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10‘SS p. m. tonight tor his tour
of the drongiht statee area.
Tobacco Prices Good
WhlteTlUe, Aug. 25. — More
than 500,000 pounds ot tobacco
brought an ayerage of S26.68
cwt. yeeterday. No areragea "were
aTailable for today’s sales.
Deld In Death
Whltevllle, Aug. 25.—Wallace
t-Wpillaason, Cerro Gordo youth,
®Wae held for the grand jury to
day in connection with the death
Of Warren Colon«n, killed when
»WiUlamson’s car hit his bicycle.
FrM’-Qf.Deadi
iiWhlteTllle, Aptg. 25.—^A direct-
; a^uitted Johnny Hum-
a manslaughter
&e deaths of hla fa-
B. Humphrey, and Owen
^ghtman, Fayetteville traveling
^ aalesman, in an automobile acci-
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VOL. XXXrNO: 9! Publisted MondayB and Thiradiys ^ j?ffltovingjSMOjt0, N. C. OPT pr?™
Killed Father; 10 Years
Goldsboro, Aug. 25.—Lila Mae
) Woodward. 23, submitted to a
second-degree murder charge to
day in the butcher-knife slaying
of her father, Jethro Woodward.
Judge E. H. Cranmer sentenced
her to 10 to 15 years. Woodward
died several hours after the
daughter stabbed him in the leg.
Landon In New Y'ork
Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 25.—Go
vernor Alf M. Landon reached the
final speaking stop of his East
ern campaign swing today and
plunged Immediately into confer
ences on party strategy for win
ning New York’s 47 electoral
votes which included a chat with
Theodore Roosevelt^ Jr.
Plan Test Plight
Now York, Aug. 25. — Dick
ii^irrlll, flying veteran, and Har
ry Rlchman, the singer-actor, said
tonlj^t they would ^ly their mon
oplane "Lady Peace’’ to New
foundland and back tomorrow in
a^ey^ hop, preliminary to taking
on their projects round-trip
trr:8n*
War Secretarj' HI
Washington, .'\.ug. 25.—Secre
tary of War Dern was fighting
for his life in Walter Reed Gen
eral Hospital tonight alter a ser-
tlous setback in his long illness
ttuenza. War Department
officials said the 64-year-old sec
retary’s condition was “alarming’’
with heart and kidney complica
tions. John Dern. the only mem
ber of the family not here, was
called from Chicago to be at his
father’s bedside.
1\) Extend Seel Loons
Washington. Aug. 25.—Con
gressional appropriation of funds
for 1937 seed loans to farmers
was forecast today by President
Roosevelt as a major drought re
lief move. His statement was
made at a press conference pre
ceding his departure tonight on
a te.y of drought states. It topp
ed a round of developments which
Included an official prediction
that heavier government purchas
es of drought-distressed cattle
will be made unless good fall
rains occur.
Showers Bring R«4ief
Chicago. Aug. 25.—Showers
and cooling breezes started a rout
of a late August heat wave from
much of the Middle Wlest tonight
as President Roosevelt began a
journ^ Into the area for first-
drought Information. Gen-
ant rmlBS during the day over
' niiiwis. Wisconsin, parts of Mich-
igun and Indiana were to be fol-
; .tereoaaten here said, by
had lower temperatures
of the Dakotas, Mlnne-
i^tlh^ilebraska and possibly Kan-
aaS Mlssonri.
2 Men Taken By
Federal Officers
50 GAllona Found in Home;
Blowing Ro^ Mm Ro-
msuBS in Jail
During the past week federal
alcohol tax unit Investigators
working in Wilkes county have
made two succ^ful liquor hauls.
cm Friday eight officers con
fiscated and destroyed 60 gallons
of Illicit liquor found in the resi
dence ot Frank McNiel in the
vlcllity of Ferguson. After a
hearing before U. S. Commission
er J. W. Dula McNiel was bound
' over to federal court by a bond
k,of 11,000.
Theodore W. Green, of Blow-
"lag Roek, was sUll In jail today
Is d^ult of a $1,000 bond fixed
in 'a commissioner’s bearing aft-
^ he arrested toy refrenee
■sants.-He Is said to .have been
haying aboni fifty gallons on •
' tmk.
Would Construct
link of Ifighway
In Near Future
Highway Commission Says
Funds Ready for Hunt
ing Creek Highway
WERE HERE TUESDAY
Protest Heard in Regard to
Route; Route as Shown
hy Map Favored
Chairman Capus M. Waynick
and two other members of the
state highway commission In
Wllkesboro Tuesday gave assur
ance that the Wilkesboro-States-
vllle highway by way of Hunting
Creek will be constructed at an
early date.
Chairman Waynick and Com
missioners Ross M. Sigmon and
E. F. Allen were here to attend
a meeting at the courthouse in
Wllkesboro, at which time a pro
test in regard to the location of
the road was heard and the de
cision given that the road would
be constructed along the survey
wihich has been posted for some
time in the courthouse, the sur-
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City Schools to
Open 1936 ■ 1937
Term Wednesday
Formal Openings Will Be
Held Friday and Monday
Mornings
North Wllkesboro city schools
will begin the 1936-37 session on
Wednesday morning, September
2, at 8:40 o’clock. Prospects are
bright for a successful term.
The city schools will again
operate for a period of eight and
three-quarters months. Last ses
sion North Wllkesboro was one o;
the twwvto putoffr^irigtiWiti
North Carolina that retained
membership in the Southern As
sociation of Colleges and Second
ary Schools. Within the past
three years three graduates have
been accepted to institutions ot
higher learning outside of North
Carolina. These pupils were ac
cepted without comprehensive
examinations because of the fact
that the city high school is a
member of tho association.
Thirty teachers compose tho
faculty of the city schools—16
elementary, nine high school,
and five in the colored school.
The faculty follows:
Elementary—first grade, Miss
es Sallie Outlaw, Sam Johnson
and Julia Belle Foy; second
grade. Mrs. Susie H. Williams,
Miss Emma Eller and Miss Be
atrice Pearson; third grade. Miss
Elizabeth Finley and Miss Etta
Turner: fourth grade, Miss Re
becca Moseley and Miss Ruby
Blackburn; fifth grade, Mias Ma-
hle Hendren and Miss Kathryn
Troutman; sixth grade, Miss
Nonie Gordon and Miss Gertrude
Williams, seventh grade. Miss
I.ouise Foy and Miss Elizabeth
Zurburg.
High school—superintendent of
city schools, W. D. Halfacre; his
tory, Miss Mabel Topping; latln.
Miss Estelle Ardrey; math, Ralph
Barker; french, Miss Nell Rous
seau; commercial. Miss Carrie
Bell Strayhorn; home economic.
Miss Catherine ’Turner; engUsh,
Miss Ann McGlaughlin; science,
R. P. McKee; custodian o f
grounds, T. J. Haigwood.
Colored school—F. E. Parker,
Edena Johnson. Helen Warren,
Sylvia Shepherd and Charles Mar
tin.
Teachers meeting will be held
on Tuesday afternoon, 2:30. Both
school buildings have been placed
in first class condition In antici
pation of school opening. The
roof of the elementary building
has been painted, windows clean
ed, floors oiled, and buildings
and equipment are in sanitary
condition throughout.
Children who attended the city
schools last session and who are
to be In the first seven grades
this year are requested to go
Wfednesday morning to the class
rooms they occupied last year.
From these rooms the promotion
lists will be read and then the
pupils will be directed to their
respective classrooms for the en
suing session. It is Important that
these Instructions be carried out
to the letter to avoid confusion.
Pupils who did not attend the
city schools last year, but who
this year are to enter grades one
throngh five, are to aasembio in
the auditorium at 8:40 o’clock
Wednesday mofning. and there
directions -irlll be given for their
classification. This applies to all
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ON ALUMNI
29TH
Chapel Hill Aug. 26.—R. B, House, dean of administration at the
University of North Carolina, and Head Football Coach Ray Wolf will
be among the speakers at a rally of western North Carolina alumni
of the university to be held in Asheville at Recreation park on Satur
day evening, August 29. The festivities, which are expected to at
tract several hundred Carolina alqmni from the western section of the
state, will iget under way at 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon. An old-
fashioned barbecue and brunswick stew will be served at 6 o’clock,
and the meeting will be brought to a close around 7:30.
Wilkes Asking Over
Million Road Refund
77 Counties Ask
For $56,970,188
Twelve Rattlers
Killed On Monday
Near Pores Knob
Paton And Parks Lowe Kill
Mon.strous Snake and Elev
en Small Ones
Paton Lowe and his son,
Parks, diminished the rattle-
.fonday wneo ftiiejr
even dozen in their apple orch
ard near Pores Knob.
'They had been mowing in
their orcliard and had mowed
the part where they consideretl
.snakes most likely to he found
and had almost completed their
xvork when Parks saw a small
rattler emerge from under a
rock. He killed It and another
came forth to meet the same
fate. About this time the mam
my rattler stuck its large head
out and Park.s called for his
father.
They tumctl bjick the huge
stone Jind killed the huge rep
tile before killing' the nine lit-
tie ones. The big one xvas a
monstrous rattler with nine
rattles, was five feet in lengtli
and measuretl 12 Inches in cir
cumference, ’The eleven small
ones were nnlform in size and
about 12 inches in length, bear-
one rattle t«ch.
They e.vpres.sed delight at
having tho opportunity to rid
their orchard and the Brushy
Mountains of the twelve pois
onous snakes.
CommiMion to Meet in Ra
leigh Friday to Study
Claims
Miss Robinson
To Open Studio
Here Wednesday
Miss Ellen Robinson, talented
music instructor, will open her
studio Wednesday, September 2,
in the North Wilkesboro high
school building. Miss Robinson is
well known to the people of the
city, having been music instruc
tor here for several years.
Lessons will be given in piano
and voice.
WIilkes county has filed a claim
with the state of North.
state took oyer In 1981.
The exact amount of the claim
filed for Wilkes by the county
attorney, A. H. Casey, was $1,-
118,000, which Includes the bon
ded road and bridge debt and
equipment.
J. G. Hackett, of this city, is
a member of the commission re
cently appointed by Governor
Ehringhaus to study and examine
claims fTled by the various coun
ties in the state. So far little en
couragement has been given the
counties seeking refunds by
state officials.
Seventy - one North Carolina
counties Tuesday night ihad filed
claims totaling $56,970,188 with
the commission investigating
highway debts.
The figures exceeded by close
to $7,000,000 the maximum total
predicted by officials of the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission and by approximately
$48,000,000 the figure named in
a-refunding bill presented to the
last General Assembly.
The total bonded road indebt
edness of the state’s 100 counties
is approximately $66,000,000.
Twenty-one counties each claim
ed the state owed them more
than $1,000,600 for roads con
structed before North Carolina
took over the highway system in
1931.
The deadline for filing the
claims was midnight Tuesday.
Totals were announced by Carl
L. Bailey, of Plymouth, chairman
of the investigating commission.
The group will meet In Raleigh
Friday to consider the petitions.
Highway officials pointed out
that if all the claims were paid,
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$10,m;
In Hiis County
Greater Part of This • Sum
Was in Loans Advanced
to 43 Persons
IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
Grants to 9Q[. Persons Total
ed $2,438; One Farm
Debt U Adjusted
Payments totaling $10,196.60
were made in Wilkes County by
the Resettlement Administration
from July 1, 1935 to June 26,
1936, according to Information
received here.
Of these pa.vments loans total
ing $7,758.00 were made to 43
persons and $2,438.00 of grants
to 90 persons were disbursed.
An additional activity of the
Resettlement Administration, that
of farm debt adjustments, showed
that in Wilkes County 1 case had
been adjusted through May, 1936
involving an original indebted
ness of $100.00 with resultant
savings of $20.00. In addition to
the saving through adjustment
there were cases where loans had
been extended or where a reduc
tion of interest rate had been ef
fected. Further benefit from this
activity was noted in the taxes
paid as a result of adjustments.
'The State of North Carolina
had received rehabilitation loans
through June 26, 1936, amount
ing to $1,834,986.66 which were
actually certified for payment.
There remained the sum of $202,-
718.52 in unpaid commitments.
Rehabilitation grants during the
same period were advanced in
the sum of $321,611.97. A total
of 7,441 persons In North Caro
lina received loans, while 9,238
persons were the recipients of
grants.
There were 910 cases consid
ered by Farm Debt Adjustment
Co
1936-^7 Term Toigy
ProspecS^l^^
ForGooifSeMoa
To 'Fly
Wichita, Kans. . . . Peggy Sala-
man, England’s outstanding wo
man flyer, is here to take charge
of the cabin monoplane she is to
fly in the U. S. air race for the
Ruth Chatterton trophy later this
month.
Attendance Law
Will Be Enforced
This School Term
Parents Must Show Legal
Excuse or Be Prosecuted,
McNiel Says
Charles McNeil, Wilkes coun
ty welfare officer, said today that
the law requiring children to at
tend school will be enforced to
the limit.
Officials last year extended
more leniency than can be expect
ed during the school term begin
ning today, Mr. McNiel, said, be
cause the severe winter weather
whlchYlf’cwes'werS' adjusted .
The Indebtedness prior to adjust- excuse
ment totaled $1,161,712.00 while
the reductions made equalled
$289,983.00. Additional results
include $31,799.00 of taxes paid
and 107 cases of Interest reduc-
tion.s or extension agreements.
In the United States the Reset
tlement Administration has made
allotments in the amount of
$107,075,758 for Rural Rehabili
tation loans and grants. Loans
and grant vouchers certified for
payment In the period July 1,
1935 to June 26. 1936 amount
ed to $90,866,323, leaving an
available balance for future loans
and grants and unpaid loan com
mitments of $16,2'20,435 as of
June 26, 1936.
irder to avoid pfMecn-
tlons, the welfare officer said in
discussing the fact that many
children are kept out of school
by their parents on the pretext
of not having clothes or books.
Mr. McNiel pointed out that each
home where there Is an able bo
died man of woman on relief that
employment is furnished through
the Works Progress administra
tion.
Council Of Social
Ag^encies To Meet
Announcement Is made of the
September meeting of the Wiljies
county council of social agencies,
central civic organization, to be
held at the home of Mrs. A. P.
Kilby on Friday night, September
4.
This organization, although
young, has done some very effec
tive civic work and members rep
resenting all affiliated organiza
tions and Institutions are request
ed to attend the September meet
ing. at which time many import
ant matters, will be taken up.
Preaching Mission
At Si. Paul’s Will
Begin September 2
Services WiU Be Held Through
.September »; Dr. Way To
Do Preaching
Rev. L. B. Murray, well known
Baptist minister of State Road is
a patient In a Statesville hospital
this week. His condition is not
regarded as critical but he will
probably undergo an operation
next week.
W. A. McNiel, president and
general manager of the Great
WSlkes Fair, said today that the
grandstand attractions for the
fair September 15-19 would un
doubtedly be the most thrilling
and entertaining ever presented
before fair visitors in North
Wllkesboro.
Mr. McNiel returned recently
from a trip to northern states
and to Toronto, Canada, where
he saw some of the acts coming
here. The acts were presented in
the Canadian Exposition. Tho
cash outlay for free acts this
year Is about doubled the amount
spent for the grandstand attrac
tions last year.
In making up the program of
free acts the element of fun |Bd
hilarity was not left out and -o*e
of tho fnnnieat atWaotloai everjjmy event.
to appear In front of a grand
stand is that of "Aunt Jermlma’s
Pancakes.’’ This act consists of
mirth provoking acrobatics by a
woman and two men and this fall
will be on the road for the first
time after more than two years
of highly successful showing In
New York City. This Is only one
of the many free acts and others
will he mentioned In later news
articles.
Meanwhile arrangements are
being made at the fairgrounds
here for caring for capacity'
crowds with as much comfort as
enlarged and the grounds are be
ing placed In tip-top sbape. Not
possible. The grandstand is heing^
one detail Is being overlool^
because the fair 1» calcalated to
d'aw perhaps the largest etowd
ever to asaemble la tWs c|ty tor
'The first day will be school
children's day when all who are
In school" win be admitted on
free tickets.
The attractions this year In
clude an anticipated exhibit hall
full of farm and industrial pro
ducts of highest excellency,
Marks Greater Shows (larger
than last year) on the midway,
fireworks all five nlghU by Ohio
Fireworks Display company, (the
same, firm supplying the flr^
works at the North Carolina state
flJr), automobile racing on Sat-
idrday and many other features
too numerous -to mention.
As an added Indneement to at
tend the fair and eajdy the st-
thke^nB the fair will give away
a' new antomohile, an elee-
tflo refrigerator, 4 1;edroora soHd,
and a Phllcd radio, one
each night after opegtng night.
Rev. Warren W. Way, D. D.
L. L.D., who is to assist Rev. B.
M. Lackey in a preaching mission
at St. Paul’s Episcopal church,
will arrive in the city on Tuesday
of next week. While here he will
be entertained at the Hotel
Wilkes.
The first service of the mis
sion will be iheld on Wednesday
evening, September 2, at 8 o’
clock. The schedule of services
for the mission are as follows:
A preaching service every eve
ning at eight o’clock during the
mission from Wednesday, Sep
tember 2, to Wednesday, Septem
ber 9th Inclusive.
At ten o’clock each morning
Dr. Way will conduct a service of
meditation and Instruction. On
Sunday, September 6, the follow
ing services will he conducted:
holy communion at 7:30 a. m.;
ohiirch school and Bible class
9:46 a. m.; morning prayer-and
sermon 11:00 a. m.; evening
prayer and sermon at eight.
Friends and visitors are wel
come to all services.
In preparation for the mission
there will be held a cottage pray
er meeting and song service on
Thursday evening of this week at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
Dula at eight o’clock.
Will Reorganize
P3rthiaa Lodge On
Friday Night, 28th
Announcement was made here
today that Knights of Pythias,
widely known fraternity which
was. quite active here for many
years, wlU be reorganised in a
meeting to ^ held at the lodge
hall bn Friday night, August 28.
Tfee meeting will,begin at 7:30.
All former members of . ^
lodge atie earneetly requeeted 'to
be preoent at the meeting.
Master' Dicky ^oop ,te, visiting
prlse|hlB laothsr. Mrs. Mary ffloop. In
Washington, D. C.
Average Attendance jEorpect-
ed to Be” GnMfer Ylian
in Last i,-
IS EARLY OPENING*
Hope to Complete Half
Term by Christmas and
CIsoe Early in Spring
Wilkes county schools began
the 1936-37 term today with
prospects bright for a good school
year.
The earlier opening date this
year was set by C. B. Eller, cohn-
ty superintendent of schools, and
the county board of education In
order that halt the eight months'
term may he completed- before
the Christmas holidays. All coun
ty schools opened today with the
exception of fourteen small
schools which opened a month
ago in outlying districts! The
uniform opening dates are cal
culated to greatly ta(dlitate
school administration pfbblems
for county school authoritlee.
North Wilkesboro city charter
schools will open on Wednesday,
September 2.
Enrollment and attendance are
expected to exceed last year’s
figures. The enrollment last term
was slightly over that of the
previous year but the severe
winter weather. Interrupted
school schedule and other dlffl-
cnltlee palled the average attend
ance under that of the 1984-35
term.
This year the school buses have
been routed over wbiU^ai^pbared
to :be the most fenelhiek,
ther
this dMK
Very few changes were made in
faculties of the high and central
schools and only one change In
principals. C. M. Cook, Roaring
River principal, resigned to ac
cept a similar position In Iredell
county and Wm. H. Davis, for
seven years a member of the
Ronda high school faculty, now
heads Roaring River district
schools and is high school prin
cipal.
The other principals are: Wll
kesboro, T. E. Story; Ferguson,
Grady Tester; Mount Pleasant, S.
E. Matthews; Mjllers Creek, R.
V. Day; Mountain View, E. R.
Spruill; Traphill, Carl Hendrix:
Ronda, W. L. Bowman.
Recoverii^ From
l.iglihiing Injury
Bolt Rips Clothing and Shoes
From Roaring River
Resident Tuesday
Mrs. Curtis Johnson, of Roar
ing River, Is recovering from in
juries received Tuesday of last
week when lightning hit her
home while she was preparing
her table for supper.
Mrs. Johnson was painfully
burned and severely shocked bat
regained consciousness after a
Short time. Her shoes and part
of her clothing were torn from
her by the bolt, which did con
siderable damage to the house.
Mrs. Johnson was carried by
ambulance to the Wilkes hoe-
pital ihere, where she was treat
ed for a short time and has re
turned to her home well on the
road toward recovery.
NYAWiUAid
Nee^ Students
Halfacre Explains Plan for
Helping Children Defray
School Expmises^
W. D. Halfacre, superiatendent
of the city sohools, aftsr'attend
ing the conference called by the
state NYA director In Newtoa «n
Tuesday of this week, sUted that
needy youths betwMii the aged of
sixteen and twentir*five whp^do-
slred to conttane thslr edamUbh'
may submit appUeations foi„^;4V«ft
sufficient to eam a
eration to assist ' in
tbeic; school usxpii|iHS^'!4^ka-.
tlom ot needy 'ai^ ht
tiha a^ limits ii aborvif ..ateyd
sbo^ tos filled af^:^,
posrtMa date with flaiMiotd a«-
thfuiitw
The National Yoath'?'^
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