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Totmeco Market Report
Winston-Salem’s tobacco mar
ket Tuesday handled a total of
847.7(4 pounds of leaf for which
a total of 1164,481.13 was paid
to Mowers. 4n average of (18.22
Iweight was made.
•trie Tears In Pen
Va., Oct. 20.—A
roll circuit court Jury found
Kathleen Pheips, IS, guilty of
Tolnatary manslaughter today in
ooaaeetion with the death of her
sr-In-law and fixed her pun
ishment at five years in the pen
itentiary.
Protest To iJoover
New York, Oct. 20.—The Pro-
resslve Republican committee
lor Franklin D. Rooseyelt today
sent a protest to former Presi
dent Herbert Hoover against his
"sporadic and misleading phrased
attacks upon the President of the
United States."
K. B., Jr., Pays DtHlar
Boston. Oct. 20.—Two civil
suits totaling $30,000 against
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.,
based on an automobile accident
In 1934, have been settled In fav
or of the plaintiffs for the nom
inal sum of (1, superior ccurt
records showed today.
On Speaking Tour
Washington, Oct. 20.—Presi
dent Roosevelt hustled through a
series of conYerences today and,
with a major speech in his brief
case, turned toward New Eng
land tonight in quest of the 29
electoral votes of Rhode Island,
Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Drowns In Alligator
lanteo, Oct. 20.—A searching
Trty from Currituck left here to-
• day to drag the Alligator river
[ for the body of Elijah Hubbard,
}6, of Mamiev who was drp^.ped
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:TH8STATa-W.OO pOT OF
3ch60k Complete
l^ood ModA Of
Year; Payroll Out
Feachers Being Paid Prompt
ly Without Delay; Have
Uniform Pay Days .
VOUCHERS FOR $25,750
Being Distributed to Princi
pals Today; $23,730
Go to Teachers
it'
Today ends the second month
of Wilkes county schools and the
payroll to teachers and other em
ployes will go out this week from
the office of the county board of
education.
The psyr >11 this month will ag
gregate approximately $25,760.
Of this amount $27,730.90 will
go to teachers with truck drivers,
janitors and other employee re
ceiving the remaining $2,020.
This payroll includes all the
schools on the county system hut
does not Include North Wilkes-
boro schools, which operate as a
charter unit. The city school pay
roll, amounting to about $3,000,
will he paid at the end of the
second month, the city schools
having opened a few days later
than those of the county system.
The pny checks will be deliver
ed from the office of C. B. Eller,
county superintendent of schools,
to the district principals, who
will give them to the individual
teachers as their reports of the
second month’s work is turned in.
Teachers are being paid this
year without delay. The vouchers
are made out and ready for de
livery at the end of each school
month and the teachers receive
them at the time they complete
their reports and turn them in.
Schools opened at the same
date throughout the county. Mak
ing'uniform pay days practical.
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Washington . . . Above are members of the executive committee of
the Future Farmers of America, at work on the task of selecting
from all high school students taking vocational agriculture courses
throughout the U. S., the one that shall be named “The Star Farmer
of 1936.” The committee comprises (left to right), Wm. H. Johns. Na
tional Advertising Executive, New York:Owen D. Young, General
Electric Co., and R. H. Cabeli, President of Armour and Co., Chicago.
Farm Authorities Woman Killedln
ToGatherInCity Fall From Auto
For All-Day Meet | On Monday Night
ExtensiHi Megi and Agents
From Seven Counties To
Be In This City Friday
Mrs. Emeal Stutts, Formerly
of South Carolina, Ac-
Farm agents and assistants and
extension specialists from State
College will gat.ier at Hotel
W’ilkes tomorrow to map out
work for the coming year In this
district, which is composed of
seven counties.
Each specialist will confer per
sonally with each county agent
and discuss the work that will
cidentally Killed
Mrs. Belie Sfiitts, wife of
ICineal Stutts, an employe on
the Blue Ridge Parkway, fell
from a car In which she and
her hmsband were riding near
Deep Gap Slonday night and
died within a few minutes,
death resulting from the in-
jurj:.
It could not be ascertained
InMoment^TIik
W(«k; Both Active
Republicaiu to Hear Gris-
^ som, Jonas and Meekins
Saturday Night
DIXON COMING 28TH
Democrats Active With the
Township Caucuses and
Series of Meetings
In Woikmg For"
IgtYefO’Votm
This week-end will be featured
by special drives on the part of
both political parties for votes in
Wilkes county In the election No
vember 3.
In the Republican camp the
feature will be the speaking on
Saturday night at the courthouse,
at which time Qilliam Grissom,
candidate for governor, W. C.
Meekins, state chairman, and
Charles A. Jonas, national com
mitteeman, will speak. Frank
Patton, candidate for senate, is
also expected. The speaking will
begin at 7:30. pn Wednesday
night, October 28, Thomas Dixon,
famous author and lecturer, and
Attorney R. H. McNeill will speak
at the courthouse for the Repub
lican cause.
In the Democratic camp town
ship rallies will be the order of
campaign with the first being
scheduled for tonight at the city
hall here. Voters of Elk numbers
one and two and Beaver Creek
precincts are invited to attend a
rally at Ferguson school on Fri
day night, October 23. beginning
at 7:30. A similar rally will be
held at Boomer at the same hour
on Saturday night, October 24.
County candidates and other
speakers will he present and the
public, especially ladies, is Invit
ed.
Republicans continue with
speaking engagements 1 n all
townships and the appointments
for Friday night of this week are
an. follows; C. jH-ijafiBiySi
R«gistnurs Will Be at PoUi^
Places Saturday Fw_
RegiatmtioB
CLOSES AT SUNDOWN
Saturday, October 31, Will
Be Challenge Day.At ,
All Voting Pla^
ilngtoa... Mrs. Lucy Con-
neUi^jjl?. of Marianna, Fla. (a-
bove)j,' bears the distinction of
being the youngest woman law
yer ever admitted to practice be
fore the United States Supreme
Court. She was one of 40 Admit
ted at the opening of Fall ses
sions. Her husband was also ad
mitted.
Wilkes Officers
GetManSoi^ht
In Murder Case
Tom Baldwin Taken Monday
Night For Slaying in
Welch, Weet Va.
Officers came to. WllkeebopQ
According to the el^ion-lam
of North Carolina Saturday, Qei
tober 24, will he the last day for
voters to register to vote In the
election to be held on November
3.
Registrars will be at the pre
cinct polling places from nine a.
m. until sunset Saturday, which
will positively be the lut chance
for new voters and those who
have moved to have their names
placed on the books and be en
titled to vote In the election.
Persons who have become of
voting age since the last primary
or erection or for any reason are
not registered in the precinct In
which they reside are those who
are interested in registration.
Party leaders in both political
camps have been quite active in
getting out new voters to register
but it is expected that the drive
will be climaxed Saturday of this
week. New registrations have
been reported light in a number
of precincts so far.
Intense interest is centered In
the campaign this year, due main
ly to the fact that voters will
choose a president and vice pres
ident, a senaldr and a represen-
Of i shni boat fdafleffl
shingles and lumber.
Brother Of Carl Steele
Taken By Death Wednesday
Democratic Cause
Porter Steele, of near Elkin,
died Wednesday afternoon in a
Statesville hospital following an
ness of several days. He was a
brother of Carl W. Steele, well
known local jeweler.
Predicts Victory For Demo
cratic Tickets; Making
Two Speeches Daily
To Give Prizes
At Street Dance
Plans Nearing Completion
For Gala Event To Be
Held Friday Night
Plans are nearing completion
for Wilkesboros big night, when
young and old alike will assemble
on the Courthouse square for a
night of real entertainment.
The dance committee composed
of Lon L. Lunn, Miss Louise
Melville, Miss Geneva Church,
W. B. Turner, and Police Chief
R. H. Cranor, state the plans are
practically complete, and from
all indications it is going to be
a splendid event and a marked
success. Everything is in readi
ness, the music has been arrang
ed for, and will be suitable for
both round and square dancing,
:e street will be attractively
^decorated and well lighted and
treated for dancing.
A large number of very use
ful, valuable and attractive priz
es have been secured for the
prises wore made
through ' the generosity
the following merchants:
The J. C. Penney Co., Belk’s
^Department Store, The Wilkes
^Drng Co., Crests 5, 10 & 25 Cent
Store, Prevettes. Hadley-Moore
Hardware Co., North WUlkesboro
Wocery Co., Horton Drug Co.,
Rbodes-Day Furniture Co., Pete's
Sandwich Shop, Deans Jewelry,
Lance Packing Co., Waldensian
Bakery Co.. American Bakeries
Co., Lyon Electric Co., Gray Bro
thers Furniture Co., The Wonder
Cafe, The Try-Me Cafe, The Rock
Diner, Peoples Barber Shop and
The Journal-Patriot.
Delicious refreshments will be
■tfld and all proceeds will go to
ward purchasing a fire truck.
Mr». I. C. Chnreh, the proprietor
of the Rock Diner has very gen-,
lusly loaned the facilities of
.onttre cafe, to the committee
It will be used as headquar
ter* for the entire event.
large number of very charm-
asd attractive young Udles
B^a been named as hostesses,
and hhve consented to lend their
offtotaiice toward making
night a snecess.
Senator Robert R. Reynolds,
of Asheville, was in Wilkes Tues
day calling on friends and mak
ing new acquaintances.
While here he granted an in
terview to a representative of The
Journal-Patriot, in which he dis-
cvissed political topics relative to
the present state and national
campaigns, saying that undoubt
edly North Carolina will pile up
substantial majorities for the
Democratic tickets and expressed
complete confidence that Presi
dent Roosevelt will be elected.
Through Monday Senator Rey
nolds had made more than fifty
campaign speeches in the state
and he said that before the cam
paign ends he will have made at
least 75 speeches and visits to 97
of the state’s 100 counties. On
Monday he spoke to an overflow
ing audience at the courthouse at
Danbury and loud speakers were
used to convey his address to a
large number on the outside.
Democratic national headquar
ters have requested his services
for at least ten addresses in New
York state, considered a pivotal
point in the campaign and Sen
ator Reynolds expressed regrets
that filling those engagements
would keep him away from the
Tar Heel state for a part of the
campaign.
will be arranged' tor visits to
each county.
In this manner there will be
no conflicts and when a special
ist visits any county he will find
the farm agent prepared for his
visit. This arrangement will also
give agents an opportunity to
tell farmers when a certain spe
cialist will be In the county and
he will be able to see him for aid
in solution to his farm problems.
District Agent O. F. McCrary
will have charge of the meeting.
County Agent A. G. Hendren and
Assistant Agent W. J. Hanna will
be Wilkes’ representatives.
The counties from which coun
ty agents will come to the meet
ing here Include, Forsyth, Surry,
Stokes. Yadkin. Alleghany, Alex
ander, Caldwell, Ashe, Watauga
and Avery.
Teachers Going
To District Meet
Resume Clerical
Project Monday
WPA Project Will Continue
Indexing County Records
Over a Long Period
Th© Works Progress adminis
tration’s clerical project will be
resumed Monday, October 26, In
Wilkes county.
This project, which is calcu
lated to be of quite much bene
fit, was suspended on September
15 because the old project had
expired and the new substitute
had not been approved under the
WPA program for the current
year.
Mrs. B. R. Underwood will a-
galn supervise the project and
ten persons certified as being in
need of work will be used.
Indexing county records is the
work to be continued under the
project. All county records dur
ing the past 60 years am bkng
accurately indexed.
Will Be held In High Point
Today and Tomorrow
Schools Not to Close
Wilkes county will be well
represented in the meeting of the
Northwestern district q f the
North Carolina Education Asso
ciation meeting in High Point to
day and tomorrow.
Although none of the schools
will be closed, Supt. C. B. Eller
said he expected one or more
teachers from each of the cen
tral schools to attend the High
Point meeting Friday,
All teachers in the North Wil-
kesboro schools will attend the
meeting Friday afternoon.
Schools In the city will close Fri
day at noon.
Enormous Pumpkin
On Volunteer Vine
Sirs. ZoUie Eller, of this city,
reports that a pumpkin. 62 by
32 Inches grew In her back
yard on the garden fence and
nature did it all.
The vine Is what is common
ly known in this locality as a
‘‘volunteer’’ in that It grew
without the seed being pianted
or without cultivation.
In addition to the enmrraous
pumpkin with the above stated
dimensions, th^« were two
other large ones and a num
ber of others of sufficient size
to make a number of pies.
Lowe Inf^t Dies
James Thomas Lowe, infant
son of Clarence and Mabel Lowe,
of Oakwoods, died Monday morn
ing. Funeral and. burial services
were held at Bdgewood church.
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own accom. Ttie' Mdc
head struck the pavemmt and
.she died on the way to the
Wilkes hospital here.
vShc wjus 25 years of ago, a
daugliter of J. L. Miller, of Co
lumbia, S. C. In addition to her
Imsband and father she leaves
three brotliers and one sister,
Muller Miller, of I.iexington, S.
('.; Harper Miller, of Colum
bia, 8. C.; Tolbert Miller,__who
msides in Florida; and Mrs.
.tiable Dade, of I.iexlngton, 8.
C.
Funeral .service was held
Wednesday in Lexington, 8. C.
Kyle Hayes On
Campaign Tour
Through District
V41l Deliver Campaign .Addresses
In All Counties In Eighth
District
Kyle Haye.s, prominent local
attorney who as Republican nom
inee for the eighth congressional
district is seeking the office now
held by Representative Walter
Lambeth, is making a campaign
tour of counties In the southeast
ern end of the district this week.
Mr. Hayes is waging an agres-
sive campaign that will include
major addresses in each county.
He will not return to Wilkes-
boro until Saturday and on Sat
urday night will be on the pro
gram at a speaking to be held at
the courthouse In Wllkesboro.
Others expected for the speaking
are Gilliam Grissom,'' candidate
for governor, Prank Patton, sen
atorial nominee, Charles A. Jon
as, national committeeman, and
others.
mhklrk church; F.’ JT
MtiDuffle and J. F. Jordan at
Harmon school, two p. m.; F. J.
.McDuffie and J. F. Jordan at
Miller’s school, four p. m.; P. J.
McDuffie and J. F. Jordan at
Shepherd’s school, seven p. m.;
P. E. Brown and R. Don Laws
at McGrady school; A. H. Casey
and C. C. Hayes at Haymeadow
school; T. R. Bryan and K. P.
Osborne at Pattons Ridge.
Republican speakings for Mon
day: R. Don Laws and P. B.
Brown at Roaring River; P. J.
McDuffie and J. M. Blackburn at
Pine View school; C. H. Cowles
and T. R. Bfyan at Moravian
P’alls; Solicitor John R. Jones
and Mrs. Jones at Mountain
View; A. H. Casey and AlUe
Hayes at Windy Gap school.
Republican speakings for Tues
day: J. P. Jordan and L. Bum
garner at Cherry Grove school:
T. R. Bryan and J. H. Whicker at
Cane Creek schohl; A. H. Casey
and Clyde Hayes at Little Elkin
school; F. J. McDuffie and C. C.
Hayes at Cross Roads: W. L.
Cooper, J.'M. Blackburn and Old
Wiles at Mine Rid.ge.
All speakings are to begin at
7:00 p. m. unless otherwise stat
ed.
^[h^'imooting of^k m.n’^
a few weeks ago. -
Baldwin was arrested in the
Mulberry'vicinity Monday night
by Deputies Sheriff C. H. Dancy
and S. U. Reynolds and lodged In
Jail at Wilkesboro while West
Virginia officers were being noti
fied that the wanted man had
been taken.
Baldwin was said to be a resi
dent of Grayson county, Va., and
had been in Wilkes only a short
time before he was captured by
the deputies.
Off To Conference
Rev. R. B. Templeton, of this
city. Rev. A. W. Lynch, of Wll
kesboro, and Rev. J. C. Gentry,
of Moravian Falls, are attending
the Methodist conference which
began today In Salisbury. Sever
al others are planning to attend
the latter sessions.
North Wilkesboro church, Wll
kesboro and Moravian Falls
charges report all pledges paid in
full.
Democrats Will
Have Caucus On
Thursday Night
Democratic executive commit
tee of North Wilkesboro township
has announced a caucus to be
held at' the city hall tonight. All
Democrats of tho township are
invited to be at the caucus, whieh.
is described as importa^nt. LadlW
are especialljr invited^ ' ’ t
Parkway Office
Is Located Here
To Handle Right of Way
Claims Relative to Con-
straetion of Parkway
The state highway and public
works commission has establish
ed an office here to handle right-
of-way claims resulting from con-
stfuctlon of the Blue Ridge Park
way, which is now under con
struction from the. North Caro-
lina-Vlrglnia line southward more
than 50 miles to Deep Gap and
the Intersection with highway
421 between this city and Boone.
J. P. Dodge and J. R. Cates are
in charge of the office, which Is
located on the second floor of
the Bank of North Wilkesboro
building.
Watauga County
Road Project To
Commence Today
Officials 61 the state employ
ment office here today reported
the beginning of _^work on a bifh-
way construction praj|f;t in Wa
tauga county. The new^tixde wfll
extend from Sugar Grove on Ugk-
way'421 toward^ Av«t
Skilled la(borw8 afe;>needod ois
tSo Johy
Canvassing Party
Solicits Recruits
__ ymueuBiierf^
leaders are anxious thaf all
new voters favorable to their re
spective sides of the fence get
their names on the books.
The campaign is now entering
the home stretch and election
forecasters working over time on
a number of contests. Various
circumstances and conditions add
zest to the national, state and
county campaigns.
GOP Headquarters
Established Here
Those Who Wish to Join
May Enlist In This
City Oct. 31
A canvassing party on recruit
ing duty for the United States
army will be in North Wilkes
boro on Saturday, October 31 for
the purpose of examining and ac
cepting applicants who desire to
enlist in the army.
This Is a convenient opportun
ity for physically fit young men
in this Immediate section of the
state to enlist and the recruiting
party is expecting to examine a
number of applicants here on
that date. Applicants must be be
tween the ages of 18 and 35 and
be of good character.
The recruiting office explains
that there are vacancies In varl-
oup branches of the army both for
the Stateh and for foreign service
In Panama.
Begin Work On
Benham School
Winston-Salem Firm Has the
Contract For Elementary
Plant at Benham
Construction work has begun
on a public school building at
Benham in Wilkes county, the
state employment office report
ed here today.
Powler-Jones Construction com
pany, of Winston-Salem, has con-
trket for the building, which will
contain four classrooms, auditor
ium, principal’s office and teach
ers' room. (?-
■Th e building is financed
through county funds and a Pubj
lie. Works grant. Labor ia ..being
furnished, through the eSpl^F-
ment service office located here.
J. M. Brown, chairman of the
county Republican executive com
mittee, has announced the open
ing of campaign headquarters In
the building formerly occupied
by E. M. Blackburn & Son store
on Tenth street.
The headquarters will be open
day and night until election date,
Mr. Brown said, and extended an
invitation to everybody, regard
less of political affiliation, to
visit the newly established head
quarters. The building has been
attractively decorated and every
thing has been arranged for con
venience of visitors.
Auction Sale Of
Valuable Lands
Penney Brothers, the world’s
original twin auctioneers, will
conduct an auction sale of valu
able lots in the Finley Park ad
dition to this city on Friday, Oc
tober 23, at ten o’clock a. m.
The lots are considered very
valuable property and will he jsold
at the purchaser’s own price and
on easy terms. An automobile will
be given away free and lunches
and refreshments will be served
by the Parent-Teacher associa
tion.
Anyone desiring further Infor-.
mation may get in touch with J.
I. Myers, local real estate agent.
Oyster Supper On
Tuesday Night, 27th
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Mr.’ and Mrs. Codl wd
Mr. Cyms Wllas^went to. Chari
lotto Tuesday to attood a huaiiMt
W the Retail tnln.
Wtomen’s Auxiliary of 8t. Paul’a
Episcopal church will sponsor an
oyster supper at the Wonder cafe
in Wilkesboro Tuesday night, Oc
tober 27, six to nine o’clock.
Oyster stews and fry* and oth
er delicious plates. w4h all' ac
cessories will he sevr^ at S6
cents per plate with- the sponsor
ing organisation receiving th*
profits. The public is cordially In
vited. . ' iO?
Mr. J. B. Deans, ■wttWy- knfewn
local Jeweler and- merchant,, re
mains In’a critical condition, {iobl
injuries received Sudday In ’ an
antO'dioblle accident. He suffered
an Injury to W( .
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