■ '' « sir '• «
‘F. !>.'*.>^Vtoit N. ja
[4UlMTm% «ept. 4—Ool. Jt W.
rf White
-\eeret r serrloe Setmtl, will
'In Aah&Tllle Sunday to
wnnsementfl for the visit
of Jfaaldent fe>08evelt to- West-
North Carolina ? the first of
L««xt we«k.
Hoover Plans Speeches
*8an Praclseo, Sept. •!.—Former
Dt Herbert Hoover,
leav-
Int. 9h an , eastern trip, said to-
4^
would make some cam-
lech'es hr behalf of TJov-
bi; 'Ijandon, of Kan-
Iteptfbilcan . presidential
. Imp At Wake Forest
iferest. Sept. 4.—^Wlth
St advance registration
.■tta^^02 years’ history. Wake
t.coHege officials are optl-
|c about the approaching ses-
whleh will open Monday,
einber 14, with registration
freshmen.
Kill Wife and Self
Jto’renton, Sept. 4.—Deputy
Sheriff Roy Shearln said today
Robert Carroll, 61-year-old farm
er of Warren Plains, shot and
killed his wile, Mrs. Iva Carroll,
46, this afternoon and then end
ed his own life. Roy Carroll, 26-
year-old son of the couple, wit
nessed the shootings.
Steals Chief’s Pen
Charlotte, Sept. 4.—Someone
walked Into police headquarters
here and ^ook Chief E. D. Pitt
man’s ft. ttain pen out of his
coat pockvOfficers took a 10-
year-old ;boy Into custody and
booked bim as Monroe Steele. Jr
CCC Member KUIckI
Greenwood, S. C., Sept. 4.-^
One person was killed and live
others injured early today when
their truck collided with a cattle
J truck seven miles south of
p^wootVuh the Dixie highway.
re enrolles of a COC camp
’ at Ravensford, N. C., and were
^4*1 route to their Georgia homes
k»r "the week-epd.
E-OtMpwo
: JHIflpEre
Aeking Foe Parole
City, Sept. 4.
i»Sd:
W inarland today for a parole
tor her husband, Jesse Walker,
who voluntarily returned to pris
on In North Carolina after being
a fugitive for 16 years. Walker
[ was brought here to complete an
j^inished term after he was
4i®P8led-la»t June from the North
|#^arolina penitentiary.
Interestmg and
Instructive Data
ForRundPef^e
Contains Twelve Pages Roto-
' gravure and Fnntt Sub
ject Articles
FIRST ISSUE TODAY
Calculated to Stimulate
Greater Reader Interest
in Journal'-Patriot
In this issue of 'Hie Journal-
Patriot you will find a twelve-
page rotogravure supplement
entitled "The State Farmer.”
In keeping with The Jonm-
al-Patrlot’s policy of lending
every instructive aid possible
to raise the status of the agri
cultural indui^ry la Wilkes
county, this agricultural fea
ture section ha.s been added at
considerable expense and with
the express purpose of doln^
something beneficial to the rur
al people served by this news
paper as a famUy journal and
home institution.
The Journal-Patriot publish
ers are of the opinion that the
State Farmer a^cultnral fea
ture win prove of reel value, as
well as entertaining to the
thousands of readers. The Sep
tember issue today carries a
front and back page of unique
and interesting pictures which
will prove entertaining to all
readers. The farm and home
articles on all other pages arc
attractively illustrated, making
reading easier for children as
well as adults.
In today’s Issue H*© reader
wUl find a comprehmislve ar-
Sky-H)gh Thrills
Proposition Will Be Submit
ted to City Council Tues
day Night
$3,000 IS NEEDED
Sentenced For Murder
Greenville, Sept. 4.—Don Ev
ans, 38-year-old Greenville man,
was sentenced to serve three to
five years in the state penitenti
ary by Judge N. A. Sinclair fol
lowing his conviction here this
afternoon of advisiuK or procur-
Ing an illegal operation for Miss
Lucille Huntley Belk, of Monroe,
summer school student at East
Carolina Teachers College, who
died as a result of the treatment.
An appeal to the North Carolina
Supreme court was noted and
bond was set at 55,000 which
Eivans posted.
for North CaroUnn, entitled “A
Look Ahead For North Caro
lina.” This article denis with
the different tyi>es of farming
In eastern, piedmont and west-
era North Carolina and some
thing of wliat can be expected
in the future agricultural life
of the state.
There Is also a humorous
feature by Pete Gettys, home
iimker’s |»age especially inter
esting to the housewife. Work
Calendar Jbr the Month, .\gri-
cultural Brevities, and an ar
ticle of "Kaising Colts.” There
are al.«o many minor feature.s.
1,022 Enroned 1st
f ^ Day City Schools
Merchants Meet
Thursday Night
Tour Devils’ to
Thrill Crowds at
Fair Sept. 15-19
Marks Shows, Grown to
Double Former Size, Has
Many Thrilling Features
What Is said to be one of the
most thrllUug free sets ever pre-
WPA Will Fumidi Lajbor
and Portion of Coat of
Materials
Sponsors of a movement to se
cure a city playground and recre
ation park tor North Wilkesboro
have found little or no opposition
to the proposal, It was learned
today from the recreation com
mittee of the Wilkes County
Council of Social Agencies, cen
tral civic organization behind
the movement.
During the latter part of last
week and today petitions have
been circulated among the citi
zens of the city asking that the
city council set aside $3,000 In
the city budget as the sponsor’s
part for the project, the Works
Progress administration coope
rating with a greater sum.
Several hundred signatures
have been secured on the peti
tions with the number of refusals
too small to mention. These pe
titions win be presented to the
city council In regular September
meeting at the city hall Tuesday
evening, September 8, 7:30 o’
clock.
Members of the council of so
cial agencies representing all civ
ic organizations and public In
stitutions are asked to attend
the meeting .with the city board,
which will take the place of the
regularly scheduled September
meeting of the council. Other in
terested citizens who are not
members of the council or any
other civic organization are also
asked to be present.
Those who have been working
on plans for,? the playground are
Only 5
Disoiirl^
’h
fa Recent
Postponed Until Thursday
Night of This Week; Be
Held at City Hall
Formal Opening High School
Department Today; Ele
mentary Friday
Enrollment in North Wilkes-
city schools exceeded the
mark on opening day
L has tacreased somewhat since
^ -Qate, according to informa-
I'^lned today from W. D.
ere, superintendent,
y^mal opening for Junior
^|ior high schools was ob-
„w^re0^l8 morning with a brief,
bat very appropriate, program of
inspiring interest to .the students
and interested patrons. Formal
opening for the elementary
grades took place on Friday
morning, although the actual be
ginning of the school term was
on Wednesday of last week.
Enrollment on opening day
.was 1022, which represents an
'increase of 21 students over
tte previous high mark of 1001.
T^ay the enrollment had In
creased to about 1050.
In the formal opening for
Irtfh school grades this morning
‘dovotlonals were conducted by
Dr. R. B- Templeton, pastor of
the Methodist church and an In-
aalring talk was delivered by
Eugene Olive, Baptist pas-
. tOT.'others on the program were
Palmer Horton, Parent-
5*er association president,
^.brought greetings from that
,-^^ijiation, and J. B. McCoy,
. the local board of
.
^city school faculty* hlgii,
teleih^ry and colored, is com
* of 80 teachers and the
Qtendent.
Wilke.s County Retail Merch
ant’s association will meet at the
city hall on Thursday night of
this week. The meeting will be
gin at 7:30 o’clock.
The meeting wa.s originally
.scheduled for Thursday night of
last week but was postponed.
All members of the association
and any other 'interested merch
ants are invited to the meeting
Thursday nlgh't, which will be
held at the city ihall.
to North Wilkesboro for the
Great Wilkes Fair to be held
week of September 14. W. A. Mc
Neil said today.
The act consists of two young
men and two young ladles and
they perform all manner of dar
ing feats on rigging exactly 120
feet high without net or other
safety contrivance.
The “Four Devils" are coming
to North Wilkesboro with Marks
Shows, Inc , which will be pre
sented in its entirety on the mile-
long ‘‘Pleasure Trail.’’ The act
was imported by John H. Marks,
president and general manager of
Marks Shows, and is making its
first appearance in this country.
Marks Shows this year. Mr.
Mi Neil said, has grown to double
ils former size and will present
I this year many new and novel
I entertainment features. Fourteen
high-class shows, presented in
water-proof and air-cooled tented
theatres. 12 modern, thrilling
riding devices and numerous min
or entertainment features will be
offered visitors to this year’s
Great Wilkes Fair.
000 can be secured tJ^rough (la-
operation of the Works Progress
administration If the necessary
$3,000 can be raised locally.
NYA Applications
Must Be Made Out
Early This Week
Part Time Jobs to Limited
Number of Students in
Need Can Be Provided
Pljuu Amcaidfid to
jQonlifin to W P A
l,R^ufatioitt
Flan Construction of Millers
Creek> Mulberry and Bim-'
ham School Plants
ADDITIONS PLANNED
WPA Project Made Up for
Additions at Mt. Pleas
ant, Roaring River
Clinician and Healft
'Well Pleased OvM’Smill ""
'Number Fow^^j
278 ARE EXAt^
People Becoming
to Dahgera of
Health Officisib Sajr
Out of a total of 27^8 ex^aai^f'
Cleveland, Ohio . . . 17-year-
old Bob Feller, Iowa farm boy,
is the newest baseball pitching
sensation In the American
League. In his major league de
but he struck out 16 Stlooey
Brown, allowed only 6 hits and
one run, to win for Cleveland.
He stands 6 feet and -weighs 176
pounds. “The speediest since
Walt Johnson,” say experts.
Explains Method
Awarding Prizes
At Wilkes Fair
New Ford, Electric Refnge-
ratm*, Ri Bad*
Wilkesboro P.-T. A.
Will Meet Thursday
Wilkesboro Parent-Teacher as
sociation will meet Thursday,
3:15, in the school auditorium.
An interesting program is plann
ed and attendance of every mem
ber is dealred.
Largest Enrollment in History
Wilkes Schools Crowd Biddings
Reports from practically every
school In 'W'llkes county are to
the effect that the enrollment at
the present time exceeds the en
rollment for the 1935-36 term.
Schools opened on August 27.
The unusually large enroll
ment presents a serious problem
in school housing and there is
not a large school in the county
that is not literally overflowing
with students.
At Wilkesboro the enrollment
is approximately 760 and all
available classroom space in the
building has been taken up.
Many classrooms are almost
hopelessly crowded and classes
are being held in the auditorium,
library, halls or any other space
in the building where ahlldren
may be assembled. An addition
to the building planned.
At Millers Creek a badly
crowded condition exists with a
large enrollment crowded and
packed Into the two dilapidated
frame buildings. More than 80
are on the roll In the eighth
literally
grade and the room
packed and jammed.
A',; Mount Plesant the building
is far too small to accomodate
the large school and the proposed
addition of five rooms is badly
needed. At Roaring River a simi
lar situation exists and a six-
room addition is planned there.
Traphlll building had been ade
quate until this year but the
school has grown until thdre Is
one more class than there Is
classrooms. At Ronda the crowd
ed condition was temporarily re
lieved by making the auditorium
Into classrooms and using the
gymnasium as an auditorium.
Moravian Falls auditorium has
been made into classrooms. At
Ferguson the now building con
structed by the CWA has proved
to be too small lor the school.
The situation at Mountain
View is being taken care of by
the building and auditorium un
der construction by the WPA.
Classrooms are -being used as
fast as workmen can get them
finished. •
All students in Wilkes county
who desire financial aid through
fi’ie National Youth administra
tion should make application
through their teachers or princi
pal early this week, C. B. Eller,
superintendent of Wilkes schools,
said today in discussing the
NYA set up.
The NYA' will furnish, to as
many students as amount of
funds will permit, as high as $6
per month to needy students who
are unable to continue their edu
cation without help. ’These funds
are paid for labor on such pro
jects as school authorities may
arrange.
All applications must be in to
state headqua-fjrs not later than
Saturday, September 12, and for
this reason early action upon the
part of interested students is es
sential, Mr. Eller said.
Students in North Wilkesboro
city schools will apply to Supt.
W. D. Halfacre and students in
any of the county schools should
apply to their principals, who
have the necessary application
blanks. If more students apply
than can be accomodated school
authorities will make an effort
to select the most needy and
worthy cases to receive this aid.
W. A." 'ifSNWir pwsldont ©“d
general manager of the Great
WSlkes Fair to be held In North
Wilkesboro September 15 to 19
Inclusive, today explained the
method for giving away four
valuable prizes at the fair Wed
nesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights.
The prizes to be given away
-are a new 1936 Ford V-8 tudor
sedan, an electric refrigerator, a
bedroom suit and a Philco radio.
One prize will be warded each
night and continuing through
Saturday night.
Each paid admission will be
good for one ticket which will
be placed in a box provided near
the gate and the drawing will
take place on the platform in
front of the grandstand at the
end of the free acts program.
A. S. Cassel, manager of the
Wilkes Drug company, J. B. Wil
liams, secretary of the North
Wilkesboro Building and Loan
association, and Dudley Hill, as
sistant cashier of the Deposit &
Savings Bank, will b© the judges
and ward the prizes. The person
whose name is drawn must he
present in order to receive the
prize.
Tickets deposited in the box
on either day or night will re
main for all the drawings unless
drawn out. In otiher words a. tick
et deposited during the first of
the fair will be In the box for
drawing on the remaining nights
If not drawn out on the same
date deposited.
Bids will be advertised this
week for erection of modern
school buildings at Millers Creek,
Mulberry and Benham and pos
sibly an addition to the Wllkes-
boro building. It was learned to
day from C. B. Eller, superinten
dent of Wilkes siihools.
The school building program
Is to be financed by a county
bond issue of $66,000 and a PWA
grant of $49,000.
Bids were called for seVeril
months ago for erection of the
buildings but plans were can
celled while negotiations were
undsr way for the Public Works’
grant, which will make possible
completed units with plumbing
and equipment. As a result of
the grant application being ap
proved, plans were revised to
meet PWA specifications.
The Millers Creek building,
which will replace the two pres
ent inadequate and dilapidated
frame structures, will contain 16
classrooms and an auditorium.
The building will be used for
both high and elementary school
departments.
At Mulberry a township ele
mentary sBhOflJ anlt'vrlU -ba toguk-
ad vdU « balkUaE:.«t
rooms and an auditorium. At
Benham a building with four
(jlassrooms and an auditorium is
planned and additional rooms
are to be constructed to the Wil
kesboro building.
At Mountain View a building
containing 12 rooms and an au
ditorium is near completion as a
WPA project. The new building
and the one salvaged from the
old school property ar© calculat
ed to adequately house the large
school.
WPA projects have been made
up and submitted for a five-room
additional at Mount Pleasant and
a six-room addition at Roaring
River. The crowded situation at
Moravian Falls has been tempor
arily relieved by changing the
auditorium into two classrooms
hut the school is now without an
auditorium. At Ronda the audi
torium has been divided into
classrooms and the gymnasium Is
used for an auditorium.
in the tuberculosis clinic held
cently In Wilkesboro only fftnb4
new cases were found, It -- wM
learned today In the report of the
clinic released by Df. A. J. Eller,
county health officer.
Dr. H. L. Seay, clinician from
the state sanltorlum, made (ho
examinations and both ho and
Dr. Eller expressed delight at
finding such a very small ’ per
cent of new cases, espedaliy con-,
sidering the fact that 196 of
those examined were classed
as “contacts,” having tubercular
patients In their /amillee.
“The small number,” Dr. Eller
said, “Indicates that the disease
is more nearly under control In
the county and that people are
becoming educated to the dangers
of the disease and the manner of
Its spread. We had very good re
sponse and cooperation In the
clinic and Dr. Seay was busy
with patients during the entire
two weeks.”
Twenty-four cases previously
diagnosed were also examined.
Of the total of 278 there were
245 classed as negative and one
doubtful. Four were advised to
have sanitorium treatment, 20
home treatment, six to have X-
ray examinations and two sped-
al treatment. Two patients ihave
been admitted to the county tu
bercular hospital as the result
of the clinic and two wer© recom
mended to have special treat
ment.
, . ur—y of :Ue nmndwr exmUiu^
fpani^ -homes. -where
childhood type of the disease was
found to exist during the school
clinic held last winter. Health au
thorities, however, were gratified
to learn that an amazingly small
per cent of such parents were af
flicted with tuberculosis In any
form.
Findings of the clinic will be
closely followed up. Dr. Eller
said, in continuing the fight on
the disease by providing treat
ment in the beat manner possible
tor the posltTre cases and by Iso
lating them to prevent further
spread of the disease.
Hundreds Attend
McNiel Reunion
WILKESBORO SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT AT 750
Charter Granted
New Corporation
The most recent charter grant
ed by the secretary of state- to
Wilkes people Is for a corporation
to be known as Farmers Supply
and Livestock company.
Headquarters for the new cor
poration are In Wilkesboro and
the incorporating stockholders
are C. G. Williams, J.- T. Irvin
and B. R. Underwood. Various
farm Implements, feeds and sup
plies will be har«e*rln addition
to continued buying and selling
of livestock.
The firm has purchased 30
acres of bottom land between the
Yadkin river bridge and the town
of Wilkesboro.
Enrollment a t Wilkesboro
school ihas passed the 750 mark,
it was learned today from T. E.
Story, principal.
This is the largest enrollment
in the history of the school and
presents a serious problem of
school housing, all of the class
rooms being badly crowded. The
need of additional classrooms Is
apparent.
Russia .has
clubs.
over 140 aviation
Dr. J. I. Foust and Dr. Stan-
bury Principal Speakers
at Gathering
Wilkes Criminal Docket Is Still
Congested With About 150 Cases
European prospectors have
found gold In Algeria. A 6,004*?
acre, tract coatafns metal ot vol
canlc i^gln. „ . ..
■ -5r' 4:-^' -
Only two weeks have elapsed
since the August term of Wilkes
court for criminal cases adjourn
ed and the number ot cases pend
ing trial is alradst as large as the
criminal court docket before the
August term began.
When the August term opened
there were about 160 cases on
the calendar and the present
number is approximately 160.
During the terra the court
worked smoothly and efficiently
and many cases were disposed of
but a large number were added
through the grand jury and by
magistrates' r^ta. Many c s^
called “tough” caaea vriilch had
been pending for 'from one to
three years were utoposed of dur
ing the two weeks of August
court- r ■
There are only two more
terms of Wilkes BUporlbr court
during the remainder ot the oal-
aiakr year kind, ^
tdidi are for trial of .cWl actions
altbonglt ■ elaeslftod
"lb
terms. October term will con
vene on Monday, October 5, and
there will also be a two-weeks’
term In. November. It is expected
that some criminal cases will be
tried during one of the terms.
Judge J. H. Clements, of Win
ston-Salem, is presiding over
courts of the 17th judicial dis
trict during this six-months per
iod.
Home Coming At
Shady Grove 13 th
Home coming day will b© ob
served at Shady Grove BapUst
church on Sunday, September
13.
Rev. Lee Minton, pastor, will
have charge of the program and
everybody Is Invited to attend.
Dinner wiU b© spread picnic
st^'e at, noon and thoae attending
are asked to carry along baskita
weH flUed with good eats to add
to this feature'of the day^i pro-
ta^ndVgraey'
A crowd estimated at more
than a thousand people gathered
at Millers Creek schoolhous© Sun
day to attend the annual reun
ion of the McNiel family.
The program opened in the
forenoon with music, short ad
dresses and the feature address
of the morning program by Dr.
J. I. Foust, president emeritus of
W. C. U. N. C., Greensboro.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes was
program chairman and a program
of especial interest to all mem
bers of the family and friends
was arranged. At noon a boun
teous dinner was spread picnic
• Style on a large table prepared
especially for the, occasion.
In the afternoon the feature
address was by Dr. W. A. Stan-
bury, pastor of West Market
Methodist ohurch in Greensboro
and short addresses by several
other well known speakers.
A more detailed account of the
enjoyable occasion Is being pre
pared by James Larkin Pearson,
secretary of the McNiel family
organization, and will be pub
lished In a later Issue of this
newspaper.
Local P.-T. A. Will
Meet On Thursday
N,o r t h Wilkesboro' Parent-
Teachers association will meet
on Thursday afternoon,’ 3:46; In
the school auditorium. An inter
esting program has ibeen arrang
ed and there-wilt be- irapasUnit' ■*
matters before the
All members and any other.,ifi-
tereeted school patrons aril'urged
to attend. ,
'More than 860 fruit growhn
attended the Hth annual ^lletil
day ot the Brushy. Mpi|iitBlit'
Fruit Growers AasoclatHw ^
at Mt. OUve Chutth
county In late Augu"*”