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Quk» Deatroys Town
^^Qnorros, Colombia, July 17.
—A disastrous earthquake Tir-
tually destroyed this town today.
Thousands were homeless. The
^aWUes. so far were unknown,
but it was feared many had per-
...wfshed.
IxMid Tobacco
Ktagetm, & q., j^Liy- 17.—The
~ - , u. V. 1*^7 *1.
of insn to^cco wan
'^^Ao^ht'by a warehouse today for
*• -cents a pound. The lot, $08
Veands, was produced by H. L.
l*owell, of Salters.
atfrus Left 9178,000
Oreensboro, July 17.—Dr. J. T.
Bnrrns, High Point surgeon who
died June 8, left an estate of
$173,000 and named his wife and
■Whchovla Bank and Trust Com
pany, as joint executors in a will
Hied here today for probate.
WiBegintB.
Cfinic h Wilcet
Monday, Aug. 10
Spemliat From State Sani-
torium Will Examine Sus
pects in Clinic
CLINIC IS FREE
Health Officer Says Leads
Found In School Clinic
Will Be Followed
Dies In Swimming
Smithfleld, July 17.—Timothy
Mangum, 60, of Raleigh, died
while swimming in Holt’s Lake
here this afternoon. A coroner’s
jury returned a verdict of death
from a heart attack. His body
was discovered in shallow water
by Farquard Smith, of Smith-
field.
Bids Are Csnva.ssed
Raleigh, July 17.—Low bids
on 13 state highway projects
opened at a letting here Thurs
day will be sent to the individu
al commissioners for their con
sideration and gwards of con
tracts will be made later. Chair
man Capus M. Waynlck. of the
state highway and public works
commission said today.
Neck Broken In Pool
Laurinburg. July 17.—James
Sanford. 16-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Sanford, of East
Laurinburg, broke his neck here
this afternoon in a nine-foot dive
Into thr^ feet of water. He was
"■ to the Hamlet hospital
hospital authoiitteB held no hope
of recovery.
Announcement was made today
by Dr. A. J. Bller, health officer,
of an adult tuberculosis clinic to
be held during the second and
third weeks of August, beginning
August 10.
The adult clinic will be a fol
low-up of the school T. B. clinic
held during the last sehool term
and an effort will be made to
have adults examined from
homes where the childhood type
was found in the last clinic.
A specialist from the state san-
itorlum will conduct the examina
tions, which will be given with
out cost, and the clinic will be
held in the Wilkesboro high
school building. Dr. Eller urged
that all adults who have reason
to suspect they have tuberculosis
make an appointment and be ex
amined during the clinic.
The sanltorium specialist will
hare at his command many of the
latest methods and instruments
for as complete diagnosis as pos
sible and those who show the
mot positive reaction will be
recommended for X-ray, which
will entail a small cost.
In commenting on the clinic
Dr. Eller said that there are a
considerable number of cases in
the county and that only by ear
ly diagnosis and isolation can the
spread of the, disease he checked
and that only through early
treatment can the patient hope
to be cured.
He said further that one diffi
culty a health department has in
dealing with the dreaded and
treacherous disease is that it is
quite ft task to edueate
Carrier I%ew'
b Killed By Cat
On Friday a cat at the home
of £. C. Jennings, North Wil
kesboro roate 1, killed a car
rier pigeon bearing various
numbers mid inscriptions.
On one leg the pigeon wore
a metal bracelet wUh the In
scription, “I.F. SB-896210”.
On the other leg was number
2S2.
I Heac£.^Ye -
Seek Removal of
Federal Taxes on
Gasoline and Oil
Wilkes County Oil Dealers’
Association Organized
Here Wednesday
The Wilkes County Oil Dealers’
association was organized in a
meeting held at Hotel Wilkes Wed
nesday evening with several deal
ers in attendance.
S. V. Tomlinson was elected
president of the association, C. D.
Coffey, Jr., first vice president, W.
J. Bason, secretary, and H. P.
Eller, publicity chairman. The lo
cal organization is affiliated with
the North Carolina Petroleum In
dustries committee.
Following organization here
Wednesday night the association
passed a resolution asking senators
and the representative from this
district to use their influence to
ward repeal of the federal gasoline
tax and federal lubricating oil tax.
D.C.
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m
■- V
J. Ed Butler.’^of Morganton, who
was elected president of the or
ganization of Young Democrats ox
North Carolina in the convention
which closed SaWrday in Greens
boro.
Hackett Named
On Road Refund
Board Saturday
Last Rites For
C. L. Sockwell
Local Man Appointed to Im
portant Pozt By Gover
nor Ehringhaus
l^mg llaBirM
County Agent Say* Bee
Keepers WUl Get Good
Returns This Year
lEE COLONIES ARE BUSY
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Rilkes Located In Heart of
Nation’s Soorwood
Region
Held Thursday Afternoon at
Fridens Lutheran Church,
Gibsonville
Following a brief funeral serv
ice at his residence here Thurs
day morning, the body of C.
J. G. Hackett, of this city, was
named Saturday by Governor Eh
ringhaus on a commission of nine
to study claims of 44 counties to
refunds for highways.
A good deal has been heard
about these claims since a year
ago, more than $8,000,000 of them.
The counties making this appeal
allege that the state has reimurs-
ed millions to other counties wl' '
Bee keepers In Wilkes county
should reap a bountiful harvest
of that world famous delicacy,
sourwood honey, according to in
formation gathered In various
sections by A. G. Hendren, coun
ty farm agent whose family
apiary gives proof of an abund
ant supply of honey ;hls year.
No honey approaches genuine
sourwood in flavor and quality
and sourwoods grow extensively
only on the eastern slopes of the
Appalachians and Wilkes county
Is in the very heart of the best
sourwood region known to civi
lization.
During recent years many
farmers have /realized the pos
sibilities of keeping bees to gather
this precious nectar, which com
mands quite fancy prices In areas
where sourwoods are not abund
ant.
The season this year has been
ideal for honey production. The
dry weather with Intermittent
showers indicate abundant nec
tar of high honey content and the
busy bees have been working un
der ideal weather condtions that
have allowed them to go from
their hives in search of nectar
and return heavily laden many
times daily.
Practically all colonies in good
condition should be rich with
honey this year, is the opinion of
Mr. Hendren, who has worked
quite much during the past year
among bee keepers in advising
them of the beet approved meth
ods of bee care and helping to
o 'viio rx«uiit)L ^
ttvw here said tonlghb -tto thej
- Snicide Bridge
Pasadena. Calif.. July 17.—A
middle-aged, unidentified man
leaped to his death today from
So ColOt**!" street bridge, a
^ceful span that has drawn
civic argument on whether it
should be made “suicide proof.’’
Police records listed him as the
76th victim since the bridge was
Built 23 years ago.
berculOBls in lU early sUgea,
when cure is possible and prac
tical, and the patients themselves
never know its presence.
Scouts Honored
In Slimmer Camp
Paul Haigwood Receives
Award For All-Around
Good Record This Year
Father .And Son Hc’ul ]
Erwin, July IT—George Wood-1
all and son. Howard, are being
held in tlie county jail without
privilege of bond cha-'ged with
cutting Carlton Tnielove so ser
iously that he is near the point
of death. Officers have not yet
learned the definite cause, though
it was learned that there had
been ill feeling between the men
for sometime. Thirty stitches
were required to sew up the
wounds.
Four members of local
Scout
troops returned Tuesday night
from Camp Lasater near Wins
ton-Salem. w'here they spent from
two to four week.s in Scout train
ing.
I’aul Haigwood. Robert Wood
Finley. Pat Williams. Jr., and
Joe McCoy. Jr., were the local
Scouts who attended the camp
and each passed from four to six
merits. Paul Haigwood was one
among the several Scouts at
camp who were awarded the
Camp Lasater Award for all-
around good record.
Local Scout leaders who went
to the camp and accompanied the
youths home were E. G. Finley,
Gordan Finley and T. E. Story.
Kamings .Are Higher
New York. July 17.—A rising
tide of corporate earnings gave
Wall street today further tangible
evidence of business improve
ment. A gain of 36.8 per cent in
second quarter profits over the
same period Iasi year was shown
in a compilation by the Associat
ed Press of the first 45 state
ments of reporting companies.
For six months, earnings were up | _
8$.6 j)er cent over the showing j Died This Afternoon m
for the comparable period last, 5tateaviIIe Hospital; Leaves
ysar. I Many Friends
Mrs. F. G. Holman
Is Taken By Death
who died Tuesday, was taken to
Friedens Lutheran church near
Gibsonville in Guilford county,
his home before moving to North
Wilkesboro in 1914.
Last rites were held at the
church there with Di. U. B. Tem
pleton, pastor of the North Wil
kesboro Methodist church, in
charge, assisted by the pastor.
Rev. J. L. Morgan, and Rev. M.
T. Smathers, of Greensboro, a
former pastor of the North Wil
kesboro Methodist church. The
service was largely attended by
the people of that community
where Mr. Sockwell spent a great
part of his life.
I;u!udi.'ri in the service was
music by a quartet composed of
Mrs. J. L. Morgan. Miss Lalah
Apple, Jim Ray and R. A. 'Hiora-
as, who sang “My Faith Looks Up
to Thee” and “Abide With Me.”
Pall bearers and those who car
ried a floral tribute beautiful in
its profusion were friends and
neighbors of the family at the
time they resided in that com
munity.
Among those from North Wil
kesboro attending the service
were Mr. and Mrs. John Tull,
Mrs. Minnie Hunt, Mrs. McT. Mil
ler, Mrs. O. C. Holcomb, Miss
Frances Cranor, Miss Ruth Col-
vard, W. D. Halfacre and R. G.
Finley.
some few sections of the coiittfy'.
Drive For Books
tie’s
I
Governor Ehringhaus appointed j 117*l|
the following as members of the j ff Uf \/UllllllllC
commission to investigate and de-|
termine the amounts, if any, of!
those counties which made dona- ■
tions for the construction of state, . . , »> i.
highways should be refunded in Civic Workers Fush
order to place them on an equit
able parity with other counties
which made loans or donations for
like purposes, and to authorize the
state highway and public works
commission to enter into contracts
with said counties for a fair re
imbursement of said funds;
Carl Bailey, Plymouth; Jule K
_|es will convene In Wtlkeeboro on
teM W . , , ■ _ the second Monday in August,
Now Planee Built
. qgashington,' July 17- Sixty
new speedy fighting planes will
into the air every month
daring the rest of the year under
perfected war department air
plane procurement plans. The
record of two plane deliveries a
day, army air corps officials said
today, has been made poseible by
the smooth functioning of a new
purchasing Plan started by Har
ry H. Woodring, assistant secre
tary of war.
MoCari For Landon
■ Topeka, Kan., July l7.--John
K. McCarl, self-announced foe of
^extravagant spending, ’
ed after a conference with
eraor All M. Landon today that
Republican ca®^****^’®
tion would bring “tjie most eco-
iomlcal administration o«r coun
try has known lor many a moon
'•^president of the United
Biates” said the former comp-
*?ner’ general, “he wiU neither
iMCome a dlcUtor nor view the
5Jwit of onr people from such
£^ted and lofty eminence aa to
ha tompted toward fantastic ex-
• i^ents rather than sound and
; ^ra^eSl meaauree."
Libraries Open
In Wilkesboros
Mrs. F. G. Holman, one of the
best known and beloved women
of Wilkesboro, passed away at
the Davis Hospital in Statesville
this afternoon about 2:30 o’
clock.
Mrs. Holman had been in
feeble health for the past year or
more, but the end had not been
expected so soon. However, her
condition was reported as more
grave last week and gradually
became worse until the end came
this afternoon.
The deceased was the daughter
of the late R. A. and Mollie
Spainhour, of Wilkesboro, and Is
survived by her husband, Mr. P.
G. Holman, three daughters, Mrs.
Walter Spivey, of Rich Square,
Mlssee Bert and Ha Holman, of
Wilkesboro, one son, Mr. E. F.
Holman, of Atlanto, end one
brother, Mr. J. E. Spelnhour, of
thte city.
No arrangements had 'been
made for the funeral and burial
servicee as The Journal-Patriot
went to press. --
A more detailed account of
Mrs. Holman’s life, and the fu
neral will be carried in Thurs
day’s Issue.
School Library Books Avail
able For Summer Read
ing ; No Charge
North Wilkesboro and Wilkes-
boro school librarle.s have made
arrangements to make their li
brary facilities available to the
public during the summer
months.
The North Wilkesboro school
library has recently received a
shipment of .popular fiction from
the state library commission and
will be open each Tuesday and
Thursday morning rom nine nil-
til twelve o’clock. Books may be
k'ept one week without charge.
The Wilkesboro school library
is offering the same service, the
library being open to the public
on Tuesdays and Thursdays of
each week.
Work
of Collecting Books For
Public Library
Although a considerable num
ber of books were collected last
week as the beginning of a pub
lic library, the drive for book do
nations will continue for an In-
oan xjaiicjr, w., definite time and It is hoped that
Warren, Trenton; William B Camp-1 people will respond liberally with
bell, Wilmington; A. A. Hicks, ofjas many volumes as they see fit
Olxford; Ben Cone. Greensboro; C. to donate.
A. Cannon, Concord, J. G. Hackett, | Those who have books are r^
North Wilkesboro • R. E. Price,! quested to call Miss Mabel Haus-
Rutherfordton: Reuben Roberteon,! er. who will arrange for ^e
fig^ton. ! library worker under the WPA
■ library project to call for the
Attend Convention
Young Democrats
Wilkes county democracy was
represented in the state conven
tion of Young Democratic Clubs
in Greensboro the latter part of
the week by C. T. Doughton.
chairman of the Wilkes club, J.
R. Rousseau, chairman of the
county Democratic executive com
mittee, Attorney J. Milton Coop
er, W. A. McNlel, C. B. Eller,
George and Gordon Forester.
The convention was perhaps
the most enthusiastic in the his
tory of the organization and was
largely attended b y mem'bers
from all parts of the state.
books to be given. Books In need
of repair will be mended by those
employed on the project.
Gwyn Pierce Is
Shot In The Neck
It is reported that Gwyn
Pierce was shot in the neck late
Sunday night by Jim Williams at
his residence and service station
one mile west of this city.
Mr. Williams reported to of
ficers that someone was pilfering
at the rear of the building and
the hospital here for treatment tunlty to. witness a
and examination showed tlat the show—donkey baseball,
wound was not sorlouB.
Si^gwh Mw-ker Fsr Grave of McKee,
Sol.(fear Uijder We^pgtoB at Waterloo
Henry Reynolds, clerk of the
middle North Carolina dtatptet
federal court, historian Shi 8^-
orlst, told In an address beX0f5'.
the North
Wirkesboto KiliSStBat the gmye is that of the ^1-
JCNOX TO SPEAK IN .
NOR’TH CAROLINA
Col. FnSi Knox, Republican
candidate for vice president, it is
announced by Cbabmian Meekins,
vrill make an address, probably at
Asheville or Greensboro, sometltoe
during the campaign.
club Friday thrt tt is the gen
eral opinion, according to tra
dition, that John McKee, who
was with General Wellington In
his victory over Napoleon at Wat
erloo, lived the latter years of
his life In Wilkes county and that
his grave Is in the Friendship
Methodist church cemetery near
Millers Creek.
Mr. Reynolds told In a humor
ous vlen aboqt the conjecture In
conhectlon-’wltb the possibility
that Napoleon Marshal Ney was
buried In Iredell county near
StatesvUle but expressed himself
as bring of the opinion that dig
ging Into his grave to try to
Identify the body would be quite
a frultlees task. .,
He did sar. however, that i»
were:
J. P. Jordan, guest of W.
Wthbsm»
rad rarmcasi
To Here
L. H. Buisch, representative of
the Merchants’ Service burean of
the National Cash Register com
pany, who will address a meeting
of the Wilkes County Merchants’
association and all salesmen and
clerks who will attend, on Thurs
day night at the city hall here.
Special Meetmg
Of Merchants on
Thursday Night
Business Men and Clerks
From All the County In
vited to Attend
Uist Voudim .
Are Given Otf
Checks to Com-Hog Coatnii^
Signers Distributed '
. Last Wiet. -
Checks now being, distributed'','
to farmers of Wilkes county bring
the total benefit paymeota nndsr
the triple A for the conuty to ap
proximately $35,000 since tbs
measure went Into effect In 1938,
It was learned today from A. O.
Hendren, Wilkes county farm
agent.
The last batch of government
vouchers for paying corn-hog con
tract signers for crop reduetioa
in 1935 was received at the coun
ty agent’s office Friday,.two days
after the first onee arrived.
The irst checks were 50 In
number totaling $925.17 and in
the second 51 totaling $919.84.
making a total of $1,845.01
which represented the last half
of the total corn-hog contract
payment for the year. The first
payment, which was recrived sev
eral months ago, totaled $2,326.
With the triple A invalidated
and repealed, 'Wilkes farmers
have turned willingly to the 1936
soil conservation act, which is a
triple A substitute and which
will, no doubt, result in quite
much soil improvement as well
as cash benefitr for growing soil
building crops In lieu of cash
crops.
What merchants in other places
are doing about their merchandis
ing problems will be a part of the
information revealed by L. B.
Court To Begin
On August 10th
Judge Clement To Preside
Over August Session of
Criminal Cov
the second Monday in Angnst,
August 10, instead of the
Thnradsy July 23, 8 o’clock p. m.
In the I first "Monday, the usual start
meeting emphasis « placed on the ]
fact that all merchante. salesmen ^ clement, of
and clerks from any busm^s will be the pre-
tabhshment in the county are jurist and the term Is to
to attend. | weeks.
Mr. Buisch was invited to ad 1 Approximately 125 casee are
dress the mating tecause of his 1 pending
wide knowledge of the refers ; grand jury session
problems. As a representative or ^ expected to add a substantial
the merchants’ service bureau several homicide cases
the National Cash Register com
pany, he has devoted many years
to the study of retail store meth
ods, and to the science of retail
merchandising.
How business men are adjusting
themselves to the requirements of
current business conditions will be
a major point of Mr. Buisch’s mes
sage. His analysis of the present
situation, and what retailers all
over the country are doing to
meet the new conditions, will in
terest every business man.
number. Several homicide cases
are on the calendar but there are
none in which a first degree mur
der verdict will be asked. Solici
tor John R. Jones will prosecute
the docket.
Donkey Baseball
Friday, Saturday
Legion and Auxiliary Will
Sponsor Hilsorious Show
Two Nights
Gives Rate Of Paynient
For Perennial Grasses
On Friday and Saturday nights,
July 24 and 25, the people of
6 real ui w.,, North wilkesboro and Wilkes
he med'^The^youth was taken to county will be given the oppor-
uo iiicu. , ... .. „ hilarious
The fairgrounds here will be
especially lighted for the two big
games at eight o’clock Friday and
Saturday nights and spectators
may see two splendid teams made
up of well known business and 1
professional men try to play
baseball astride donkeys.
Rates of class II, or soII-buUd-
ing. payments offered North Car
olina farmers for seeding peren
nial grasses under the new farm
program have been announced by
Dean I. O. Schaub, of State Col
lege.
The rates in North Carolna and
other States of the east central
region range from 75 cents to
$2 an acre, depending upon the
kind of grass seeded.
The payments will cover the
following perennial grasses, seed
ed any time between January 1
and October 31, 1936 with or
without a nurse crop, the deen
stated.
Blue grass, $2 an acre.
Orchard grass. $1.60 an acre.
Permanent pasture mixturee of
grasses or grasses and legumes
containing at leat 40 per cent
blue grass, $1.50 an acre.
Permanent pasture mixtures of
grasses or grasses and legumes
containing at least 40 per cent
orchard grass, $1.25 an acre.
Redtop, or permanent pasturo
mixtures of grasses or grasses
Donkey baseball Is always a
hilarious show and one that keeps
had made many Inquiries regard
lug the McKee grave in Wilkes
and said that if further Informa- — =
•Hon supported the supposition ing for hours after it is all over.
and legumes containing at least
40 per cent redtop, 75 cents an
, .1 acre
those who see the game laugh-1
The aggregation of donkeys
coming here to play havoc with
the best laid plans of baseball
strategy on the part of the local
dier of Wellington’s army that a
suitable marker should be erect-
Vice President W. B. Jones players have just finished a six
presided over the club’s luncheon day engagement before U«e
meeting Friday and Wm. A. crowds at AsbeviUe. Among the
Srixmd was program chairman nnmber of donkeys^ is the famou
of the" day. C. O. McNW “A1 Smith donkey,” which cai
b»/e charge of the, program' next famish quite a show all by him-
Friday. ■
Guests at the meeUng Friday
it. V
Admission to tho show wlU
IS and 2$ cents and the profits
A. Stroud: 8. T. Taylor, guest of orUl be used for worthy .canseg
A U Grlfflng; John B. Steele^ •gg' tho American Legion and iw-
guest of C. O. Mi^el; Prof. J. lUiury, who will sponsor tto
O. Overcash, of Stateevllle, 4««st games
fl- .
nnMr Six Wallace A F. 'piiUfpa. .teetlfied In .his ^vo«e suit
V.'^’Tomlinson.
These payments are offered to
stimulate the growing of grass
and pasture mixtures that will
protect the soil from erosion and
provide succulent grazing for cat
tle and livestock, the dean point
ed out.
The payments are not intend
ed to give the farmers a big
profit for planting the grassee,
he conttmiod, hnt are Intended to
help them carry out ’good fams-
thg’’priwticee that ■will improve
their land. — ® .
rsrifned to taka —
^ hag not xBAgaaghd .
Peeler Rasigiu
Bqv, Shuford Peslxb o«
gaoenl seetetnr^of
. CarolfaurBandiy.
pLmn for tfah fhtaK