lUleish, i^Diidlej
Bn, «h«)riim ot the eUtft r««I
P^ectiiflc-fttlon asthoritr, lelt here
F for CiM'lott« today t^confer with
I^.Dute Power oompaoy ofticiala
BiOheeiiilnGBie eMutroetion of
fTaral UaeP" in eereral piedmont
oanttee.
Report P^ Cnee
GreenrlUe, Aug. 4.—^The first
te of Infantile paralysis in Pitt
lOounty this summer, that ot a
|Xoar-year-old white boy living
sr^armrllle, was reported to-
Last year at this time there
cases in the county.
Dronght Connties
'^Wattington, Aug. 4.—■Thirty
In five States were add-
l^'to^e list of drought areas to-
’ Jvff the Agriculture depart-
drought committee,
ye counties In Texas, 14 in
ska, two in Georgia and one
;.«ach In Minnesota and Wyoming
■ Included in the new designa-
[ttons.
Tobacco Prices Vp
. Ga., Aug. 4.—The first
,.l’*S6 tobacco auctions in the na
tion began today in south Geor-
• sla and growers reported prices
t Rood. Offerings were heavy in
each of the 15 market cities.
Some markets had the heaviest
i offerings in the history of the
I crop which since the world war
has become one of south Geor-
’ gia’s greatest and most profitable
agricultural products.
Child Fatally Hurt
Fayetteville, Aug. 4.—Robert
_ olar Campbell, eight-year-old
E iaon of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H
Campbell, was fatally injured
ast night by an automobile driv
en by J. D. Norman, dying in a
bspital three hours after he was
Struck while attempting to cross
She street in front ot his home,
iTorman carried the lad to the
CoB^tUin Vnbfidled
Rome, Aug. 4.—Bishop Mich-
el J. Gallagher said today that
ather Charles K. Coughlin may
BUe his political activities.
the Vatican ^d
KSTnmBtton on~ iP^Ther
onghlln nor had the matter of
priest’s recent statements
|l^n discussed during the hish-
)’s visit to Vatican City.
r('r''‘'iar’..Ji,. —
THURSD^V, AU(S. 6, 193$ |1.6d IN ’rHB'8TATE^2.09 OUT OF TH^ STAT»
■M— -.rt-ii .'iiiiiiiie riit-iieiiiriiiii.sii»mi»nHiM!faB44i"."."i'
:es County 
CouiMul. Social
Agencies to Meet
Central Civic Organization
Will Have Meeting on ’
Friday Night
AT LEGION HUT
ORPHANAGE CLASS TO 'IN CONCERT HERE
Paieent-Teacher Association
Members Have Special
Invitation
August meeting of the Wilkes
County Council Agencies, central
civic organization which has un
der taken a number of important
objectives, will be held on Fri
day night, August 7, at the Amer
ican Legion and Auxiliary club
house north of this city. The
meeting will open at 8:15.
Several of the major activities
that the cooperative council has
under way will be taken up in
the meeting, including the forma
tion ot a public library and es
tablishment of a municipal play
ground and park. The library
project is already under way and
a considerable number ot vol
umes have been donated. The
council will seek means of ob
taining other books through do
nations and an effort will be
made to secure an adequate li
brary within the next lew months.
.4. special feature of the meet
ing Friday night will be W. D.
Halfacre’s lecture on “Character
Education” and a special invita
tion is given Parent-Teacher As
sociation members to be present.
Hosts and ho.stessos for this
meeting will be Mrs. W. J. Ba
son, Miss Ha Holman, Miss Clyde
Scroggs, Miss Iris Council and T.
B. Heffner.
Every member of the council
representing any civic organiza
tion or public institution is ask
ed to attend the meeting.
Republicans at
charge Venue
pacola, Fla., Aug. 4.—
-jl'yetiue was ordered to-
£:»he trial of Mrs. -Mary
J, 40-year-old grandmother
jtrged with conspiracy to wreck
, railroad train in an effort to
km her 70-year-old engineer-hus
band. Judge L. L. Fabisinskl or-
Jered the trial shifted to Milton.
5n adjoining Santa Rosa county,
'.omorrow.
Plana Laid in Charlotte Wed
nesday For Vigorous
Campaign in State
Jlepubliciin Mascot
Boston, Aug. 4.—Susannah ar-
r.rived at Boston today from the
iunglea of India and, as her liner
Hocked, on her broad ears broke
the blare of a loud speaker as
dlatlngulshed Republicans came
do her honor. Susannah is an
^ndtin elephant and she is mark-
out from her kind by destiny
rhlch picked her as the national
saacot of the Republican party
the coming campaign.
The Republican party in
Wilkes county was well repre
sented in the state Republican
committee meeting in Charlotte
Wednesday by a national com-
mitteewomaii. candidate for con
gress. county chairman, and both
members of the state committee
from this county.
The meeting was held for the
purpo.se of laying plans for a
vigorous campaign in the state
from now until the election fn
November and was attended by
party leaders from many of the
.state's 100 counties.
Those attending from Wilkes
were Mrs. John R. Jones, nation
al commitieewoman for North
Carolina, Attorney Kyle Hayes,
candidate for congress in this
district, J, M. Brown, chairman
of the county executive commit
tee., Mrs. P. E. Brown and H. C.
Kilby, members of the state ex-
ecutive committee.
City Will Ca^
For CeUieimriOs
According to advice received
from I. B. Pearson, a member of
the city board of aldermen,i pro
vision has been made in the city
budget this year for caring for
the two cemeteries located within
the city. ’ •
A man will be employed part
time to care for the cemeteries
and to keep them in an attractive
condition. This need has been
recognized for some tme khd the
decision on the part of the city
authorities to care for the ceme-
terlea will no doubt meet with
popular approval.
Ponialfin „
Remain at $150
Chapel Choir
Aldermen Here
Adopt Proposed
Levy and Budget
Rev. J. M. Hayes
Will Preach In
Purlear Revival
Tax Rate for Ensuing Year
Will Be $1.60; to Ad
vertise Property
Board of aldermen of North
Wilkesboro met in regular Au
gust meeting on Tuesday night
and adopted the proposed budget
for the ensuing fiscal year and
m
Rev. J. M. Hayes, pastor of the
I F’irst Baptist church at Beckley,
W. Va.. will return to his home
community next week to assist in
a revival beginning Sunday at
Purlear Baptist church. Rev. Mr.
Hayes will assist in the services
on Monday night and throughout
the week.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed everybody to attend any or all
services during the revival.
Oxford Singi^
Class to Appear
In Concert Here
Will Be Held Monday Night
at School Building;
Public Invited
Singing class of the Masonic
orphanage at Oxford will come to
this city on Monday and on Mon
day night at eight o’clock will
render, a come'
Total Valuation
In County 1$ Off
Decrease Attributed to Ex
emptions On Cattle and
Livestock
Total valuation of taxable pro
perty in Wilkes county in 1936
is about a quarter of a million
dollars less than in 1935, accord
ing to approximate figures re
leased yesterday by C. C. Bidden,
county tax supervisor who is now
putting the finishing touches on
his job.
This decrease is attributed
mainly to the fact that the $300,
exemption allowed covered live
stock, hogs and cattle in addition
to household and kitohln furni
ture, the only exemptions in
prior years.
The total valuation last year
was $12,488,000 and many town
ships, Including North Wilkes-
boro, showed substantial gains
In valuation this year but the
gains were offset by increasing
the scope of exemptions to rural
Increase Made in Debt Senr-
ice Levy Provides For
Refinancing
'vyilkes county board ot com
missioners in their August ses
sion gave final adoption to the
1936 budget and the tax rate of
$1.10 on each hundred dollars
valuation of property.
This tax rate is an increase of
10 cents over the dollar rate used
last year and the increase will
go entirely on the debt service
fund in order to take care of the
county’s refinancing plan and
new obligations falling due this
year, Including payments on the
Mountain View sebool property,
interest on the new school bonds
and the actual cost of refinanc
ing.
The levies for the various
funds are as follows:
County general funds .15
Poor and emergency relief
fund 07
Health fund 05
County wide debt service
fund .5314
School funding bond fund .0714
School debt service fund .16
’School capital outlay fund ... .03
Sebool current expense fund .03
Poll tax levy will remain $2.50
and the North Wilkesboro town
ship levy is three cents. Levies
for all funds are the same as In
1935 with*the exception of debt
service, where the increase was
made in the tax rate.
Taxes for 1936 may be paid
now to C. H. Ferguson, county
accountant, and until such time
as Sberitt Somers completes
Must Be Reliefers
-,.Tc.-..lngto", Aug. 4.—Fecre-
,ry Ickes said today Pr( ^dent
osevelt had ruled public works
projects under the new $450,
>00,000 PW'A program must use
sllef labor exclusively, but he
jmmed hope the chief execu-
w^onld, jnodlfy that order.
ll®tm«it''«^ the entire fund
liQ “very problematical
rule, the PWA admin-
' ‘said, adding'that some
areas would not par-
pn— Exams Annually
Raleigh, Aug. 4.-^North Caro-
na bar examinations, which be
ta this morning, will be con-
1 u d e d tomorrow afternoon,
sdes will he announced Satur-
y. A toUl of 165 of the 166
alified applicants are taking
reguUr fall tests. Officials of
state board of law examiners
id today that hereafter only one
yRumination would be held in
th Carolina each year, with
flnit Tuesday in August as
g^400 Drivers’ Idcenaes
Blah. Aug. 4.—Ronald Ho-
BBsistant director of the
dlrtsion of highway safety,
oday 709,400 persona re-
automobile drivers licens-
wees November 1, when the
nirlng licenses went Into
ad July 1. Of this num-
1^51$ paid $1 each after
W limit for free licenses
jfTiy In the year. A total
^persons ,were refused 11c-
hpeanse of inability to
August Court To
Start on Monday
the same "rate in force dS^?^S
past year.
No protest w-as filed against
the appropriation ordinance and
proposed tax levy. The budget
this year allows $10,000 for per
manent improvements, whicli will
be used, it is understood, for
street repair and for widening
the street in front of the new
poRtoffice.
Because of a property valu
ation increase of approximately
$200,000 and anticipated increase
in water revenue, the board was
able to include a larger sum for
permanent improvements with
out raising the tax rate.
The hoard ordered the, city
clerk and tax collector, W. P.
Kelly, to proceed according to ]
law to advertise and sell property j
to satisfy delinquent taxes for the j
year 1935. Those who have not’
paid are urged to do so at once j
and save additional costs.
Mayor R. T. McNiel, Clerk W. j
P. Kelly, and all members of the |
board were present. The hoard
membcr.s are S. V. Tomlinson. I.
E. Pearson. R. C. Finley. Hoyle
M. Hutchens, and Dr. R. P.
Casey.
Halfacre Speakers
Wilkesboro Church
Rev. A. W. Lynch, pastor, an
nounced today that W. D. Half
acre, superintendent ot North
Wilkesboro city schools, will
speak at the eleven o'clock serv-
ce Sunday at the Wilkesboro
Methodist church.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes will
speak at the evening service at
eight o’clock. The public has a
cordial Invitation to both serv
ices.
Miss Jeane Bare is visiting in
Louisville, Ky.
Wlun
need no introduction to the peo
ple in North Wilkesboro and
Wilkes county who have attend
ed on one or more of these oc
casions, which offer high class
entertainment by children who
reflect their splendid training.
The concerts afford a wonder
ful opportunity to inform the
public of how well the children
are being trained to acquit them
selves for life.
It is sincerely hoped that an
unusually large audience will ga
ther to hear the concert, which
will consist mainly of songs and
drills. Proceeds of the admission
charge will be used by the orph
anage.
School Board Makes Arrangements
For Opening on Thursday, Ai4[. 27
Wilkesboro Town
Board In Meeting
Many Criminal Cases A'wait-
ing Trial; Clement Will
Be Judge
Dave Cook, charged with the
murder of John Robinson here
last winter and more recently
jailed on the charge ot assault on
a female, will he the first defend
ant called in the August term of
■Wilkes court to begin on Mon
day morning, August 10, accord
ing to the calendar released this
week by Solicitor John R. Jones.
Judge J. H. Clement, of Win
ston-Salem. will preside during
the term, which will last for two
weeks. Many cases are pending
trial but it is expected that much
headway will be made on the con
gested docket.
Claude Doughty To
Furnish Club Program
C. T. Doughton will be pro
gram chairman for the Klwanls
club meeting tomorrow noon. D.
J. Carter will have charge of the
program on Friday, August 14
and Miss Lois Scroggs on Au
gust 21.
“I am the father of 24 chil
dren, all living.” is the proud
boast of J. M. Peterson of Whites-
burg, Ky. He has been married
seven times, and Just recently
made bis last trip to the altar.
He says he will rear a new fam
ily and establish a record for his
state.
The Board of Commissioners of
the Town of Wilkesboro held a
short meeting Tuesday night at
the mayor’s office. Mayor W. B.
Harris presided, and the commis
sioners present for the meeting
were D. B. Dula, Joe R. Barber,
and C. E. Lenderman. Attorney
F, J. McDuffie is the town clerk.
Only routine business matters
were transacted by the board.
The tax rate for the year 1936-37
was not levied as Chas. Hagaraan
& Co., public accountants of
Hickory, have not as yet reported
the audit for the fiscal year end
ing on June 30th, 1936. The nu-
dit is expected to be received by
the board within the next lew
days, however, and alter the fi
nancial status of the town is
given consideration the board will
make the levy lor the coming
year.
Ice Cream Supper
Wilkesboro Woman’s Club will
sponsor an ice cream supper on
the courthouse lawn at 7:30 Sat
urday evening. An enjoyable time
is assured and all are invited to
attend.
Episcopal Service
Service "with celebration of the
Holy Communion, at St. Paul’s
Elpiscopai Chjirch, Sunday morn
ing. August 9th, at eleven o’clock.
Rev. B. M. Lackey, Rector, In
charge.
Rev. E. G. Beckman
To Preach In City
Rev. Eugene G. Beckman, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
church in Paris. Texas, will
preach at the North Wilkerboro
Presbyterian church Sunday. The
public has a cordial invitation to
attend.
McNeil Reunion
On September 6
Annusdly Anticipated Event
Will Be Held at Millers
Creek School
Preliminary announcement was
made today of the annual reun
ion of the McNiel family to be
held on Sunday, September 6, at
Millers Creek school building.
Reunion of the McNiel family,
one of the best known families
in western North Carolina, is an
annually anticipated event and is
largely attended.
C. O. McNiel is president of the
association and James Larkin
Pearson, noted poet, is secretary.
Further details about the inter
esting program planned will be
announced later.
Good Revival Held
At Mountain View
Rev. H. A. Bullis, pastor, re
ports that a very ^successful re
vival closed at:Mountain View
Baptist church Sunday.
assisted in. the. meeting by Rev.
A. E. Watts, of i^ylortrrille.,.
The revival waf said,to be one
of the greatest held at the church
in many years and there were
—>hoat 15 conversions.
Principals’ Conference Will
Be Held On Saturday,
August 15
Wilke.R county board of educa
tion in August session this week
gave final approval to August
27 as opening date of the central
schools in the county and made
arrangements towards that end.
Fourteen of the smaller school
units in outlying communities
where there are no Interlocking
transportation facilities have si-
ready opened and their term will
end one month earlier than the
other schools.
Principals will gather at Wil
kesboro at ten a. m. on Saturday,
August 15, for a conference,
which will be led by Dr. J. Henry
Highsmith or some other repre
sentative of the state department
of instruction.
On Wednesday, August 26, the
day prior to school opening, prin
cipals will call their teachers to
gether in each district^ and dis
tribute supplies for the term.
Prospects are bright for a good
school term in the county.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO
SERVE DINNER FRIDAY
Circle No. 1 of the North Wil
kesboro Methodist Missionary So
ciety will serve a dinner Friday
evening, August 7, from 6i80
until 7:30 o’clock on the lawn at
Mr. and Mrs. Z. O. Eller’s home
on Tenth Street. Dinner will bo
twenty-five cents a plate. Tho
public is cordially Invited to at
tend. Mrs. Eller is chairman of
the circle, and all proceeds of the
dinner will , go to the Missionary
Society. . ,
Robbers .who accosted John
Kelley In-Akron. O.v not only
stole ail his money, -hut also his
,Vwo gold teeth.-,
proximately $2,600,000.
Supply Pastor
At Presbyterian
Rev. W. B, Cooper, Chapel
Hill, Will Move to This
City Next Week
Rev. W. B. Cooper, well and
favorably known Presbyterian
minister at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
has been elected as supply pas
tor of the North Wilkesboro
Presbyterian church until such
time as Rev. C. W. Robinson,
venerable pastor who has been ill,
may be able to resume his duties.
Rev. Mr. Cooper is a young
man and comes to the city well
recommended. On one occasion
he preached at the church hero
and made quite a favorable im
pression with the congregation.
He and .Mrs. Cooper will make
their home here and his first
service will be on Sunday, Au
gust 16.
Memorial Service
For C. C. Wright
Will Be Held at Edgewood
Baptist Church Sunday,
August 16th
On the third Sunday ’in Au
gust there will be a memorial
service held at Edgewood Bap
tist church in honor of the late C.
C. Wright, beloved county super
intendent of schools of Wilkes
county for thirty-four years, and
superintendent of Edgewood Bap
tist Sunday school for thirty
years. There will he addresses by
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, of Boone,
Attorney H. A. Cranor, County
Superintendent C. B. Eller, Prof.
T. E. Story, of Wilkesboro. and
others. Special music will be ren
dered. All friends and associates
of Prof. Wright are invited to at
tend this service and bring a
well-filled basket. The morning
program will begin at 11 o’clock.
The afternoon program will begin
at 1:30.
Wayne EDer Promoted
Wayne Eller, a son of Dr. and
Mrs. A. J. Eller,, has been pro-
Indiana.
Mr. Eller, -who has
been
made unusually record.
vaSS.-
Brother Rev. Mfl
Templeton Dies
Funeral Service Conducted
Tuesday Afternoon; In
terment Near Jennings
Mr. Samuel M. Templeton, na
tive of north Iredell and resident
of Statesville for the past 32
years, died this morning at 11
o’clock at his home, 1216 Fourth
street. Death followed a brief ill
ness from pneumonia.
Mr. Templeton was born in the
Jennings community on July 24,
1861, a son of the late Thomas
and Piercy Tyndall Templetoa.
He was reared in that section and
was engaged in farming there
until his removal to Statesville a-
bout 32 years ago. He was em
ployed with the Statesville Cot
ton Mills for about 25 years.
Mr. Templeton was three times
married. His first marriage was
to Miss Martha Jane Rash, of
north Iredell, and his second
marriage to a Miss Henderson,
of the same community. In 1906
he married Miss Maggie Lela
Bennett, who survives. Surviving
also are two sons. Messrs. Theo
dore and Benjamin Templeton,
of Statesville: and six daughters,
Mrs. W. C. Lapish, ot Lenoir;
Mrs. Grover Plyler, of Kannapo
lis; Mrs. W. G. Burgess, Mrs.
Thurmond Cross, Mrs. Haskell
Coleman and Mrs. Cleo Munday,
alt of Statesville. Five brothers
and three sisters also survive.
They are Rev. R. B. Templeton,
North Wilkesboro; Mr. Bryde
Templeton, of Eagle Mills town
ship; Mr. F. M. Templeton and
Miss Maria Templeton, of Eupep
tic Springs; Messrs. Rutherford
and Millard Templeton, of Jen
nings; Mrs. Augustus Dowell, ot
Winston-Salem; and David White
of Honda. Mr. Templeton also
had a number of grandchildren.
He had been a member of the
Boulevard Methodist church tor
the past fifteen years. The fn-
neral service will -be held from
that church Tuesday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock, conducted by the
pastor. Rev. S. W. Johnson, and
interment will be In Smlth’a
chapel cemetery, the family^ bury
ing ground near Jennings.—
SUteevlUe Daily, Ang. 3rd.
Hot Dog Salesuiea End StrOte '
.. — - Newark, N. J., Aug. 4—ThJrty-
moted by the R. J. Reynolds To- five boy hot dog salesmen ‘went
bacco company to the position of back to work at two ratr#huiW>t~
district manager at Evaiifrille,]stands today,- labor dlffswneaa
with employers settled. The boy*
la said they had had lb work at
Bluefield, W. Va., for some time, leaat 70 hoars a weelr>ior IS tw
has been with the ciAnpany onl^ ||. The settlement eallg-toe^r^ar
nos IieBU WiLB cue wuy fV onyvsian»*aa«w*w
three and oine-haK ye|its and-has 48-hour 4reak, a salanr Increasaj*