent leaders of the Grange
in Wilkes county.
The 1934 convention will be
held in Lumberton in the latter
part of this month, at which
time the place of the 1935 con
vention will be definitely decid
ed.
However, it is learned that the
state executive committee of the
Grange has sent represontativea
to North Wilkesboro to look over
the city with the ain in view of
holding the convention here
next year and have a favorable
report to offer to the sessions of
the state convention this month.
They will recommend North Wil
kesboro as the convention city. It
is understood.
North Wilkesboro’s chances
tor the convention are augment
ed by the fact that Wilkes is the
home of the Grange in North
Carolina, the first county Grange
having been organized in Wil
kesboro. There are a number of
very active subordinate Granges
which are doing much toward
promoting the growth of the fra
ternity for rural people.
Since the organization through
North Carolina has. been grow
ing by leaps and bounds it is ex
pected that the 1935 convention
will be attended by at least 500
delegates with their wives and
children. The Grange is not re
stricted to men and boys, there
being a stipulation that a unit of
(Continued on page eight)
Injector
Named For City
Joe Craven Appointed by City
Commissioners In Septem
ber Meeting Tuesday
Joe Craven was ar minted
milk inspector for North Wilkes
boro In a meeting of the city
board of aldermen held on Tues
day afternoon.
It will be the duty of Mr.
Craven to Inspect and analyse
milk being sold throughout the
city. His salary will be |10 per
month.
Various other matters of a
routine nature were given at
tention of the commissioners.
Those present for the meeting
were R. T. McNeill, mayor pro
tem, Ralph Duncan, S. V. Tom
linson, I. E. Pearson and H. M.
Hutchens, with W. P. Kelly, city
clerk.
Stone Mountam Association To Meet
At Pleasant Ridge Church This Year
Extension Class
To Begin Soon
Prof. Haworth, of Lenoir-
Rhyne College, to Give
Teachers’ Courses
Prof. D. R. Haworth, of Le-
nolr-Rhyne College, will give
courses In extension work at
Wilkesboro this year, It was an
nounced today by M. P. Bum
garner, of Millers Creek, presi
dent of the extension class dur
ing the past several years.
This will be the sixth year in
which Prof. Haworth has held
extension classes In Wilkesboro
and he Is expecting tr large class.
The work done in these classes
has been recognised as, a great
asset to the teachers who aartl-
clpated. -'Ml.’-.’ .>
Dr. Derendinger To ,Sept. 2i, 22 and 23 |Wfll
r\ ^ Be Date of 38th Annual
Open Class Monday | Association Session
('onrse In Art For Teachers To,
Be Given Again By Catawba
Instructor
The thirty-eighth annual ses
sion of the Stone Mountain Bap-
I tist Association will convene at
Dr. Derendinger, of Catawba j pleasant Ridge Baptist church
College, will be at the Wilkes- {jyg ^iles north of Elkin on Sep-
boro school building Monday! 21, 22 and 23. Announce-
afternoon at four o’clock to meet ] mgnt of the association was
ail teachers who expect to take
his art course this year.
His course this year will deal
with a history of art, beginning
in the pyramid age in Egypt,
coming on down through the
Grecian, Babylonian, and West
ern European (fr.ges.
Last year Dr. Derendinger
taught two courses, which were
very popular with the teachers
and which were the source of
much favorable comment from
school officials.
Auto Dealers Club
Will Meet Tonight
The newly formed Automobile
Dealers’ Club will meet this eve
ning, 7:30 at Princess Cafe. A
program of Interest to all deal
ers and salesmen is planned.
• In the account of the meeting
last week In Monday’s Journal-
Patriot the name of Motor Serv
ice Company, local dealer, was
inadvertantly ommltted when it
should have appeared along with
the other dealers in the organl-
made this week by J. A. Gilliam,
moderator, and A. C. Yale, clerk.
Although arrangements' for
the association have not been
completed, the program for Fri
day, the first day, has been an
nounced as follows:
Morning
10:00 Devotional by pastor.
10:30 Introductory sermon.
11:00 Yleports from churches.
11:30 Organization.
11:45 Appointment of commitr
tees.
12:00 Dinner. ''7
Afternoon •’*
1:00 Report on temperance.
1:30 Report of Christian edu
cation.
2:00 Report of hospitals.
2:30 Report on periodicals and
miscellaneous. '?f: ''
Evening
. The evening program wSl be
devoted entirely to the Baptist
Young People’s Union with Ittn -
Beatrice Holbrook in charge,.,^
The program tor the remaintng.]||
two days o.f the' association wUI ^
be announced later.' _