North Carolina Newspapers

JK.i-It ■Mm:: ZED I'HE. TRAIL OP P Briefly Kilted Bis Wife Dec. 1.—A Jujy to- feemvleted Raymond fid- j^lJ-yearold textile work- tt-deyree mnrder for the : of hla young wife, Mrs. Bnitell Edwards. The dsttberated nearly three 8tat«e 'Ooi^erate ton, Dec.- 1.—^Aiming ^ur -the moTement for nnem- aeat!insurance, the social se- baard tonight made public aiyils ef state laws already Connecticut yeaterday h tha^ nth state to act, animated number of to over 9,000,- ‘ inb}ect ia under study tiOtiwics; ' -S;. - ^ - -SScnwetag Jn Yadkin Eh.—^ort winter days not allow the unit at work Ing of farm lands in in countyy enough daylight -lor work. Now the unit has a portable lighting sys- aUd la ready to work 24 per day, If necessary, to . the demands of farmers who fi|diting soil erosion. Held In Auto Crash BBrlington.—M. B. Newton, of Durham, was held today _^der 11,000 bond in the deaths [ynrham Parks, 11, and Ralph jks, 8, In an automobile crash re ^Satnrday.! Hearing Is sche- md fOf- Rext week. The acci- mt -uiacuiired when the car in klch, Shwton and his wife were ^ Usg Struck the two boys as| were playing on t’a© shoul-j of the road. VOL. XXXI, NO. 16 Published Mondayg and Thuradays NORTH WnJ^SBOBO, U, C.,*^HUBSDAY, ^ W. P. A. Workers Improve Roads h Wilkes County Permanent Type Of Ina- provement Csurried Out on County-Wide Project SECTIONS COMPLETED Most Important Roads To Be Included in New Project To Be Sumbitted S- pedend Debt Mounts f^Washingtoh, Dec. f.—Despite j|niiDistnktlon talk of balancing year's federal budget, the AreasUTy^ financial operations E ted today toward a $2,500,- *P0 deficit and a new high he public debt this fiscal ^Speculation over the possl- hb.aihlto^ng next year’s pjiuf ! baaed on . steadily and hints of A vast amount of work has been accomplished by the Works Progrre.ss administration on farm- to-market roads in Wilkes county and the county-wide road project will be revised before time for WPA projects to be submitted in January, according- to Informa tion gained hero today from the branch district office. A more permanent type of road improvement work has been car ried oat during the past six months, a type of work designed to put the roads la serviceable condition for all-weather travel. This was made possible by co operation on the part of the state highway commission, which fur nished trucks and other equip ment for hauling stone and grav el with which to surface the roads. Particular, attention has been given school bus and mall routes in this section and practically all of the roads included In th© last project made up by WPA have been substantially improved. It Is expected that the new project will extend the road Improvement work on the more Important sec ondary thoroughfares. London . . . Anthony I the sights of London To 3. Embassy, is the son of lecticut. Anthony and jay and agree that Eng! Mummy are there. ingham and his twin sister.' Tif£BBy»' enjoy n. Their father, third, secret^ of the U- Hiram Bingham, former Senator fibm Con- fany have just celebrated their firrt birtlf d is a nice country as long its Daddy md County Officers WiB R® Sworn , r b Monday; Democrats Wfll I^ f Office Sheriff; 2 Commissioimrs 'Ta fired a charge from a shotgun through the glass of her front door and killed a negro man at tempting to enter her home at 3 . o’clock this morning, she report- I Sheriff S. M. Gaddy. Mrs. a widow who Mves with her Tchildren and another woman, ___ the negro pulled a screen from her bedn window before •'Attempting to enter the door. Will Select .Speaker Washington, *^ec. 1.—Angry i Democrats tonit-i*. accused Vice President John N. Garner of seek ing to “dictate” the election of a new House majority leader for the Seventy-fifth Congress and warned tartly that not even he would be allowed to “faniple on the dignity” of the chamber over -'which he once ruled. The verbal /“spanking” of the vice president ..';ame in sharply-worded state- issued b; Representatives ■j'-r- Nichols (D), of Oklahoma, .a,., -Tohn D. Dingell (D). of .gan, a few hours after Gar- announced ho would “do everything possible” to win the House post for his close friend and fellow Texan, Representa- tite Sam Rayburn. Aiks Skilled Men Ten-Year-Old Boy Has Disappeared Nq Information Available As To Whereabouts Of Grilfin Youth his parents and school principal have been unsuccessful in their attempts to locat© him. Through Prof. R. V. Day, prin- (ConMnned on page four) $85,000 Is Asked ' h Damage Suit Trial of Bus - Automobile Collision Case May Be Completed Friday A total of $86,000 Is asked of the Greyhound Bus Lines, Inc., in an action now being tried In federal court in Wllkosboro. The action was brough follow ing the death of Miss Wllhelmina Triplett and Mrs. Hubert Canter and injuries to Mrs. Martha Wheeling in an automoblle-bus collision 15 miles west of this city on highway 421 In October 193F. The sum of $35,000 each Is asked by Dr. W. R. Triplett and Hubert Canter, administrators of the estates of Miss Triplett and Mrs. Can^ ,'I3»e renwiinlng oP-IKVn Yrfi^G^f'ear^when the accident occured. The trial began Monday and yesterday the plaintiff completed his testimony and two defense (Continued on page four) Yo Register Here tge of Labor in Build- Reported By nplojrment Service 5afamee M. Anderson, district of the North Carolina r Employment Service in five ^western North Carolina Inties, said today that the of- deairee that every person Bed in any given labor trade galnially employed at the WJt time register with the ee. veral falls have been receiv er aki-ied brick masons, car- sheet metal roofers, plas- .s, akilled mechanics and sev- ^‘ OtSter types and a local de- I» anticipated for people . In the building trades, ^'pointed out that reglstra- gjhi .no longer confined to un- but that any who for ♦Ish to change to which they are better may register, employment service, a "jt twstltnUcn. not only serves >!lAt wia endtATor to serve laid Indlvidnals by fur- Sfc an/ desired type of la- Rabte. CANDIDATE-Tke $600 In Cash 1$ Yours! With the race so close as it stands today the First Award in The “Cash Offer” Campaign is just as much Yours as the other fellow’s. WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT IT? IT’S UP TO YOU! BIGGEST DROP IN VOTES OF ENTIRE CAMPAIGN COMES AFTER SATURDAY. IMPORTANT Each one-year subscription turned in this week will earn, in cluding “club votes,” 17,750 votes. After Saturday a one-year subscription will only earn 10,000 votes.—A drop of 7,760 votes on each one-year subscription. Votes win the awards.—^When will you get yours in? NOTICE: We have been asked by the candidates to make a direct appeal in this issue to all persons who are going to subscribe, to give their support this week due to the tremen dous drop in votes after Saturday night. LIST OF CANDIDATES AND VOTES ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION NAME * ADDRESS VOTES Miss Dare Eller N. Wilkesboro 252,600 Mrs. Grace Cooper —N- Wilkesboro 257,000 Miss Winnie Sue McLean —Cricket 252.000 Mrs. Verna Woodruff Hays 256,000 Mrs. B.'A. Edwards Ronda 254,000 Mrs. Russell Hendren —,—Wilkesboro 264,500 Miss Chessie Edmisten—.—Champion 266,000 Mrs. Jay Hartley „.~N. Wilkesboro 251,000 Mrs. A. J. Proffit —• Purlear, Route 1, 263,600 Miss Ml Ivina Williams N. Wilkesboro 251.000 Mrs. T. F. Greer Boomer 253,000 Mrs. Lois Jarvis Roberta Cycle 1 235.000 Mrs. C. T. Wiles .N- Wilkesboro 243,000 Mrs. J. B. Church Roaring River — 257,000 Mrs-Tal Pearson N. Wilkesboro 257,000 Mrs. W. B. Sparks Moravian Palls 262,000 Mrs. Larry Brewer N. Wilkesboro 250,000 Mrs. Jettie Gambill Dockery 256,000 Miss Mary Inscore N. Wilkesboro, Star Rt. __ 256,000 Mrs. Joe Palmer N. Wilkesboro 266,000 Miss Margaret Hendren ___N. Wilkesboro 163,000 Mrs. Beatrice Sloop -N. Wilkesboro 106,000 Mrs. C. V., Lloyd N. Wilkesboro 63,000 Miss Ruth Wingate N. Wilkesboro 61,000 Mrs J. W. Adams N. Wilkesboro, Route 1, 43,000 Mrs. Lula Weir Elkin 4QflQ0 REPORT SATURDAY—LAST DAY OF BIG VOTES ON CLUBS 1 •■ ■■ M I Qno Warmnto Procjeding» May Be Started Afaiiuk Leet Pofriin DOUGHTON BE SHERIFF Finley Member County Board; Oid Wil'es Regis ter of Dee^ — iiij ■ On Monday, Decemb« :7, ' for the first time in alm^ half a century a Democrat will b» sworn in as sheriff of Wilkes county and two Democrats will also take office as members "of the county board of commissioners. The- re mainder of th© county officers will be Republicans. The lasr Democratic sheriff was the late Mitch Vannoy. who was elected in 1894. Democratic commissioners hai not 'been elect ed since 72 years agOr-.,M|^^v The officers-eloflkf^is^ notified to he at to be fi^orn. In Vte ^king # 1 rmii tSrm, by a margin of ilS votes In the November election. R. G. Finley and Leet Poplin, Democrats, de feated D. B. Swaringen, present chairman of the board of com missioners, and D. O. Clary. Pop lin’s margin over Swaringen, ac cording to returns certified by a majority of th© county board of elections, was two votes and quo warranto proceedings are plann ed by the Republicans to try Pop lin’s title to office, it being al leged that a mistake of 100 votes was recorded In the Rock Creek township vote, whbeh would have given Swaringen i majority of 98 votes; Other officers to be sworn la Monday Includ© M. F. Absher, Republican commissioner who was re-elected. Old Wiles, Repub lican register of deeds who de feated P. C. Johnson by 23 votes. Coroner 1. M. Myers, who receiv ed a somewhat larger majority, and Earl Caudill for county sur veyor. Sheriff Somers on Monday will conduct sale of land for delin quent taxes for the year 1936 and will make settlement with the board of commissioners. forkCfunpleted tb Agricidbiral BiSdiiig Rooms Addition to CowtlioiiiMf Ren- dy For Occupancy 'A* Work U Comph^d WAS Wl^PROJECT Cost to County Oi^y $3,400; i Federal GoTernnoent Fur nished $9,0001 Agrlonltnral bnildhig addition to the courthonse in Wilkwboro, a Works Progress administration project, has been completed and Is now ready for occupancy. Total approximate cost of the building, whioh - contains eight spaolons offiM ruoms and a sinsU assembly hail, was $12,400, with the federal goveniraent furnish ing about $9,000 for matettals and unskilled lalsr. Wilkes coun ty’s ^share of the cost, inclnding nkilied labor and a lesser part of the cost of materials, was about $3,400. Delay was encoentered at the beginning of the project due to slowness in receiving federal ma terials, also Jn not having com plete detailed plans of the build ing. However, after the work was really under way the building rapidly took Chape. Two of the offices and assemb ly room on the second floor will be used by the county agent and his assistant and for meetings of farmers and organisa tions. The, *«8d to relieve Ibb eongBation In connr ty-offlobe U la «l|»o pUmnOd house a numhar of puildlhg^ Att'iaaterialS'and . _ In th^ new bnlrtlng have been in strict accordance to regula tions prescribed by the federal government and the construction WM supervised by K. M. Allen,, for many years affiliated with Foster & Allen Construction com pany. WPA officials at the district of fice here stated that the sponsw, Wilkes county, had rnttendcrt splendid cooperation at all times In execution of the"proJwt. Wilkes is one of the few coun ties In i . > eighth WPA district to secure an agricultural building or courthouse addition to serve that purpose. County Agent A. G. Hen dren. who began work to secure the building when be first learn ed that funds were available for that purpose, secured th© coope ration of State College and the extension service, which drew plans and aided materially In getting the project under way. It la expected that the new rooms will be occupied within a few days. ’'Ow-oo-ooooo” RACE EXTREMELY CLOSE THUS FAR Tlimre Is A Tla» For Ev«rything,i—The Time To G«t XWe 'R%niRg Votes Is Now, This Wedf, As Votes Oh Each One Year Subscripthm Drop Off Blore Thao ry Forty Per Cent After Saturday, Decem ber 6,—Only Three Weeks of Race RemainsL—Office Open Sat urday Evening. The urgent need of quick action is being realized now more than ever before by the candidates in The Journal- Patriot “Cash Offer” campaign who are making one of the larger awards their goal. Time is passing swiftly and the awarding of the prizes to the victorious ones will be here all too soon for the interested campaigners. Only thr^ weeks of Ihe race remain after today. Each day of this ■•time must be utilized to the very best advantage. Each day muat yield Its full quota of subscrip tions and votes as the time to reap th© richest vote hanreat la while subscriptions ar© still plen tiful and the season good. Tho “season” Is especially fine now as the entire territory reached by this newspaper Is awake to the fact that something unusual Is going on and that great a- wards are at stake. One of the outstanding fea tures of the campaign at this tlm© Is the remarkable closeness of the race. Returns Indicate that nearly all have equal ability to obtain subscriptions and it majr truthfully be termed “anybody’a race.” This is a most huppy situ ation In a prize mee wher^ th* awards are worthwhile as It adds pep and zest to thp,. lampajgn, td tur^ th© spotl^jl^ '/Ih* ‘ ■ and Its ' L- t f. New iToflc'. . , ’’Larirnpln' Gehrig, Iron-man of the cham pion Nefw York Yankees' and vot ed the most valuable player of th© American League for 1936, prepares to take Johnny Wels- mueller’s place as the movie, Tarzan. Expectiiig Large Crowd At Dance Barn Dance O n Friday Night For Benefit WHkea- boro Fire Dept. Everything Is in readiness for the Wllketfboro Fire Depart ment’s big barn dance, which Is to be on Friday night, December 4, beginning at 8:30 p. m. at the new Farmer’s Livestock and Sup ply Co. building which Is located at |he intersection of Main Street and highway 421. The committee has put forward every effort to make thi affair a success, and they anticipate a large attend ance. The admission will be only twenty-five cents and the pro ceeds will go' to the Fire Depart ment toward purchasing muchly needed equipment. Through the generosity of Messrs. Williams and Irvin, pro prietors of Wllkesboros new en terprise, the committee was’ able to secure the use of'their new ’ouildlng for the dance. The build ing recently constructed Is a splendid place for dancing, hav ing brer six thonandd- 8«nkre feet of pollshod floor space, and will he 'heated, lighted and attractire- ly decorated. ^ To add more interest to tae opening’s entertainment a number Legion District Meeting Friday Will Be Held At Hotel Wilkea; Six Posts WiU Be Represented Representatives of six Legion posts are expected here Friday night. December 4, to attend the IBth district meeting to be held at Hotel Wilkes, beginning at 7:16, Wiley M. Pickens, of Lincoln- ton, department commander, wUl be the principal speaker tor the banquet meeting. Posts In the district are States ville, Taylorsville, Sparta, West Jefferson, Mooresvllle and Wilkes post number 125, All members of the Wilkes post are cordlaUy Invited to be present. (Conttoned on pac® MISS NINA CALL IN DIKEAN SOCIETY Greensboro, Dec, 1—Miss Nina Call, of North Wilkesboro, was Initiated recently Into the Dlck- ean society at the Woman’s Col lege of the University ol North/ Carolina. ' Miss Doris Cockerham, o f Mount Airy, is president of the Aletheisn society, which Is one of tout soaiettM gt the CdOogd. Members of the society tidce Part In the anntal society ^orta.day each spHng and haye 'a ~ formal dance and. a number of other so^ olal events throi^oat the college Receive Bids On The Last Link Of H%hway No. 16 Will Complete Highway Connecting Wilkes And Ashe Counties The state highway and public works commiiislon In Raleigh Monday received bids on 18 road and grade crossing elimination project!, the total cost of which amounts to $1,544,592.43. Of particular interest to many people in this part of the state was a 3.16 miles project on high way 16, extending from the end of the grade now under construc tion at the "Jumping Off Place’’ to the present oil treated road at Glendale Springs. Nello Teer, who holds contract for two projects In that vicinity on the Blue Ridge Parkway, was the low bidder for grading and surfacing in the sum of $49,966. According to the usual sche dule of contracts let by the state highway commission, work will begin In a short time and rushed to completion as early as possible. An underpass Is planned on highway 16 on the summit of the Blue Ridge at the Intersection with the Blue Ridge Parkway. The underpass will mark the be ginning ot the 3.15 miles project on which bids were received this week. its can Ehango the “Conpr! t^exion” 09 the lineup and a few snhscrlptions more than on© ex pected to get this week can make a leader of any one of many. Two hundred and fifty-five thousand extra votes will be al lowed ?n each and every $30 clnb of both old and new subscriptions turned in during the present week, Monday, Nov. 30, to Sat urday, Dec. 6. The campaign office will be open until 6 o’clock Saturday evening for the convenience of candidates who wish to work un til a late hour In order to make their week’s report the very best possible. Candidates who are un able to bring their subscriptions to headquarters may mail them so long as the envelope is post marked Dec. 6. Resume Work On Community House Approval of Project Amutcs Completion of Civic Project Soon A Works Progress administra tion project has been approved which assures completion of the Community House In Wilkesboro and work will b© resumed In a short time, It was learned today from T. D. Heffner, division engi neer for the WPA in the branch office here. Work was suspended on the bvlldlng when the original alloca tion of funds was exhausted and a new project was made up. ‘The new project calls for painting, landscaping, shrubbery, . seeding lawn, sewer lino, lighting and plumbing fixtures, excavation of parking space and a number of other Items allowing 32 man months of labor. Total cost of la bor and materials on the project Is $1,409.42, of which the fed eral government furnishes $989.- 12 and the sponsor $480.80. Much of the necessary mater ial for completion of the stme- tur» Is on l^nd and the project calls tor completion In two months. School Bus Stations Raleigh, D«c. 1.—SUte school commission officials revealed plans today tor a proposed WPA projeat to erect 40,000 school bus stations thronghout North Caro lina to protect children from raw winter WMther. Lloyd B. Oiitflh, — ^ exeeative secretary of the com- A.dvt$OrY mission, said the project would — •« «i coat «4H»ri^mat«ly $800,000, of which the WPA would be request ed to fnrnish $480,000. and the state’s IOC conntiee' the remain ing $820,000. BPlBOpPAL SBBViaB Veapw senrice at St Bpiscopal ohnreb Sunday _— , noon, December Cth, at tonr o’- boro. Bvmry member Ot the eonn- .olaiiA: R«v. B. M. Lamkey, Beetor, " ' * •“ in ^rge. Coundl WiU Meet go Annonneement heen»o4» of a !^eeting Of the Wilkes conn- ty National Tooth administration OdyJs(»T committee to be held Friday afternoon, Eoeeaber 4,*. Panl'e. fonr otelook in the offiee ot tii$^ after- Coanty welfare officer In WRkas- cU Ja nr gently requested tfd h» present.