MHIS Reroked
S4;—Twentr-
kt rivTocatiOBs ot lieensea a&>
_ need today tonnd old l>oose
sole caose with Jnst one
b vSrunk addins reckleeaness to his
■'i»s. =
KlUed HU Fatber
8el9er, Tenn.—IS-year-old
irm||inith ia twins held here on
charge of slaying his uncle
tth aa ate because he refused
let him att^d a Charlie Chan
Stare slaow, Sheriff T. ^ N.
^^rlght mealed today..
FUUng Static
April 2'4.—A thief
no respecter of persons
robbed a Mount Pleas-
"tilllag station, partly owned
Mayor L. H. Barringer. Merch
andise and cash were stolen.
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VOL XXX, NG. raWtiA,
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Millers
Conunencement
ToBe^Fdday
District CtHnmanoMiMmt For
Seventh Grade to Be Held
Saturday, May 2
SERMON BY TEMPLETON
Get Long Pen Terma
.Gastonia, April 24.—James and
likBeth Bailey, Gastonia youths
f'.'ffcavicted Wednesday of second
murder in the death of
Harmon, 62, barber, were
ttenced to 25 years each in
state's prison Thursday by Judge
W.H. Harding.
. Greer Heads Conference
Mkcon, Ga., April 24.^—Dr. I.
Ov Greer, superintendent of the
B^tist orphanage at Thomas-
vUie, N. C., was elected president
of the Trl-State Conference of
Orphanage Workers at the clos
ing session of its 31st annual
meeting here today.
Slew Mother-in-Law
Concord, April 2 4.—Mrs. Ola
Troutman will go on trial in Ca
barrus Superior court next week
on charges that she slew her
,mother-in-law, Mrs. Sara Alice
Thfe grand jury today
■ ‘Wnatmitd a true bill charging the
defen%Hit with murder.
2S SlUlion Balance
Raleigh, April 24.—The state's
monthly fiscal statement
«t Mi^rch SI. including |2',2fS,-
795.(0 against which warrants
had been drawn but not cashed,
which left » balance of more than
121,000,000.
Doiicherty Will Deliv«r Ad-
dreaa at Final Program
On Saturday, May 9
The Millers Crebk commence
ment exercises will begin Prlday,
May 1, 7: SO p. m., at which time
the senior class will present a
three act comedy, •‘The Heart
Bxchange." Tickets are now on
sale at the principal’s office for
admission. The number of seats
available are very limited, so
any one wishing to see the play
should make reservations as ear
ly as possible.
The district commencement
for the seventh grade Students of
the Millers Creek ditsrict will be
held Saturday, May 2, 10:30 a.
m. the program follows: Devo
tional: valedictory, rracncee
Brookshire; salutatory. Iris Bum
garner: cla’ss poet, Bioise Tur
ner; address, C. B. Eller, county
superintendent ot schools; pres
entation of seventh grade diplom
as, Miss Belva Kilby; presenta
tion of perfect attendance med
als, W. Thornton Staley; spelling
contest, Ralph Davis in charge.
After lunch will be games in play
ground baseball.
Dr. R. B. Templeton, pastor of
the North Wllkesboro Methodist
church, will deliver the sermon to
the senior class Sunday, May 3,
2:30 p. m.
A musical program will be giv
en Tuesday, May 5, 7:30 p. m.,
under the direction of Mrs.
Charles Hadley. Students from
the Mt. Pleasant school, the Mil-
1«. _
- -
Radley's classes,
in the program.
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege, will deliver the literary ad
dress Saturday, May 9, 10:30 a.
m., at which time the high school
diplomas will he presented.
The public is cordially Invited
I
Nl^TH WI^ KE8BORO Ni, C;,|
Kansas City.^.-08car S. Stanffer
(above), publisher of,the Arkaqsas
City Traveler, is the man directing
the drive to bring the Republican
presidential nomination to Gover
nor Landon,'of Kansas.
^^Experinl^
Saturn To Hdp
Growers of Fruit
Kiwuiis Club Passes Reeolu
tion Asking Support For
Orchard ProjMt
PQINT OUT BENEFITS
Would Be Asset to Brushy
Mountain Orchsu’dists and
Others in State
Fatal To Himself
Oxford—Flocks of crows which
~bled over his farmlands, de-
Tbiiring newly planted seed, an- j attend all the commencement
noyed 19-year-old Ben Puryear, j exercises
negro farmer, so he tied his shot
gun to the handles of his plow to
be prepared to meet the invaders.
The gun accidentally discharged. I
The charge struck Puryear, kill
Ing him instantly.
Henderson Out
As Candidate For
Registered Deeds
Will Oppose Old Wiles, In-
cumhent, in Primary to
Be Held June 6
The announcement of J. Ruff
Henderson, prominent Wilkes
Republican, for the nomination
for register of deeds of Wilkes
county Thursday, brings the total
number of aspirants to that office
on the Republican side to two.
Old WJIes, incumbent, having is
sued his announcement last week.
Mr. Henderson has been well
known in Republican circles in
Wilkes for many years and has
taken an active part in the cam
paign of his party.
The brief announcement he is
sued last week reached The
Journal-Patriot ji^st as the last
tnrnfg WSy glflMd IST th«
“I hereby announce my candi
dacy for nomination of register
of deeds on the Republican ticket
to be voted on Jpne 6, 1936, pri
mary. The support of all Repub
licans will be appreciated.’’
Brus^ Mountain Fruit Grow
ers Association, civic organisa
tlons and others Interested in the
fruit growing Industry are solidly
backing the movement to have
the North Carolina extension
service establish a fruit growing
experiment station and test farm
It has been pointed ont that
the Brushy Mountain of Wilkos
county is the lead'mg apple grow
ing area in the state and that the
fruit growing industry Is expand
ing rapidly in the thermal belt
where some of the finest fruit in
America is produced annually
with little damage to crops be
cause of frosts and cold.
The North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
Club In meeting Friday noon, un
animously adopted a resolution
offered by Attorney A. H. Casey,
ich resolution pledged the
club’s support to the movement
for a fruit test farm. The resolu
tion follows:
Whereas, the fruit crop of the
Brushy Mountains and other sec
tions of Wilkes county has be
come one of our money crops and
has been the means ot developing
a large section of our county and
state; and, whereas, a great num
ber of our citizens are engaged
in this profitable industry; and,
whereas, up to ;he present time
there has been no adequate facili
ties tor mpklpg BcteBtitle
To Try Salt Spc«hwy
1
Salt Lake City.tr-Capt. George
Eyston (above), of Ehigbmd, is,
here with his specially built giant
racing automobile in which he
hopes to beat the world speed
marli jset by Malcolm Campbell
last yeai^ over the saHrbed flats
near- hergi
Lirollniait In
Adult ScIhh^ in
Wilkes Near 450
Nine Teackera For Adults
and One in Nursery De
partment Enroll 479
Total enrollment of the nine
adult schools and one nursery
conducted in Wilkes county by
Coi^lilouse'A
ContfirUlied
DiiiHng T*he Stunmer
Cost of Project to Be Shared
*by County and Works
Progress Fouls
Work of ezesvsting for the sg-
ricnltnral building .addition to
th« county courthouse in Wilkes-,
boro will get undef Way Tuesday,
\ii was learned today from Works
Progress Administration officials
here today. • ’
Instead of a separate sgrlcnl-
tural building the Wilkes board
of commissiohers took advantage
of the opportunity to secure ad
ditional courthouse space and an
agrlcnltsral building all in one
by agreeing to fumtSif a part of
the 'cost of the project and ap
proving the plans for a 4 35-foot
addition on the rear of the court
house.
The lower floor will contain
four spacious office rooms to be
used as offices for general county
affairs and the top floor will con
tain five rooms to be used by
the county farm agent, assistant
farm agent, clerical office space
and an assembly room for ga:her-
ings of farmers.
The present stairway at the
rear of the courthouse will serve
as an entrance to the agricultur
al office quarters and the hallway
on the first floor will extend
through the annex,
ork WM . 8$hi
To
Seventh Grade Gs^e|iSio''iC^
SdioeU in District Jo
Pairtie^ate - Q ‘ -
CONTESTS PLANNibf
Literary Pn^pam ia
ing and . Field Day in
the Afternoon
Seventh grade commencemsaat
for schools of the Wilkesboro Ai-
trlet will be held at the Wtlkea-
boro school building on Saturday,
May 9, it was announced tkia
week by T. E. Story, district sup
erintendent.
The morning program of liter
ary and academic eonteets will
begin at ten o’clock. This includas
a speaking contest, speUiac
match, presentation ot - diplomas
and awards.
The afternoon program of ath
letic contests will begin at 1;1S.
Following is the detailed announ
cement of the commencement ra-
leased by Prof. Story:
Songs, America, The Old North
State (each school should m-
Oearse these songs).
Devotional.
Speaking contest, one boy and
one girl speaker may be entered
from each school with speeches
not more than three mijiutea
long. First, second, and third
prizes will be given to both boys
and girls. All names of speakers
and the subject of speeches
should be turnlsbed to Mr. M. F.
Bumgarner at Wilkesboro at
once, certainly by the first day
of May.
Spelling match—We shall have
a spelling match wjth s.^kzh
.king
ac
Too Many Husbands
Danville, Va., April 24.—Mrs.
Alice Prillaman. 25. was arrested
late last night at a local board
ing house charged with bigamy.
She is wanted in Henry county
and was taken to Martinsville to
day. She was found by officers
with Robert L. Graveley, to
whom she was married March 27,
1936, before having secured a
decree of divorce from her first
husband.
Men's Conference
At Boone May 8th
Judge Hayes, I. G. Greer
and Other Leaders on
Program
^ A Baptist Men’s Conference
list of Northwestern North
ebunties will be held at
St Baptist cliurch in Boone
ay. May 8.
The purpose ol the conference
as tet forth in the program just
•teased is “Fellowship, Informa-
^4pd Inspiration.’’ The morn-I
session will begin at 10:30;
with Attorney Ira T. Johnston, of
West Jefferson, presiding, and
Rev,.Sagene.Olive, pastor of the
First: Baptist church of North
t*Wllk«^oro, in charge of music.
Tliil^nn the program are Phillip
D. Hatcher, Zlonvllle; J. C. Ca-
hipe, Boone; Eugene Olive, North
*'WJlkesboro: Hoyt Blackwell,
Mar* Hill; Clyde R. Green,
Booae; W. T. Whittington, West
Jefferson; A. H. Casey, North
Wilkesboro- a,nd the feature ad-
4»y Jukge Johnson J. Hayes,
of Greensboro.
SJ C. Kggert of Boone, will
over toe afternoon see-
slM^WlMoio* 2:30 and those
the program include J. O.
^trSpeaoer, Grassy Creek; Walt N.
'’^'VJghBson. Durham; M. O. Alexan-
slelgh; M. A. Huggins, Ka-
J. T. Henderson, Knox-
?^^Tenn.
IL Story, of Wilkesboro,
wHfljifTsW® evening ses
sion "^l^nnlng at 7:30. On the
proi»^kre BL J*. .WShkler,
ToSSEJ ^ AshsffUlig;.
7- O- (7reer,
^ «f Hosw, Thomas-
April Session of
Superior Court
Is Begun Today
Judge Hoyle Sink Presiding
Over Mixed Criminal
and Civil Term
April term of Wilkes court for
trial of both criminal and civil
cases convened in Wilkesboro
this morning with Judge Hoyle
8ink presiding.
Criminal cases are ctlendared
for the first week and civil cases
during the latter days of the
term.
Solicitor John R. Jones Is
prosecuting the docket, which
contains approximately 140 cakes
pending trial. Included in the
docket are a number ot homicide
cases which were continued from
the March term due to the illness
ot Judge Sink and early adjourn
ment of court.
Successful Revival
Comes To a Close
Two Weeks Meeting At WUkes-
boro Methodist Church End
ed Last Night
A most successful revival meet
ing at the Wilkesboro Methodist
church came to a close last night
alter being in progress two
weeks. Much Interest was mani
fested in the series of services
conducted by the ^stor. Rev. A.
W. Lynch, and a number profess
ed fa"h ft Christ and will unite
with the church.
The meeting resulted in a
great revival among church ment-
bers, many people reconsecrating
themselves to Christ.
Rev. Mr. Lynch was assisted In
holding the revival by Mr. Rector
Robbins, a well known singer-
director, of Rutherford county
and large crowds attended the
services.
May Day Fete
At School Here
President of Student Body
to Crown May Queen in.
Festival Friday
For the first timie in its his
tory the North Wilkesboro high
school will have a May Day Fete,
which will take place on the
school campus on Friday after
noon, May 1, at four o’clock.
An elaborate program featur
ing the physical education phase
of school work has been planned
and the public has a cordial in-
vltatloir to attend. There will be
no admission charge and the pro
gram -will consume slightly over
an hour.
Mary Jo Pearson has been
elected May Queen and there will
be ten attendants from the other
grades in the school. She will be
crowned May Queen by James
Pearson, "who Is president of the
Student Council-
The occasion promises to fur
nish something unique and with
rare beauty for a high school pro
gram and already much interest
is being shown by the students fn
plans for the program.
Second Arrest in
Car Wreck Case
Shirley Roope Held in Con-
nectizMi With Death of
W. F. Gniey April 11
Junior Order Bfeeting
To Be Toesday Night
North Wilkesboro council of
Jr. 0.‘ U. A. M/ is planning an
interesting mating to be held
Tuesday night when six cand|-
dates ars to he initiated. Refresh-
m^ks will be served? Every mem
ber is urged to attend sad visit-
titg Jnniorf will W
It was learned last week irom
Sherltf W. B. Somers that Shir
ley Roope, of Winston-Salem, has
been arrested in connection wllb
the death of W. F- Gilley, who
was killed hi an aiito collUidn 13
miles east oi Wilkesboro on the
Boone Trail highway on Sunday,
April 11,
Vernon Porter, driver oi the
car which collided with Mr. Gil
ley’s car, was badly hurt and re
ceived treatment In the hospital
In Elkin, where he was placed
under arrest and was later
brought to jail In Wllkes|)oro,
It is alleg^ "that . Porter and
Roope were racing when the
wreck occured and tlK';*i their
cars were alongside each other
and traveling at a rapid rate.
Pomoiut Grange
Wilkes PeilMi^J^i^ wlU
meat on April
se, earn
aetly
eriug and prc^rving of the frnlt
crops:
“And, whereas, it has come to
the attention of the Klwanls club
by and through information fur
nished us by Dewey Broyhlll, one
of the most successful fruit grow
ers of Wilkes county, that the
Agricultural Extension Bureau Is
considering the advisability of
establishing a station for experi
mentation and scientific research
.under the supervision and control
of the state and federal authori
ties, with the view of aiding and
assisting the fruit growers of the
Brushy Mountains and other sec
tions of the county and state to
better protect their trees from
diseases to which the trees snd
irult are susceptible:
"Therefore, be it resolved that
we heartily endorse this move
ment and pledge ^ It and the
fruit growers of this section our
loyal support in this or any other
movement that would be beneli-
cial to them—and ask for them
the support of the county, state
and national authorities.”
Friday’s Kiwanis program was
in charge of C. B. Eller. He call
ed attention to the fact that this
week in “United States-Canada
Week” in Kiwanis International
and presented a program on this
theme, first reading the treaty
between the United States and
(janada, which was signed ffy
President Mbnroe 119 years ago
and which is still functioning. He
then lntrod(uced Rev. Eugene
Olive, who spoke ir. an interest
ing way about the friendly rela
tions which have always existed
between the United States and
Canada, which have a 4,000-mile
boundary line that Is not forti
fied.
Major J. H- Andrews, of Spar
tanburg, S. C„ was a guest of J.
B. McCoy and C. K^. Rowland, of
Winston-Salem, was a guest of
W, K. Stnrdlyant.
Miss Mary Hix
Is May
Miss Mary Btt, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hix, of this
city, was crowned May Queen at
Greensboro College in appropri
ate ceremonies Saturday.
Among those from here attend
ing were' Mr.'^ and Mrs. Hix, l|lttle
Miss "nidle Hix, Mtea Ellen Rob
inson, Mrs. W. D. Halfacre, Mrs.
p. W. EJaiiife’lman, Mrs. C. S. Sink
and Chhrlefl Sink.
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Auto Thefts Increase.
Raleigh, April 27 —The num
ber ot 'thefts of automobiles In
North Catoltaa again is on an
lacrease, o*cql|ent ' work
being done iri^^e enlMi^^gt
way Patrol, ucauttUl 'to '.
C^Wie,
,,_,.bf the edu
cational project in Wilkes, Alex
ander and Ashe counties.
Nine adult unit teachers have
a total enrollment of 454 while
25 were enrolled by the' nursery
school in North Wilkesboro con
ducted by Misses Clara Gentry
and Myrtle Norris. The adult
teachers are I. C. Woodruff,
James T. Nichols, Mae Lackey,
Carl Jones, Pearl Jarvis, W. H.
Hurley, Irene German, Betty
Brown and Esther Bingham.
The illiterate enrollment was
131 and ot this number 30 were
tcught to read and write. The
number studying the various sub
jects follow; reading 266; writ
ing 251; spelling 230; arithmetic
294; music 179; economics 85;
engllsh 203; agriculture 44;
home gardening' 28; home mak-|
ing 69; iiarent education 100.
The schools located in the vari
ous communities attracted quite
much interest among the people
and many adults put forth dili
gent efforts to broaden their edu
cation or to get out of the illiter
ate class.
of the April terih of court. ^
K. M. Alien, of the coutraenng
firm of Foster A Allen, will be
superintendent of the project and
labor will be furnished through
the WPA, which is furnishing
the cost of materials and part of
the labor costs.
Plans call for constant work on
the project and completion as
early as possible.
Workmen began today to re
move the sod, which will be
placed on the Wiflkesboro Baptist
church lawn but actual work on
the excavation will not begin un
til tomorrow.
To Hold Joint Meet
St. Louis, April 23.—For the
second time since 1845, northern
and southern Baptists will hold
a joint meeting here May 18 and
19. But leaders say no attempt at
organic union will be ..made.
Deadlines Set
For Receiving
Newspaper Copy
This is the second notice to
the public in regard to the time
copy for news or advertise
ments can be received for the
Monday and Thursday issues of
•nie Jourual-Patriet.
It is all important that a
newspaper be punctual and in
qrder to do this it must be
printed in time to catch certain
nails on publication days.
Forms must be dosed on Mon-
^y at noon and Thursday at 9
'o’clock in order to allbw tine
for printing, mailing and dia-
tributing this newspaper on
time.
Please co-operate in thia asat-
ter and thus aid na to render
a more eteetive newspaper
service for su^ril^ra and ad
vertisers.
Bear in nind that early copy
can be given better attention
and space by a newspaper and
thia, will explain why some
items of hewn interest are some-
tiuaag given an appamtily smaW
Mieunt of apa^ ITi* Jonnaal-
t endenvers to hudk
ItoM aecording to thdir
pnHie inMnrt. bnt thin
■•(■kn'finM ont WBk
^ n M^j^-nTtha tot
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McDonald, Hoey
Speak h Wilkes
today, Tuesday
McDonald SpeaJes Tbis Aft
ernoon and Clyde Hoey
Tuesday at Courthouse
Today Dr. Ralph McDonald,
anti-sales tax candidate for gov
ernor, will speak at the noon re
cess of court in Wilkesboro and
tomorrow Clyde Hoey, of Shelby,
will speak at the courthouse at
1:30 during the noon court re
cess.
The race for the Democratic
nomination for governor is at
tracting increased interest as the
primary date nears and indica
tions today pointed to large au
diences for both the Winston-
Salem candidate and the silver
tongued orator from Shelby.
_ i6 >ir-
koB 8taBdltt''up loBguat. Supt.
Eller' wifi 'have the two beet froaa
each central district to ssdemblB
later Snd determine the beat
speller fn the county and to this
student and his teacher he wilt
give a trip, perhaps to Raleigh.
The name of the seventh grade
pupil making highest grade in
each school will be read from the
platform provided his grade is
passing and also the three high
est in the district.
Mr. Eller will present the sev
enth grade diplomas to all sev
enth grade graduates whose
schools are out on May 9. Seveu
year perfect attendance medals
will also be awarded.
Note: Please send to T. E.
Story at once the names of seven
years perfect attendance pupils
and the number of one year per
fect attendance pupils.
Afternoon Athletics
Boys Events: 100 yard dash,
one entrant; high jump, one en
trant; broad jump, one entrant;
relay team, three boys from each
school, seventii grade; marble
tournament, two entrants, play
ing with five marbles In small
circle within larger circle with a
glass taw, winner to be two beat
out of three.
Girls Events: Basketball dist
ance throw, one entrant; high
jump, one entrant; broad jump,
one entrant; 50 yard dash, one
entrant.
In the boys relay each boy
run.s one third of the distance a-
round the Wilkesboro track.
MILLERS CREEK P.-T.-A.
WILL MEET THURSDAY
The Millers Creek P.^. A. will
meet ’Thursday, April 80, at 8
p. m.
T. E. Story, principal of Wil-
keaboro high school, will speak on
the subject, “How the Parent-
Teacher tAaaociation May Serve
the School.” Professor Story, who
has an A. M. degree from the Uni
versity of North Carolina, has had
many years of ’kdiifeassfdl experi
ence in the administrative dutke;
of the WilkesbtdV-’hi^ Ahoolr and
is highly quali^ to diacuss the
subject chosen.
During the business session of.
tbe meeting, officers will be elect
ed for the school year 193«-87.
.All parents and school patrons
are urged to attend the moeting.
iJ Food Sale Friday
The Mary Brame Circle, of
which Mrs. 4D B. Johnston is
chairman, will hold a food sale
at' Spainhour-SydBora stoM on
Friday, May 1. be*H»»lag »*’
. AU khida
le and '
Wilkesboro High
To Give Junior
Play On Friday
Matinoe WiU Be tUven In After-
noon and AnoUiW ‘Pri^orm-
ance At Night
Junior class of Wilk'shoro
high 8ChooJ^_wUl prvsent _ "Hob
goblin Hous^” delightful comedy-
drama, on Friday afternoon and
night in the Wilkesboro school
building.
All children are urged to at
tend the matinee showing in the
afternoon, at which time the ad
mission price will be ten cents.
Admission for the night perform
ance will be 20 cents. ‘
Pictures of Local
Babies In Sunday
Greensboro Pap^
North Wllkesboro was repre
sented in the Greensboro Dally
News baby section edtUoa Sdn*
day by pictures ot two of the
city’s mof^.jHsmlar bofa
age>'Th4
"«oh
al