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PteatMli^ HooMTeh V^n tt>da)r
& 7>000>mile totsko to South A-
morlea, canTins a meesase of
coodwill to tho Buenos Aires
peace conference.
Negros to IMe Friday
Raleigh.—Whatever hope two
condemned negroes had of escap
ing death in the lethal gas cham-
t»er «t central state prison was
^n« today aa Governor J. C. B.
nns declined to Intervene,
iihte Tate of Pitt county, and
ns Slaeklln of Halifax, will
lifPrlday "sometime after 10 a.
'S..
Woman Is L>iiclde
Mount Airy, Nov. 17.—Mrs.
liester Swift, 43. who had been
worried over the detention of her
linsband In Jail at Wlnston-Sal-
was found fatally wounded at
her home, about four miles west
of Pilot MounUln, early today. A
coroner’s jury decided that it
was a plain case of suicide.
Tngwell Gets Out
Memphis, Tenn.—Rural Reset
tlement Administrator Rexford
Ony Tngwell confirmed today
that he has submitted his reslg-
~ nation to President Roosevelt.
Tugwell, here with Secretary of
AgrltnUure Henry A. Wallace on
an Inspection of resettlemant pro-
Je«t$, sal{^ he was resigning to
aMept an executive position with
a large New York biwiness firm.
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Offenders Sentenced To
Prison For Long Terms
Jaines Holbrook
Gels 51/2 Years
In Three Cases
Grtoiea On Job
Jk'HaWJat.
Larg^0@n!'
li Hunt ' V
Slays 204 Pound Bii^Tn
Game Refuse. Near
Asheville .
Ft lauftaal adrsetaiK-
yonr l)ijnng la Kotfii
keslionil tbe taadiag
Dt NpHnrest Novdi
•Haa.;
P,M Zla
Traphill Maja Gets Long
Term for Liquor Dealing^
and Assault
OTHER CASES TRIED
Stanley County Man Gets Six
Years For Breaking
Into Postoffice
Twins In Hospital
New York, Nov." 17.—Slmpliclo
Gddlno, enjoying- fine health, was
the guest at a hospital here to-
ti' " 4ay, while In the same bed, his
Siamese twin, Luelo, was critical
ly 111 with pneumonia. Luelo reg
istered a temperature of 105 de
grees. HU brothers temperature
^mli^oormal.
Another Wage Raise
Burlington Mills company,
which employs around 7,000
’aiaUna
tile firms announc
ing contemplated wage Increases.
This brings to more than 70,000
the total number of textile em
ployes In this area who are look
ing forward to fatter pay enve
lopes within the next two weeks.
Ronda Singing At
Shady Grove 29tl
Ail Singers of Sacred Music
Invited to Attend and
Participate
Announcement has been made
of the Honda Singing convention
to convene on the fifth Sunday,
November 29. at Shady Grove
Baptist church about 12 miles
east of Wilkesboro.
The program will begin at
10:30 a. m. and continue through
the day. All singers of sacred
music are Invited to a tend and
,take part in the services. W. H.
Jones Is chairman and R. R. Crat
er Is secretary of the organiza
tion.
James Holbrook, Traphill man
w.ho according to testimony of
witnesses handled whiskey on a
wholesale basts by the thousands
of gallons, was sentenced in fed
eral court In Wilkesboro this
week to serve a total of B 1-2
years In the federal prison
Atlanta.
Holbrook was Indicted In three
cases, two for illicit whiskey
dealings and one for resisting and
assaulting officers. When two
deputy marshals made his arrest
Holbnvok tried to run over them
with his car. Two of the five and
one-half years In tllfc sentences
run concurrently and a fine of
3100 was imposed.
Theodore Johnson, of Stanley
county, received a total of six
years In Atlanta prison on post-
office robbery charges. There was
also a fine of $100.
The other cases tried so far In
volve violations of the liquor
laws, with the exception of Dr.
P. L. Choate, of Alleghany coun
ty, who was fined 7500 and
pla«e4 on strict probation three
ootlc act.
James Pruitt, convicted of re
sisting. intimidating and assault
ing officers, received a sentence
of two years In Atlanta prison.
Roy Davis, for violation of pa
role, was sentenced to a year in
.Atlanta prison.
Rufus Burke and Marvin Wil
liams drew Jail sentences of three
months each for theft of govern
ment property.
In a liquor case Will Benge was
sent to .Atlanta for a year while
Bryant Ben.ge drew a year’s time
in the reformatory at Chillicotbe.
Other sentences Included two
years in Chillicothe for Mack
Holbrook and c;.e year for Gran
ville Goforth. Mose Gilley and
Fred Eller were among those
placed on probation for three
years.
It is considered quite likely
that the remainder of this week
will he consumed with trials of
the remainder of the cases on the
criminal docket.
. . . A*uiiv.A>»ii uriiucs,
former spit-ball pitching ace of
the National League, is now on
the Job here as the new manager
of the Dodgers to succeed Casey
Stengle. Grimes Is in the market
for player deals, hoping to
strengthen the team for the 1937
a^ pennant race.
To Let Contract
On Last Link Of
Highway No. 16
To Jim Haiuer, of tlila dty,
goes the honor of kUIlngf the
largest buck t.'iken In the first
day of the annual deer bant In
the Pisgah national forest
g.imc refnge ne.Tr AshevUIe
Monda,v.
Althongli th)pec days are al
lowed each hunter under his
permit to kill his allotted deer,
Mr. Hauser lost no time in
bringing down his meat, nutk-
ing the kill on the first day
and getting the largest of 88
bucics killed by the 100 hunt
ers In the forest.
Seargt. W. 7B. Lentil who ac-
couipnnied Mr. .llansw on the
hunt, killed the fifth largest
deer Monday. His buck weigh
ed 125 pounds.
The officially conducted hunt
is being* sponsored by the for
est service and will conthme
until December IS with ap
proximately 1,700 hunters tak
ing part. The hunt Is being
staged In an 85,000 acte game
preserve and Is the- largest
.since the reserve was made by
the forest service.
Cxtra*Vote Offer Now in Effect Gives
ers Unusual Opportunity To Amass Votes
Early In “Cash Offer” Campaign
VOTES DROP DECIDEDLY MONDAY
Inteiest Increswes As Campaigrn Gets Under
—Entry Books Still Open For Any
one Wishing to Make Extra Cash.—
Out-of-Town Candidates May Mail
Reports If Postmarked Wednes
day or Saturday.
The great EXTRA VOTE OF
FER which Is in effect In the
Journal - Patriot "Cash Offer ’
■ JUUl Uttl - A cn-aavv
isew lorn . . . “London may campaign this entire week gives
have Its attractions for Wally workers an opportunity
Simpson,’’ smilingly stated Sally
Bileni (above), as she landed
here, “but here’s one American
girl glad to get home, to hus
band and baby.’’ Sally’s been In
London for screen work. HUbby
Is Harry Joe Brown, movie'dir*-
tof. t > '5
School PayroP
Beii^ Sent Out
Labor Shortage
k,Imminent h
l^trict Office
seldom offered early in the cam
paign. Usually the biggest EX
TRA VOTE offers or Induce
ments are made later in the race
and they are given at a time
■fwhen subscriptions are harder to
find.
On Basis of Results
The awards will be made
strictly upon a basts of results
Laborers Badly Needed On
Rock Quarry Job On
Park-way Road
Highway Commission to Re
ceive Bids on 3.15 Miles
Near Glendale
Local Resident
Owns Old Book
iltj^roximate Total of $26,-
.000 Goes to School Em-
'i ployees in County
The state highway and public
works commission will receive
bids until November 30 on grad-
’■psse Wiles, resident of this
city, yesterday brought forth
very old and Interesting volusSe.
ing, surfacing and structures on It was a Bible dictionary publlsh-
3.15 miles of highway number ed In 1813, 123 years ago. TJe
16 between the end of the pres-j book, which had been.^ hauQ^
ont new grade and a point near down from one member of
Glendale Springs.
(Continued on page eight)
family to another, was Jn
markably good state of.
Payroll for the third month of
school In Wilkes county will go
r)Ut ’the latter part of this week
from the office of the county
superintendent of gchpols, C. B.
Bller. , 1
The payroll this month totals
ih' Mghborb^ ‘of $26,000
andi^cludee ihe third,' onjBith’s
tMchefs, hue dtiVeni, Jaa-
NOTICE CANDroATES :
GO YOUR WIMG VOTES NOK
While The Biggest Extra Vote Offer Is In Effect
NOTICE READERS:
Support your favorite candidate while your sub
scription will count the most votes. Tlr's is the week
of the big extra vote gathering. Big 300,000 extra
vote offer ends Saturday night, November 21. Only
a few more days left.
‘.prind^li ^ thatr'
monthly Yeport la saSmltted for
the school month ending fo^y.
Teachers are being paid' yrftJi
the utmost promptness this year
and vouchers are ready for them
at the completion of each four-
weeks’ period.
All candidates listed below with 20,000
votes should by all means make a sub
scription report either in person or by
mail by Saturday, November 21, and be
fully qualified for the First Period.
G-Man to Speak
ToKiwanisClub
Principal Wants
To Locate Youth
Inter Club Meeting Friday
Evening; Ladies Night
On Tuesday
Robert Leo Griffin, age about
was a student of Millers
eek high school last year before
sent to the county home,
he left that Institution no
upeor4 been found of his
and It has become
eary that he be contacted by
hla school principal, R. V. Day,
or his father, Todd Griffin, at
* Millers Greek.
Any Information as to where
tl«s boy may be located may be
» to Mr. Day at Millers Creek,
''OT' The Journal-Patriot office
'and any such information will be.
npprscMed.
Correspondents
Please Notice
:
■ Joar^-Patriot news cor-
'respondents responded UberaL
- Ip week to the reqnest for
from their commnnl-
theme are y«* a num
ber of central localitlee not
■ repreaenied. H yw can report
Uie news of your community
or knw of aonvone who can,
klSnifltBwwr
Bacau^ of a late nmh of
iintiri and ads many fterno were
r"p~iiiisTfiT
Srfll sSppea'Monday.
The saner ah tibe pweewt time,
*nd man UrtTnewS each Mon-
i^any ITpoirW®-™® KDITOB.
A ‘‘G-Man’’ will address Ki-
wanlans of North Wilkesboro and
Lenoir in an inter club meeting
Friday evening, 6:30, at Hotel
Wilkes. G. N. Lowdon, of the
Charlotte office of the bureau,
will be the speaker.
Announcement that an agent
of the famous bureau of Investi
gation of the justice department
will address the club came from
J. C. Reins, who will have charge
of the program for the Inter-club
meeting. There will be other In
teresting and entertaining fea
tures on the program and attend
ance of all members of the local
club Is expected.
The North Wilkesboro club
will observe Ladies’ Night on
-Tuesday, November 24, Instead of
Friday of this week as as er
roneously stated in this paper
earlieT this- week.
LIST OF CANDIDATES AND VOTES ACCEPTED
FOR PUBLICATION
name ADDRESS VOTES
Miss Dare Eller N. Wilkesboro 46,000
Mrs. Grace Cooper N. Wilkesboro ’ 49,500
Miss Winnie Sue McLean —Cricket ——■ 47,000
Mrs. Verna Woodruff Hays — 51,000
Miss Ruth Wingate N. Wilkesboro 20.000
Mrs. B. A. Edwards Ronda —52,000
Mrs. Russell Hendren Wilkesboro 49,000
Miss Chessie Edmisten Champion 43,000
Mrs. Jay Hartley —N. Wilkesboro 48,500
Miss Malvina iJVillmms N. Wilkesboro ,— 47,000
Mrs. T. F. Greer Boomer ;— 62,000
Sue Turner N. Wilkesboro 20,000
Lois Jarvis Roberts Cycle — 41.000
Mrs
Mrs
Mrs. C. T. Wiles __
Mrs. J. B. Church ^Roaring River
_N. Wilkesboro 46,000
61,000
49,000
Mrs Tal Pearson N. Wilkesboro — —
Miss Geneva Church Wilkesboro 41,000
Mrs J. W. Adams N.,Wilkesboro, Route 1, 43,00()
Mrs. W. B. Sparks Moravian Falls 42,600
Mrs. Beatrice Sloop N. Wilkesboro
46,000
Mrs.
Lula Weir Elkin —— 40,900
Mrs. Larry Brewer N. Wilkesboro ——,
Mrs
Jettie Gambill __Doekery .1^ 44j^
Miss Mary Inscore N. Wilkesboro, Star Rt. ___J 4^i(W0''’
Mrs. Joe Palmer N. Wilkesboro — 62,(H)()
Miss Lucile Culler Wilkesboro 7-,^- 47,000
Monroe Mathis ^...-Call _z. 80,000
Mrs. Jack Hadley .N. Wilkesbirtf 2(1,000
Jesse Blankenship Ferguson'
C. V. Lloyd N. WiUtesbort' 'dS'JoW
Mrs
Mrs
Mrs. Mary Stewart Church .Wilkesboro —
Miss Margaret Hendren N. Wilkesboro
Miss Frances McNeil N. W^raboro
Mrs. Paul Gilreath N. Wykesboro
41,600
20,000
20,^
„20M.:
Qaartecy Conference
First Quarterly Conference for
the Wilkesboro M. P. charge will
be held at Arbor Grove church
Sunday night ^t 7 p. m., Nov. 22.
Pastor D. L. Earnhardt and Dis
trict Superlntwidont C. C. Ben
ton, of Asheville, will conduct the
conference.
MORE WORKBRS WANTEiy
The above -is a list df those w|^ ha-Vjs fiiMh hcSil^
^inated as Contestants ih-Tire'
Offer” Campaign^ The list is not eioi^ lind names ^
will be added fr(m time to'‘
Rev. Lee James, of Alexander
county, will preach at Moravian
Baptist church Sunday at
11. o’clock. The public Is cordial
ly Invited.
Only Grade “A”
Milk to Be, Sold
Mrs. G. B. Crowell, acting man
ager of the district office of the
N. C. State Employment Service
office located here, said today
that an actual labor shortage Is
imminent In the district unless
there Is quite a large registration
of able bodied men within the
next few days.
She referred In particular to a
rock quarry Job on, the Blue
Rldge'‘Parkvay and "Urork on that
particular job Is now 'handicapped
hedabse .of a shortage of common
Hi^orj’Siie went on to say that It
Is thV atm of )the office to sup-
jbd>w demanduKifom
IWivt hnt that it wonid t^lMiikl»
sary to get them from elsewhere-
unless there Is a response to the
call for labor now issued. She
pointed out, however, that only
able bodied, mature man, neither
too young or too old for active
and regular work, should apply.
There Is also a shortage of la
the candidates secure during the
campaign. ‘‘Results count’’ Is a
time-worn slogan and It applies
forcibly In the "Cash Offer” Cam
paign. This Is purely a businees
proposition wherein men and
women enter into competition
with each other on the same basis
and the results obtained deddea
the size and na.ture .of the re
ward.
Earnest Efforts Count
The Importance of being earn
est In everything one does, whe
ther It is at work or play in or
der to obtain the most gratifying
results Is an exemplary idea that
fits nicely Into th#; policy,,, that
members adopt to advantage.
Rap-hazard methods load one on
and on, and though one may
seemingly accompUeb- thlwa, one
never attains an ultimate And-’
A systematic canvass of your
■M.,
anoee you should spread-out to
new "territory, so to speak, and
make a canvass of the other fel
low’s friends and acquaintances.
You have a lot of friends and ac
quaintances after once you begin
enumerating them. Every one Is
a prospect, for they all read
bor In the skilled trades but this newspapers. It Is surprising with
U. S. Public Health Ordin
ance Will Go Into Effect
In County Friday
Tomorrow, -November 20, the
U. S. public health milk ordinance
will be put Into effect In Wilkes
county. The ordinance was pass
ed In March this year by the
county board of health but time
was allowed for any dairies not
in the Grade A class to make the
necessary improvements.
Under terms of the ordinance
only high grade milk can be sold
and all who sell must have a per
mit from the county health de
partment. This step was taken,
health authorities say, to Insure a
safe and sanitary milk supply.
The dairies which will be pre
shortage, Mrs. Crowell said, Is
felt all over the state as well as
In this district, which includes
Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe, Wa
tauga and Alexander counties.
The work for which laborers
are wanted at this particular time
is for eight-hour days, Mrs. Cro-
weil said, and Public Works wage
scales are paid.
Office of the employment serv
ice is located on the second
floor of the bank of North Wll-
kesboro building.
Lions-Ramblers
Play on Tuesday
Annual Football Classic For
Wilkes to Be Played
At Fairgrounds
Wlllkes county’s annual football
pared to sell Grade A milk are classic, the North Wllkesboro-
Montview, Meadowbrook, Clover- Wilkesboro high school contest.
24.
dale and Doughton’s, according to will be played on the fairground
the last rating by G. S. Odell, aan- field here on Tneeday. November
Itary Inspector. However, he said
that Ed German, of Boomer, will
be prepared to place Grade A
milk on the. market the keenest rivalry possible exists
Temporary provisions have between the two schools In all
been made for sale of lower sports, the players as a rule show
grades pf buttermilk In order remarkable
The annual scrap will close the
season for both teams. Although
qualities o f true
that th^ ifUl be no shortage'^of sportsmanship, yet every Inch of
^ n I Vksw howslctat
comnn^Hy.-
^7 ~ --J-*-'"'
TafiM by Death
Rufus,C. Eller, age 60, well
known and Ugitly respected cl-
tlten of the Wilkesboro route 1
community, died at Ws homa
Tateday' i^emboti ttHowlng an weight with experience sllght-
illaees of several daya jy in favor of North Wilkesboro.
He' Vas it'sbn 0 fthe latp An-
gains comes only by the hardest
plkylng.
The teams this year are as
evenly matched as any can be
doped out ahead of the game.
Both have made fair showing
with Wilkesboro winning more
games. But this can be account
ed for by the tough conference
schedule N o r t 4i Wilkesboro
played.
The boys are also about even
denbn and Atva'McNiel EU^ and
-was kihown’ many friends tor
^8 Christian character and gen-
hospitality. Surviving mem-
hbfs of the immediate family ln~
elude'tlld’s&Bs, Rev. A. W. Bller
lair S.IE ’/.i l^ler,. Qf - ■mikeeboro
WiftiF tlaltlisr
IjJirial servlcee
SpeneeK — -- -
.' gfld Cburch. A targa
^^teird attended the'teat ritek
Last year the annual classic
went to Wilkesboro 18 to 7 with
tha. Lions enjoying the top side
of a T.to 6 score until a long pass
in. the last half minute of the
game turned the victory to the
Ramblefe from the south side of
the 'Yadkin. ,„v,
^ia-year it looks like nayv
body’s irame and no doubt all
toottmll fans In this kieality will
be bn the 'eldeUnet WadneadW
afternoon.
Mrs. FUo Hayee, reeldent qf
Qilteath, wae a vlaltor in th«
%Hkeaiboroo Toeeday.
what ease and how quickly you
will be able to send your vote to
tal soaring and place yourself In
a commanding position In the
race for the big awards.
Biggest Vote Offer
This Is positively the very big
gest EXTRA VOTE OFFER that
will be made, and those who do
their best work now will have
much to be thankful for when
the votes are counted.
Out of to’.7n members should
bear in mind particularly that all
subscriptions that are mailed
Saturday and bearing a postmark
to show that they were mailed
that day will be accepted by the
campaign department to apply on
the big EXTRA VOTE OFFER.
A very decided drop In the num
ber of extra votes allowed for
subscriptions w-ill be made after
Saturday, November 2’.':. Now Is
the workers
to put in their best effort.
note—All candidates are re
quested to make a cash report to
the campaign manager on each
Wednesday and Saturday d'urlng
the campaign. This is Imperative.
The campaign office will be open
on Wednesday and Saturday eve
nings from 3 to 6 0 clock. If. you
cannot call at the office In per
son. be sure to mall your sub
scriptions or send them In by
someone.
Extension Agoits
Vbiting County
Pamhain Here MotJay and
Tubaday; Aeeistsmt For
ester Is Comimg
R. H. Page, assistant foreetar
of the extension service, Wfll
spend Friday in ’Wilkes county, R
was learned today^ from A. Q-
Hendren, county agent.
Mr. Pago will spend the great
er part of the day-'?'Rt 'Se^tUui
members of the .C. 45, Camp near
Pnrlear In ^conducting forootry
demonstrations.
Forest products being one of
the principal reeourceek of the
oounty, those vrho arpTafawiti*
In forestry anticipate th*
extension foifeilMfc;'
F. R.
1st of the exteostabHOfi^Mk spsnk
Monday and
ty and visltod a mutebeKAf deli|e
farms. g '
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