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today granted pairp^M
S Pa prieomra lAf’re-
y regaeata of SS,
"qOma Tii>iiHag Cnp
:~7UMgk> Haroh 10. -t- Corn,
rn In oTery county of Korth
ppTpra a greater acm-
than. all the ootto|y tobfcco
’ v^d aBMli grains prods^ In the
Dr. 0. K. lU^UUetpn. in
rge-«( aoBie tegon'roh vork tor
North Carolina experiment
Latatlon. said today.
Vang Itadtine Rules
^/Now Ortoana, |(afp^.
piriiUoal '^mUuUon d t
vas wit^ the grasp
powettnl nuM^lne trailt by
the late Huey P. Long tonight as
t^ sole remaining obstacle, the
mayorship of New Orleans, ap-
l^igred ready to tuntble.
Honor dastlce Brof^den
Durham, March 10.—^AU tire
Jnstiees of the sU^. Sopreme
nourt assembled here this after
noon tor a serrice honoring the
iMmory ot Associate Justice W.J
M^^den, of Durham, who died
last October 29, after serving al
most 10 years on tbe Supreme
court bench.
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Abandon Camp Plans
Raleigh, March 10.—Chairman
C. M.. Whynlck of the Highway
and'Poblic Works commission
i:aald today plans to construct pri
son camps with about $390,000
worth of PWA funds bad been
practically abandoned as the Fed'
eral agency seemed to have side
tracked the application.
Explosion Causes Fire
Blrminghain. Ala.. March 10.
Explosion of a 10,000 gallon
tank of gasoline at the Texas
Cfl distribatlon plant here
ea'naed a tire that resulted
[kgr^p.OOO to $60,000 damage
imwercame two firemen during
fight to control the blase.
Baby lives
Grand J^Makes
Report ^ Kontme
Di^; ^ Bills
Repiort to Siak^Enti-
meratoft; JDNfwte of Body
DliftiltilMMion ^
EXAMlWtlfltoPERTY
CooBty Inatitn&MU in Good
Shape; Imnatoa Are Well
d^Tor
Grand jnry fof the March term
ot crhnii^ cotirt examined a
total of 98 bills of imUctment.
according to the report submitted
to Judge Hoyle Sink, presiding at
the term.
In addition to passing on hills
of Indictment the body made in
vestigations of county and state
property and institutions in the
county, finding nothing amiss
and making but few recommenda
tions.
Following is the complete re
port submitted by E. F. Brown,!
foreman:
To the Honorable Hoyle Sink,
judge presiding at the March
term of superior court for Wilkes
county, beg io submit the fol
lowing report:
Number ot bills examined, $8;
true bills, 66; not true bills, 13;
bills returned for lack ot evi
dence, 20; number ot present-
m'-mts, 6.
We visited the county home in
a body and found the following:
number of Inmates In home, 36;
number iu tubercular hut, 7;
number of prlsonefs, 3; stock on
farm—mules, 10; horses, 1; hogs
and pigs, 21; milk cows, 21; dry
cows, 8; heifers, 7. Plenty food
stuff is on hand tor Inmates and
stock for 12 mohths.
The grand jury found the pris
on camp in good condition and
all the prisoners well cared for.
We visited the county jail and
found 87 iMisoners and found tbe
kept and. bU bedding
N. c.;
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March 11.—Dtrrid L. Strain, of Durham, candidate for
the Derf^tic nomination to the United SUtes senate, returned to
his headquarters here this week after a trip over the'^tate with the
flat prediction that “President Roosevelt will be returned to office by
an even bigger majortiy than was given him in 193& And what is
more significant,” he added, "is that most of the progressive Repub
lican elements realize it.”
Merchants’ Association Started In
Meeting Monday Night; (Organization
To Be Perfected m Meeting Tonq^
Si«ty-Rw€>15r>pt» fjamSgr-
eral
Meetinf YeateMay
JONES IS ^ SPEAKER
Butnar Abo Makes Talk;
Fergnowa and Traphill
LuMO-DbcttM^^^p
, A total of 66 peo^e rapreeiiat-
ing a number of .the leading rur
al oommnnitles in Wilkes met at
the courthouse in Wllkpshoro
Wednesday afternoon to discuss
plans for rural electrification.
Much interest was manifested
in the gathering end prospecU
appearing bright tor the con
struction of two rural lines of
considerable length and a num
ber of line extensions this year,
it was brought out.
The meeting served to clear up
many false impressions abont
what the government is doing and
plans to do In rural electrifica
tion.
D. E. Jones, assistant rural
electrification specialist of the eX-
ter.!ion service, explained that the-
govern nrent will loan money on
ions term basis fdr construction
of small power plants but et-.
plained that nowhere in North
Carolina was this plan being used,
explaining further that extension
of lines from present lines Of
utility companies was the mere
practical and feasible plan land
the plan to which interested riir-
al people sbotild work.
Proposed lines from Wilkes-
boro to Ferguson and from Moun
tain View to Traphill were dis
cussed at length and these, lines
appear likely of construction
soon.
it. O. Butner,. manager of the
Norti; Wi^mshoro branch o;
(^ ,
' Alameda, blK. y . , Shirley
Turner (above), l**4h© women’s
rifle champion of Cglitomig, scor
ing 613 out of dIdIbhU-eyes. She
is 21, weighs ^Ib^fOuqdB ,and
shoots a 14 poi^ rifle. She is
also mother of a 2-year-old
daughter. ■
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Satnrd^JIsi^Zt
PnepMt
. Mold oa |*yee«mg J>«y
- TTirea^iout-jCouMty
W. C. Meeklns, chairman ot
the exeeative committee of the
Republican party In North Caro
lina, will deliver the keynote ad
dress In tbe WUkM county. Ra-
publican convention to be bMd on
Saturday, March 21, at the court'''
house In WUluabore.'
.Announcement that the stgt« O..
0. P. chairanor win be pfosont to
addreu the convention wan mndo
here today by $. M. Brown, ehnir- '
man of the Wilkes Republican
executive comi$itttee.;-'
Call for the'^nty convention
was issued sevefdl days ago by
Chairman Brown and Kyle Hnyea,
secretary.
Township and precinct meet
ings for the purpose of perfect
ing township orgnnicatlons and
electing delegates to the county
convention will be held on the
day preceding the convention
date, making tbe date.imr tM pre
cinct meetings .RMgy, Mnreh 20.
The precittCf’^meetHge wQl be
held at the voting plMes (h the
various precincts at two o'clock,
with the exception ot Nort$i. Wil-
kesboro Nos. one and two. Which
will have their precinct meetings
at 12 o’clock noon for the con-
veni^ce of those who arq em
ployed in offices or indnatrtel
plants and who would be unable
to attend a precinct meethic 1(
held at two n’nlock.
-Much Interest fs being shown
among the leaden and even in
the fMtk and file of RepubUcana
lecUnTAg
n> ke public the names ot
arents at present, declare
infant is perfectly formed i
has an ezeellent chance to s
ve.
Hit Farm Machine Prices
Washington, March 10.—Farm
spokesmen urged Congress today
to authorize a Trade commission
Investigation of farm machinery
prices. Fred Brenckman, spokes
man for the National Grange, at
tacked what he called the farm
machinery manufacturers' ‘trust.’
Loot Offlc© of .^1,000
Danville, Va., March 10.—Po
lice today were investigating a
Sfiiii—-robbery-which netted nearly $1,-
POO In the office of J. William
Scruggs in the Masonic Temple
building. The thief entered the
office with a key, worked the
combination of the safe and stole
«600 of Scruggs’ money, $200 be-
.. longing to. Scruggs’ brother. Dr.
. Rairmond Scruggs, also a small
leather bag with some valuables.
Roosevelt, Knox Lead
Manchester, N. H., March 10.
Roosevelt-pledged candidates
for places on the New Hampshire
delegation to the Democratic na-
Uonal convention took the lead
in early returns from today’s
state-wide presidential primary.
Altkough unpledged. Republican
eaBdidates favorable to Colonel
"mink Knox’s candidacy for the
Bppablican presidential nomina-
ttofi led in the first returns tahu-
Iscted.
-t-Hssp Fractures On Bight Side
Kansas City, March 10.—If you
must >have a fractured skull, try
to keep it on the right side.
That’s the advice Dr. Ernest
Badis, St. Lonis brain specialist
gave surgeons at a medical clin
ic here today. The left side of the
btaln controls speech nerves and
will stand less removal of gray
matter than the right side. Dr.
Cachs said.
Mountain Lions
In Lenoir-Rhyne
Tourney Today
Mountain Lions of the North
Wilkesboro high school will go to
Hickory today to ^rtlclpate in
the Lenoir-Rhyne high school
hasketball tournament.
-slany wsct«ra North Carolina
schools win be represented
tournament which begins
It was not learned wbem
ial .boys wtn^est in the
ter.
:’i'oftleerTmd thd' oWlee
of the register ot deeds and found
these offices well kept. We recom
mend that there ought to be ex
tra room for the clerk of court as
he is somewha'v crowded.
We wish to thank his honor
for the very fine and instructive
Charge to this body and also the
court and a}l officers for their
kindness and consideration to us.
We wish to say, however, that
we have tried faithfully to per
form our serveral duties to the
best of our ability.
ol intMMgB'local merohanVahel
Monday^ight at the city hail.
'Tempiprary ofiicers and board
of dir^tors were named and it
was decided that the permanent
organization be made tonight
(Thursday) in the second meet
ing, which will be held in the city
hall at seven o’clock.
Miss Frances Cashion.made a
survey among the business firms
and secured a total of 14 mem
bers prior to the meeting Monday
night, at which time nine others
were enrolled and one since that
Sii^g Classes Preparing For-nftli
Sunday Singings To Be Held March 29
Blue Ridfife Capped
With Snow Today
While people in “sunny
Wilkes" were breathing' the in
vigorating air of a beautifp.l
spring morning today following
a refreshing shower last night
they could cast their gaze
nortliward and westward upon
the snowcapped Blue Ridge.
To see snow on the majestic
Blue Ridge this morning was
qntte a surprise. Hie tempera
ture hero was quite mild and
far above freesing. Reports In
dicated that the snow on the
mountains reached a depth of
two inches last nlgfht while the
lowlands wtwe visited by a
heavy shower of rain.
Last Rites Held
For O. H. Elledge
Hays Resident Who CkmuniUed
Culcide Sunday Buried At
Bethel Church Tuesday
Funeral service for Oliver H.
Elledge, 41, who committed sui
cide Sunday evening by hanging
himself,in an outbuilding at his
home In the Hays community,
was conducted Tuesday at Bethel
Baptist church, where he had
been a member for many years.
Rev. Landreth Blevins was In
charge of the service, being as
sisted by Rev. Clarence Miller,
Rev. A. B. Hayes, Rev. J. M. Ow
ens and Rev. Eugene Olive. A
large crowd of relatives and
friends attended the service.
Pall bearers Included E. M.
Blackburn and B. E. Eller, of
this city, and neighbors aad
friends. A beautiful florgl otfnr-
ing was csJfIbd by ladles of the
community. Burial was In the
oemeterp.
Singings at Mt. Pleasant,
Pleasant Grove, Walnut
Groves Rock Creek
The March ' calendar shows
that there will be five Sundays
and singing classes in four sing
ing associations in Wilkes coun
ty are practicing for participation
in four singing conventions to be
held on Sunday, March 29.
Tbe Blue Ridge Singing Asso
ciation will convene at Mount
Pleasant Baptist church 15 miles
west of this city. The day’s pro
gram will begin at ten o’clock,
according to an announcement
this week by J. C. McNlel, chair
man.
ThqStone Mountain Singing
Association' will have its regular
fHbh Spnday meeting at Rock
Creek wpMst church. The pro
gram will begin at ten a. m. and
continue in the afternoop
with lunch at noon.
The Sonthside Association will
have Its meeting at Walnut Grove
Baptist ciinreb .at I^res Knob,
according'to a recent.’.announce-^
ment by Attorney!.F. ^v®*cDulfiej^‘
chairman. Sln^ng 'will begftt’at
10 a. m. and a full day’s prpgiuj)iH;
is planned. • ' Uf,' ,7
The Ronda association ^wilf
convene at Pleasant-Grove Bap
tist church near Clingman. On
all day’s program beginning at
ten o’clock is planned for the oc
casion. '
Officials of each association In
vite any singing classes, quartets
or othef , who render gospel mnsle
to attoi^ and Airtlclpate in the
programs!
Masonic Notice
Masoiiic lodge No. 407 will
pieet Fri4e7 night, 7:80, for wort;
ia Ute fii^ degree. AJl ^nembere^
are urged to attend.
meMug tonight' and be charter
members of the organtgatidn. ’’
J. Paul Leonard, of St^eeville,
lor several years secretary'df the
organization in the state, was
pres ent Monday . night and -made
the principal address, outlining
the benefits that may be derived
from a merchants’ association.
He explained its purpose is to
bring the merchants into closer
fellowship and to promote better
relations. He explained that an
other purpose of a merchants’ as
sociation is to educate the public
to a realization of what the mer
chants are doing for the people
and added that ’’other towns are
benelltting from our lack of a
merchants’ association.”
C. O. Hadley and J. Paul Gil
liam. prominent Statesville mer
chants, were also present and cor
roborated the remarks made by
Mr. Leonard.
At the meeting Monday night
W. R. Absher was made tempor
ary chairman and Miss Frances
Cashion temporary secretary. The
board ot directors, named to
serve temporarily, is composed of
Lincoln Spalnhour, W. R. Absher,
R. M. Brame, Jr., Carl W. Steele,
W. F. Gadtjy, W. M. Day, Bill
Prevette and W. G. Gabriel.
Every merchant and other bus
iness men of the city are urged
to be present at the meeting to
night. Much interest is being
shown in the new organization.
Mfinttoh policy oi his eaur
'afid pledged cooperation to the
fullest possible extent. Many rur
al lines of the company have
been constructed in WUkea and
with the interest being shown by
people of other communities it
appears likely that other lines
and extensions may be construct
ed before the end of the year.
N. W. H. S. and
Wilkesboro Split
North Wilkesboro Boys and
Wilkesboro Girls Win
ners in Rival Games
Two and
Two'^enJaken
By FederiSr in Call
^ CogMgpRttjr Saturday;
BSbitds Are Filled
Federal revenno agents work
ing in Wilkes ri^jliM} two stills
And made the arrest of two moon-
^ipjnUg8|tv E. A. Bennett,
Marshel W. A. Jones and
r; A. Stsffprd, accompanied by
Cliiiard Johfison, destroyed two
stills In the. Call community. At
the first place ridded Dock ’Ualt
was arrested and at the second
Robert Anderson was taken. The
ontfita wero medium In slse and
had been opiating. Considerable
liquor manufhCRire wore din^tiag-!
ed or confiscated.
Bonds of 1600 each for appear-
e City Fire
court were filled in a hearing be
fore W. Dnla, UhitM«)8totes
coamilslpnar in WlUkeabcwe.
Playing two of the most excit
ing games of the season. North
Wilkesboro boys defeated Wil
kesboro boys and Wilkesboro
girls won over North Wilkesbp.j'o
here Friday night. ’ »
Spectators agreed that both
games were topnotchers in excit
ing play. At the end of the half
North Wilkesboro boys were lead
ing 7 to 6 with both teams play
ed so tightly on the defensive
that little scoring was possible.
In the latter half, hpwever, the
Mountain Lions pulled away to a
lead of 17 to 9 at the end of the
game.
North Wilkesboro girls were
leading at tbe end of the half 13
to 8 but Wilkesboro rallied fast
in the latter five minutes of the
game to climb into a 24 to 20
lead.
Ronda Eliminated
In WSJS Tourney
Both Ronda teams were elimi
nated in the Winston-Salem
Jonrnal-Sentinel tournament at
Winston-Salem yesterday but
not before they,, had put up good
fights against Stronger teams.
Ronda boys lost to Boonvine
29 to 40 and Ronda girls dropped
a hard fought game to Banoak
40 to 31.
ATTEND-(X)NVENT10N
C»CA-COLA BOTTLERS
W. A. and C. O. MoNiel, of the
CocaCola Bottling company here,
returned ttie latter part of the
week from Atlanta, Oa., where
naa oeen operanng. «onsiaeraioiei^key attended the -onntw are reoulred to attend
.quABtiUes of .matwiuls fojr Illicit- convention of Coca-Cola bottlew. - ^
—J-,-. Reprsentutlves from alt purts^ ' ~ ‘
^t^e U^ted States and from a'
number ot other countries wsiv
ance la the May term of fedoral to attend the convenUon
*and parriditpto in th«s 60th uaid-
rwraary olifebration of Coca-
Cola ptodset. **
Much interest has been shown
in plan for the annual goodwill
basketball tournament sponsored
by the North Wilkesboro high
schools for participation by teams
of all other high schools In^ the
county.
The tournament will be played
on the splendid court of tbe
North Wilkesboro school gym
nasium near the school building
and the first eliminations will be
this afternoon and tonight.
The eliminations will continue
Friday, Saturday and Monday
with tbe final and championship
games on Tuesday night. Admis
sion to games on each afternoon
or night will be 15 and 26 cents.
Attractive trophies have been
secured to award the winners,
both boys and girls. No team can
be classed as being strong enough
to be a sure winner and the
tournament race is expected to be
fast and brilliant. Basketball fans
from all communities are invited
to attend as many games as they
wish.
Following is the schedule: To
day at 2:30 in tbe afternoon
Roaring River and Traphill will
play in the first elimination. At
7:30 tonight Ferguson and Trap-
bill will play. The elimination
will continue with Mt. Pleasant
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cTowwiy^cr CkpaiMCf wftk Rgpal
licana who wiah' to bear tfie open
ing campaign message from their
state party ohairman.
Hubert Olive to
Speak to Kiwanis
Former Commander of Le
gion in State to Be in This
City on Friday
Hubert E. Olive, past com
mander of the American Legion
in North Carolina, will address
the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
club in weekly luncheon meeting
at Hotel Wilkes Friday noon.
News that Mr. Olive will bs
the speaker and si>end Friday in
the city was released this week
by C. T. Doughton, who will have
charge ot the program. It is ex
pected that there will be a full
attendance of club members
Fried Chicken Supper
A fried chicken supper will b«
given on Friday night, March
20tb, starting at 6 p. m. at 'Ths
Wonder Cafe.
The supper is sponsored by the
Young Ladles' Bible Class of the
Wilkesboro Methodist church,
and the public is cordially invit
ed to attend.
Solidtiiig Contributions Tt> Buy
Equipment For Fire Department
Teachers Meeting
To Be On Saturday
I>r B.. B. Doogbsrty, Of Boone.
WUl Be Speaker; All Teach-
era To Attend
A general teachers meeting 'for
teachers'in Wilkes county Is oall-
ed to be held in the'‘.WilkeBltoro
school building on Saturday,
March 14, beginning at ten o'
clock.
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent.. of schOQlr, has annonneed
that Dr. B. B^ DonBherty,_ presi
dent of A. S. T. C., Boone, will
be the speaker. All teachers In
Veqjcr Sendee
' Vewef Servloe will be Wd .nt
et. Paul’s Bptsoival (Aareh 8bb-
day aftamooB, Mareh 16th, at
four 'e’elock. Her. B. M. Lachay,
Sector, ta charge.
In Need of Ladders' Smoke
Masks, Sahrafe Covari.
Rubber Coats, etc.
.i-
Membera ot the city fire do- .,
partment have been solieiting
contributions 4or the pnipom- of
some badly needed eqnlpinent.
Response on the part ot man-
afaetnrers and many other busf-
nese men of North Wllkeeboro
has been very good and thoao-
who have been yorkiag the pro
ject have been suecasstnl In rais
ing a considerable sum, although
more Is yet needed in order to
be able to provide first class
equipment that will enable thwg
firemen to more efficlenUy carry
Out their tasks.
Among the equipmem needed
are ladders, smoke masks, sajv-
ago covers, rnbber^eoats and oili
er Items.
The people «t ^Titr rtgtlsa
the importanoA^f ag .dfil|Mad|
ttra depaiimenT a-' ^ '
staid that
is osssntial foj-"