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PAY, NOV. 2^
WPA Nearing Goal of Placing All
Relief Employables On Work Projects
Quite Disturbing
Kinston, Nov. 24.—Rev. Bruce
Barrow today appealed to persons
around his Free Will ' Baptist
chureh not to throw firecrackers
under the church while he is
preaching. A recent sermon was
^pnnctaated by two bangs, he
•aid, and they were not good on
his nerves. The congregation was
so indignant members sent for
police.
Wound Proves Fatal
Beaufort. Nov. 2h.—Evie Dix
on. 16-year-old son of Mrs. Viola
W. Dixon, of Broad Creek, and
her only child, died at Morehead
City hospital early today as the
result of a gunshot wound in his
left leg. He was accidentally shot
by a comrade, D. F. Adams, Jr.,
of Broad Creek, Friday as they
were getting out of a boat after
a duck hunt.
Xow Driving Carefully
Washington, Nov. 26.—Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said to
day that as far as she knows her
two younger sons, Franklin, Jr.,
and John, at present are driving
very carefully. She made this re
ply at her press conference when
;isked if thp two had joined the
auto safety campaign sponsored
hv their father.
Bishop Kcm Speaks
Wilmington. Nov. 21. — "The
present .system of capitalism
leaves a large imaisure of undev-
privilege,” said Bishop Paul B.
Kern, of (Ireeiisboro. in a confer
ence sermon before a congrega
tion mimbering approximately 1,-
500 in Grace church today at the
ItHlh annual session of the North
Carolina conference of the Meth
odist Episeopal church, South.
Dr. Gulley Reeoveriiig
Wake Forest, Nov. 25.— Dr. N.
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V. Gulley, SO, dean emeritus of
hi.' Wake Forest ct)llege law
hool, fainted during chi rch
service ye.sterday morning and
has been in bed since. His physi
cian stated that the attack was
due to digestive disturbances and
an overheated building. Ur. Gul-j(^y;
''^■y expects to resume his teach
ing within a few days.
Tltink .Slayer Killed E-Wife
Twill Falls, Ida.. Nov. 26.- -
l.oug idack hairs on the pistol of
Douglas Van Vlack led officers
to believe today the confessed
slayer of an Idaho patrolman had
slugged his divorced wife before
leaving her last night. Van Vlack
was sought for the kidnaping of
Mildred Hook, his former mate,
when he shot and killed Patrol
man Fontaine Cooper.
600 People Are
Given Work In
Wilkes County
All EUgibles Will Be Giveno
.lobs as Soon as Other
Projects Are Started
At the present time the works
progress administration is pro
viding employment for approxi
mately 600 men and women in
Wilkes county and is nearing its
goal of placing all ellgibles on
relief rolls on jobs.
This goal would have already
been reached had it not been for
the fact that many ellgibles live
a considerable distance from the
nearest projects and it may be
that all ellgibles In all parts of
the county cannot be placed un
til the remaining projectf that
have been approved are started.
In the five county district with
headquarters here there are 1,-
755 men and women on jobs, ac
cording to a report made by C.
H. Smithey, district branch man
ager, last night.
Miss 11a Holman heads the
women's division and great head
way has been made in supplying
work to women in sewing rooms, i
Following is a list of 5Vilke3
projects now under way and the
foreman in charge of each;
Wilkes Fro.iwts
.Millers Creek road improve
ment. Huston Elliot, foreman;
Poplar Springs church road, J. H.
Billings: Roarin.g River Street
improvement, Gail Scroggs: Mc-
Grady-Traphill road. J. D. Hall;
Crieket-Hendrix road. Walter
Welch; R-onda - Iredell county
line. Luther M. Gray; AVilkesboro
school repairs^ ,,.W;*6t. -Church;
North Wilkesboro Street Improve
ment. .1. VV. Forester: North Wil
kesboro street improvement. J.
1'. Baug>'ss: Fairplains road im
provement, Homer Brookshire:
Road I'onsiniction North Wilkes-
boi-o. ,\. C. Billings; Russell Gap
road. Tom Greer: Mountain View
School construction, P. G. Suiith-
Wilbar-Shew road, John Dan-
c\: Wilkesboro street improve
ment, Otto Whittington; Con
struction Community House. A.
B. Reekie; Construction of Wil
kesboro Garage. S. T. Walsh;
County Wide Hoad improvement,
composed of several secondary
projects.
THANKSGIVING DAY
The hardy Pilgi'ims who braved a New England wil-
deraess to start a new country more than three hundred
years ago set aside a day for thanksgiving and prayer to
the Divine Power that had allowed them to live through
out the year and reap a harvest.
The harvest of those pioneer men and women was none
too plenteous. Their meagre crops had been grown under
the most adverse circumstances imaginable. Almost con
stantly they found it necessary to be prepared to repel at
tacks by savages. They were afflicted by hardships and
privations resulting from being in an unexplored country
and with few supplies from civilization.
Yet they found time to set aside a day for thanks and
prayer. They were appreciative of the blessings received,
even though at the cost of hard and arduous labor.
Their first thought after haivest time was to render
thanks and this is the principle that now predominates
the thought in observing today, the last Thursday in
November, as Thanksgiving Day. Today the scope of
blessings showered upon the American people are out
standing in comparison with the harvest of the Pilgrims
and a true sense of appreciation for our country, our peo
ple, our opportunities and the material blessings we have
received during the past year sliould be uppermost in our
minds.
Perhaps there arc many w.ho feel that they have been
unfortunate victims of circumstance during the past year
but the American nation as a whole has made great strides
toward economic recovery and an era of prosperity. It
ill becomes a people that is not grateful on this day for
individual and collective blessings.
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BEVERLV niLLS . . . Will
Roj;er8 Jr., (above), son of the late
humorigt-actor, a graduate eariy tus
year from the school Of Journalism
at Stanford University, is now part
owner and editor of the Beverly
Hills Citizen.
44 Prisoniers Are
' Taken To Prison _
From Cb^ Term
EVazier Brotlien Sentenced For
Opentting Big Stin; CItH
Oases Tried
Opportunity To All
To Join Jled Cross
Christmas Seal
Sales Campaign
Begins Monday
Funds Derived Will Be Used
In Fight Against Diseases
In Wilkes County
With the Woman’s Clubs ol
both North Wilkesboro and Wil
kesboro leading, the 1935 sale
of tuberculosis Christmas Seals
will get under way in Wilkes
county Monday, it was learned
today from representatives of the
two active organizations.
lifrs. R-. T. .McNfel I?' head of
the sales drive for the North
Wilkesboro club and Mrs. \V. J.
Court f)enie.s I’lea
Washington. Nov. 26. A plea
for freedom, written neatly on
brown wrapping paper by Lloyd
Rubin, patient in the State hos
pital at Dannemora, X. Y.. has
been denied by the Supreme
Court. Court attendants said to
day it had received just a.s much
consideration from the nine jus-
as the finely-prepared pap
ers of wealthy petitioner.s.
Vestal Meeting
To Close Sunday
Thanksgiving Service and
Ix)ve Fea-st To He Observed
Surfdav Afternoon
Whisker Marathon Bogins
Anaconda, Mont., Nov. 26.—
Wear a beard or p«y a dollar is
the law in Anaconda this wint
er. The annual whisker marath
on began today, first event in
Anaconda's “winter sports carni-
towii must let his beard grow or
t%,“ which will reach its climax
December 2S. Every man in the
pay the city a dollar for an ex
emption permit.
The revival meotliig being con
ducted by Rev. B. H. Vestal,
evangelist, in the old postoffice
building here will como to a
close on Sunday afternoon.
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 a
special Thanksgiving service will
be held, including a Thanksgiv
ing sermon by Rev. Mr. Vestal.
This will he followed by a fel
lowship love feast, which will be
quite an innovation for this sec
tion. Coffee and buns will be
e rved.
The evangelist requests that
his many friends in W'ilkes and
adjacent counties attend this
service and a cordial welcome is
extended to all.
Considerable interest has
been shown in the meeting, which
has been in progress for ten days.
Red Cross Wires
Appreciation To
Hosiery Mills
In re.siHniM' to the news
that the employes of the
Wilkes Hosiery hfills had en
rolled in the RtsI Cross one
hundretl |M'i* ettnt, nutiional
Retl Cross headquarters wired
the following inc.ssjige to .1. II.
Whicker, rhainnaii of the
Wilkes chapter:
“Plejtst: convey to manage
ment and all employes of
Wilkes Hosiery Mills our sin
cere appreciation for their
wholehearted rc.speet of the
roll call. This splendid exaiii-
ph' will be uispiruMun to all
our chapters in .North Caro
lina.”
Contributions
May Be Sent To
J. B. WiUiam2
Roll Call Will Continue Thru-
out This Week; Good Re-
spon.se is Noticed
Captain Long at
James C. C. C.
Succeeds Lieut. Stalling
Command at Camp in
Purlear Comiminity
in
All. people in . WUkf.s county,
regardless of whether or not
they have been a:^ed by a cau.-
vasser'to join, may become a
member of the Wilkes county
eh.xptfi of the American Red
Cross during the present roll
call.
The roll call will continue
throu.ghout this week, it was
learned today from Rev. Eugene
Olive, chairman of the roll call,
and an opportunity i.s being af
forded any person in Wilkes
county to kelp the organization
by joining and paying the fee of
one dollar.
Johnson heads the work for Wil
kesboro.
Various methods of distribu-
lion will be used and the public
is asked to patronize any who
may he offering for sale the
seals advocating tight against
tuberculosis.
Thi-ee-fourths of the funds
derived from sale of seals will
be used in the county.
During the past year the funds
have been used to very good ad
vantage iu furnishing milk to
undernourished chili^en unable
to buy it for themselves, buying
scales for the school, paying one
month’s board for a sanitorium
patient, supplying heating pad
appliances for llie county tuber
cular hospital and many other
commendable activities.
Thy drive beginning Monday
will 'ontimie through Chri.stmas
and it is earnestly hoped that the
sale of .seals this year will re
sult in the accnmnlatiol of a
considerable stun to continue the
good work which has been und
er way for the past several years.
Forty-four prlBoners sentenced
in the November term of federal
court in Wilkesboro are on their
way to prison. Practically all the
criminal cases were for rioiladon
of revenue laws.
Twenty prisoners are being
taken to Atlanta prison, twenty
to the reformatory at Chlllicothe,
three women to the reformatory
at Alderson, W. Va., and one boy
to the training school in Wash
ington, D. C.
Henry Frazier received a sen
tence of three years "in ChilU-
cothe, George Frazier 18 months
in Chlllicothe to begin December
4. and Fred Frazier was placed
on probation after they were
convicted of operating one of the
largest stills ever located In
Wilkes county.
The civil calendar was dispos
ed of and court adjourned yes
terday at noon. Two firms suing
on defaulted Ashe county bonds
were awarded verdicts in the a-
moiints claimed.
Criminal cases disposed of
since the last report include the
following;
Spurgeon Haynes, $100 fine
and three months in jail.
Lind.say FeVgiison, $100 tine
and J5 months in Atlanta.
Ruth Witlier.spoon, $100 fine
and year in Chilllcothe.
Bud, Dallas, Arley and B. J.
Lipford.^not guilty.
JlreU Lowe; six—montKs''ih’
Wilkes jail.
Decatur Whittington, three
months in WilUc-s jail.
William C. Morrison, $100 fine
and 15 months in Atlanta.
Claimed By Death
Nation’s Christmas Sales Expected to
Exceed Last Year 10 to 15 Per Cent
Kansas City, Nov. 24.—The
nation’s Christmas shoppers will
upend 10 to 15 per cent more
this year than last in the belief
of business leaders from coast to
coast.
The buying rush is on, earlier
and heavier than it has been in
years. Merchants from metropolis
Main street expressed confi-
to
Burpass-
dence today of volume
ing all recent seasons.
Spending in some leading cit
ies is expected to be twice that
of depression years.
Reasons, given in a survey a-
aong tmslness men the nation
"Pay rolls nr® going up.’’
“PiisM hl*l»r.”
“Good crops.”
"People have more money to
spend—they want better goods.’’
The country’s retailers, feeling
increased buying trends, trotted
out their Christmas dainties ear
ly and found a ready market.
Moro important to them, they
found an increased demand for
staple merchandise. Sales, they
said, are not limited to a pre-
Christmas rush. All lines are sell
ing at a pace akin to the good
old days.
Bernard F. Gimbel, president
of GImbel’s, 'ncorporated, New
York, said, "with colder weath
er over the country there has
been an uprush of business, es
pecially in the higher priced
units. All signs are more favor-
Captain Thomas L. Long has
assumed coniinand of James C.
C. Camp at Purlear, succeeding
I.ienl. Howard C. Stalling, who
headed the camp during the prev
ious period.
Captain Long graduated from
Citadel in 1928 and since that
time has worked in three depart
ments of the government, the
postofflce. department of agricul
ture and the war department. He
is also a graduate of the battery
officers course of harbor defense
tor reserve officers in the class
of 1929 and a graduate of a
special course for reserve offi
cers in anti-aircraft coast artill
ery in the class of 1934.
Captain Long has had wide ex
perience in training young men
in the C .M. T. C. and it is exr
pected that the camp will be
operated on a high plane. Cap
tain Long is a member of the
Masonic fraternity.
At the pre.sent time there are
180 young men at the camp. The
other officers are Lieut. C. A.
Ritchie, second in command, and
Lieut. Kronrad, of the medical
reserves.
Many improvements have been
made at the camp recently and
others are to be made soon, It
was learned today.--j-v-
Hr. and Mrs, > B. Rller. spent
thttf-wnek-end jKitkT--firl«nds. . and
relatlTM'la Warsaw,
Any who have not become,
members or who have no chance i MfS. S. MstttnBWS
of giving their membership tee
to a canvasser may send a dollar
l)v mail or in irerson to J. B. Wil-1 Wife Of Mt. Pleasant Suiierin
I liams, treasurer of the county j t4ndcnt Succumbs; Was Mem-
chapter, -Mr. Williams w i 1 1 i bor Of I-'aculty
promptly enter the name on the ^
list of members, issue a receipt. | -Mrs. Mary
membership card and Red CCross
button.
The roll call, although getting
off to a late start, has progressed
in a splendid manner and the
number of members so far has
already excetededj ,last year’s
membership, which was some
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Christmas Seal
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front Tfibor^.^.^plAi’^^
.Mrs. Mary Pardue Matthews,
age 4 2, wife of S. E, Matthews,
superintendent of Mt. Pleasant
district schools, died at their
home at Champion Wednesday
morning following an Illness of
several weeks.
The death of Mrs. Matthews
was an occasion of sadness a-
mong many friends and acquaint
ances. She was a member of the
faculty of Mt. Pleasant school
and was liked by the children
and the school patrons.
-She was the daughter of Rev.
A. T. Pardne and the late Mrs.
Pardue, of Roaring River, and a
member of a well known Wilkes
family.
She is survived by her hus
band, one daughter, Ruth, her
father and three brothers, Geter
Pardue, of Roaring River, Carry
Pardue, of this city, and Turner
Pardue, of Elkin.
Funeral service will be held at
Prospect church in Yadkin coun
ty this afternoon, two o’clock.
Dr. J. M. Hunter
Taken By Death
Aged Physician Passes At
Millers Creek Home; Fu
neral at Cherryville
Dr. J. McK. Hunter, seventy-
year-old physician who had been
practicing for several years in
the Millers Creek community,
died at his home Tuesday morn
ing following an illness of sever
al weeks. Death occiired at ten
a. m.
Dr. Hunter was the son of the
late H. A. Hunter and Mary M.
Hunter, of Mecklenburg county,
lie attended Davidson College
and studied medicine at Louis
ville, Ky., and Baltimore, Md. He
had been practicing medicine in
this part of the state for 40 years,
but during the past few years
had been in ill health.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Hattie Berry Hunter, and live
children: Mrs. Lottie Hager,
Statesville: Mrs. Sarah Barker,
Charlotte; Avery, Ailocn and Eth
el Hunter, Millers Creek. Also
surviving are three brdlhers, C.
P. Hunter, of Charlotte, Rev. W.
M. Hunter, of Davidson, Harvey
B. Hunter, of Charlotte, and his
■step-mother, Mrs. Fannie Hunter,
of Charlotte|
Funeral and burinl ser'/ices
were held at Cherryville yester
day afternoon.
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County Agent and Triple
A Transactions
He works progress titliujllMt
tratfon has approved a
calling for the erection of-, lin
agricultural building for- Wllk^'
county, along with similar balld-
Ings for 59 other counties in
North Carolina.
Yesterday it was aniutitneed
from Whshington that Comptroll
er-general McCarl had approvad
the expenditure and the construc
tion of the buildings is virtually' j
assured. - - .
Commissioners of Wilkes coun
ty in a meeting some time ago
approved the project. It being
stipulated that the county In
which a building is to -be located
will furnish the building plot. It
Is understood that the bnilding '
for Wilkes wil! be erected near
the courthouse.
The building will contain a
number of office rooms for the
county agent and those in charge
of administering the agricultur
al adjustment act, duties which
have multiplied the work of the
county agent. There will also bo
a small assembly hall for farm
gatherings.
It is generally agreed that such
a building in Wilkesboro will bo
quite an asset, in that it will
provide adequate office space for
ttttf county agent and remove one
office from the already congested
courthouse, where the county
agent’s office necessarily has had
to occupy cramped quarters.
Washington offices have ap
proved an expenditure of $7,821
I for each of the 60 agricultural
buildings i n North Carolina.
Movement to secure the l)uildinga
has been backed by the agricul
tural extension service in the
Plate.
Counties in which the agrlcul-
Lural buildings are proposed are;
Alexander. Alamance, Allegh
any, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen,
Brunswick, Caldwell, Camden,
Chatham, Cleveland. Cumberland,
Currituck, Davidson. Duplin,
Edgecombe. Franklin, Gastoa,"
Gates, Greene, Guilford, Halifax,
Hartnett, Haywood, Henderson,
Hertford, Hyde, Iredell. Jackson,
Johnston, Lee, Lenoir, Macon,
.Martin, Nash, Northampton, On
slow. Orange, Pamlico, Pitt, Per
quimans, Person, Polk, Randolph,
Robeson, Rockingliam, Rowan,
Rutherford, Sampson, Swain, Sur
ry, Transylvania, Tyrell, Union,
Vance, Wake, Warren, Watauga, ,c
Wilkr.s, Yadkin.
To Give Minstrel
At Moravian Falls
Lovers E’ound Dead
Sheridan, Wyo., Nov. 26.—'The
bodies of Dorothy Bethurem, 15,
and Donald Eyt^aner, 19, whose
romance had beett'spihi^
ental' objectloui,:rwarb.
pit TodliV a
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Washington, Nov. 24.—AAA
officials said today that about
51,000,000 acres had been with
drawn in 1935 under the wheat
production control program
Students of tile school, assist
ed by amateur actors of the
coimuiiuUy, will present a min
strel show entitled “Dixie Black
birds” at .Moravian Falls school-
house Friday night, beginning at
7:30.
This is really a production that
will be highly entertaining and
it is expected that a large crowd
will be present. Small admission
charges will be made and the
proceeds will be used by the
school.
The production is being ably
directed by Miss Hannah Lee
Pope.
Hosiery Mills Commended By City
Boards For Red Cross Membership
f
The board of city commission
ers and the city board of educa
tion in joint session on the eve
ning of November 22nd, having
had called to their attention the
fact that the management and
employees of the Wilkes Hosiery
Mills, of this city, had-joined th&
recent Red Cross roll call 100
per cent, and desiring to show
their appreciation for this spirit
of cooper^ion, unanimously pass
ed the foilowing resolution:
Be it resolved by the board of
town A commissioners and the
bbard of ideation of the town
'oar
ti» JLL^siiiiia»Bi.««d
»*oy6«B
Mills, of this city, for their splen
did cooperation in joining the
1935 Red Cross Roll Call 100
per cent. The twp boards ace •
cognizant of the fa^t that much
of the proceeds of the annual
Red Cross roll ^11 is used to
alleviate sufferiiV and distress
among the childr^’and adults of'
the community. ThklOO per cent
membership of the Wlljkes Hos--'
lery Mills is another Ye^eaaion
of the fine cohimunit^^^j^ «f
the mai^ement and
of this h9^n^4~orga
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