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City Playground
Recreation Committee of
Council Social Agencies
Haa Meeting .
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Drewaa ia Jttrer
Le^ri^, Jaly it—A. T. Man-
years old, drowned
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SITES ARE SOUGHT
WPA Will Furnish Substan
tial Sum if Funds Are
Raised Locally
iy.eradfait.hoar and a
yards'9inni stream
he went down.
PajrHeiitatiee
10.—Two
SigniAcant Lan-
^\mr%jnrien «onr,/ence contributed
Adewa totte iBaeiisaions of Repub-
Hcah farm plans to^y, one empha-
eixiDg anew- that-“Dounties would
be paid fanners and the other
fweetiowiag the new deal’s pro-
gram.-
Fall to Provide Relief
Harrisbarg;i Pa., July 10.—Penn-
sylvaida's doMSocked legislature
fait fdr the week today without
providing cash-or food for more
than a half million destitute unem
ployed. For five days no relief has
been sent out. Fmds are ex
hausted.
Two Killed, Three Hurt
Whibestone, N. Y., July ,10.—
Two baby girls were killed and
three women were seriously injur
ed by a gas tank explosion wMch
wrecked the srecht “Commodore” in
Long Island Sound late today.
Patricia Irene Brown, 18 months
old. was burned to death as
flames spread through the 50-foot
cabin cruiser five feet off a dock.
Recreation committee of the
Wilkes County Councl of Social
Agencies held an important meet
ing Wednesday night, at which
time plans tor the establishment
of one or more municipal play
grounds were discussed.
Members of the committee
have been in conference with of
ficials of the Works Progress ad
ministration and it has been
learned that a substantial sum of
money can be obtained through
WPA provided the playground
sites can be obtained and pro
vided that a certain per cent of
the total co.st can be raised lo
cally.
In the meantime a WPA pro
ject is being made up and will be
submitted to district and state of-
•
flees for approval. When the
plans are finally completed and
it is learned what must bo raised
locally the proposition will be
submitted to the people of the
city in calls for public support.
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Pi^ Lterary
Drive Wai Be Made Wed
nesday to Collect Voltunes
For Library
TO CALL FOR BOOKS VALUATION JS
Those Who Have Books to
Donate Should Call Miss
‘Mabel Hauser
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Sununary
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KANSAS CITY . . . Drouth , ,
dust storms ... broken homes ...
discouragement... hope gone ...
pictured everywhere as a blazing
sun peers over the Eastern horizon
each new day. Above, left, is a
dust storm In Texas, sweeping
over a deserted farm, moving tons
of top soil and destroying the land
for agriculture. Top, right, the
sons of J. P. Holzemer of Dickin
son. N. D., watering stock at a
newly-dug well where a scant
water supply was found. They are
staying on. Below, an Oklahoma
refugee family, carrying all their
worldly possessions, decide to de-
eeit their home and move on.
Hort Grimes’ Car
Destroyed Today
LieuuMS Saks Up
, Raleigh, July 10.—R. R. Mc
Laughlin, dlraetor of toe motor
vAiriS bnraan, said today the sale
of hulf-year lie«ii$se plates had
accelerated the registra-
^flf^gutomobnes in the state.
Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed Hort Grimes’ 1929
model Plymouth sedan near his
home in the Fairplalns commun
ity this morning.
The car stopped and, thinking
it out of gas. he left it and walk
ed to a service station. When he
returned it was on fire and the
flames had made much headway.
Rev. A.T.Pardue,
Baptist Minister,
Is Taken By Death.
In Ministry For More Than
Half Century; Funeral
Be Held Tuesday
Cattle Buyer
Thwarts Efforts
2 Desperadoes
I'enn.s.vlvania Man Help.s Sher
iff .And Deputies Find His
Assailants
Draw Jurors For
August Term of
Superior Court
A Mr. Murray, cattle buyer
I Judge J. H. Clement to Pre
side Over Term for Trial
compared
with 512,176 sold all last year,
McLaughlin .said. During the
same period last year 441,890 tags '
had been sold.
Placed In Jail
— ! Held On Charge of Shooting
Held For Kidnaping Arel Pruitt; Arrested
Fayetteville, July lO.-ifJlyde; Virginia
Smith, 38. of Burlington, “ ’ ”
Rev. Ancel Thomas Pardue,
for more than halt a century a
highly esteemed and beloved Bap
tist minister in Wilkes county,
died Sunday afternoon, 2:10, at
m
I from Lancaster, Pa., succeeded in
I partially subduing two would-be
of Criminal Cases
rardue was born at Roar-
1857,
holdups and aided Sheriff W. B.
Somers and deputies in a success
ful search for the two men until
a very late hour Thursday night.
Mr.
38. of Burlington, in jail
here on charge of kidnaping a 16
Richard Foster, young man of
yeat^old girl, will be given a hear-j the Roaring River community, was
ing in recorder’ court here next, placed in jail at Wilkesboro Fri-
Thursday. He was arrested in ^ day charg^ with the shooting of
Burlington yesterday afternoon by Arel Pruitt in an altercation on
police there acting for the Cum- December 29 at Gordon Benton’s
berland sheriff. He is charged
with taking Gussie Buie from her
home six miles north of Fayette
ville and forcing her to accompany
him to other .states and back to
Burlington.
Walking Bar Room
Kinston. July 10.—Clarence Joy-
store west of this city.
F’oster, who had been dodging
since that time, was picked up
Thursday by officers at Pocahon
tas. Va., and Sheriff W. B. Somers
wa.s notified of the arrest. Depu
ty Sheriff W. B. Sparks went to
Pocahontas Friday and returned
the young man to Wilkes to await
ner, hip pocket bootlegger, was at trial in the August term of Wilkes
the prison camp here today to
court.
serve 60 days. Police said Jovner recalled that Foster,
carried a “barette” with him. They clerking in the store, is
asserted he dispen.sed whiskey by ^ave shot Pruitt in the
the drink froma flaskthat just fit-j tf,e back as he was leaving the es-
ted his hip pocket. In another' jajjijghntent. The bullet entered
pocket he carried a gla.s.s. He; (j^ck and went out through
plied his trade in the business dis- [ ^ight chest, but he recovered
trict, officers who watched him, vvound. Pruitt is said to
declared. They said he sold
drink to a 14-year-old negro.
Praying For Rain
' Mitchell, S. D.. July 10.—Busi
ness halted, merchants bent their
heads, and housewives knelt in
piifj^icafa'on today as Mitchell’s
pcyitiation prayed for rain. 'The
pftevvs rose from a drought-
tonned land to a cloudless sky and
a blazing sun that had scorched re-
.^eaAtoaaiy for days. Bells in the
city's 13 church towers tolled the
lieople—11,000—to their knees
while temperatures stood at 104
degrees. Nearly all responded.
have struck a bystander in the
store before he started to leave
and was shot by Foster.
Dr. Cadman Stricken
In Plattsburg, N. Y.
Man Who Started .\s En^.’ish
Miner Won Fame As Inter
national Churrlimau
Cleanup Week
For Wilkesboro.
People of Town Asked to
Gather Rubbish To Be
Hauled Off Friday
According to previous plans
this week in Wilkesboro has been
designated as ‘‘Clean-Up Week’
and citizens of the town are
urged to cooperate to the end
that the town will present a more
attractive appearance.
The following sUtement Issued
by Mayor W. B. Harris is self-ex
planatory:
"This is Clean Up Week for the
town Of Wilkesboro. Citizens are
requested to clean up all rub
bish from premises and put it at
a convenient place so that the
truck can get It on Friday, July
17. All parties having trash to be
hauled will please poUfy.Mrs. L.
B. 1>ula.’'
Platt.sbLirgli, N. Y., July 12.—
[)r. S. Parkes Cadman, 71, the
Brooklyn pastor whose voice be
came familiar to millions through
out the country, died in the
Champlain Valley hospital today.
Dr. Cadman. who walked out
of the Shropshire mines in Eng
land as a youth to attain inter
national fame as a churchman,
succumbed to peritonitis which
developed from a ruptured ap^
pendix.
With him when he died, at
12:22 p. m. (eastern standard
time) were several members of
his family who last night had
abandoned hope for his recovery
as he grew steadily weaker.
An emergency operation was
performed Monday after he had
been stricken ill while delivering
a lecture the previous night.
Describing his passing, Fred
erick L. Cadman, a son, said he
“fell asleep as peacefully as a
child.”
ing River on September 15
making ihis age 7 8. He w'as a son
of the late Meekins and Prudence
Pardue, of that community.
At the age of 18 he joined the
Baptist church and in his early
tw-enties he began preaching the
Gospel, which he continued until
the very last year of his life and
as long as health permitted.
During the more than 50
years that he was In the ministry
he served many churches as pas
tor and passed up no opportunity
to witness for his Christ as an
evangelist in or out of the
church.
At terms of Wilkes court in
Wilkesboro he was a familiar fi
gure at the noon recess, when
hundreds would gather on the
courthouse lawn to hear Ihim ex
pound the virtues of Ohristianity.
This practice he kept up through
out his entire ministerial career.
Those baptised under ihis min
istry number into the thousands
and people in hundreds of homes
in Wilkes county can recall his
friendly visits as a minister and
friend.
He was married to Miss Martha
Jolnes, who died in November,
1932. To this union were bom
four children: J. P. Pardue, of
Roaring River; A. C. Pardue. of
North ■ Wilkesboro route 2; and
W. T. Pardue, of Joneaville. A
daughter, Mrs. S. E. Matthews,
died several months ago. Also
surviving are one brother, Dan J.
Pardue, of Moravian Falls, 15
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held
at Roaring River Baptist church,
where he retained his member
ship, Tuesday morning at eleven
o’clock. Rev. J. M. Wright, pas
tor, will be In charge of the serv-
story of Mow two young m«*i
lured him into the mountains in
search of cattle for sale and then
made an attempt on his life. ’The
two men now being held in jail
for the crime are Roy Holbrook,
of Norlina, who had been hiding
in the Traphill vicinity for some
time, and Raymond Yale, of Trap-
hill.
Mr. Murray said the two youths,
whom he picked up at a service
station near Traphill, volunteered
to direct him to where he could
buy some cattle. They continued
to tell him, he said, that there
were some cattle for sale some
place just ahead, in the meantime
directing him all the time toward
(Continued on page eight)
Eshelman Heads
Seamless Group
Gets High Post In Southern
Hosiery Manufacturers’
Association
P. Wi. Eshelman, president and
general manager of Wilkes Hos
iery Mills, was elected vice pres
ident of the Southern Hosiery
Manufacturers’ association and
head of the seamless hose divis
ion of that organization in the
convention held Friday in Chat-
tanffbga, Tenn.
The convention was attended
by more than 150 manufacturers
from all parts of the south and
various problems the hosiery In
dustry faces were discussed by
prominent manufacturers.
Donald Comer, president of the
Cotton Manufacturers’ associa
tion, spoke concerning the vast
importation of oriental manufac
tured goods from Japan and In
dia, stating that the hosiery in-
diistry will soon face competition
ice’ assisted* by *R*0v^ W. E. Lin- with cheaply manufactw^ ^g^^:
ney and Rev. N. T. Jarvis'. I from these countries
N. T. Jarvis.
Seek PWA Grant to Sul
Fw Erection Three SAooI Buil^ngs
Wilkes county board of com
missioners in July session drew
jurors for the August term of
superior court, which will con
vene on Monday, August 3.
furJ^n^latter'
six months of this year.
Today 120 criminal cases were
on the court calendar pending
trial. It is expected that belated
reports of magistrates will add a
substantial number of cases and
that many will be added through
the grand Jury.
The August term will be for
two weeks and will be tor trial of
criminal cases. Following are
jurors drawn for the term:
First Week
L. W. Curry, Wilkesboro; R. F.
Miles, Walnut Grove; J. B. Mc
Coy, North Wilkesboro; M. M.
Blevins, Walnut Grove; H. M.
Anderson, Wilkesboro; J. W.
Mayberry, Walnut Grove; J. A.
Buchanan, North Wilkesboro; A.
Brown, Mulberry; J. C. Patrick,
Union; J. P. Robertson, Brushy
.Mountain; L. M. Nicholson, Som
ers; Jay H. Johnson, North Wil
kesboro; J. B. Rose, Edwards; R.
F’. Parker, North Wilkesboro; J.
R. Pardue, New Castle; J. J.
Tevepaugh, North Wilkesboro;
Ed Long. Norto Wilkesboro; B.
T. Wbods, North Wilkesboro; J.
C. Elledge, Lewis Fork; T. O.
Hayes, Brushy Mountain; W. M.
Blevins, Walnut Grove; D. E. Bl-
ledge. North Wilkesboro; W. E.
James, Wilkesboro; C. C. Walk
er, Mulberry; C. F. Canter, Red
dles River; R. H. Shepherd,
North Wilkesboro; J. H. Hol
brook, Traphill; J. W. Brewer,
Rock Creek; H. N. Kennedy,
Traphill; R. J. McNlel, Reddies
River; Ransom Elledge, Mulber
ry; C. R. Byrd, Edwards; J. H.
Wilcox, John-Cabin; A. M. , Mc-
Ewen, Elk; O, W.‘HahM, New
Castle; W. G. Lowe. Moravian
Falls; J. T. Martin, Edwards; A.
L. Prevette, Wilkesboro; J. W.
Fbrester, North Whlkesboro;
George Elledge, North Wilkes
boro; John C. Wyatt, Union; A.
T. Shumate, Mulberry.
, ■ Second Week
W. Jones, North Wllkes-
M^()l.-,Nathan Williams, Wilkes-
Frank Putnam of Gaston coun
ty raised 400 Reds, has culled
down to 150 fine pullets, sold
160 worth of fryers, spent $98
for the chicks and feed and now
has the 150 pullets at a cost of
only $38.
Friday was the day to open
bids for construction of three
school buildings in Wilkos coun
ty but plans were held up by the
county board of education in the
hope that additional funds may
be obtained from the Public
Works administration to supple
ment the county’s $65,000 bond
issue.
Officials are now working on
a plan whereby It Is hoped that
the county may be able to obtain
a supplementary fund from the
PWA. If these plana are carried
through, the PWA grant would
be 45_ per cent ^f the *"
mount With the county furnish-
that
Ing $65,000 the grant on
basis would be $49,000.
Unlike the old PWA plan of
a loan and grant from the Public
Works administration, the coun
ty would sell its bonds for $65,-
000 in the usual bond Issue man
ner und not to the PWA but it
is learned that there are pros
pects of obtaining the grant.
If these plans work out tt
would make possible the comple
tion of the» three school plants at
Millers Creek, Mulberry and Ben-
ham, and would provide a auffl-
clent sum for plumbing and'heat
ing and for equipment. Improre-
ments will aleo be made on the
Wilkesboro school building.
.^ta; -J-F T. > Rogers, Moravian
.^allsi 'F. 71avepangh,j ;^UBhy
Mountain;' Sanford Osborne'; .Un
ion; H. F. Billings, Traphill; T.
M. Brown, Mulberry; J. H. Moore,
Brushy Mountain; J. M. Sales,
Antioch: C. E. Billings, Rock
Creek,' J. M. Lankford, Wilkes
boro; Robert McNiel, Elk; L.
Chap Ferguson, Beaver Creek;
Oliver Holbrook,'Edwards; M. F.
Barker, Edwards; 0. F. Richard
son, ’TraphlU; J. T. Vannoy,
Stanton; Mont Mash, Union;.An
drew Hendren, Wllkeeboro; Clif
ford Moore, Straw: C. S. S^es,
Edwards; R. 8. Gray, New .Cas
tle; Curtis Johnson, Edwards;
Q. O. Kilby, Reddles Rlver^
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test infestation
oats or othw small grain:
Public spirited people who
wish a part in forming a public
library here will have that op
portunity Wednesday of this
week, when people employed by
the library project of the WPA
will call at homes to collect do
nations for a public library to he
started here In the very near fu
ture.
It is important that those who
wish to donate one or more vol
umes to the public library call
Miss Mabls Hauser at her resi
dence after four p. m. today or
Tuesday in order that she may
direct the library collectors to the
homes from which books, are to
be donated.
People living outside of North
Wilkesboro and who wish to
contribute a book should carry It
to Miss Hauser’s residence Wed
nesday or call her before that
time and tell at what point in
the city the book may be picked
up Wednesday by the library
workers.
Any book suitable for a place
In a public library, regardless of
its state of repair, will be ac
ceptable. Worn or damaged books
will be repaired by book menders
employed through the WPA.
The library project has its orig
in in the Wilkes County Council
of Social Agencies, a central civ
ic organization which now has
a number of major projects under
consideration. Mrs. J. C. Reins is
ohalrman of the library compslt-
School Fund SvpjplwgiMt f(
Remain at Tris^'CMt^ ^
IW- 9
Ta* RatttjtvJ
—
Tax rate for the ettje -Of NoEtl|.'|]
Wilkesboro for the fiscal yestr'
beginning July 1, 19»6, will has'-;
$1.60 on the hundred dpUkTsT'
valuation of property, the same
tax rate as last year, according fo
ary and the library project of the
Works Progress. administration
will furnish a librarian.
It is brfieved that people will
donate books freely to the library
and that several hundred volumes
may be gathered on Wednesday
of this week.
North Wllkeeboro P n ® 1 I c
''Schools, Current Expense Fund—
10 cents on property and 10 cents
on each poll.
The three divisions of the levy
make a total property tax rate of
$1.60 and poll tax $1.60.
Cafes Will Be
Given Rating
Sanitary Inspector Will Post
Ratings at All Eating
Places
All cafes, restaurants or other
eating places will bo given rat
ings each month, beginning with
July, according to information
gained from G. S. Odell, county
sanitary Inspector working in
conjunction with the county
health department.
Educational work has been go
ing on for some time with the
cafes in an effort to let them
know requirements for high san
itary ratings. This work has pro
gressed to such a point, according
to Mr. Odell, that all cafes can
be rated with absolute fglmess
and the ratings will be posted in
the cates and published in the
newspapers.
In the meantime the dairies
are working hard toward grade
A requirements and the pnibllc
milk ordinance will go into effect
within a few days.
M. M. Melvin, district sanitary
officer, spent several days in the
county last week with Mr. Odell
and assisted him in work among
dairies and cafes.
Air Show Here
Big Attraction
Many Thrilling Stunts Are
Pulled For Benefit of
Spectators
The air show carried out at the
local airport Saturday and Sun
day by three expert pilots from
Richmond, "Va., and vicinity
proved to be up to expectattons.
After many passenger fllghte
the plloU engaged in some very
thrilling stunt'flying. Including
the .“Inverted falling 1 e a F’
flight, which Is considered quite
BU accomplishment in aviation
circles.
George H. Mason, Vincent Bur
nett and Frank C. Reynolds were
the pilots. Practically alt of too
major stunt attractions prdetteed
the summary of budget eistlmatto
released by W. P. Kelly, clefk
and treasurer.
By virtue of a substantially in-fd
creased valuation and anticipated
Increases In water rents and oth
er items, it was possible to in
clude In the budget $10,000 for
permanent improvements. Theae
improvements, it is understood,
will Include widening of C street
between Tenth and Ninth and
widening of the sidewalk on the
south.side of the street in front
of the postoffice, projects which
have been acclaimed as sorely
needed. Street repair in order to
protect the huge investment in
pavements will also be undertak
en during the year.
What is considered as an indi
cation of progress is the increase
in valuation of property within
the corporate limits of the city.
The increase in valuation Is ap
proximately $200,000 over that
of last year.
The tentative levies subject to
final adoption in a m^lng to the
city board of commissions to be
held on August 4 are as follows:
General fund—46 cents on the
one hundred dollars valuation qg
property, real and personal.
30 From Wilkes
At Lenoir-Rhyne
Thirty Wilkes county teachere
attended the first summer ses
sion of the Lenoir-Rhyne College
summer school at Hickory. 'The
second term will begin on July
18.
Dr. A. J. Eller Tells
Vaccination Dates
Asks That Appointments Be
Announced In * Sunday
Schools and Churches
Dr. A. J. Eller, Wilkes coun
ty’s health officer, today an
nounced the next Itinerary for
vaccinations against typhoid,
diphtheria and smallpox.
In making the announcement
of the dates Dr. Eller urged co
operation on the part of the Peo
ple in order that all who need
vaccinations may take advantage
of these convenient opportunities.
He also requested that church
and community leaders assume
the duty of announcing the vacci
nation dates in their respective
communities and that the an
nouncements be made in church
and Sunday school services. ’The
vaccination dates follow:
Monday, .Inly !iO
Union school, 9:00 a. m.; Gai
ther’s store, 9:30 a. m.; Millers
Creek, 10:00 a. m.; Turner Nich
ols’ store, ’ 11:00 a. m.; Claude
Pearson’s store. 1:00 p. m.;
Mount Pleasant school, 2:30 p.
m.; Dock Triplett’s service sta
tion, 3:30 p. m.
Wednesday, July 22 ,
Mountain Crest school,'9:30 a.
m.; EJatep’s home, 10:30 a. m.;
Hendren’s store, 1:00 p. m.;
Plney Grove, 2:30 p. m.
Thursday, July 28
Whittington school, 9:30 a.
m.; Dancy school 10:30 a. m.;
Shepherd’s school 11:30 a. m.;
Concord school, 1:30 p. m.; Pine
Ridge, 2:30 p. m.
Friday, Jnljr M J
Flint HiU 8ClK»lM,jMW4-..IU
Rock Creek charcb,
Roaring River cotton mflt»
a. m.; Roaring River,
Wfitte Plains churck
ShfphhTd’s Cross
m.; Stone Ridge, te u» )'
These appolntfnetefi^ ...Z,
.a great portion of'tliia.eoBteiHnotl
Chinch bugs have appeared as
Gen'S S torm^ra iSo^JSSliT'avtotion were carried
t^t tetestotlon near- flefda' ill the benefit of the W crowd pfj ^ It ^
spectators
take toe vaocinaUont.