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State-Natiim
Told BrieBy
Bank Dtoeontinued
Nov^ 24.—Tto sttfte
^iSsBigi department announced to
day that tap Bank of XHkin had
^Bcontinued'operation of a branch
at Harmony whiA it opened on
April 2. 1936^^
Paasensers Killed ^
Chicago, Nov. 24.—A three-car
all rteel train of the Chicago,
North Shore and Milwaukee road
tales coped the crowded rear wood
en car of an elevated express to
night, killing several passengers
and injuring at least 76 others.
Drops Kidnap Charge
phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 24. — The
dropped its charges
taH^'hgoi&st Oaear H. Robson in
the June Robles kidnaping case on
thtieve of a grand Jury investiga-
^ the Phoenix Gazette said
_ “create a sensation and sub-
-./^tamtiate a new theory.”
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Killed In Landslide
Juneau, Alaska, Nov. 24.—Fears
1 jjijxttw tonight that landslide vic-
werb perishing in flames
at the crushed wooden
Ctures ir which an undeterm-
number of persons were trap-
Sunday under tons of mud
I'^^pnd debris.
■'’^The toll stood at six known dead
and nine missing.
^ Dust and Snow Mix
;iTV CWcago. Nov. 24.—Brisk winds
ded dust and snow across scat-
I c tered sections of the northern
^plains today.
• ■ Duet storms swept into Devil’s
Lake, N. ‘D.. Pierre, S. D., and
■'.lirfeoln. Neb.
Snow fell in the northern parts
Wisconsin and Minnesota and
Bismarck area of North Da-
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Legion District
Meeting m This
!il
i.Of
di^
tri^ wtU gatbht 'tn this slty Oii
Vrlday night, December 4, for a
banquet meeting, at which time
Wiley M. Pickens, department
commander, will be the principal
speaker.
Announcement of th(v meeting,
.^hich will be held at Hotel
JkAs, was made today by John
Jl, adjutant of the Wilkes post.
The meeting will also be La
dles’ Night and the invitation to
attend i.s extended to wives of
veterans and to all members of
the Legion Auxiliary. Posts In
the district Include Wilkes Post
number 125. Statesville, Moores-
vllle, Taylorsville, Sparta and
West Jefferson. Each post is ex
pected to be well represented by
Legionnaires and Auxiliary mem
bers.
Banquet plates will be served
at a cost of 75 cents each and
anyone who does not want to at
tend the banquet will b© welcome
at the program Immediately fol
lowing.
Ehich member of the Wilkes
post .will receive a folder card
week to sign and return to
Mr. Hall, indic..tiiig how many
plates to be reserved.
Aiideivoh Res^t
As Chief of Police;
Heads Office Her
Accepts Position as Manager
District Employment
Office In City
WALKER IS CHIEF
J. E. Walker Appointed As
Chief of Police; Keller
Eller. Is Added
James M. .Anderson, North
Wllkesboro chief of police for the
past several years, Tuesday re
signed from that position and
yesterday assumed his duties as
manager of the North Carolina
Employment service in this dis
trict, which is composed of
Wilkes, Ashe, Alleghany, Alexan
der and Watauga counties.
Except for a brief period when
he served as acting postmaster
here Mr. Anderson had been chief
of police for five years and made
what is considered a very com
mendable record as an officer.
As head of the employment
service office Mr. Anderson will
succeed J. B. Hash, of West Jef
ferson. Mr Hash was elected rep
resentative from Ashe county In
the general assembly and resign
ed as head of the employment of
fice.
In the police department the
city board of aldermen Tuesday
evening appointed Police Sear-
gent J. E. Walker as chief and
promoted Cecil Hayes to the po
sition of seargeant. Keller Eller
was named as police office to fill
the vacancy. Lan,e Atkinson is the
other nrdnftef'^ rtVpolice force. ^
Sihce-.tihe resignation of J. B. I
Hash as head of the employment
service office. Mrs. G. E. Crowell
had been serving as acting man
ager and will assist at the dis
trict office in the management
for a short time.
On W'ednesday Mr. Anderson
began his work and interviewed a
number of contractors on the
Blue Ridge Parkway, . * Public
-Wotka' to - whlAk. to*-**- s
ployment service assigns workers
in this district.
Mrs. Crowell, who last week is
sued a statement relative to a
shortage of labor on some ol the
Parkway projects, said today
there had been quite a number
who have registered for the jobs
and expressed the opinion that if
still others register that it will
not be necessary to send out of
the district for labor. Only able
bodied, mature men, however,
need apply for these jobs.
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I W^EP -MIM TO. QUIT 'OOthL'
So MUCH UI6H Pi-VlW; ,
AW'ClCMHA-nVI* —!!i _ ^
I TOLD HIM IP VIE PIDNT STOP
STI2UTTIN' APOUNp SO
ni'OTV SUCKERS. WOUU>. TAkS
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Makes It Possible For Workers to Ea^ A
Sunk In A Few Wedcs Equal to What
formally Requires Years To Accumu
late; Red Tape Abolished
BIG VOTE OFFER ENDS SATURDAY
Liberality of Vote Offer Thi» Week Makes It Imperative
That Candidates Working for Biggest Awards Turn
In Every Possible Subscription By Saturday
Night. Cash Commission Feature Makes
It Possible For Everyone to Win
The “Cash Offer” campaign
makes it possible for you to earn
a large amount of ready cash, in
return for only a reasonable a-
In New Position
Mrs. Lentz To Be
In Charge Bureau
J. C. McDfarmid Accepts
itt Charlotte;
^ork Mf^day
^ McDiarmid, wiho has
^^ebarge of the local
of the Carolina Motor
Club since its establishment here,
kas accepted a position in Char
lotte with the J. E. Elrod Lum
bar aompany and will assume his
antjes there December 1.
oStrs- ®- Lentz will succeed
Ml? McDiarmid as manager of
tko Ideal' branch office, which
bandies state and city auto lic
enses plates.
Licenses plates for 1937 will
go OB sale on December 15 all
over tile stote and may be used
OB Uiat date or after. Same pric
es wilt' be in" effect as for the
plates for the current year. Lic
enses for the year 193® will ex-
B^dnlgbt on December 31.
plates for Ue coming year will
ilkRbf oolMied figures
n^k background.
a consisting for revenue law violations
of a ahott pjnjf. rwdUUons. etc., '
ay ^Igbt,''November 2», at
'^.flreve chnt'Bh aj An
TeMac irlU
irionn. Th» #«MV! to eordlaUrto-
vKed to e*teM. ^
Thirty-Five Go
To Prison From
Federal Court
Criminal Docket Completed
Monday; Civil Cases
Will Be Tried
Contracts Let For Twoi School
Buildings; Conn^^s Notes 5ofd|
As a result of trials in the
prosont term of federal court and j
sentences meted out by Judge
Johnsdn J- Hayes, about 35 will
be taken Friday iby deputies
marshal to the federal prison at
•Atlanta, Ga., and the U. S. In
dustrial Reformatory at Chilli-
cothe,. Ohio.
With the exception of six pris
oners convicted of other charges,
all of those who will go to pri
son or to jail tor short terms
were sentenced because of viola
tions of the federal liquor taxing
laws. The longest sentence, five
years, was handed down to James
Holbrook, of Traphlll, who was
also tried for resisting and as
saulting officers who made bis
arrest.
The criminal docket was com
pleted Tuesday and trial of t civ
il action begun. The trial under
way was entitled Mrs. Phoebe
Williams, of Alleghany county,
who as administrator of her
husband’s estate is asking for war
risk insurance on her husband.
Several other civil cases are
calendared for trial, including ac
tions against the Greyhound Bus
company for the death of Mrs.
Hubert Canter and Miss Wllhel-
tnina Trijlett in an automobile-
bus collison 16 miles west of this
city on highway 421 about a year
ago.
The present-term of court may
contlnue'into next week.
Criminal cases in which sen
tences were looted oat this week
low; Marvin Holloway, year In
Chllllcothe and fine of $100; Sam
Hlkeher, ]^r in Cbillicothe and
fine of $100; Hmmian Foster and
Willard Smith, tinea of $100 each
and 13 months in Cbillicothe;
m-i
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in cash to the candidate who turns m the largest
amount of money for snbscriptlons from Monday,
November 23, to Saturday, Novemfcer 28.
The twenty candidates turning to the twenty next
largest amounts cf money for subscriptions from
Monday, November 23, to Saturday, November 28,
will receive $1.00 each.
$25.00
$20.00
’GtPWAiO.K.
James M. Aiiderson, North
‘W-,,-;; .siu^bqnyvTditof-Tff^^^cb ilnqe
•w^T'jSSi, raelgimd-Thesday wifd ac
cepted the ■ position as district
manager for the North Csrollna
State Employment Service.
282,000 Extra Vote Offer On $30 ^Clubs*
Ends Saturday Evening
A BIGGER DROP IN VOTES NEXT WEEK!
With the race so close all candidates listed here have a remark
able chance of winning. Final showing may depend on what
they do by Saturday. Work now!
WHO WILL WIN?
LIST OF CANDIDATES AND VOTES ACCEPTED
FOR PUBLICATION
name address votes
Miss Dare Eller N. Wilkesboro 133,000
Mrs. Grace Cooper N. Wilkesboro 135,000
Miss Winnie Sue McLean —Cricket 131,000
Mrs. Verna Woodruff Hays 136,000
Miss Ruth Wingate N. Wilkesboro 20,000
Mrs. B. A. Edwards Honda , 132,000
Mrs. Russell Hendren — Wilkesboro 132,600
Miss Chessie Edmisten Champion 131,000
Mrs. Jay Hartley —N. Wilkesboro 131,600
Mrs. A. J. Proffit Jhirlear, Route 1, 136.000
Miss Bonnie Bumgarner —Millers Creek 51,000
Miss Malvina i^filliama N. iWilkesboro 136,000
T. F. Greer —Boomer
Sue Turner N. Wilkesboro
Lois Jarvis Roberta —Cycle
Mrs. C. T. Wiles N. V/ilkesboro
Mrs. J. B. Church Roaring River
Mrs Tal Pearson N. Wilkesboro
Miss Geneva Church ..—Wilkesboro
Mrs J. W. Adams —N. Wilkesboro, Route 1, —
Mrs. W. B. Sparks Moravian Falla
Beatrice Sloop —_N. Wilkesboro
Mrs
Mrs
Mrs
Mrs
Mrs
Mrs
Mrs
Lula Weir Elkin ——
Larry Brewer —N. Wilkesboro —_
Jettie Gambill —Dockery )
Miss Mary Inscore .—N. Wilkesboro, Sto? .Rt
Mrs. Joe Palmer N. WilkesBotp.'Si.^I^
Monroe Mathis
Call
Mrs. Jack Hadley N. Wilkesboro- ..,——
Mrs. Jesse Blankenship- Fe/gusoh ——^ —
Mrs. C. V. Lloyd-.. N. Wilkesboro
Mrs. Mary Stewart Church ^Wilkesboro'
Miss Margaret Hendren -JJ'. Wilkeslwro
Miss Frances McNeil ——N. .WHkesl^q^j,—^
Mrs. Paul Gllrtoth . », ?.~N
133.000
20,000
64,000
130.000
134.000
134,000
41.000
4s;ooo
__ 128,000
.— 106,000 "
— 40^)00-
— 130.000
„ isi.doo'
136,000,
134,600.
20.000
— 20,000
™ 20.000
.— 63,000
41,600
.— 103J10O
— jom
20,000.,.
.All candidates'should finish reporting by J6 pC .m., Saturday.
This will hasten the amonneement of the extra dimh prize win
ners. in order to receive check, candidate must be jaeseitt. ,
Buildings to Be Financed By
County Bond Issue and
G^ant From PWA
Wilkes county board of educa
tion and board of comml»foners
on Tuesday executed contracts
for erection of modern school
plants at Millers Creek and to the
Mulberry community north
this city.
Low bids on three school build
ings were approved on September
24 but contract for the Millers
Creek and Mulberry district
buildings were held up pending
the'time wlien the county would
be able to issue bonds to cover
cost. At that time, however, con
tract was let for an elementary
building at Benham and work Is
under way and will be completed
within two months.
Prior to the issue ol county
bonds In the sum of $65,000 the
local government Commission last
week sold Wilkes county bond an
ticipation notes in that amount
and this move will enable work
h" rt"rtcd soon on the Millers
Creek and Mulberry buildings.
Ervin West Company, o 1
Statesville, was low bidder for
the Millers Creek building at a
cost of $35,881. Barger Brothers,
of Mooresville, was low bidder
for the Mulberry building for the
sura ol $27,600.
The $65,000 county bond issue
is to be supplemented by a grant
of $49,090 from the Public
Works Administration, applica
tion for which has already been
approved. The contracts for the
buildings, which were executed
Tuesday, have been forwarded to
Chapel Hill for approval by PWA
state - offit^M* an4, tSe contranto
specify that work is to begin
within five days of notice of ap-
'proVal of the contracts'. ‘ Abont
seven months are allowed for
comph tion of the buildings.
Plats for the Millers ’Creek
building call for 15 classrooms,
auditorium^ jjr^p^’a, .offlee and
teachers’ room®. ’The Maloerry
building, to be. located - aear the
Suipbnr Springs . old ,bundlng,
will contain nine clJ^ rooms, au
ditorium and teachers' rjtoms.
TOW building
whfcli
to .tbelrai^
Woman Victim Of
Auto Accident Or
Highway No. 42'
0* Mrs. Julia Canter Is Killed
When Hit by Car Tues
day AHemoon
Mrs. Julia McNlel Canter, age
60, met almost instant death a-
bout four o’clock Tuesday after
noon when she was hit by a ear
on highway 421 near her home
about one mile west of this
city.
According to an account of the
accident given by witnesses to a
highway patrolman, .Mrs. Canter
had just stepped out of a car
parked on the right side of the
highway facing west and started
to cross the road to her home
wihen she apparently stepped into
the side of a car traveling toward
this city. She was knocked to the
pavement and died while on the
way to the hospital in an ambu
lance.
M. L. Whittington, of Reddies
River, was the driver of the car
wihleh struck Mrs. Canter. He
claimed that the accident was un
avoidable on his part. However,
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mount of spare time on your part
during the next few weeks.
Extra Cash Prizes
The announcement in Monday’s
•issue of twenty-one extra cash
prizes to be awarded this Satur
day night has taken the candi
dates and their friends by storm.
Judging by the Increased activity
and the calls for additional re
ceipt books it Is evident that eve
ry candidate is awake to' the fact
that something unusual is going
on in this territory.
An extra cash prize of $25.00
will be awarded the candidate
who turns in the largest amount
of money for old and new sub
scriptions from Monday, Novem
ber 23, to Saturday, November
28.
The twenty candidates turning
in the next twenty highest a-
mounts of money for subscrip
tions from Monday, November
23. to Saturday, November 28,
will be awarded $1.00 each.
These extra cash prizes are In
addition to any award oi commis
sion a candidate may win at the
end of the campaign.
_ All candidates must be present
Saturday evening, after six o'
clock when the prizes are award
ed, in order to be eligible.*’
., No Red Tape
There are absolutely no strings
tied to this campaign. Red tape
has been abolished. All awards,
go absolutely free, to the success
ful workers. -There is no cost at
tached to entering and making a
try. Everybody Is paid for his or
her efforts—no one loses. Your
friends will be glad to help you
—in fact it Is a friendly cam
paign from beginning to end. It
is free to everyone and The
Journal-Patriot pays the entire
bill.
282,000 Extra Votes
Prom Monday, November 23 to
and Including Saturday, Novem
ber 28, 282,000 extra votes will
be allowed on $30 clubs ol sub
scriptions as announced at the
beginning ol tine week. This of
fer Is almost as good as the one
which closed last Saturday night,
and the Interested workers will
take full advantage of it. Never
again in the campaign will sub
scriptions carry such a high vote
value; and remember, VOTES
"WIN THE BIG AWARDS! Read
ers who are really interested in
helping hhelr favorite candidate
in a big way should by all means
do so this week, while the help
counts most.
.Awards Represent Value
The money can now be won in
a few weeks’ spare time effort
and with the assurance that if
you fall short for any reason,
you will got a reward exactly
commensurate wdSh your efforts.
The average family saves for
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Mountain Lions Stage Late Rally
To Win From Ramblers Score 7-0
North Wilkesboro Mountain Li
ons ran, plunged, passed and
blocked Wilkesboro Ramblers
Tuesday afternoon to a seven to
0 victory over Wilkesboro In
Wilkes county’s annual football
classic played at the fairgrounds
before Hundreds of enthusiastic
fans.
Prom a spectator’s standpoint
aotblng was lacking. For three
scrapping periods t Ih. e evenly
mateh^. teams see-sawed up and
dovto ihe field with neither
threatening the goal after 'Wll-
keshpro fiUled eariy in the game
'iMven-yard line.
Wittitobbro ftd ln„ number , of
to .4^ gained ^
county,’Win be *®‘****^*“^ scrimmage and completed passes
front of the present frame stm^ fumbles that Trent
Bmie Brooks, year to Gbliiieothe
and fine ot |100; Jeba Brooks,
Jim Souther and Lavrenoe Wv-
lett, year each In Attonto' and
ttiire,
tmeh^.ot tlto 4^
fines of $100 each; original
tenqe; of year to, ChUlfoothe j
fine of $100 imposed on Mauiloe
Matberly -was ordered
jS. . ,
called to 'CotuOMddt S,
erday on aceoitot'of the tU-
6 of hto SOB. ■ '7^'
of fambles that -went
wriTsdi the way thronSb the
'^tme .proTod TSiy costly.
’"'With only two minutes to tMt
Wilkesboro fumbled on the first
play after the Uons had panted
the Lions displayed considerable
power in line plunges to get over
for the lone touchdown and the
victory.
Deal and Brewer were bbe
sparkplugs in North Wilkesboro’s
backfield while the remainder oC
the team played uniformly good
for high school students of light
weight and little experience.
Miller and Garwood were out
standing In Wilkesboro’s attack
and made a number of brilliant
plays, although apparrat nervous
ness on the part of a number of
players contributed to the list of
fumbles. . . .
Notwithstanding th^ totenss to-
turest and keen riTsl^ oh the
part of the players the SMM was
,Tsry. cleanly played and an , e»-^
cellent spirit of sportsmanahip
was generally In eTideaeaw£n»
game 'iras everythihg qM
football btghllght th^
. ,of Wliyea” could hi. aotpb^ to
and from abont the li^yard -ttia^be and was thoronghiy .
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