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19S5' ^ :f 1.60 XN STATE—$2 00 OUT OP'
O • Tadkfai M«b Pua«s
; vXadkinville, Auir. 20.—James
Aatery liyers. 82, passed away
mt kia home near E^ck Shoals,
'ttiia county, this morning at 9
f^wing an illness of
eral wedcs. He had been ser-
ily ill for three weeks.
fC,788 Lkjuor Sales
New Bern, Total re
ceipts from Ikioor sales at. the
New _Bern ABC store during the
1-2 days since the estab-
t^hraa opened here July 23
'Saturday amounted to
according to Saperria*1^
f€. Rea.
I Plans Next to freieze Himpio then Restore to Life |
R^nuM For Fair
Rabigh. Aug. 20.—The statt’
hoard'it agrkultare wHl dt>en
bids tomoiroW for the erection
of a wing of the exhibit hall at
the state fairgrounds to replace
"fthe section burned during the ex-
position last fall.
Gold Near Morganton
Morganton, Aug. 20.—Discov
ery” of gold on his 69-acre farm' in
Silver Creek township has been
rei>orted here by A. F. Chapman,
Burke county farmer, who says
he plans large scale operations to
mine the precious metal.
Los Angeles—Dr. Ralph Willard. 32, research chemist, pictured
ust after he froze to death for three days a monkey which he later
restored to life, will have a human being to experiment on next.
Stephen Simkhoyltch. film writer, has volunteered to become a hu
man icicle in the name of science. The experiments are for the pre
vention of various dreaded diseases.
PWA Applications
Chai>el Hill. Aug. 20.—H. G.
Baity, state director of the pub
lic works administration, said to
night Monday, September 16, had
been set a..=i the deadline for re
ceiving applications under the
new PWA program in the state
office here.
Relief Project Seeks To Era£cate
Disastrous Disease Among Bees In
Wilkes and Revive Honey Industry
Births And Deaths
Raleigh. Aug. 20.—Both births
•ad deaths declined in the state
daring July as compared with
the similar month in 1934, the
July vital statistics report issued
today by the state board of
health revealed. Deaths last
month totalled 2.431, for a rs^ of
8.7 per 1,000 4>opulation. while in
,^'jhly, 1934, there were 2,912 for:
rate of 10.7.
Demented Humanity
Newburgh, N. Y., Aug. 20.—
Mrs. Dorthy Sherwood. 27, pret
ty former showgirl, walked into
police headquarters todfiy and
^^told officers the two-year-old son
in her arms was dead—drowned
by her own hand. “He’s dead,”
she sajd, dry-eyed. “I just drown
ed him in a creek in Caesar’s
Lene. I couldn’t feed him and I
couldn’t bear to see him hungry.”
Congratulates
This City On
Improvements
'll Fire Department; Fire In-
sarance Rates Lowered For
Property Owners
In a letter to commissioners of
the town of North Wilkesboro J.
Xl. Ificholsoh, chairman of the
committee on Conservation of
Limb and Proper^ in the
Carolina Association of
ce Agents, congratulated
the city on the forward step in
improving the fire department to
cnA an extent that it is now rat-
as second class. He pointed out
♦w«t the added protection against
file kms will mean a saving to
of the city in fire insur-
■mr* premiums. His letter fol-
To Tewii Commissioners
sjmlBrstand that your city is
jpfrhmr a new motor driven
to carry eight hundred
feet of hose’a* well as thirty-five
chemical tank with hose
said CMJnections. I further under-
stand that your fire Department
*'■ panonnel is to be increased from
tweWe to twenty-four men. I am
that when these things
have been drme the classification
of your dty will be changed from
third to second class and, con-
aeqoBirtly, fixe insurance rates
seduced. This will, of course,
prove h tremendous saving to the
yieim’ty owners in your town,
ia not the saving in fire m-
premiums that I write
about but the steps which
dty baa- taken to i^ffect aav-
of property from devouring
1 congratulate you and
committee which decided on
of equipment. ,
fire protection al-
invites new industries,
oo the other. .hand, poor
ion retards ^ growth
Sixty->Six Wilkes Fairiffies In Care
Rural Rehibilitation Corporation
Faimilies Taken
Off Relief lift}
Estimated That,95 Per Cent
of Families Placed WiO
Repay Obligations
Sixty-six Wilket county fami
lies, who a year ago faced the
problem of earning' a- living with
despairing hope, have been placed
on their feet this year by the
North Carolina Rural Rehabilita
tion Corporation, working in con
junction with the emergency re
lief administration.
In relief district 8. composed of
Wilkes, Yadkin, Surry, Alle
ghany, Ashe and Watauga coun
ties a total of 442 families were
lifted from the relief load and
given a chance through means
provided in the rural rehabilita
tion setup, it was learned here
from C. A, Miles, district super
visor.
Families taken over by the cor
poration in Wilkes county show
every indication of making grood,
according to information gained
from Mr. Miles, and it is estimat
ed that 95 per cent of them will
be able to repay this year’s in
stallment on their loan this fall.
In the spring the families to
be rehabilitated were selected on
advice of relief officials after
thorough investigation had
made by case workers and
their recommendation.
The corpomtion leased,
option to buy, large tracts of
lands suitable to farming and a"
inventory was made of the pos
sessions of the families to be
placed. Such supplies and equip
ment that they did not have and
which were necessary were loan
ed by the corporation on easy
terms and witfiout interest charge.
The first payment is due this fall.
Some families already possess
ed livestock and if they did not
have horses, mules or oxen these
were furnished through means of
a loan from the corporation to the
client. Other supplies included
seed, and equipment. The average
loan to each family was around
$100. depending on vhat they al
ready owned.
Each family was given a splen
did opportunity to make good and
has ^en closely observed to see
how they take advantage of the
opportunities offered. The ulti
mate aim is to remove the fami
lies from relief or dole and to
place them in a position where
they can shift for themselves and
remove the necessity for govern
ment aid in the future.
Tne Rural Rehabilitation Coi-
poration is financed by a revolv
ing fund and when the loans are
repaid by the clients the funds
are used to place some other fam
ily on its feet.
bViKdfer^Bjr
: FejeralOfficeri
S. y. Tomliiison ,. ' . .1
Holey .Cortte Hdpl For
’ntreatadiiF LOtl
S. y. TomliiisQii
DEMAM)^ $10»000
Threatened^^^o D o Bodily
Har m .Unless This Amoont
. Was Given
A projkc^ recently put into
effect by the local relief admin
istration has as its purnoee the
rehabilitation of the bee keep
ing industry in Wjlkes county.
During the past few years
bees in this section of the state
have, become infected by a dis
astrous disease known as Amer
ican Fowl Brood and its rav
ages has all but eradicated bees
in the finest bee keeping terri
tory in America. «
Sourwood honey, the most
highly prized product of the bee
hive, ia produced only on the
eastern .slopes of the .Southern
Appalachians, and Wilkes coun
ty is in the heart of the sour-
wood region.
Wilkes county has the most
bees of any county in the state
and formerly produced many
thousands of dollars worth of
sourwood honey each year, pro
viding a substantial source of
income to many farmers. This
income is rapidly dwindling be
cause the bees are dying of
American Fowl Brood.
The relief administr.ntion had
a man who was in need of work
and who knew bees and how to
control and fight the disease
that is preying upon the honey
making insacts, JB« is working
on the relief project and is
helping all bee keepers to fight
the disease and restore the in
dustry to the point where it
will be a valuable asset to the
county and sourwood honey
from Wilkes will again be
known and prized throughout
the country.
been
upon
with
Borah Poll Loader • ] I Child Loses Foot;
Hand Badly Hurt
J. Finley Curtis, who moved
from Wilkes several years ago
and has been making his home
in Mooresville, was arrested
yesterday "Up G-Men in Char
lotte and placed under bond of
$10,000 for appearance in fed
eral court on diarge of writing
a threatening letter to S. V.
Tomlinson, prominent business
man of North Wilkesboro.
Althongh fuU details of the
threat contained in the letter
were not made pabHc it is nn-
deratood that Curtis demanded
$104HM) and if ,his demands
were not met Mr. Tomlinson
was to suffer great bodily
harm. The extortion letter was
received by Mr. Tomlinson on
August 11, warrant for Curtis’
arrest stated.
Agen‘8 of the Charlotte of
fice of the bureau of investiga
tion, “G^Men” agency of the
department of justice, were
placed on the case, made the
arrest and appeared as prose
cuting witnesses against the
former Wilkes man in the pre
liminary hearing yesterday be
fore United States Commission
er W. M. Smith in Charlotte:
Details of the case are not
made public because of a ruling
by high officials of the bureau
of investigation, that sudi in
formation not be given out un
til the case reaches federal
court.
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Two Accident Cases Treated
at the Wilkes Hospital
fn Two Days
Ray Johnson, three-yeai^old
son of Percy Johnson, of Windy
Gap,'cut his foot off with an axe
Tuesday. Treatment of the injur
ed was rendered at The Wilkes
Hospital.
Yesterday treatment was ren
dered to Granville Pruitt, young
man of the Dockery community.
His right hand was badly injured
when a shotgun he was handling
accidentally discharged.
Miss Elizabeth McNeil, of West
Jefferson, is here visiting Miss
Margaret McNeil.
Fair PlalS; Are
Going Forward
Expecting Higli Record of At
tendance at Great Wilkes
Fair In September
“Every indication points to a
record attendance at the Great
Wilkes Fair in North Wilkesboro
on September 17, 18, 19, 20 and
21,” W. A. McNeill, president and
general manager, 'stated thday.
“These expectations are justi
fied,” he said, because the fair as
sociation this year has arranged
for a greater array of attractions
that have appeared in this city at
any one of the nine annual fairs
that have been held since the as
sociation was organized.
Determined to have a bigger
fair this year, officials have ar
ranged for added attractions in
each department. Knowing that
no fair can grow in popularity
without good exhibits of farm
and home products the first step
was to get out a premium list of-
(Continued on page eight)
A croriicferistic photograph of
Will Rogers, comedian, humorist
and philosopher. The nation
mours his death.
Washington.—Senator William
E. Borah, of Idaho, (above) ia
first choice of Republican county
leaders for the 1936 presidential
nomination, in a poll being com-
niled by Robert H. Lucas, former
director of the Republican na
tional committee. The first fig
ures gave Borah 247, Knox 167,
Landon 127, Vandenberg, 97, Low-
den 88, Hoover 52.
Work Pr(^essii^[
On Ho^ital Here
Foster and AUen Construct
ing Fireproof BuUding For
Lo4^ Institution
Foster and Allen, local building
contractors, are progressing rap
idly ■with the construction of a
'new building for Hie Wilkes Hos
pital.
Brick work has reached the sec
ond floor and is going forward as
rapidly as the weather will per
mit.
The new building will be of
fireproof construction throughout
and is being erected on the most
modem plans approved by the
best hospiWl authorities. The new
building will have approximately
30 rooms and is to be ready for
occupancy by November J5.
PREMIUM LIST FOR FLOWER SHOW HERE
FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER ANNOUNCED
Announcement Monday that
the North Wilkesboro' Garden
Club is sponsoring a flower show
to be held here during the first
week in October created consider
able interest. Today the -premium
list is announced.
Sweepstakes prise -to ex
hibitor making the most" points
will be a vanity dresser, donated
by the Turner White Casket com
pany and the American Furniture
Company. A first prize marked
with blue ribbon will be three
points, second prize marked with
red ribbon two points and third
prize marked with yellow ribbon
one point.
The show will be open for en
try of flowers to every resident
of Wilkes county with the excep
tion of members of garden clubs
other than the North Wilkesboro
Garden Club, which ia sponsoring
the show.
Following is the complete prem
ium. list:
Class A—Dahlias
1. Best vase dahlias, 3 or
more blooms: first, $2.50 cash,
Coca-Cola Bottling C0> second, 1
year's subscription to The Jour
nal-Patriot; yellow ribbons.
, 2. 'Largest, most perfect
perfect bloom: first, 3 pairs silk
hose, Spainhour - Sydnor Co.;
second, $1,60 trade, Reins Market!
yellow ribbons.
3. Best vase of 3 decorative (1
or more varieties): first, $2.00
rug, Tomlinson’s Dept. Store;
second, $1.00 tie. Payne Clothing
Co,: yellow ribbons.
4. Best vase of cactus dahlias
(one or more varieties): first,
^.00 trade, Teague’s Pressing
club; second, Sunday chicken din
ner, Princess cafe, yelllew rib
bons.
5. Best vase of 12 common
garden dahlias i(one or more va
rieties): first, vanity mirrors for
sun visors; second, one gallon ice
cream, Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
6. Best vase of single or col-
lorette dahlias: first, 6 gallons
gasoline, Boone 'Trail Motor Co.;
second, $1.(H) groceries, O. P. EJUer
& Sons, yellofw ribbons.
7. Vase of 12 pompoms (2 or
S » variesies): first, 1 pair silk
, J. T. Prevette aothing Co.;
second, box powder, Horton Drug
Co.; yellow ribbons.
8. 12 large flowering, different
varieties in one basket: first, $5,00
Fonse oil'ticket, Nu-iWay Service
station; second, electric lamp,
Wilkes Electric Co.; yellow rib
bons. ,
9. Basket of 25 Woomsof minia
tures, pompons, arranged for ef
fect. Other foliage apd grasses
allowed: first, $2.00 cash. The
Men’s Shop; second. 24 lb. bag
Bon-Ton flour. Miller-Jjong Co.;
yellow ribbons.
Clssa B—Roses ■
1. Best collection red roses in
one container: first, $2 trade, J.
C. Penney Co.: second. $1.26
trade, Ideal Beauty Parlor: yel
low ribbons.
2. Best eoUection yellow roses:
first, $2.96 • bed spread. Belk’s
Dept. Store; yellow ribbons.
3. Best collection pink roses in
one container: first, $1.60 pair
bedroom shoes, J. T. Prevette
Clothing Co.; second, $1 trade,
Moore’s Market; yellow ribbons.
4. Best collection mix^ roses
in one container; first, $5 portrait
work, Johnson’s Studio; second,
$1 oil treatment. Wisteria Beauty
Salon; yellow ribbons.•-
' 5. Best specimen roses, any
color: first, silver bud vase,
Reins-Sturdivant, Inc.; second,
admiration shampoo, tonic and
finger wave, Mayflower Beauty
Shop.
Class C—Garden Flowers
1. Most artistic arrangement of
mixed flowers in baskets in
shades of: (a) pink (prize), maple
night table, Oak FurnituFe Co,;
(b) lavender, bedroom chair, Home
Chair Co.: (c) yeflow, magazine
stand, Smoak Fdrniture Co,; (d)
red, pair bzlaokets,' R4>odes-Day
Purniture Cq.J (e> varieties of
white, foot stool; (U “^«I
(Continued on page eight )y>
T. B. Clinic In
Wilkesboro Is
Now In Progress
Second Week Not Yet Filled
With Appohitments; Ex-
lAminations Free
People of Wilkes county are
taking full advantage of the op
portunity to have a free exami
nation for tuberculosis in the clin
ic now being conducted at the
county health office in the court
house.
The clinic, which is being con
ducted through co-operation of
the state and county health de
partments, beg:an on Monday
morning and will continue through
next week. Examination and
diagnosis are made by appoint
ment only and the first week is
filled with appointments.
Dr. H. L. Seay, of the state
sanatorium, is conducting the
clinic this week. Dr. H. F. Easom,
specialist who conducted clinics in
Wilkes in 1931-32-33 and ’34, will
conduct the last week of the
clinic. ,
There are still a number of ap
pointments that may be filled for
examinations during the last week
of the clinic. All' persons who
have reason to suspect that they
have tuberculosis are urged by
health authorities to make ap
pointment at once.
'Rev-ival Meeting
A revival meeiing will begin at
Oak Ridge Baptist church Sun
day, August 26. 'The pastor. Rev.
J. C. Pruitt, will be assisted dur
ing the meeting by Rev. T. E.
Ble'vins. Communion will be ob
served Sunday. The public has a
coMial invitation to attend each
and every service.
Three Games On
Baseball Card
Elkin Here Today; Lexing-
, ton Team. Here Saturday
and Sunday
Although rain ^IIbs .somewhat
delayed the schedule of^the Home
Chair company baseball team
during the past few weeks, inter
est 'Will rise to a new high pitch
this week when the home team
meets two of the strongest outfits
in this section today, Saturday
and Sunday.
This afternoon at four o’clock
the Chatham Blanketeers* are
scheduled for a game here. On
Saturday afternoon Lexington, of
the Carolina League, coAie« here
for a game at 9:30 and again on
Sunday for another game at the
same hour. This is by far the
toughest schedule of three games
the locals have faced so far this
season and is calculated te draw
every baseball fan in North Wil-
kesboro and vicinity to the fair-
^onnda.
This afternoon Home Chair will
A-1
Suppiito For Term
Will Be Giren Out At.
C. B. Eller, superintoideiit af
schools hi Wilkes coustji,’^ today
announced a list o| teachqy. eza-
ployed for the echoed teira.^, be
ginning on Wednesday,
28th. . ivV'
A teachers’ meeting
held . in the iWilkesfaorq. SC))M
building on Tuesday motrdTagJ^
fore school opening ani^
may get their supplies.!, at.
time. .
' Following is the list oif ieSowim
by districts; v
Traphill—Carl
pal Beatrice Holbro(^jSkHjfi|^JP.
Farmer. Myrtle Laniwn, Uti-'M.
Joines, Mildred Holbrook, Vona
McCailn, Mrs. Lena Billings.''
Austin—Mrs. J. E. DeJoUraetta.
Alma Woodruff, Vaudie LypU..
Mine Ridge—Nora Warren, Hra.
Esker Parks.
Roaring Gap—C. C. Cockeibaac,
Mrs. J. N. Gentry,
Stony Ridge—Etta Pruitt Bknt-
ins, Bessie Bauguss., .
Joynes—Faye Lyon, Bertha Mc
Bride.
Little Elkin—Coy Durham.
Honda—Prof. Bowman, prind-
pal, Odessa Black, Roberta Ger
man, Samuel B. Brandon, WlUiaa
H. Davis. Flora E. McBee,
R. 0. Poplin, Elizabeth Anne Mc
Donald. Katherine Parcell, Alnia
Cleo Harrell, Frances Bradley,
Lavenia Abemethy, Ruth Bundy.
Pleasant Hill—Mrs. Hugh Roy
al, Mrs. Mary B. Holcomb, Bai
lie Woodruff, Mary Gladys Carter.
Benham—Lyon, Zola Phil
lips.
XJool Springs—Sherman Sebas-
tain, Wilsie Carter.
Pleasant Ridge—R. S. Guyer,
Mrs. Carl Baker.
Temple Hill—Burris A. Day,
Bernice Day.
Dennyville—J. H. Calloway, J.
T. Redding.
Clingman—C. B. Burchette,
Charlie Byrd, Mary Louise Fer
guson.
Plum Ridge—Mrs. Demmie Pre
vette.
Union—Everette Elledge.
Millers Creek—R.^V. Day, T.
W. Hayes, Plato Greer, Mae
(Continued on page eight)
attempt to fain revenge for a 13 . .
to 5 defeat y«t the hands of the|ARy,” James Larto
Blanketeers
yesterday.
McNeill Family
Associadoii To
Meet Ob S^. 1
Second Annual GatlhniMg.
WUl Be At Millers CrtA-Y
School Building
The second annual meeting
the McNeil Family Associatioii mt
Western North Carolina 'WiB 'be
held at Millers Creek high school
building on Sunday, September 1,
1935. beginning at 9:30 a. nt,
and continuing all day. Millera
Creek is on the Boone Trail hi$d>-
way six miles west of North
ilkesboro.
Following the plan started but
year, there will be a picnic din
ner, and all who can do so are
asked to bring well filled bashfta.
All families and indiridoab
bearing the name or tile blood of
the DfeNeils are urgently inhitad
to be present and take part in
this meeting. Judge Johnson
Hayes, as president of the asso
ciation, will deliver the introduc
tory address. It is expected ^1^,,
there will be a number of otiynr
noted speakers present, .inchid^
Attorney Robert H. Mc^ilL.-^ef
Washington, D. C., and-the-MMe*'
neil of Bara (the chief of the
clan), -who lives in New York.'
An effort is being made to get a
genuine Scotch pipCT^rojn'N^
York, who will give the pM]^
of this section sometiifaq; entinty
new in the way of zegsdite ?-aigt
The association, whidi'waa: |iln *
last year in a somewl^t oufinii^
ed state, will be perfeet^'tt^ '
on an active workifigl'ba^'Uad
it gives promise of beink
largest most impoartaitt faii-
ily association in the aohdi.' !^. ,
“Don’t forget the time isiS
place—Sunda/, Septmnb^ 1st, at
Millers Creek. Cotnfr eaHy, bti|g
tim whole family, sad stay
statad
,18.19.
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