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Poor SeiocUoM
ear Twk., — Three youths
Iced down Fifth arenue llmp-
ao x>alBfnUy today that' Pa*
Arthur Winquist stopp-
tthem. They conteased they
a&oea Ui«t didn't lit
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Exchaiige To Be
Would Form A Ceatral CoiiB*
cii Of SodalSoMli^eit-
des
BOARD
County
And Pu
cusses
PavOrs Lottery '
New Jersey Congressman
Favors Lottery For
Revenue Aid
Released Toifeiy
kation
^d
killed instantly
^ ease ot ^amri^
eh they were tmpaHnr
' np stampe, exploded.
I«to Snggestton
ork.*—Jacob Aneksteln,
as clerk in the chM ]
^;«caminee’s office, re*
than 1S.090 sui*
Wilkes Qounty board of charl*
^tles and public welfare in meet*
g last Friday set into form an
inisation to be known as So-
. Service Exchange.
purpose of this organlza-
to have a representative
lach civic and social organ-
ju doing charity work work-
:ogether in a unit to the end
such work may be carried
with more efficiency and less
—-v — fBI Witu UlVlW ^-4a*a,awaav/
1909, hanged hinueU^ ^overlapping of activities
iknent todav. ■ >yjjg meeting of the board of
charities and public weltere was
held at the home of
Absber, a membe'^ of ■I'-hnafd.
Charles McNeill, CO
officer, is secretary.
Such an organisa^^^^^pThe
Social Service Exchan^W^ al
ready working in a most satis
factory manner in several coun
ties In the state and it is expect-
Beverly^MHIlP^Hf.—Illness
and despondency were blamed to
day for the sulcidn of Ray Long,
noted magazine editor, literary
nritic and publisher. Long shot
himself last night with a small-
calibre rifle.
Cfma^ To Meef Ot
tlons and Regain Ore
Jll, Tppw|l.b0 l»'«fflmATE;-^00 OUT O!
'li r '
6 Wilkes
Are
or
Annual CitiEens’ Military
'fotining Camp Will Open
Titia Year A'ugust 5
PRIZES ARE OFFERED
w Win Offer Course Of Military
And Physical
ication In Camp
m M^taln ed that it will work to mutual
High Point, July 9. List of a ^11 organizations
carrying on social service and
total ot 165 Southern furniture
tifus. located principally in «„ wtikM
Horfh Carolina and Virginia, who work In Wllkee.
liwve signed the pledge to main
tain wages, hours and fair* trade
jtractices of the furniture code
has been announced here,
1 'Die Aboard Ship
Rome, July 10. (Wednesday)
—•Twenty-one persons are known
to be dead In the mysterious
slaking early today of the Italian
steamer S. S. Attillio, 916 tons,
ilhich sank in three minutes, six
ssfles off the coast of Cyrenaica,
iiMr Benghazi.
About ‘Quintuplets
, Honireal.—^Th© Dionne quln-
tvplets ahould, barring accidents,
.live to the age of at least 65, Dr.
la I. Dublin, life insurance sta-
k^mician, calculates. Dr. Dublin
^ses his prediction on the most
IriilKsnt table representing current
American mortality conditions.
Then They Scattered
. Lexington, July 9.—When the
supposed corpse rose up and de
clared "I want some cantaloupe,’’
su|(ifamers who had gathered at
■the home of a well known negro
farmer near Southmont lost lit
tle time in going home, accord-
to report reaching here.
Relief And Autos
Camden, N. J.^—Fifteen hun-
.dred striking employees ot the
IrHew York Shipbuilding Corpor-
‘^Stlon deserted picket lines today
snd marched to the courthouse
plaza, where they demanded pfer-
juiasion to use their automobiles
while on relief rolls.
Cloudburst In N. Y.
Uhaca, N. Y. — Cloudbursts
striking over Southern New
York and Northern Pennsyl-
wania itonred new torrents of
-wnter today over an area ot 20,-
4>00 square miles where 45 per-
havo- been killed in floods
Sunday night.
Arsonist Bums Family
-' Key West, Fla.. July 9.—A
'oofpner’s jury tonight blamed
—pgfirm or persons unknown”
for the deaths of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Atwell and their four chil-
'4rsn, whose charred bodies were
nd !“** Friday in the ashes of
FERA worker’s home here.
( - * Bulurles 3et Boost
Raleigh, Jjly 9.—Frank L.
Dunlap, asslstajil director of he
budget, may complete the new
apiary schedules for sUte de-
partWnt employes this week in
keefing with the lump increase
s-of=A9 per cent provided by the
general assembly, It was indi
cated today.
New Osseu Paralysis
Raleigh.—There were eight
• sew oases of Infantile paralysis
North Carolina reported to
the etate Board of Health today
make, 898 this year, but only
UCM wbloh had their onset since
JiJs 19 are sUU In the conUgl-
««t stage, Dr. Carl V. Reynolds,
’^’sUrte health officer, pointed out.
-riVidoauo Bruptb»
jaya.—The Volcano
which e^loded In
kHiing 86,000 persons with
. ’^gdiich was heard for
of miles began a s
l^tt^y. The emp-
Eag at two mlft-
llav was spun*
^ ^ oat 1,990
Four Men 2
Stills Taken By
Revenue Officers
Howard Cothren, Mack Jolly,
Dean l^uguess And Hil
lary WaScer Arrested
Two recent raids by . federal
revenue ageats ,_..aaara»tng in
Wilkes county netted two stills,
four men and large quantities of
materials for liquor manufac
ture.
Yesterday Agents E. C. Greg
ory, J. B. Banks, F. D. Lumpkin,
C. R. Willtems, Leonard Roopeir
J. C. Fortner arrested Dean Bau-
guess and Hillary Walk|p, of the
Traphill vicinity, on charges of
manufacturing non-tax paid liqu
or and after they were given a
preliminary hearing before J. W.
Dula, U. S. Commissioner, they
were remanded to jail in default
of bonds of J500 each.
On July 5th Agents E. C. Greg
ory, J. B. Banks, C. R. Williams
and C. S. Felts raided a still In
the vicinity ot Roaring River
and arrested Howard Cothren
and Mack Jolly. In the prelimi
nary hearing before Commission
er Dula bond tor Cothren was
fixed at ?1,500, which had not
been filled yesterday. Bond for
Jolly was set at |500.
Stills destroyed in the recent
raids were of the average type
and capacity, although there was
evidence that liquor was being
made on a comparatively large
scale.
Good Games On
Baseball Card
Play E. T. W. N. C. Here Sun
day; Two Games With
Chatham Next Week
The North Wilkesboro (Home
Chair) baseball team will have
its hands full of good baseball
games during the next week and
will face a tough schedule.
Boone will furnish the opposi
tion in today’s gam© here at
four o’clock.
On Sunday afternoon the lo
cal nine will take on the strong
team of East Tennessee and
Western North Carolina Trans
fer company, of Johnson City,
Tenn.
The highlights are on next
week’s schedule when the Chat-
am Blanketeers will play here on
Thursday and the return game
will be in Elkin on Saturday.
The team is in good condition
at the present time with none of
the diamond stars out on ac
count of •injuries and is in good
shape for the tough schedule
ahead.
Washing?!® . . . We will soon
all be discus^ng national lotter
ies, pro and con, if Congressman
Edward A. Kenney (D.) of New
Jersey (above), has hla way.
Despite shelving of his lottery
bill at the last session, Kenney"
has presented c new MU with
three choices of lottery plans,
“anyone of which will bring the
government 11,000,009,000 a
year in revenues of “painless
taxation,” he says.
William Pruitt Is
Cleared By Widow
Of Murdered Man
Wilkes County Man Freed Of
Grave Charge In Chester-
town, Maryland
William Pruitt, Wilkes county
man who was jailed recently in
Chesterfown, Maryland, on a
charge of killing Kelly C. Terry
at a dance, was later cleared
when the widow of the murdered
man stated positively that Pru
itt was not the man who stabbed
her husband.
The man was killed by one
who Is said to have become an
gered when Terry reproved him
for Insulting his wife after she
had refused him a. dance. The
sheriff who Is Investigating the
affair stated that the mistake was
probably due to the similarity of
Pruitt and John Ellis, who is
now wanted for the offense.
Relatives and friends of Pru
itt in Wilkes will welcome the
news T)f his being cleared ot the
charge.
Orpheum Purchases
‘Wilkes County Hero*
Jonmal-Patriot Movie Will Be
Shown Again Soon At New
Orphenm Theatre
A reflnaacing plan •by which
Wilkes county may regain its
credit and dlacontlnne detaultlnf
on bond and interest payment?
was made pnhlie today by D. B.
Swaringen, chairman o t the
county board of commissioners,
and C. H. Ferguson, county ac
countant, who has spent much
time and many hour? of work, oa
working out the plan and* gain
ing its approval from practical
ly all of the county’s ^nd hold-
For two years me county has
been operating #im a low emer
gency tax rate of 80 cents, dur
ing which time it was Impossible
to fully meet the county’s obli
gations to bondholders and as a
result a considerable sum was
due in yehWy payments on prin
cipal and interest on the bonded
debt^
\Vlth the aid and approval of
the North Carolina local govern-
Inent commission Mr. Ferguson
worked out the refunding plan
for a period of four years, which
plan calls for a tax rate for the
ensuing year of one dollar, rep
resenting an increase of only 20
cents.
For county government ex
penses last year the levy was 33
cents, which remains the same In
-the new budget and the remain
ing 67 cents will go entirely for
payments of interest and prin
cipal on the bonded debt.
Mr. Ferguson stated today
that he saw no reason why the
plan should npt^ work uiqoothly
and that county authorities are
expecting no friction or difficul
ties in meeting its obligations
and regaining its credit standing.
Full text of the refinancing
plan Is published on, page six of
this issue of The Journal-Patriot.
The plan gives full information
regarding the financial status ot
the county, setting forth the
amount of Indebtedness, amount
In default and the amount to be
paid during the next tour years.
[rrangements for the an-
Jzens’ Military Training
Camp Itre jMgf^0||||(te, It was
announedf yes^ifday ' |B|jL Fort
Bragg. Out of nearly eteve:
dred application^ rae^lve^
than seven hnndred 'accep
MONDAYTOCONSlDERSCHOOb.
Governs Fiiads
$50,000,000 Set Aside To
Aid Youths In Voca
tional Work
The Journal-Patriot’s movie
production entitled “W i 1 k e s
County Hero” will be shown a-
galn at the New Orpheum The
atre soon, it was announced to
day by W. J. Allen, manager of
the theatre.
Another showing ot the popu
lar local production, filmed In
North Wilkesboro and vicinity
with a local cast, will be by
popular request and those who
did not have an opportunity to
see it and those who wish to see
It again are asked to watch for
the announcement of the date on
which it Is to be shown again.
FOUR WILKES GIRLS
ON G. C. HONOR ROLL
Four North Wilkesboro girls
were Included in the list of hono;
students at (Jreensbolro College
'the past year, it "Was learned here
today. They ■were' Misses Jane
Whicker, Elizabeth Faw, Vlr-
Harris and Mary Bink
Paralysis Is Believed
On Wane In This State
Raleigh, July 10.—State and
federal health authorities looked
on North Carolina’s poliomyelitis
(infantile paralysis) outbreak
optimistically tonight after a
careful check of affected areas
revealed that only 108 of the 338
cases reported since January 1
are infectious.
The United Press learned to
night that new experimental sta
tions for Inoculitlon with th© im
munizing Park-Brodie vaccine
will be set up in unaffected
Eastern North Carolina counties
as soon as Dr. W. P. Dearlng,
internationally-recognized auth
ority on Infantile paralysis, ar
rives from Boston,'probably the
last ot this week.
31 PERSONS DIE'AS
HEAT PARCHES WEST
Kapaaa City,'July 10,>-40ddle
America counted its; heat dead
^or the year at 81 today ait j the
sUn beat down mercilessly with
BO relief In prospect. j
Entr^ Here
For C. C. Camps;
32 Wilkes Youths
Wilkes Applicants Accepted
Go To Brevard Camp; Ex
aminations Monday
civilian Conservation Camp
member applicants from ten
counties gathered here Monday
for examination by army offi
cers. A total of 175 applicants
were accepted and passed the
rigid examination by a corps . of
medical officers from the United
States army camp at Fort Bragg.
Thirty-two boys from Wilkes
county were among those who
passed examination and entrain
ed for camp. Practically all of
the Wilkes youths, it was learn
ed today, were assigned to the
camp at Brevard. Following are
the names ot the Wilkes boys
who left Monday:
White
Rex Baldwin, Deward Byrd,
Dempsey -T. Church, Elisha Earp,
Dave Hall, Ben Johnson, James
I. Blevins, Clay Bowers, Ray
mond E. Cummings, Elmer Z.
Greer, Willard Love, Hobart E.
Marlowe, Buford C. Anderson,
Granville P. Baldwin, Garvy Bur-
chette, Clay Mayberry, Hillard
Moore, Claude Shepherd, Old E.
Shumate, Earnest L. Pennell,
John D. Taylor, Albert I. Watts,
Tam Roten, Chester Triplett,
Willard Walsh.
Colored
Henry Vannoy, John C. 'Fan-
noy, James E. Bropn, Thomaa
Howell, Turner Owyn, Archie
Carlton, Everett© Turner. >
OVERHEATED YOUVh
IS PACKED IN ICE
Dallas, Tex., - July 10.—Cayl
Wilson, 18, of near Van Aiystjilb,^
Tex., -was taken unconscious from,
a wheat field today, overcome by
l aat, but remained alive after a
physician’s thermometer, JliMfid
in his mouth, shot to UO de
grees. ' **__
The youth wagj^aeked in loe
an4 Dr, 8. D.^oore said he prob-
gbly,■would recover,. after kiSi
temperature dropped to 101
.have beenfhBade, and the
c^ful candidates are now
inf'only for their final ordera-
go tA.camp, which opens on Ku-
gust 6?S*ar Fort Bragg ;*ifd lasts
for thirty days?"
Joe B. McCoy, who Is . chair
man of the committee on C. M.
T. C. enrollment in Wilkes Coun
ty, has cooperated in the selec
tion of th© following young men,
who have already qualified In
every way and have been accept
ed tor camp:
Louis S. Hartley, Ferguson;
Robert O. Poplin, Jr„ Ronda;
Hale Jones, 502 8th Street, North
Wilkesboro; Robert L. Foster,
Ferguson: Paul V. Ferguson,
Goshen; Cleo^J,X'^*ft»e, Fergu
son.
The camp course of Instruction
is a combination of military
training and physical education,
calculated to promote better
citizenship among trainees. An
interesting feature ot this sche
dule is the large number of
.awards for excellence in various
lines of endeavor. Medals are
given for military superiority a-
mong each of - the four classes of
trainees, Basic, Red, White and
BIIET." These awards'are donated
by the Military Training Camps
Association and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Seven medals for essays on
citizenship will ibe given by the
Associated Clvltan Clubs, while
the winners in every branch of
athletic endeavor will be like
wise rewarded. Th© total awards
of all classes. It was announced,
will number nearly one hundred.
A four-day guest trip to Wash
ington is to be given to th© out
standing C. M. T. C. trainee from
each corps area, while a baseball
autographed by Lou Gehrig and
a bat autographed by Babe Ruth
will be among the prizes at each
camp. The baseballs are donated
by Colonel J. A. Ruppert ot the
New York American League
baseball club, and the bats by J.
A. Hlllerich of the Hillerlch artd
Bradsy Company, ot Louisville,
Kentucky, makers of Louisville
slugger bats.
Benefit Show On
Friday, July 26
Midnight Movie Will Be Giv
en At Liberty Theatre For
Benefit Baseball Club
At midnight on Friday, July
26, a special performance will be
given at the Liberty Theatre for
the benefit of the North Wilkes
boro baseball club, it was an
nounced today.
A first class feature and add
ed shorts will be arranged on
the program, it Is understood,
and it is expected that the bene
fit show will be widely patroniz
ed by the many baseball fans
who appreciate a good ibaseball
club and who wish to contribute
to its maintenance, at the same
time receive in return a full pro
gram of movie entertainment.
Board Education di
Asks Fund* For IB
. Building
Would AEply Far |25(MMa
Loan And GraaijnMiM *■!»>
lie iWoikn Fuad
NOTICE TO.PUBUC
'There are a number of
salesmen and saleswomen In
the city at the preat^t time
engaged- in soUclUn^ for mus
ic pnpils,-magasineB, and ea-
cyclopedlas. In levcml
.stances oiip icltieens-hnre been
left under the. tnipr«aelon that
the school is sponsoc^ them
organizations and their so-
‘ UcitaMons. Such an impree-
slon is entirely incorrect and
unfounded as itelllier the
school nor any of the officials
are sponsoring ot* snpporttng
fat any manner ttteee salesmen
and salsswoniew or the oom-
tfa^ repiesent.
VI. p. HALFACRE,
SnseriptAdent North Wilkes
boro Schools.
Washington . , . Aubrey Wil
liams (above), newly appointed
Executive Director of the “Na
tional Youth Administration,”
with 150,000,0(H) from the four
billion work relief funds, is th©
man to whom some 600,000 nee
dy youths will turn this Summer
for help in carrying on school
work and vocational training
this Fall.
Juries Drairii For
August Session Of
Superior Court
Judge Doa Ffiinim TTo Pre-
side^er TwmBertliung
. MoiNby, A^lSfS
I
Commisslsiwrs in recess ses
sion this week drew jurors for
the regular term of August su
perior court to convene in Wil
kesboro on Modnay, August 5.
The term will be for trial of
criminal cases and Judge Don
Phillips will preside. There will
be^ grand jury. Following are
the jurors for the two-weeks’
term:
First Week
T. D. Howell, Boomer; E. L.
Chambers, Lovelace; D. M. Trip
lett, Elk; Sam Rhoades, Rock
Creek; Walter Brown, ’Traphill;
J. B. Miller, Union; C. J. John
son, Somers; N. Winkler, Union;
J. G. Billings, Walnut Grove; J.
E. Pardue, Moravian Falls; U.
O. Foster, Lewis Fork; J. C.
Moody, Edwards; R. E. Burch-
asi, Edwards; W. S. Alexander,
Edwards; W. S. Matherly, Lewis
Fork; T. M. Inscore, Antioch; T.
W. Earp, Boomer; Franklin Ow
en, Mulberry; Whde Gilbert, Elk;
T. N. Royal, Union; W. E. Bur-
chette. New Castle; G. A. Crysel,
Reddles River; A. G. Foster,
Reddies River; G. W. Elledge,
Mulberry: Carlo Brown, Rock
Creek; A. J. White, New Castle;
J. E. German, Boomer; R. E.
Faw, North Wilkesboro; B. H.
Ledbetter, Traphill; Elbert El
ledge, Lewis Fork: L. H. Hol
brook, Traphill; Wateon Dur
ham, Traphill; D. G. Prevette,
Rock Creek; H. J. Spicer, Wal
nut Grove; L. D. Absber, Mul-
Berry; H. E. Shumate, Rock
Creek; Wi F. Tucker, Edwards;
J. A. Bumgarner, Reddles River;
J. M. Blevins, Walnut Grove; W.
L. Foster, Antioch; 0. F, Blev
ins, Wilkesboro; E. L. Cleary,
Wilkesboro.
Second Week
J. T. Bishop, Reddles River;
Garfield Absber, Union; H. E.
Elledge, Mulberry; C. C. Rector,
Reddies River; Gaither Barnette,
Elk; James T. Nichols, Reddies
River; W. Z. Sebastian, Mulber
ry; G. W, Bradly, Elk; Zachery
Ferg^on, Beaver Creek; J. L.
Haynes, Rock Creek; F..M. Jen
nings, Moravian Falls; G. S. For
ester, North Wilkesboro; E. H.
Bsney, Uhlon; D. J. Redding,
New Castle; C. L. Cheek, Ed
vards; Lonnie BilllQgs,. Walnut
Grove; C. B. Lewis, Edwards; B.
W. Smith; Midwards; W. R. Frs-
zler, Moravian Falls; Lee Estep,
Brushy Mountain; If. L. Hayes,
Brnshy- Honntaio; M. 0. iW,
Stanton; G. F. Lyon, Traphill;
McKinley BUllngs, ;TrsphlU.
Lespedesa’^ seeded on small
grain in Catawba. county^ has
begun vigorous growth now that
the''wraln lias been harveeted.
The oilioolt is tqr a heavy pro-
action* ot both hay and . se«|:
UdsfaiLcr,
$137^00
Payment Would Heqoitw Tk
Levy of Around tO
Fstimates Show, ^
Wilkesboro county”bosrd ioF
commissioners will meet In spe
cial session at the conrthoaee te
Wilkeaboro on Monday, July 19,
for the. purpose ot considering
the board of education's pro
posal for the county to apply far
$250,000 loan and grant fran
th© Public Works AdmUdstraHon
for the purpose ot erecting tiro
new school buildings and addi
tions to five present bnUdlngs. ‘
This will be an open meeting
and an opportunity wUl.bU jgllW
any who favor or bjiiioee'' tb»
plan to state their position.'
"The board ot education in
sists that new buildings a^e des
perately needed at Mnlberry;
Millers Creek, Mountain 'View,
Benham (Cool Springs) Spg
Clingman, at the same time th^
submit that additions to present
buildings must be erected at
Wilkesboro, Mount Pleasant,
Roaring River, Moravian Falla
and Llnco’.n Heights.
Architects and contraetora
have made estimates on the
school ibuilding construction pro-'^
posed and have estimated that
the total cost for. complete ipHt,
including furniture and fixturW,
would be around 825(|,000 if con
structed in a manner that would
meet with approval by ,P. W. A.
engineers.
If the PWA plan is used 45
per cent' lfnuld be a grant from
the federal government, leaving
55 per cent to be paid by the
county in four per cent bonds
over a period of 20 years. Tabu
lated Into dollars the county
would issue bonds in the sum Of
^137,600, which would be sup
plemented by a grant of >118,-
500 if the total proposed amount
of $22'5,000 was obtained
through the PWA.
It is estimated that payments
on the bonds over period of
twfnty years would necessitate a
levy of 10 cents on each hundred
dollars valuation of property in
Wilkes county, this estimate be
ing based on the present valn-
ation of around $12,000,000 In
taxable pro.perty.
It Is expected that th© meet
ing of the county board to bw
held Monday will attract much
interest from the people of ths
county and that many communi
ties, and especially those in
which it is proposed that build
ing work will be done, will be
represented. The meeting Is be
ing called principally for the
purpose of ascertaining. the sen
timent of the people in regard
to the building plan.
Grange Sriretary
In Now InUdOfify
- ■^-^*4.
Miss Pearl Thosnpeon AH-
dresses Wilkesboro Grange;
Membership Drive On
Miss Peaii Thompson, secre
tary of the North Carolina state
Orange, will spend several weeks
in Wilkes county assisting ia or
ganization of subordinate Qraitg-
es, helping to revive old nnlta
and in other ways working
ward increased membership for
the organization in ButtulpattMC
of the state convention here In
September.
On Wednesday nipht'-'v Min
Thompson addressed the WfllcSW^
boro subordinate Orange- and
talked about membershlp^VuO.
Prof. T. B. Story* spoke about
the three contests that open
for subordinate Granges. . Tbsew
contests ar© ei^lalned in an. ar
ticle by Prof. Story elsewhere in.
thte newspaper.
Another meeting of the ‘Wil
kesboro Grange wlU' be held on
Tuesday night of nqxt ireel^^pt
th© courthouse an| H is sariust-
ly desired that every mepibdr at
tend.
Mrn w T
SOB, has been liidtMk '
Mrs. A. Z. 8paN^“
Mr. and 11^.
left WsdMedar“>