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late an
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3ia» SS.^—^The atskte
|ot KorU Ckrtfllna la tb« last five
7^ baa startliied 207 penoas
^W» wara maiitally diseased, fse-
bla*Blnded or atfllcted with
^•ptl^psy.
Boadstera For Patrol
Balelgb, June 26.VTwenty-
alabt blue and silver Ford road-
[■j P atars, equipped with bullet-proof
'Windshields, ware bought tolay
by the division of purchase and
copttract for police use by the
. highway patrol.
- Oaa't Keep Poet Down
New York, June 25.—Wiley
Post, famed world filer, accom-
'paaled by his wife and Fay Gil-
Us,. woman pilot, will fly across
the North Pacific and Sijteria to
Moscow vrlthln thre© w^ks. It
Was utnounced tonight.
Proteet Negro CCO
Kllaabethtown, June 25.—A
large majority of the property
owners at White lale met at
Qoldston’s Beach this afternoon
Sifter receiving reliable informa
tion that the CCC camp located
sear the lake is to be filled with
s^roes In the next few weeks.
larwyer Is Convicted
Chicago, June 25.—Louis P.
Piquett—target No. 1 In the gov-
ornment’s efforts to exterminate
•*iawyer-crlminajfes’’—was speed
ily convicted today of harboriug
Homer Van Meter, machine guu-
ser of the Dillinger mob.
Train Patrol Applicants
Raleigh, June 25.—Dr. M. C.
S. Noble, Jr., assistant state
oommlssioner of revenue, an
nounced today that 111 of the
164 applicants invited here for
competitive training for the 6d
_ -atatfi
';>1^roI had accepted. Th© traln-
inr school will start July 2 aqd
, continuo for several days.
>l*ablished Monday and /thili^ya
...miiKi'niniiL-iini-i II II i.»!
aum
NORTH WIUSESBORO, N. C.,
■■ ' i I rrn"
,CNistnictkio of
^iParidray SSated,
To Bc^ Aug. 1
Ndto Teer Low Bidder On
First 12H Miles of Scenlc'
- Road In North CaroUna
SPECIFICATIONS GIViW
August 10. 1S36, Is Date On
Which Completion Is A^-
ed By Government
If all legal obstacles are clear
ed. dirt should be flying on the
first North Carolina link of the
Scenic parkway by August 1,
the time specified for Nello
Tee(r, Durham contractor who
submitted the low bid, to begin
work.
In th© advertisement for bids
the governmental agency set
out that work should begin on
or about August 1 and the com
pletion date was set at August
10, 1936, allowing one year for
compleitlon cf grading) and
crusted stone surfacing on the
12 1-2-mlle line from the North
Carollna-Vlrginia lln© to Inter
section with highway 26 near
Roaring Gap.
Although question of the le
gality of right of eminent do
main in regard to right-of-way
has been raised. It Is expected
that all obstacles will be remov
ed in time for work to go along
as scheduled.
In instructions sent to the
five-county re-employment office
here it w^as set out that around
200 men would be required on
the project and that the labor
would be classified as follows;
20 machine operators, 3 drillers,
3 carpenters, 4 stone masons, 20
truck drivers and 150 laborers.
However, these figures are esti
mates.
It is expected that labor will
he furnished for the parkway
construction, by the re-employ-
mAnt ariw nerving tarrl-
ttoOTg?^mch It^tS be
constructed. A great part of the
labor, it is presumed, will be
furnished by the office located
Surplus Is 8200,000 ' here, which serves Alleghany,
Raleigh, .Vune 25.—North Car-’Ashe. Watauga and Wilkes
olina's surplus, which furnished
the basis of some^ very fancy
legislative fighting, seems, five
days from the end of the fiscal
w©ar to he as large as $200,000;
it could be $50,000 to $100,000
more and it could fall to $50,-
OOO below that figure.
m.
Bold Daylight Robbery
Burlington, June 25. — Two
unidentified, unmasked' | white
men at 3 o’clock this a.lernoon
■staged a daring daylight holdup
In the business district when
they bound and gagged D. R. •
Fonvllle. secretary, and Miss j
Alene Tate, bookkeeper, of the
First Federal Savings and Loan I
association, escaping with ap
proximately $25.
2 Held For .Murder
Fayetteville, June 25.—Mrs.
Jj. L. Johnson and Eugene
"Watts, 17, are being held in jail
-without bond pending further
Investigation of the death of
Xiouis A. Fulcher, 48, who was
found dead with a bullet through
his heart on the Johnsons’ farm
In Eastover township last night
after he bad gone on a drunken
rampage, visiting vlo’ence on
hia own family and threatening
his neighbors. Both the woman
and the lad allegedly admit fir
ing in self-defense but both
^Im that ,their shots missed.
Rates Are
: . h City
Bfinimiim Raiae^To $1; In
crease Necessary Because ,
of Improvements Made
In a recent recess session of
the board of commissioners of
the to-wn of North Wllkesboro
the minimum charge for city
Yl^r was raised from 60 cents
for the first three thousand gal
lons to one dollar and the rate
for «sh additional thousand
gtflons was raised from 20 to 25
cents. .
~ ’ This raise la water •f«sa-,.Jp
necessary, city officials stated,
because of the Improyements and
enlargement of the qlty water
aystem, which were affected at
considerable ewt by means of a
loan and#rant from the public
orks atalnlstration.
3|»w rahsa will ««> In*® **'
a "July 1, beginning of the.
ftoeal year. ^An ordinance
forth the change in wat-
counties, through which the
parkway survey runs.
Some of the specifications set
forth in the advertisements are
60 acres of clearing and grub
bing, excavation o f 440,000
cubic yards, furnishing 42,500
cubic yards of crushed stone,
175 cubic yards of concrete,
163,500 pounds reinforced steel,
2,850 cubic yards cement stone
masonry, 4,100 lineal feet cast
iron pipe, 35,000 cubic yards
topsoil.
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ag^cBaggy
IHURSDAYj JULY»27, 1936
4-H Club Winners Wadiirigto^
Youth and Girl Win Scholwuhip For Study In Deparianent
of .Agricutupe; Awards Made For Outstand-
- ingAc3uevem«it8
ni6t Mo ^ .
.^Plot iii4 91
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WasUngton—^Above are the 4-H club winners of the Payne Fund
Fellowship for 1936-36, consisting of $1,000 each with which to ctudy
for nine months in the department of agriculture. The award is made
each year to one young woman and one young man for outstanding
farm club achievements. On the left is James J. Potts, of Aspermont,
Texas, and right, Miss Ruth Lohmann, of Znmbrota, Minn.
Field Representative of
FHA To Assist In Filing
Insured Loan Applications
Ralph Hallock To
Be Here Saturday
LOO
STATE—3U0 OUT OF'
Fdining mes
Coohty’a Hero”
Completed Here
Liquor Stored In
Bee Hive In City
Have boney bees taken to
moomshining? is a question
that was con-sidcred bere today
whdn Patrolman J. E. Walker,
of tbe city police force, lookpd
found six half gallon fruit Jars
FHA Insures Building Loans
and Refinances Existing
Home Mortgages
wen filled am* ripped but with
moonshine whiskey. 'Tlie lower
section of tbe lave was occu
pied ’'V a b’lsy colony of biies.
Tl.e bee lUve was located on
the porch of Silas Johnson on
0 street near the business dis
trict of this city. The police
department l»a/j reerdved re
ports that liquor had been sold
at that household, it was leal n-
ed this morning, but previous
investigations had revealed
nothing.
Southside Singing
Will Be At Arbor
Expect Best Singing in His
tory of Aassociation on
Fifth Sunday
Coca-Cola Co. To
Buy Blackberries
Will Pay Ninety Cents Per
Bushel At Warehouse On
Forester Avenue
The Southside Singing Associ
ation is expecting the best ses
sion in its b-lstory at Fishing
Creek Arbor,^located five miles
south of Wllkesboro, on Sunday,
June 30, it was learned today
from Attorney F. J. McDuffie,
chairman, and Mrs. Floyd M.
Jennings, secretary.
The association was organized
several years ago for the pur
pose of promoting sacred sing
ing and It has spread over a
largo territory. The following
churches are expected to be rep
resented Sunday b y singing
classes: Goshen, Beaver Creek,
Moravian Falls, Cub Creek, Lit
tle Rock, Walnut Grove, Wilkes-
boro, Bethany, Fishing Creek,
Fishing Creek Arbor, Edgewood
and Mount Olive.
The public has a most cordial
invitation to attend with a big
basket of dinner and take part
in the day’s program, which
will begin at eleven o’clock.
More Convention
Plans Are Made
Wilkes Pomona Grange In
meeting at tbe courthouse in
Wllkesboro Tuesday night spent
much time in laying plans for
the North CaroUna Grange con^
vention to be held in North 'Wll-
kesboro in late September.
Various features of the com
ing meeting gained attention of
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
has accepted the dealership of a
Brooklyn firm to buy blackber
ries In North 'Wilkesboro and
buying will start on Monday,
July 8, 'at the firm’s warehouse
on Forester Avenue, formerly
the Blue Ridge Hatchery build
ing.
One hundred tons can be han
dled by the dealer heie. It was
learned today, and th© price to
be paid will be 90 cents per
bushel. It is expected that the
unlimited market for blackber
ries will provide a considerable
source of incom© to the people
in the surrounding rural ateas.
sentative of the ’ I^oSral Hous
ing Administration, will he In
North Wilkesboro Saturday,
June 29, for the purpose of help
ing interested persons to fill out
applications for FHA Insured
loans.
Mr. Hallock will maintain
headquarters from 9 a. m. until
noon In the office of Attorney
W. H. McElwee, second floor of
the Bank of North Wllkesboro
building.
He will assist in filing out ap
plication for insured mortgages
for the purpose of building new
homes, purchasing of existing
construction, and refinancing of
existing mortgages not now in
distress. He urges that all In
terested parties see him. He
will have the proper application
blanks and will be able to give
first hand Information about the
opportunities afforded the home
owner or prospective home own
er under the national housing
act.
The nati'^al housing act, it is
pointed out, not only insures
loans for modernization but for
the purchase and construction of
new homes and homes already
erected.
BE SHOWN NEXT
TiddoK of Movie With Entire
Locil Cast Creates Modi
.^The Journal-Patriot’s two-reel
motion picture comedy, “Wilkes
County’s Hero,” Is completed.
Filming of the first real mo
tion picture In Wilkes county
with plot and story has attract
ed wide intereet and tbe vray lo
cal people, who compose the en
tire cast, have, broken into mo
vies, has exclt^ the admiration
of all who have witnessed
"shooting’’ of the interior scenes
on the stage of the New Orpheum
Theatre and the outdoor scenes
about the city.
“Wlikes County’s Hero,” will
have Its World Premie:'-* show
ing Sunday midnight at the New
Orpheum Theatre. It will be a
miniature Hollywood premiere
with flood lights at the front of
the theatre and all the local mo
vie "stars” there In person. The
midnight show program will con
sist of tbe showing of the pic
ture filmed locally and a num
ber of other features to round
out a full program of entertain
ment.
As introduction to the cast It
will^ be seen that Miss Elizabeth
Faw, attractive daughter of Mr.
oup
Boys’ Enroll In
ti
CAST OF OH.ARACTERS
Baby Ethel .... Elizabeth Faw
The Hero Paris Nuckols
Hie Rival Isaac Dnncan
Katrinka Lillian Liimey
Mr. Henpeck, 3, Bid WilUams
Mrs. Henpeck—
Nwmut Stevenson
Other characters include
policy tlHggfimiiii't- imtomo.
put InuliiaiyB/ it-iparo
tors, etc.
Saturday Last
Day To Vote On
Tobacco Control
Wilkes Marriages
Licenses to wed have been Is
sued from the office of Register
of Deeds O. F. Eller during the
past few days to two couples: M.
O. Miller and Manie Dillard,
both of Daylo; Wayne Caudill,
of Abshers, and Bonnie Brooks,
of Springfield. -
and Mrs. C. C. Faw, is the lead
ing lady. Miss Faw won recogni
tion in dramatics at Greensboro
College last year and is particu
lar fitted for screen perform
ance. Paris Nuckols plays the
part of leading man and per
forms splendidly. J. Bid Wil
liams, well known Insurance
man, may steal the show as Mr.
Henpeck except for Mrs. Hen-
peck, who Is none other than
Miss Norma Stevenson. Isaac
Duncan plays the role of "The
Rival,” a cub reporter. He is a
popular young man here, a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dun
can. The picture could not be
complete without his personifi
cation of the reporter and he
plays the role in splendid fash
ion, according to those who have
seen him perform before the
camera." Miss Lillian Linney, of
Wilkesboro, has the part of Ka
trinka, the country flapper who
roUer skates her way to fame as
a real comedienne. Miss Mae
Church, of Route 1, Wllkesboro,
plays the part of Miss Novarre.
There are many Wilkes people
(Continued on page five)
WILL PLAY CHATHAM
TEAM HERE SUNDAY
Home Chair company base
ball team will play the strong
Chatham nine, of Winston-
Salem, on the local field Sun
day afternoon at 8:80. A spe
cial Jnly 4 attraction here will
be a double header between
North Wilkesboro and Albe
marle.
Ballots hlay Be Cast At Denny-
vUle And lAttle Mountain
School bouses
Saturday, June 29, will posi
tively be the last day for tobacco
farmers to cast votes on the
question of whether or not they
wish the present policy of tobac
co crop control to be extended.
As the law now stands the act
will 'expire with the 1935 crop
unless the farmers want it con
tinued.
There ar© around 600 tobacco
growe.rs in Wilkes county, many
of whom havo already cast bal
lots at the office of County Agent
A. G. Hendren at the courthouse.
Two places for voting will be
maintained Saturday afternoon
from one until five o’clock. To
bacco growers may vote at Den-
nyville and Little Mountain
th© Wilkes Grangers, who enter- schoolhouses Saturday aftMmoon.
ed Into a discussion of publicity,' or may vote at the office of Mr.
Last Chance To Renew Your
Subscription At Same Low Price
message to
•Rlertainment, program and oth
er things for whloh'^^the ground,
published elt«where^ work most be~lald far In .ad-
^vance of the convention date.
Hendren’'until spyen p. m. Sat-
ipAy eTening. All tobacco grow
ers we urged to vote on the ques
tion of crop coBtrolj^’ ■,
A personal
subscribers:
This is the last week in
which to renew your sub
scription to The Joumal-
PaWot at the present low
price of $1.00 per year in
North Carolina or $1.50
oiitside the state. After
June 30 the price will be
fifty cents higher.
Saturday will be tbe last
day to renew at the present
low prices, although a let
ter bearing a June post-
mark and containinj? mon
ey or check for subscrip
tions will be accepted on
ftrrivftl*
week many have
taken advantage of the of
fer to get their subscrip
tions a year ^in advance at
1^,f „j, I. „,
O&EB i
Patient Survives Qpera-
tion For . Di
sease
Chardon, O. . . . Joseph Krch-
mar (above), 48, Is alive and
home today, the first patient in
the world to survive an opera
tion and be cured of angina pec
toris (heart). Dr. Claude S.
Beck of Cleveland performed
the operation last February.
Tbee Men Taken
h Still Raid By
Revenue Officers
R. J. Childress, Filo Bauguess
and DeWitt Billings Ar
rested Monday
R. J. Childress, F(lo Bauguess
and DeWItt Billings were arrest
ed In a distillery raid by Investi
gators of the federal alcohol tax
-token
at a still In the Traphill vicinity.
Federal Agents J. T. Jones, J.
C. Fortner, C. S. Felts, Leonard
Roope and J. R. Brandon con
ducted the raid, accompanied by
Deputy Marshal 'WV A. Jones and
Clinard Johnson. An average
size still and considerable quan
tity of materials for manufac
ture were destroyed.
A preliminary hearing was
held before United State© Com
missioner J. W. Dula in Wilkes
boro and bonds were fixed at
$600 each for appearance at the
November term of federal court.
Jay Brookshire
Is Taken at Still
Raid Made By Sheriff and
Federal Officer Tues
day Evening
Jay Brookshire, resident of
the Straw community, was ar
rested in a raid on a distillery
in that vicinity Tuesday after
noon. A preliminary hearing
was held before Commissioner J.
■W]. Dula in Wllkesboro and bond
for appearance in federal court
was filled In the amount of
$500.
J. R. Brandon, investigator of
the federal alcohol tax unit,
conducted the raid, assisted by
W. B. Somers, sheriff of Wlikes
county, Clinard Johnson and
Bob Jones.
A medium sized still in opera
tion when the officers approach
ed the scene, was destroyed, a-
long wlwth about 20 gallons of
liquor and some * materials for
liquor manufacture. Two other
persons escaped from the scene
of the still.
Tondu
Countm C^tlPeir
Here To
Army Offiertt From Fort
Bragg Examine Over 250
Api^cants At Amoir
The largest group of Wllkeo
youths ever to enroll th«.
Civilian Conservation Camp* en
trained here Monday at nooa.
There were 59 applieatlona from
Wpikes county boys approved by
the relief antUoritfer here.
1
Applicants from ten couatlao
gathered at tbe arm^,..,.her»
Monday morning for examUurUoo
by a corps of phvslelans' aaK
army offlcors from fort Braga
and th© ©xaminations wero eosa-
pleted in time'for them to boarg’:|
a special train at. ,nj)oi^.' A ma
jority of the 'Wflk^ boys irero^
assigned to a camp near Bristol;
Tenn., while many of those from
the other counties and some at
the Wilkes boys were assigned
to the James Camp at Purlear.
The large June enrollment fa
the first of a series under tha
enlai-gennetfit ,ifrogram of C. C.
Camps of the present nattonnl
administration of the works-re
lief fund. „ V
The Wilkes youths who -left
for camp Include Clint Da'v1s»
George 'Thomas Elledge, Bonson.
Cothren, Ransom Roscoe Har
ris, John Money, Thurmond Kil
by, Van LaFayette Spears, Joa
Shafter Brock, George Edward
Brown, Willard P. Smith, Ted
Thomas Fortner, Van Henry
Clark, Percy B. Sebastian, Cn-
bert Huffman, James Laws;
CharUe Church. (Toqrad J. ,
luulanr Arilini' —iVlCttOl
Tommie Faw, Charlie Burchotte,
Arnold Church, Jesse Willard
Blankenship. George Wlashlng-
ton Barlow, Avery L. Hunter,
Earl Tolbert, Gwyn Beshears,
Claude Huffman, Richard Grif
fin, William R. Minton, Benonia
Prevette, Henry Burnette, Wood-
row Dancy, Raymond A. Davis.
Leonard W. Wyatt, Glen L. Mar
low, W. J. Higgins, James Wor
ley, Arlle Lankford, Ralph King,
Albert Marlowe, James Combe,
Jaret Eliaa Ball, Dachie A.
Marlowe, Barney R. Johnson,
Earl McKinley Owens, Robert
Olin -Burchette, Brady Combs,
Frank Levi Tomlinson, John W.
Wellborn, Frank D. Prevette,
Howard Cothren, Edgar MitclH
ell, Watson, Walter Lee Jolly,
Sturgill Sanford Watson, Bristol
D. Mathis, Elbert Burton Wlsh-
on.
m
the present low price and
in so doing have saved
themselves at least fifty
cents each. If you have not
brought or sent yours in act
between now and Saturday
evening. ^ .
If yo"ur subscription has
expired or will expire this
year you are entitled to re
new at the present price.
In order that an unfair ad-
vatage cannot be taken
The Journal-Patriot is urg
ing all subscriberB to take
advantage of the offer.
Examine your subscrip
tion label today and if your
subscriptions expires
time in 1986 you may re-
mw at the present price by
brtnsdng, seeding or mail
ing your suwSCMption be
fore Saturday evenmgi
Testing Cows For
Bang’s Disease
County Agent A. G. Hendren
pnd Dr. Nicks, of Elkin, are
working In the county this week
testing dairy herds for contag
ions aboYtion (Bang’s* disease).
Only a very few cowa have been
found to be infected in the exam
inations thus far... , ,
The federal government. Is try
ing to eradicate the dise^ and
is paying $25 per grade oow and
$$0 for each registered cow in
fected, pro'vlded the animal is
killed. Herds in othw sections
have been found to be badly in
fected and it is expected that the
drive to eliminate thq'
will cause,a considerable increase'
in the price of cows. Dairy ,spec-
iahsts are advising people in
this section, where the disease
is scarcely known, to raise all
good belter calves. eh
Hear Wilkesboro
Matter Saturday
Hearing on Mandamus Action
Will Be At Courthouse
Saturday At 10 A. M.
A hearing on a writ of man
damus asking the “old”, board
of commissioners and officials.
of the town of Wllkesboro to
show cause why they shonld-not
turn over records, etc., to a
group Of candidates alleged to
hav© been elected on May 7, ■will
be held ‘before Judge J. A.
Rousseau, of this city, Saturday
morning.
The writ was originally sign
ed by Judge J. H. ClCiheBt, ^ of
Winston-Salem, and - made rs-
turnabl’d before Judge Rouauwa
on Saturday, Jun© 29, at.tM o’
clock. It is presumed '^t Iho
hearing will be at thpj.,cqurt-
house. , ’ ->v ■
Much Interest Is' centered in
tbe Wilkesboro election maitter,
which has b^n tied np' .ini.- the
court since May 7,: dfete foY^ths
election.
Ronda Singii^^
At Swui Credt
AR Gospd Singera Invited to
Singliig Conventioii On
Fif^ Sunday
— p
«;'Neiit convention of the S
Association Will be
at Swan .Creek ' Baptist
on the fifth Snndl^, Jnne
The- day’s program witLe||9i
16 a. m, \ -
All singing ,
and ell otheis
mnstc me