VOL. XXIX, SrO. 61
Published Mondays and Thursdays
NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1935*
Late News of
State and
Nation
Brothers Die In Wreck
Klngstree, S. C., May 6.—Ce-
Covington, 20, and George
ovlngton, 14. brothers, were
killed, and their two sisters were
injured late today when their
automobile collided with a log
truck near Hebron school.
Road Terms Are
Handed Down In
Superior Court
MOTHERS TO BE HONORED ON SUNDAY, MAY 12
People Throughout Nation Will Honor' Mothers On Second Sun
day In May; Special Services In Many Churches.
Criminal Docket Almost Clear
as Present Term of Court
Nears Adjournment
BUS DRIVER IS FINED
Child Killed By Auto
■Wtilmlngton, May 6.—Marjorie
Murray, seven, was killed this
morning when she was struck by
an automobile operated by Rob
ert Simmons, negro, as she wait
ed for a school bus on route 30,
about four miles from Wilming
ton.
Election Cases Off Docket By
Nol Pros Route; Term Will
End Tomorrow
Killed In .\uto Cra.sh
Asheville. May 6.—A slippery
bridge approach caused the death
today of James R. Hyatt, 49-
year-old employe of the Cham
pion Fibre company, when the
roadster he was driving spun
crazily from highway 10. near
Pisgah road, and turned over
twice in a field.
With only a few cases con
tinued so far. the term of su
perior court in Wilkesboro is
nearing its end and only a few
criminal cases remain to be
tried.
It, is expected that court will
adjourn tomorrow. Judge F. A.
Daniels, of Goldsboro, is on the
bench.
During the past few days a
number of defendants have been
tried on serious charges and stiff
road sentences have been hand-
I eJ down by the court.
I King I’revette, driver of the
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I'l-ges lU'pudiittion
Mayfield. Ky.. .May 6—Term
ing the Coughlin-Kong-Townsend
economic plans bogey-men scar
ing the nation’s business. Hugh
S. Johnson, tonight advised a
"forth - right repudiation’’ o f
them by the Roosevelt adminis
tration. ■&.,
James Pearson
Elected Head of
Student Council
Organization Started In City
Schools This Year Will Be
Continued Next Term
Building Busine.s.s B«'tter
Baltimore. May 6.—A siturt
in private building operations
during April brought the total
valuation of construction con
tract awards in the south to
$33,021,000, as compared with
$29,482,000 for March, says the
monthly review of the Manufac
turers’ Record.
I James Pearson, a sou of Mr.
f Twin ChJx Doing? Well
Goldsboro, May 6.—Although
the odds in the poultry books
are 2.000 to 1 against their ever
• • reaching the trying pan age. two
' chicks here, hatched from a sin
gle egg. are pecking their food
with a zest that laughs at mathe
matics.
•Admiral Byrd Returns
Old Point Comfort, Va.. May
6.—The Jacob Ruppert, flagship
of the second Byrd Antarctic ex
pedition, with Admiral Richard
K. Byrd aboard, cleared customs
and quarantine here tonight at
9:15, and moved on up the Ches
apeake bay to Quantico.
Would Aid Hospitals
Raleigh. May 6.—North Caro
lina senators, aiming to quit
public business by the end of this
week, spent this afternoon help
ing out private hospitals by al
lowing them credit for their
charitable work, against tax
ation; killing the bill which
would have included younger
Confederate widows on the pen
sion list; and tabling the mea
sure which would have made
.safety glass compulsory in cars
sold in this state.
I and Mr.s. Rom H. Pearson, was
elected president of the North
1 Wilkesboro city schools students'
council in a recent meetin,g of
I the student body.
! Young Mr. Pearson succeeds
Fred Hubbard, son of Dr. and
Mrs. F. C. Hubbard, who is
graduating this year. Miss Mar
cella Pendley was elected girls’
cheer leader and Jay Brewer was
named for the office of boys’
cheer leader. ... —•
The students’ council is a new
experiment in the city schools
here and was operated for the
first time during the term which
has just closed. The students’
council offers the high school
students a splendid opportunity
tor experience in organization
and leadership. However, it does
not approach the much-discussed
plan of student government.
The post of president of the
student body is the highest hon
or that can be conferred on a
student by schoolmates. He pre
sides at school functions and is
the official representative of
the students.
Good Games On
Baseball Card
Play High Point Here Satur
day; Two Games With
Blanketeers Next Week
The Home Chair Company
baseball team will play a team
trom High Point here Saturday
^af^noon in what promises to
b^ne of the best games so tar
this season.
But the highlight of excite
ment is scheduled for next week
■ -when the Home Chair team will
r play a pair of games with thei.
rivals of last season, the Chat-
^ ham Blanketeers of Elkin.
The first game between the
two teams this season will be
4,r played here on Thursday, a week
from today, and the second will
be On Saturday, May 18. in El
kin.
Local Business
Firm in New Home
Wilkes Tie * Feed Company
Occupying New Building
On Forester venue
Finals At Millers
Creek Will Be On
Saturday, May 18
Special Mother’s
Day Program At
Boomer On Sunday
Rev. J. C. Canipe Will Deliver
Commencelment Sermon at
Pleasant Home Church
The Wilkes Tie and Feed Ct)in-
pany, of which 1. .M. Elier is pro
prietor. is now occupying its
spacious ne\\ quarters on For
ester .Avenue.
The building, which affords
adequate space for all depart
ments of the business, was erect
ed recently by Mr. Eller. The
street floor has dimensions of
40 X 90 'hile the basement is
4 0 X 170, and extends to the
railroad siding, making a total
floor space of 10,400 square
feet.
The Wilkes Tie and Feed Com
pany is wholesale and retail
dealer for Gilett© tires, all kinds
of feeds, fertilizers and groceries.
Tobacco Farmers
To,Sign Contracts
Monday, May 13
Special Basel Contracts May Be
Sigiierl By Fanners .At Three
Places .Monday
To Start Revival
.} At Purlear Church
^Will Begin On Sunday, May 19,
And Continue For .About Two
Weeks; Public Invited
A revival meeting will begin
at Purlear Baptist church on
f' Sunday night. May 19, according
to an announcement by the pas
tor, Rev. A, W. Eller. The series
ot services will continue for ten
days or two weeks.
The pastor will be assisted In
ths meeting by Rev. L. B. Mur
ray, well known Baptist minister
of State Road. Everybody is ex
tended a cordial invitation to at
tend any or all the services.
On Monday, May 13. tobacco
farmers of Wilkes county will
sign special base contracts at
three appointments, according to
i information given out by A. G.
* Hendreii, county farm agent.
All tobacco farmers who ap
plied for special ba.se contracts
are asked to be at Little Moun-
t a i n sehoolUouse, Dennyville
■schoolhouse, or Pleasant Hill
schoolhouse for the purpose of
signing the contracts. This does
not apply to those who signed
reduction contracts.
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE
ASSAILED BY SOCIETY
Plnehurst, May 7.—Socialized
medicine drew the fire of North
Carolina leaders in the profes
sion today at the opening ses
sions of the state medical ao-
clety’s 82nd annual meeting.
Final program o f Millers
Creek high school will be on
Saturday. May 12, two o’clock in
the afternoon, at which time
Rev. Avery Church, pastor of
Wilkesboro Baptist church, will
deliver the literary address and
diplomas of high school gradu
ation will be presented to a large
class of seniors.
Rev. J. C. Canipe, pastor of
the First Baptist church at
Boone, will deliver the com
mencement sermon on Sunday,
May 12, eight p. m., in a service
to be held in Pleasant Home
Baptist cnurch.
Class day exercises will be
given on Friday night. May 17,
in the high .school building.
Announcement of the com
mencement programs was made
by Prof. R. V. Day. superinten
dent of Millers Creek district
schools, under whose direction
the sclio.)l has progressed in a
most satisfactory manner. The
public, and especially patrons of
the school, is invited to attend
the commencement programs.
Distri'-l Coiiiiiiencement
.Seventh grade commencement
for all schools in Millers Creek
district will be held on Saturday,
May 11, at Millers Creek high
school, beginning at ten a. m.
Representation in the athletic
and literary contests is expected
from every school in the district.
All teachers in the district are
urged to be present.
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REV, LEVI GREENE TO
PREACH AT HARMONY
Rev. Levi Greene, of Deep
Gap. will preach at Harmony
Baptist church five miles west of
this city Sunday morning. May
12, at 11 o’clock. The public has
a cordial invitation to attend the
service.
Prof. T. E. Story To Address
Gathering -At 11:15; All
Day Program
Mother’s Day win be appropri
ately observed at Boomer Bap
tist church Sunday with an all
day program.
The morning session will be
featured by an address at 11:15
by Prof. T. E. Story, superinten
dent of Wilkesboro district
schools. Dinner will be served on
the grounds at noon and every
body is Invited to carry along a
basket dinner. Appropriate exer
cises will he carried out in the
afternoon program.
Mother of A. H.
Andrews Stricken
Died at Home Near Graham
Tuesday Afternoon; Funer
al Held Wednesday
Mrs. Lula Ann Andrews. 67,
died at her home at Graham,
route 2, at 12:15 o’clock Tues
day afternoon after an illness of
a year. She was the mother of
A. H. Andrews, proniinent citi-
County Boards
In Session On
First Monday
Commissionres Will Meet
Friday to Draw Jurors;
Routine Matters Up
eii of this city.
Funeral service was held at
.Moore’s Chapel Baptist church,
of which she was a member, at
4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
with Rev. B. L. Gupton and Rev.
Mr. Grubb officiating.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. Pearl Overman, Swepson-
ville; Mrs. Nettie Williams,
Chapel Hill; Mrs. Nonie Quack-
enbush, Saxapahaw; Mrs. Mattie
Foster and Mrs. Lettie Brad
shaw, Swepsoxiville; five sons,
Oscar Andrews, Mebane; A. H.,
North Wilkesboro: Brady, Swep-
sonville: (Charles, High Point,
and Walter, Saxapahaw; two
sisters, Mrs. Will Suitt, West
Durham; Mrs. B. D. Wilson, Ra
leigh; two half-sisters, Mrs. Ber
ta Capps, near Mebane. and Mrs.
Stella Boswell. Graham, and 34
grandchildren.
Wilkes county board of com
missioners In session Monday
transacted the usual routine of
monthly business. Including re
ceiving and auditing reports of
the various officers and passing
»n claims for the past month.
All members of the board, D.
B. Swaringen, M. P. Absher and
Ralph Diincan wer© present for
the meeting.
J. M. 'Absher, keeper of the
county home, was authorized to
have supervision over children
placed there by th© county wel
fare officer.
The commissioners gave per
mission to the Wilkesboro Wo
man’s Club to remove the tree
from the courthouse lawn, with
out cost to the county.
The hoard rece.ssed until Fri
day, at which time a number of
unfinished business matters will
be taken up and a jury will be
drawn for the June term of civil
court.
The board of education held
a quiet session with County
Superintendent C. B. Eller.
Wilkesboro Camp
Veterans To Meet
Spanlsh-.Anierican War Veterans
And Auxiliary To Have
Mteting Saturday
Wilkesboro camp number 13
of Spanlsh-American War vet
erans and the auxiliary to the
camp will hold an important
meeting at the courthouse in
Wilkesboro Saturday afternoon.
May 11, beginning at 1:30. All
members of both organizations
are requested to be present.
Arrangements will be made in
the meeting Saturday for observ
ance of Memorial Day.
The first newspaper was pub
lished in England in 1588.
A summer school for delin
quent students and those who for
any reason were unable to pass
all their subjects in a satisfac
tory manner will open at the
North Wilkesboro school build
ing on Monday, May 13, accord
ing to an announcement by Prof.
W. D. Halfacre, city school sup
erintendent.
It was pointed that the sum
mer school facilities will be
available to students from other
schools as well as those who
were enrolled in the city schools
during the past term.
Tax money cannot be used in
maintaining the school and for
this reason it is necessary to
chai'ge a small tuition. The tui
tion charge is six dollars for the
first subject and three dollars
for each additional subject, un
til $12 Is reached, that being the
maximum charge. Members of
the local school faculty will
conduct the summer school and
the tuition charges are used to
defray the expenses, of teaching
and paying the teachers salaries
for the summer school period.
The rule that no student will
be allowed credit in the next
higher grade without making up
deficiencies will be strictly ad
hered to. By taking up work In
the. summer school a whole year
is often saved for the- student
and thus the child is not thrown
behind, it was pointed out.
Classes will begin each morn
ing at eight o’clock and continue
until 12:10 six days each week
for five weeks. Each pupil will
be required to study under the
supervision of his or her teacher
one period for each recitation.
Attention was also called to the
fact that it is important that all
pupils register on opening day.
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41 Graduate ^
Final Pro^av of
Conuneiicement h Wilkesboro
Larges Oass Resented Di-
. plomas in Finals of North
Wflkesboro School
DR. RONDTHALER HEARD
President of Salem College
Tells Story of Washing
ton’s Visit to N. C.
Dr. Howard B. Rondthaler,
president of Salem College, de
livered the commencement ad
dress and 41 seniors were pre
sented diplomas of high school
graduation in the closing pro
gram of North Wilkesboro high
school Tuesday night.
Dr. Rondthaler’s address was
very unique and was received
with rapt interest by the gradu
ates and the large assembly that
filled the auditorium to capacity.
His address was a colorful and
detailed account of the visit of
President George Washington to
North Carolina in 1791. He be
gan with a description of the
coach in which the first president
set out from Mount Vernon on
his 100-day journey to Savan
nah, Ga., but the main part of
his story dealt with the account
of Washington’s visits to Hali
fax, Tarboro, Newbern and Wil
mington; then with Charlotte,
Salisbury and his three-day stay
in Salem on the return trip.
The program opened with the
singing of "America,” led by
Miss Elizabeth Zurburg, head of
the music department of the
school. Invocation was spoken by
Rev. Eugene Olive, pastor of the
First Baptist church.
J. R. Hix, member of the
school board, presented the
scholarship medal to Miss Nina
Call. A medal for eleven years
perfect attendance was present
ed to Ulysses Foster and for sev
en years to Dwight Miller, Sa
vannah Cleary, Grace Dancy,
May me Yates, Mildred
Clarence Wiles and Nina* Call.
The Balfour Key for the out
standing student on the points
0 f scholarship, loyalty and
achievement was awarded to
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Erecting Building
On Tenth Street
Spacious Structure Will Be
Occupied By Gaddy Motor
Co. Sepitember 1
A. F. Phillips, prominent busi
ness man of this city, has work
men engaged in the erection of a
two-story structure adjacent to
his present building on Tenth
Street.
The building, of brick and
concrete construction, is being
erected for the Gaddy Chevrolet
Company, and has already been
leased by that firm, beginning
September 1 of this year.
There will be a fifty-foot front
of the street floor fronting
Tenth Street and the structure
will have a depth of 120 feet. It
was especially designed to fit the
needs of the occupants. The
street floor will be used for offi
ces, show rooms and parts de
partment while t h e spacious
basement will be used for stor
age and service.
Mrs. Jno. R. Jones
Is Seriously 111
Mrs. John R. Jones is serious
ly ill with pneumonia at her
home five miles north of this
city. She was in apparently good
health Monday but was sudden
ly taken ill. Solicitor Jones has
been at her bedside for the past
few days.
Mrs. Jones is well and favor
ably known throughout this part
of the state and many friends
will be saddened at the news of
her illness.
Low Bids Totaling $721,164
On 25 Road and Street Jobs
Received By Commission
Raleigh, May 7.—Low bids ag
gregating $721,164.95* for the
construction of 2 5 road and
street projects were received to
day in the office of the state
highway and public works com
mission, which will meet tomor
row to canvass the proposals.
The commission also will hear
delegations from nearly every
section of the state and will take
up other routin© matters.
The current letting of con
tracts “just about cleans up the
1934-36 iconatructlon program,•
W. Vanve Baise, chief highway
engineer said. "Several other
projects will be whipped togeth
er for a smaller letting in about
a month.”
20SV^InC^
B^ots Seiz^
Considered Large Vote For
Only One Ticket in Field;
Election Day Quiet
RONDA HAS ELECTION
Ballot Box Is Impounded In
Wilkesboro; Using Illegal
Ballots Is Charge
Despite the fact that there
was no opposition to the candi
dates for mayor, commissioners
and members of the school board,
there were n total of 205 votes
cast In the municipal election
held in North Wilkesboro Tues
day.
The vote cast was as follows:
Mayor, R. T. McNeill, 205; com
missioners, Hoyle M. Hutchens,
205; R. G. Finley, 203; R. P.
Casey, 202: I. E. Pearson, 200;
S. V. Tomlinson, 195; school
trustees, W. E. Jones, 200; J. R.
Hix, 201; E. E. Eller, 202.
Hoyle M. Hutchens, by virtue
of having received 4he highest
vote for commissioner, will be
mayor pro tern for the next bi
ennium.
The Wilkesboro election ran
into complications that may re
sult in its being null and void.
The trouble arose over two
sets of tickets, one authorized
and printed under direction of
the town commissioners and
bearing the facsimile signature
of the town clerk, 0. F. Blevins;
the other ballot being authorized
and printed under direction of
R. M. Brame, Jr., chairman of
the county board of elections
bearing the facsimile signature
of the chairman of the election
board.
Monday afternoon Judge P. A.
Daniels signed an order restrain
ing the election officials from
using any ticket other than the
ticket bearing the facsimile sig
nature of the clerk of the Town
[Ukesboro. W.hen polls open
ed the order was served on the
Wilkesboro election officials and
the Chairman of the County
Board of Elections. Later in the
morning a hearing was held on
the order, at which time It was
made permanent by Judge Dan
iels.
About 11 o’clock, according to
reports, voting began and the
ballots bearing the name of
Robert M. Brame. Jr., were used
over protests of Fred Henderson
and William Oliver Johnson, elec
tion judges, but with the ap
proval of T. S. Miller, registrar.
In the afternoon T. S. Miller,
election registrar, was cited be
fore Judge Daniels for contempt
of court and a hearing will be
held at 9:30 Friday morning. A
number of witnesses have been
subpoened to appear at that
time. Later in the afternoon, but
several hours before time for
the polls to close. Judge Daniels
signed an order impounding the
ballots which had been cast in
the election and the used ballots
l)earing the .Hignature of the
chairman of the board of elec
tions. The ballots held legal by
Judge Daniels were never pre
sented to the voters on the day
of the election.
Ronda Names Officers
In the Ronda town election
Tuesday Mayor S. F. Mastin, who
bad no opposition, was elected.
J. H. Billings, M. C. Jones.
Keith Prevette. Banner Edwards
and E. C. Sparks were the suc
cessful candidates for members
of the board of commissioners. A
total of 70 votes out of a regis
tration of 110 were cast.
Beer Licenses
Were Due May 1
Beer Dealers Must Fay Tax
Immediately In Order To
Avoid Penalties
Beer licenses for city, county
and state were due- on May 1
and penalties will be added un
less paid immediately, it was
learned this week from tax offi
cials. Beer licenses are purchas
ed yearly.
Beer dealers in cities must pay
the city tax, then the county tax
and last the state tax. Beer deal
ers outside of towns must pay
the county tax before th© state
tax in order that the county lic
ense number can be used in ap
plication for state licenses. The
same applies to beer dealers la
towns who must secure the town
licenses in order that the num
ber can be given when county
licenses are purchased.
J. R. Rousseau is deputy eoI>
lector for th© state and any In
formation in regard to state tax
es may be obtained from him.