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Beads Presbyterisaa
' Sirinffs, Sept. S.—Dr. E. B.
^cC CKCTSDl«»fc tonigMr
elected by ascyaroation as
p^Ltar of the i22ed meeting of
^«r^l^3byterisn Synod of North
'■'oVnay^
Anto Crash Fatal
nklin. Sept 3.—Frank Nor-
'40. Nantahaia Forest office
there, died today of injuries
in an automobile crash
last midnight.
Dies Of Auto Injuries
eville, Sept. 3.—Jeff P.
fipler, 50. well known Sainp-
^ county farmer, died in High-
iiMiitih hospital here early this
^'^rnoming from injuries suffered in
aft’tetomobile accident in Salem-
burg Sunday morning.
Child Cost 05 Honrs
'Anxvasse, Mo., Sept. 3.—Three-
year-old John Wesley Kennon tod
dled on briai^scratched legs out
of the woods ^ay after 65 hours
of wandeiiag, ending fears of
searches^: that arolves had killed
him.
County seeiong
F*WA Funds For
School Houses
Literal f Fund of State Un-
aMe To Loan FuB Amount
.of $^,000 Asked
MAY USeI^PA labor
1?octai IStffirity-J^i^on ^ Ingifancd
Patrolman Injured
' Morganton, Sept. 3.—Marshall
Puett, 56, was released today un-
/der $500 bond for trial at the
December court term following a
preliminary hearing on a charge
of murdering his brother. Walter
Puett, in a family fight in Jonas
Kidge township that resulted in
the death of his own son, Lee Pu
ett. 20.
\nt Worried .About U. S.
Hvde Park. N. Y., Sept. 3.—
Pre.sident Roosevelt told a gath
ering of home folks here toni.ght
that “every' once in a while you
have to repair things” and assured
that he now is “not much wor
ried about the future of the Unit
ed State.s.”
Le.aps To Death
Elizf beth City. Sept. 3.—W. E.
Hinton, who said last Saturday as
he celebrated his 50th ijirthday
that it would be better if death
came to him 'vhile he and his
loved ones were happy, early to-1
day leaped to death in the Pas- j
quotank river.
Concessions Dropped I
•Washington, Sept. 3.—Secretary !
aimounced tcuight that as a
mP- ■'■■ultjf discussions he had with
Standard-Vacuum Oil company of
ficials. they had informed him,
they would withdraw from the
concessions secured from Emper-
■'or Haile Selassie to develop more
than half his Ethiopian kingdom,
Application For Loan and
Grant Carried to Chapel
Hill Tuesday Morning
An application for a public
works administration loan and
grant for the purpose of erecting
school buildings in Wilkes coun-;
ty was carried by C. B. Eller. '
county superintendent of schools,
to Chapel Hill Tuesday.
Some time ago the board of
county commissioners passed a
resolution to borrow $60,000 from
the state literary fund with the
hope of obtaining labor through
the works progress administra
tion. It was later learned that the
literary and building fund will be
able to loan only $30,000 to the
county.
In a joint meeting'of the board
of education and commissioners
in Wilkesboro Monday resolu
tions were passed to apply for
a loan and grant from the public
works administration to supple
ment the loan to be obtained from
the state in order to carry out
wh.at county authorities believe
the most essential parts of the
school building program this
year.
. The school building plan to be
eanied out this year calls for a
hew building at Millers Creek, a
new building in Mulberry town
ship, a new building at Mountain
View, a new building at Benham,
alterations at Wilkesboro and’ ad-
'iitions and repairs to other build
ings where the need is greatest, j
Public works administration bonds |
would be issued only in the a- j
mount necessary to carry out the i
program. |
Relief labor will b e used
through the works progress ad
ministration on a number of pro
jects, it was pointed out, but it is
freely predicted that this labor j
will necessarily have to be sup-!
plemented by much skilled labor,
in construction work that will |
not be available at WPA wages,
which range from $22 to $44 per
month for Wilkes county.
WASHINGTON. .. It is an ac
cepted fact that the new Social Se
curity Board will be the center of
great activity m elderly cititena of p
the U. 8. a^ for Information eon- j_'
ceming old age pensions and nnem-
ployment insurance. Above, left, is
J(jm G. Winant, former Eepublician
Governor of N, B., chairman of the
©Card. Bight, (top) Vincent M.
Miles, Little Bock, Ark., attorney,
and bottom, Arthu J. Altmeyer of
Wisconsi^ tho other members of
the Board named by Preeident
Booievelt.
Progcam of^State
Grange fjleeting
Is Being Formed
HEADS PROGRAM
C. E. McIntosh, administrator of
the youth educational program in
North Carol6ia.
Fair Association Getting Everyllimg
In Readiness For Annual Exposition
Great Wilkes Fair September 17 - 21
Snake Swallows
White' Door Knob
John Poplin plated a white
door knob in a hen’s nest at
his home near Roaring River.
The knob was used instead of
a nest egg.
A few days later a large
blacksnake was found in the
nest but the improvised nest
egg was missing, as well as
any other eggs. Whj^ the
snake was ltffled ft
that it had swgllowed the
door kneb.
Held For Assault
High Point, Sept. 3.—Sidney
Ross, 45, who lives on North Main
street, was arrested Sunday on a
charge of cj iminal ss.sault .and'
was held today without bond pend
ing preliminary hearing in High
Point municipal court. The prose
cuting witness is Marie Trivett.
aged nine, whose parents had the
warrant issued.
Belk’s Store Now
Being Remodeled
Entire Second Floor Will Be Used
.As Ready-to-Wear And Milli
nery Department
CitySchodsTo
Open Wednesday
Everything In Readiness For
Opening of Term; List of
Teachers Given
Revenue Collections Up
In general conformity with the
progressive increases which have
iieen observed from time to time
dpring recent months Collector of
aal Revenue Charles H. Rob-
on and his associates obtained j
for the United States government |
$40A07,178.48 during the two
months which ended August 31;
aitd which constitute the first two'
Qonths of the new fiscal year.
Foster and .Allen, local contract
ing firm, is busily engaged this
week in remodeling the building
occupied by Belk’s department
store in this city.
A number of changes are being
made that will enable the firm to "csday morning at 8:40 to receive
carry an even larger stock than directions and instructions,
it has in the past and will also, I’®* been the custom during
add to the convenience and attrac- ; th® past three years, -the children
tiveness of the establishment. 1>® divided after the first
Kermit Young, widely known' teachers meeting, which will be
architect, was engaged by Belk’s I held on Tuesday morning at nine
to design the ready-to-wear de-1 ® clock. There will be no high
partment along the most modern! ®*td low sections of grades that
lines for department stores. he dic-ided and the number
The balcony formerly used as ‘ children will be divided equally
ready-to-wear department is be-' ''’fth the sections being rated the
Entries For Hall Full of Ex
hibits Are Being Mailed
In to Secretary
Officials of the Great Wilkes
Fair Association are busily engag
ed in working out the last d.^
tails of plans for the tenth an
nual exposition for the Great
Wilkes Fair-tp be held in this city
on Septembei^T7. 18, 19, 20 and '
21.
Several thousand copies of the
premium list, offering cash prem-
"^ums in all'-- dep^SiriHits* nhve
been distributed during the past
few months to farmers and house
wives in Wilkes and adjoining
counties and entries for exhibits
are now pouring in to J. C. Wal
lace, secretary of the fair asso
ciation. Only ca.sh premiums are
offered and are liberal enough
to be coveted by the farmers in
this part of the state.
The premium list covers prac
tically all departments and all
classifications of products pro-
; . ! duced in this part of the state
North AV ilkesboro city schooU patterned after the
premium list of the North Caro
lina state fair, ommitting
Yooths Are Back
From C. M. T. C.
Ourse at Citizens Militarj'
Training Camp
Six Wilkes county youths who
attended the 3-day Citizens’ Mili
tary Training Camp at the Fort
Bragg army camp, returned to
their homes 'Tuesday.
The ;Wilkes boys who attended
were Frank McNeill and Hale
Jones, of North Wilkesboro; Lew
is H. Hartley and Robert L. Fos
ter, of Ferguson: Paul V. Fer
guson, of Goshen; and Robert 0.
Poplin, Jr., of Ronda.
They enjoyed the camp this
year very much, according to re
ports, and received valuable mili
tary training. Each forenoon was
spent in drills and afternoons in
athletic activities.
will open on Wednesday morning,
September 11.
All first grade children and all
other children entering the ele
mentary grades in the city school
for the first time will assemble
in the school auditorium on Wed-
[ion Officers
To Be Installed
IMsbict Commander To Be
I^«sent At Meeting To Be
■ Held Monday Night
j|3^rict Commander Neely Kin-
of Statesville, will install
I officers of the Wilk^ post of
r riLp American Legion at4a meet-
be heflrtt the Legion and
'Amdliary clubhouse on Monday
^Tiight, September 9. -
;The meeting will begin at 7:30
; . and it is earnestly desired that
every member of the Legion post
be present. The first Friday in
each month i.=i the usual meeting
■ time but the September meeting
•wao postponed until Monday night
in ’’order that the district com
mander may be present.
PLAY MOC«ESVIlXE
^ HERE ON SUNDAY
TMorth WBkesboro baa^U
am vrill meet the atmg team
^from Mooresriile agaia on Sun
day aftemoen. JtSh, al the falr-
ipMHada here. The paae last
Sanday was end of the heat of
aanioai and aftather thriU-
centcat » in praai^ SUn- .
ing remodeled into office spaces
for the cashier and store man
ager. A change carrying system
will be installed and it is de.sign-
ed to greatly facilitate business
of the firm.
W. G. Gabriel, manager of the
store, is now on a buying trip to
New York City, where he is se
lecting fall and winter merchan
dise.
seme.
The textbook rental system will
be explained to the: teachers in
the meeting Tuesday. Regular
texts in the elementary grades
will be rented to the children at
one-third the list price of the
books.
Of the high school books only
history, science and home eco-
(ConOouatf on page five)
Civic Organizations Help To Plan
Entertainment of Grange Delegates
A meeting of a joint committee
from a number of local organiza
tions was held at Hotel Wilkes in
this city Tuesday to assist the
Wilkes Pomona Grange in laying
plar.s for the entertainment of
around 500 delegates who are ex
pected to attend the North Caro
lina state Grange convention here
on September 26, 26 and 27.
People of the Wilkesboros and
Wilkes county will furnish room
and breakfast , to the delegates
who will gather from all parts of
the state to attend the rural fra
ternity convention.
The meeting Tuesday was at
tended by committees from the
North WilkesjMTo Kiwanis Club,
American Legion, North Wilkes'*
boro Woman’s Chib, fVilkesboro
Woman’s Club, American Legion
Auxiliary and the Wilkes Pomona
Grange.
It was decided that cards be
printed and distributed among the
homes. People of the Wilkesboros
and vicinity will- then fill out the
cards, showtag how many dele-;
gates each home can care for, and
turn them into headquarters.
In laying plans for entertain
ment of delegates in the homes
the committee stressed the fact
that the Grange is representative
of the best element of rural peo
ple. apd, every effort will be put
forth by the Wilkes Grange and
other organizatiiHis to adequately
entertain every delegate who at
tends the conventian.
only
.such classe.s as are not produced
cxten.siveiy in Wilkes and ad
joining counties, to which the
fair is open.
The free act program in front
of the grandstand will undoubted
ly exeell anything offered in prev
ious years, according to predic
tions of fair officials. In laying
plans for the fair particular
stress was laid on this feature
and a full two-hours’ program of
the best acts obtainable have been
signed, including acts by the
famous Dekohl and J ackson
troopes.
Saturday, last day of the fair,
will be featured by professional
automobile races with a dozen or
more highly geared racers on the
track, which has recently been
graded for excessive speeds. The
auto races last year proved to be
a great attraction and promote-.'s
of the races this year assure an
even better show with a number
of dare-devil stunts , supplement
ing the racing program.
On the midway this year will
be Marx Greater Shows, which
•were here last year. The same
midway carnival was selected be
cause it had less objectionable
features than any other aggrega
tion available. The shows have
been greatly supplemented since
last season.
Nation^ Mias ter Wffl Deliver
Adeti’ess In CoDvaitkfi To
Held lb City
DATES S^^BER 25-27
State Master Gives Outline of
Pribram For the 1935
Convention
A convention full of activity for
three days is assured In program
of the seventh annual meeting
of the North Carolina State
Grange as announced by State
Master E, S. Vanatta, of Wades-
boro. The meeting will be held
in the high school hnflding in
North WUlkesboro on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, September
25-26-27, with the Wilkes Coun
ty Pomona Grange and the sub
ordinate Granges of Wilkes coun
ty as hosts.
The State Grange will open in
full form in the sixth degree at
10 a. m. on September 25. There
will be the roll call of officers,
after which the Orange will low- Six FrOM WUkes Take Bssif
I er to the fourth degree and ad-
j mit those who have not received
the higher 'Grange degrees. Com
mittee appointments will b e
made at this time, followed by
the roll call of Granges, juvenile
matrons and of deputies. An or
der of business will be adopted.
Following this preliminary or
ganization work, the Grange will
be welcomed in the afternoon
program beginning at 1:30 o’
clock. The state master will make
his annual report dealing with
the work accomplished In the
state during the past year with
■1 an outlook inta the future and
rejeommendations as to policy.
Other officers will follow him
wlni their reports. One of the
principal addresses of the con
vention will be given that after
noon at 3:30 o’clock by'R. C
Oarrick, secretary
al Grange Mutual
7ahyT See^
will be followed by a juvenile
hour in which the juvenile de
gree will be given by a team In
charge of Mrs. T. W. Ferguson,
juvenile deputy of Wilkes coun
ty. Wilkes county will furnish
the entertainment to conclude
the afternoon program.
High spot of the program, per
haps. will be the Wednesday
night program, in charge of
State Leefurer Harry B. Cald
well, of Greensboro, this pro
gram beginning at 7:15 o’clock.
The speaker will be L. J. Taber,
master of the National Grange,
who will come to North Wilkes
boro from his home In Colum
bus. Ohio. Finals of the State
Grange debate and of the "'ost
representative Grange girl con
test will be held and annonnee-
nient v/ill be made of the winner
of the banner lecturer award.
State Lecturer Caldwell will
conduct a conference for lectur
ers to stprt the Thursday morn
ing program. Chief event on the
program then will be the elec
tion of officers for the next two
years. The Grange Fire Insur
ance Association will hold its
annual meeting.
A memorial service, commit
tee and officers’ reports and se-:
lection of a meeting place for
1936 will top the Thursday aft
ernoon program. The Forsyth
Pomona degree team will confer
the fifth degree, and at 4 p. m.
the finals of the State Grange
baseball championship will be
held. That evening the sixth de
gree will be conferred by state
officers.
Business of the meeting will
be concluded FYiday ' morning,
! and officers will be installed.
(Continued on page fourT
•etary of tha^:Natlon-
utual^^jty Com- .
■ 'N. It ISS^adressr \ 1 B* •
Attend Meeniig
Rally To Be Held In Winston-
Salem On Friday, Sep
tember 13tli
es^u
ea
Term Tt^y,
■ ■
Elementaiy ~ ‘
Ing DisMeta
4miWSt» O^y:- BfeNDAT^
Teachers’ Meel»i|^llHiI Y«^
twday; Prodpe^ Bright
For Grood Your
... ' ,.. ‘yt
A lareie number of the ooUyiag
elementary schoiArr - in WUhea
nounty opened today while prep-
aration^re under way fi>r open-
inf of the central* and high
schools on Monday morning, Sep-
if
tember 9.
A meeting of r the teachers em
ployed in the schorig wibich open
ed today was held in the WOlcea-
boro school Imilding yesterday .
morning, at which time the eodme
of study and the rental textbook
system inaugorabid by the state
was explained.
School books t) be rented to
the children did not arrive in
time for distribution on the
opening day of school but 0^ B.
Eller, county superintendent of
schools, stated today that the
books are expects^, some time
this week.
Under the tgxtbook rental sys
tem a student may rent bookg for
the term at about,one’tiilnf' of
the list price. The students, how
ever, are held responsible for the
books and for damages exceeding
average wear and depreciatioki.
According to state estimates, a.
school textbook shbtfld last three
years.
Prospects are bright for a.good’’'
school year in the county and
large enrollments are expected la,
both elementary and high school'
All schools which did not open
today will open Monday, with’tha
exception of Mountain View. 'The'
following article with reference to
Mifuntain View school was issued
yestw^y: -f.'-.'fc--
"Ha?^ Sept. 4.
The Mountain View '•entral
school, both elementary and high
school will open "Moinday, Septem
ber 16. Though th'e building is
not entirely completed it will be
in readiness for use and a fine
school is the outlook.
The Mountain ■ View central
school is one of the largest in
Many Republidan leaders in
Wilkes county are expecting to
attend the Republican rally to be the county and with the corps of
. r, , i:» *j« , ! teachers and the varied courses
held in Winston-Salem on ri y. j gtudents this year will
August 13. . ^ find pleasure in the new condi-
In a communication from W. . school is proud to
Meekins, state G. 0. P. chairman, | agriculture
to J. M. Brown, chairman of the | ^
Republican party m Wilkes. Mr. economics will be offered
Meekins urged a large attend
ance of Republicans from Wilkes
county. Those who wish to attend
are requested to get in touch with
Chaiiman Brown or Kyle Hayes,
secretary, in order that transpor
tation arrangements can be made.
A meeting of the state execu
tive committee will be held in
the afternoon at Robert K Lee
Hotel, 2:30, and the public meet
ing will be held at eight o’clock
that night. John D. Hamilton,
executive director of the Repub
lican national committee, will be
the principal speaker.
Supplementary
Teacher
for the girfs along with the oth
er regular work.
The patrons as well as the stu
dents will find great happiness
and pleasure in the following
faculty:
High school—E. R. Spruill, dis
trict principal; C. A. Williams,
boys coach and history; Miss Win
nie Heafner, girls coach and math
ematics; Miss , Clara Oiplvle,
languages; Miss’ Ruth Willmms,
home economics; Hugh Stout,
vocal agriculture. ■
Elementary school-^. L. Greg
ory, C. C. Blevins, Miss Ruby
Flemmings, Miss Iva Mae .'Wil
liams, Miss Mable Billings, Mrs.
Willie Felts. Miss •'“Helen Stan-
I berry. Miss Erie Gilliam. Mrs.
Wilkes Ed Dancy, Miss Selma Robinett,
List
Following is a list of
coqnty teachers who had not been i Miss Clara Caudill
employed and who were not in-, - ,,11
eluded in the list published several, All-Otar OOTtOall
weeks ago:
Ferguson, ‘ Mr. and Mrs. G. E.
Tester. Mrs. Roxie Jennings and
Mrs. C. M. Burchetts; Somars,
Nola Howard and Mary Louise
Ferguson: Parker, Beatrice Se-
hastiair: Lovelace, Mrs. Addie
Sale; Cranberry, Mrs. R. E. Faw.
Game On Saturday
Wiikes All Stars Will Play Wii*-
stoa Salem Chamnions at Fair
grounds Here
Flower Show To Be
September 26, 27
on September 26 and 27 inst^
of the first week in OctobeV,^^
was formerly announced.
A list of many valuable pi
iums. which was published
cently in this newspaper, has at
tracted much attention and the
flower show is expected to exeell
anything "“ever attempted ftloQB
that line in this ciQ'. Farther de
tails will be given later.
Oniaville Love and Father Held
Without Bond For Atwood Slaying
The flower show to be sponsor
ed by the North Wilkesboro gar- „
den club will be held in this without privilege of bond in
Ofliaville Love and his father,
Thomas Love, arrested in connec
tion with the slaying of Phin At
wood in Jobs Cabin township on
August 16, were remand^ to
a recent hearing before
trate J, C. Wallace.
Ornaville Love has admitted
shootinii Atwood but claims self
d^enne in that Atwood was draw
ing a gnin on him, although eye
witnesse.’i are said tq have jcollob-
Anated Atwood’s, detdhbed state-:
ment to the effect that he was- „ xu
not arpied. Ornavitie Love waived ,tp four, months at the
home but he'escaiied.
^ ^ '
hearing.
Thomas Love, Ornaville’s fath
er, is being held for aiding and
abetting in murder and after evi
dence was offered in the hearing
by the state Mr. Wallace refused
bond.
The slaying is said to be the
culmination of a family fued dat;,
ing back for some time. Orhavilte
Love was the prosecuting -witness
whose testimony caused the ooi-
viction of Atwood bn a charge, qf
A sof’bnll game that should
fliTw a large crowd of interested
■-ns will be niayed at the fiir-
-r.'UTids here Saturday afiernoon,
'.:30, when an alUstar team pick-
id from the four teams of »he
North Wilkesboro league -will olay
the Winston-Salem champions.
This game will be the high’’ght
of the softball season as the Whs-
ston-Salem aggrejmtion, is one of
the best in the soutL Admission
will be ten eents.
Miss Ellen Robinson
To Open Mtim jStndip
Miss Ellen Robi^m f^!^
sqecessfnliy operated a sthdlo^^
lessons in piano add ,vo(c^sdr'’wl
North Wilkaslxm high school^jftgr
assault with deadly weapon. R#U„ number of years,, will
, XV-. »—Me,— hw studio for the
the school haikUng^«»
daiy, Septendier U,^ppea^ day^'^;
of schooL
was sentenced in tiie April term
of court by Judge P. A DanMs