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VOL. y^TT, NO. 20 Publtshed Mondnyg and Thursdays NORTH
'mM
£ate News Of
State-Nation
Told Briefly
Ballet Oat of Brain
Baltimore, Dec. 15.—George F.
Hopkins, 15, of Penn Yan, N. Y.,
was reooToriBx tonigSit after a
delicAlA, oparfUon for remoral of
a kaUw.lrQm klr brain.
H^SfoOs BfaikiBr In Bade
:y4t., D«. 16.—
ho back aa He stood
wUk anas raised. Mack
cashier of the Bank
burg, was In a serloas
saditloa While state and county
PoUee IMktrolTed this section In
aoarch of the bandit pair who
looted the bank of $3,000 here.
285 OoBfederafes
Nfgikh, Dec. l^^i-Two hun-
' anV'^£hty«tlTe North Caro
linians, the only surviving wear
ers of the grey uniforms of the
Oootedeiacy who claim state pen
sions, received checks today. In
a number of the counties of the
state the last veteran of the war
between the states has passed on
but there are also some yeterans
who do not claim pensions.
Capture Bootieggers
Manteo, Dec. 15.—Four men
were captured with 15 pints of
ho^Ueg whisky by officials of the
ccc camp soar Buxton Sunday
afiernoon. Lfent. W. P. Beckham,
commanding officer of the camp
and E. J. Byrum, forestry super
intendent, made the arrest. The
four men. two of them reported
Ho be from Currituck county,
were said to have driven up to
the kitchen door of the camp In
f small touring car.
Murderess Suicide
Losing,, Mich., Dec. 16..—■
Hf^lP^MlVSan, who killed her best
fl^Wtd, Banged herself In the
, county 4all today after a plea that
“Isa' itetes 'found on •magailnea la
her cell told her remorse for
ahootlng Elisabeth G 111 n e r,
daughter of a Michigan State
college dean, to death a week ago
as the two addressed Invitations
to Miss Giltner’s approaching
wedding.
Is EstaUishing
Mirror Plant h
No. Wilkesboro
Carolina Mirror Corporation
Will Be New Manufac
turing Firm
INSTALL MACHINERY
To Use Building Owned By
Meadows Mill Cmnpany
On B (Street
The Carolina Mirror Corpora
tion, organized by W. A. Aider-
man, of Galax, Va., H. O. Wolts,
of Mount Airy, Clarence S. Aider-
man, of Galax, Va., and Ed F.
Gardner, of Mount Airy, Is es
tablishing a mirror manufactur
ing plant In' North 'Wllkeeboro.
The corporation has leased the
brick building owned by Meadows
Mill company on the comer of B
and fourth streets for the main
pla. t of the mirror corporation.
All new and modern machinery is
being insital’^ and it is under-
*stood that the plant will manu
facture mirrors to be used by the
furniture industry In the manu
facture of furnltutJ.
Ed F. Gardner, formerly with
the Mount Airy Mirror Corpora
tion. of Mount Airy, will have
charge of the plant. Mr. Garner Is
a man of wide experience in the
mirror manufacturing business,
having been engaged in the bus
iness for many yeahs, and is
thoroughly versed in the manu
facture of mirrors.
The plant will be one of the
best equipped in the Carolinas
and it is understood that the
corporation has ample capital
with which to expand should bus
iness justify an expansion.
The citizens of North Wilkes
boro are very glad to have the
new plant located In the city and
Mes-srs. Gardner and Alderman
have been well received by the
business interests and social cir
cles of North. 'Wilk^boro,
ime here and are ocenpyisg the
Henry Reynolds residence on
Sixth street.
), N. C., f HUBSD/^T, Jwestx
$1,60 IN THE StA5»-^2.00WT OF
SOON TO ANSWER FAN MAIL
Doughton Placed
In Contest For
House Leadership
May Be Compromise Choice
if Rayburn - O’Connor
Fight Develops
NOW HEAD COMMITTEE
On Ways And Means; Is
Described As Most Able
Democratic Leader
Says Watershed Is
To Be Cleaned Up
Tfr Killed His Wife
Easton, Pa., Dec. 15.—Pres-j Sanitary Inspector Says Bad
Ident Judge Russell C. Stewart | Conditions Must Be Cor-
,sentenced Robe^'t Albert, 27-year- \ rected Now
old WPA worker, to 10 to 20 !
years’ Imprisonment today in the
killing of his wife, Queenie, who
was run down by an automobile
driven by Albert.. Albert, who
lives In lower Mt. Bethel town
ship, pleaded guilty to a charge
of murder yesterday. The three
judges of the Northampton coun
ty court adjudged him guilty of
murder in the second degree.
Q. S. Odell, county sanitary In
spector, today issued for publica
tion a statement in regard to the
watershed of the water supply for
North 'Wilkesboro and Wilkes
boro and pointed out bad condi
tions which he said must be
cleaned up at once. His state-
I ment, which is self-explanatory,
■ follows:
' “I am cooperating with city of-
Two More Exocntion.s j fidals of North Wilkesboro in
Raleigh, Dec. 15.—The grim sanitating the watershed, from
gas chamber at state prison here} which both towns get public wat
ts scheduled to claim two more | er supply. There are a number of
TfeOms before New Year's day, to i homes In this section above the ^
all-time record for the i water plant, who do not have any |
I privies at all, or any other sew-,
disposal system, and others |
Representative Robert L.
Doujghton of North. G^arollpf hns
' ^"ooai
Hodsi* by Repre'sehthtlve Zeb
Weaver of the 11th district. In
announcing for Mr. Doughton Mr.
Weaver declared, “He Is one of
the ablest members of th© Horse,
an outstanding Democratic lead
er, and should be chosen.”
Representative Rayburn o f
Texas and O’Connor of New York
are engaged in a bitter fight over
the leadership. It is expected that
the North Carolina delegation
will indorse Mr. Doughton and
back the movement to make him
(Continued on page eight)
School Payroll
For 4th Month
Beii^[ Delivered
Total Of $27,700 Being Paid
This Week to Teachers;
Other Employes
Fourth month payroll aggre
gating approximately $27,700
will be paid to school ttochers
and other school employes In
Wilkes county the latter part of
this week.
day of this Week and vouchers
have been prepared In the office
of the county board of education
and are ready to be .delivered to
the teachers through district
principals when the month’s re
ports are accepted.
Pay days come around prompt
ly for the teachers, all of whom
will receive their salary for the
month before the Christmas holi
days. Uniform school opening
dates made it possible to have
uniform pay days.
OVER-CONFIDENCE
AND
FALSE HOPES
"number of executions in N\rth
Carolina in a singl© year. Unless
Governor Ehringhaus intervenes,
Reed Coffey, white youth convict
ed last July ia Avery county of
the murder of his uncle. Hardy
Coffey, and Fred Grey, negro,
found guilty la August In On
slow of. sla^ng bio wife, L«ettuce
Gray, will die Friday.
Former King Depressed
_ sfeld. Austria, Dec. 15.—
ard of England was describ-
morose, dishearten-
“jaddenly aging since the
^ft march of events that cost
him his throne for the love of
Wallis Slmpeon. The now Duke
AlW Wlndsof Is “iu the depths of
afprasalDn from which It
impoasiWe to arouse him.’ said
member of the Baron Eugene
^Blel Rothschild household
•^ero Edward la a guest.
MolheTOf Mrs.
Eshelman Passes
Med At Home In Ohzmlotto Tu«»-
dov: PorenU Held There
WedBesdr.y
McLaughlin, mem-
of 900 of ^famrtotte’s oldest
»d heat families, died
v,^e«^y morning. She had
Koem -9^ aeverai-week*
at crltilmlly
Amwm.
llM, tMeL*nghHn was the
of Mr*. Ward Eshelman and
of this city.
‘ ifm. HoLanghlto -was 74 y^ra
tai been » reoldont of
age
who have old unsanitary privies. ■
‘‘The state law requires every |
property owner on the Public |
water plant, to have an approv-j
ed sanitary privy if they do not 1
have a septic tank or other ap- j
proved outlet tor sewage.
"Failure to comply with this
law Is a misdemeanor, with a fine |
of not less than $10.00 or more j
than $50.00 or 30 days In jail or
both. Each day for failure to
comply shall be a separate of
fense.
A survey of the watershed has
been started, which Includes all
sections above the water plant
that have a natural drainage to
ward Reddies River or branches
running Into it. All of this water
shed must be cleaned up at once.
“There is a sanitation project
in this county, by which anyone
can get a privy built by furnish
ing only the material. The labor
will be furnished free. Those de
siring this service should at once
get In touch with the local health
department or see the supervisor
of this project, who is Charles
M. Cranor, Wilkesboro, N. C."
for 6$ 7f»n. Funeral
9nro h«l* ■“
Wodneodar
^ming at etoiwn o’aloek.
Another Auto Death
Rocky Mount, Dec. 15.—Jacob
B. Ward, 56, qf Fraoklln county,
succumbed In a local hospital to
day from Injuries received Satur
day afternoon wh»*n ho was run
over near Bunn by an automo
bile driven by C. A. Griffin, Jr„
University of North Carolina
student.
Mr. J. F. Dancy, of 'Wllbar. is
a patient at' the Wilkes hospital.
Over-confidence may lose the coveted award. Too mahy votes
will win—too few will lose. See to it that yon have enough.
The last week is always the biggest for the majority of candi
dates. Opportunity never knocked so londly.
No doubt every member of the “Cash Offer” Campaign hopes
to be in the winner’s list w‘hen the final count is annonneed by
the judges.
But it is plain that not every one can be a prize winner. Only
those who fight their way to the top can share in the big award*
To those who feel that they have done enough, that nothing re
mains hut to claim the prize, let there be warning- Don’t slip
on the banana peel of over-confidence.
No Race Is V/on Until The Race Is Ended
LIST OF CANDIDATES AND VOTES ACCEPTED
FOR PUBLICATION .
NAME ADDRESS VOTES
Miss Dare Eller. N. Wilkesboro _ 1,252,000
Mrs. Grace Cooper N. Wilkesboro 1,262,000
Miss Winnie McLean Cricket 1,254,000
Mrs. Verna Woodruff. Hays 1,265,000
Mrs. B. A. Edwarda JRonda —^ — 1,251,000
Mrs. Russell Hendren ..Wilkesboro 1,263,000
Miss Chessie Edmisten.Cfaarapioa 1,260,000
Mrs. A. J. Proffit J*urlear Rt. 1, 1,261,000
Mils Malvina Williasm N. Wilkesbo^ .— 1,259,000
Mrs. Lois J. Roberts Cycle — 1,258,000
Mrs. J. B. Church. Roaring River 1,265,000
Mrs. Tal Pearson ...N. Wilkesboro 1,^5,000
Mrs. W. B. Sparks Moravian Falls — 1,008,000
Mrs. Larry Brewer N. Wilkesboro 1,256,000
Mrs. Jettie Gambill Dockery —^ 1,257,000
Miss Mary Inscore N. W. Star Rt. 1,255,000
Mrs. Joe Palmer N. Wilkesboro 1_. 1,206,000
Mrs. Jay Hartley N. Wilkesboiro 868^000
Mrs. T. F. Greer Boomer __.J. 316,000
Mrs. C. T. Wiles N. Wilkesboro _ A 252,000
Miss Margaret HendrenN. Wilkesboro 168,000
$50.00 IN CASH
to the candidate who lams ia the largest amount of money for
snbseriptions from Monday, December 7. to Ootordoy, Decem
ber 19. ' {
TransadMany.
Items Bnsmesf
W. H. MeElwee And J. M.
Cooper Are Appointed
County Attorneys
AUDIT IS CONTRACTED
SheHfFs Sottihaaent Tenta^
lively Aceepfasd; Name
Appraiaal Gro«p j
Wilkes eona^ bokr4 bf eom^-
mlssioaers in recess nei^n Tues
day transacted a number of Items
of public interest..The hoard, for
the first timevia recollection of
the present generation, has a
Democratic" minority; ^hairtsan
R. G.' Finley and Leet Poplin,
Deniocrats, and Jf. F., Absher,
Repuhilean Inoumbent.
In Tuesday’s session W. H; He-
Elwe© and J. Milton Cooper were
appointed ceunty attorneys on
motion of Leet Poplin seconded
by R. O. Finley. W. F. Absher Imt
in nomination Attprney i^e
^^yes^ and protested the- of
Mr. Poplin, against whom D. B.
Swaringen plans to f -gtad ^no
warranto proceedings to try.tttle
to the office. Prior to thg Indtto-
tlon of the new ^members o'n-De-
cember 7 Mr. -ia^raringey-;.was
chairman of tie board. 0% J)e-
cember 7 both Mr. S#.srlsggn end
Mr. Absher filed nt^cea.-ol l»rb*
test In regard to Mr. Poplin with
the commissldnors and Mr. Ab-
sher’s protest was made to cover
all proceedings for which Mr.
Poplin has or will cast a vote.
Attorneys McElwe® and Coop-
'>r succeed Attorney A. H. Casey,
who served ah county attorney
for 14 years at a salary of $100
per year.
Settlement - of W. B. Somers,
whose term as sheriff expired De
cember 7, as tax collector was
tentatively accepted subject to
audit and lee^ determinaUon.
Tax books for the year 193$
tipped, oyer to hlg,
for’ coHeetlon.
The firm of Chapman and
Strand, of Charlotte, was award
ed contract for auditing books of
county offices from June 30,
1936, until July 1, 1937, at a
cost not to exceed $800. The au
dit is to Include a separate report
pf business until December 7,
when new officers and re-elected
incumbents were sworn In for
another term.
Books of the county war* au
dited, last year by A. M. 'f’ulVen
company, ot Greensboro and Ra
leigh, at a ep»t of $676, county
records showw jf.
On motion R. O.j. Finley
seconded .by’Leet Poptlm It w^
ordered by the bdard that ?. O.
McNlel, R. B. Pre-^te and Rus
sel Gray he appointed to. l^pect
the county home and to ai^r^lM
the personal property of the
home and to report findings to
the board. They are to receive
$3.00 per day for their services.
W. A. Brown was appointed
janitor for the courthouse, to be
gin his duties on January 1. His
salary was fixed at $40.00 per
month.
Thieves Busy At
Morarian Falls
Poatoffice, Seroggt’^ Store
Entered Monday Night;
Merchandise Taken
Thieves of unknown identity
on Monday night forced their
way Into Moravllan Falls post-
office and Scroggs and company
store, also at Moravian Falls.
Entry into the postoffice, lo
cated In th© Yellow Jacket baUd-
Ing, availed the thieves nothing
because the postmaster bad car
ried all funds and stamps out of
the office at closing time. Evi
dence left by the thieyes indicat
ed that they had broken in the
front door and had broken Into
the postoffice through the win
dow for packages.
However, the store suffered
considerable loss. It being esti
mated that more than a hundred
dollars’ worth of mercuandlse
was stolen. Including some new
merchandise which had just been
stocked for the Christmas trade
only a few days prior to the
robbery.
No dhio has been found by o$-
ticers that promisee to lead to
the idenUfIcatlon or capture of
the thieves, it being believed that
the same party or parties entered
both the postoffloe and etore.^:
Mr7 IL H. a ttsM
known rwldenl 'of
township, waa a North 'Wilkes
boro visitor 'Wednesday.
me
To increased Efforts
Closii^ Hours Only a Few Days Off—Wed*
nesday, December 23, is the End. (My
Five Days Left to Secure Wimiing
Votes. Second Payment Subscrip
tions Important To Those Who '
Want To Win. *
BIGGEST WEEK OF DRIVE PREDICTED
Candidates Swing Into Lut Minute Fi|ri>l For Major
Awarda In Big Profit Sharing Event.
The race for the twenty-five
dollar extra cash prize last week
was close between three of the
candldatee. This leave? It very
much in doubt as to who will be
Sldires Plan To
BeGosed2Days
Friday And Saturday, De
cember 25 and 26, J3e
Christmas Holidays
A former action on the part of
the Wilkes County Merchants' as
sociation In regard to holidays
for stores has been rescinded
and according to an agreement
reached today by association
members and many non-member
firms, two days, Friday and Sat
urday, December 25 and 26, may
be observed aa Christmas holi
days. Definite announcement as
to plans and list of firms to ob
serve both Friday and Saturday
as holidays will be published
Monday.
Both banka will be closed on
Friday and Saturday, December
$6 and 26.
School Reforms
Resolution Containing Three
Point Legislative Pro
gram Adopted Here
In keeping with actions being
taken by P. T. A. units through
out the state, the North Wilkes
boro association in December
meeting adopted a three point
legislative program for 1937 em
bodying a number of school re
forms.
The resolution adopted here
follows;
Restoration: After, a careful
study of the facts we find the
need of a definite stand for the
appropriation of State Funds to
provide for the full restoration
of salaries for all teachers In the
public school system and State
Institutions of learning in order
to insure to the Youth of North
Carolina, teachers of ability,
training and experience.
We stand further for sufficient
funds to provide for similar In
creases In th© following phases
of the school program:
1. Additional teachers.
2. Instructional supplies, li
brary facilities and operating
costs.
3. Sick leave. Increments and
raised certlflcatee.
4. Health program.
5. Enforcement of compulsory
attendance.
6. Replacement of basses.
Supplementation; We request
provlBlon In the machinery act
for the right of properly consti
tuted districts to supplement the
State minimum program to make
possible the provision of the
ninth month, twelfth grade, re
duction of teacher load, ungraded
classes and an enriched curricu
lum. ....
Professional Requirements; As
a mMus of protection for the
child, the teacher and State, we
urge that every consideration be
given to strengthening the pro
fessional requirements.
the winner of the $60 extra cash
prize that is to be won this Sat
urday night. The $60 will be wo®
by the candidate who turns in the
largest amount of money for old
■•and new subscriptions from Mon
day, December 7, to Saturday, Do-
cember 19. This Is a nlc© award
In Itself and is In addition to any
prize a candidate may win at the
end of the campaign.
They’re now on the home
stretch In The Journal-Patriot
"Cash Offer’’ Campaign. After
weeks of strenuous effort on the
part of ambitious workers, who
have been striving zealously in
quest of subscriptions and votes,
they see victory just ahead of
them. With closing time a few
days off, the curtains will come
down upon one of the most far-
reaching “cash offer” subscrip
tion campaigns ever conducted in
North Carolina.
Hundreds and hundreds of
new subicriptlons have been add
ed to The Journal-Patriot list—
new friends have been made—
come to stay.
Plenty at Stake
With the rich awards hanging
In tb© balance, all candidates are
bat Us
naSWF^"risesmber 23.-'
If you are expecting to win
the biggest award In The Jonro-
al-Patriot campaign. It Is up to-
you a’on© to hav© more votes
than your nearest competitor.
Work hard—victory ia just a-
head.
This Is the time to work for
“Second Payments,” and the con
testants are not forgetting their
possibilities in that direction. A
Second Payment” is another
payment on a subscription prev
iously given. By this plan a con
testant can go over the field •-
gain and get subscribers to ex
tend their subscriptions. ’Tbesa
extended si'.bscriptlons will count
on the special offer under which
the original subscription was
given.
Per example, if a one-year sub
scrlption was given you in the
first period and is extended t»
two years by the payment of an
other one-year subscription, th»
candidate securing the second
subscription receives credit for
the additional votes, which count
22,500 votes Instead of 10,000
votes. The extension subscription
therefore adds 12,500 votes. Then
a subscription extended from one
to ten years would add still more
votes In proportion to the slz© of
the subscription. Ten subscrip
tions extended from one year to
ten years in first period would
get 2,556,000 votes. Consequent
ly “Second Payment” subscrip
tions will play a big part In the
winning of the Big Awards.
“Second Payments” count In
the Extra Vote Offer In which
the original subscription waa ob
tained. ’That Is, If a candidate
secured extensions enough to
make a $30.00 club, the original
of which “were secured In the
300,000 Extra Vote Offer, they
would get 300,000 ESxtra Votes—
the number allowed for $30 clubs
In the first period.
Taere is still abundant oppor-
tnnity to amass a great vote, and
the contestants realizing this, ore
working with renewed energy ts
the contest draws to a clo^.
There are only a few days left.
Christmas Dance
At Legion Hut
Jottior Woman's dnb of North
IViikesboto is epMUorlng a
dahoe’ fo be beM Ouriatmas
.nlteraooB and uWht at the Xm?
gljon nod AojEBhHry ctabboaoe.
n>e afternoon dance will be
from, temr to abc o’clock, and
at night frrat 6:80 aatll 1:S6.
atabby and bts wide
ly known U-piem orchettea
wtU fnndah nnmie fer Oe dane-
TToftis from Ute donee wQ
berwaed by the chib to forthar-
onoe of worthy aoliilHes.
*Slim Jim’ Comic
To Appear Again
“Slip Jim,” the comic carried
by The Jonnial-Patriot and whltih
proved 30 popoltr a-'^pertSd''s
of four yean, will appear acala^
la this newspaper- W*
glnninf Monday, Xanwgnr^ ’ q p _
While the comla baa been til»p- ** {j
ommlttfd.-., tlMtb... have
behn manf inqnimnjiiiiidCiMjHlk
it ia to be reanmel'v -A.-ragalar
weakly faatnre. The ceink, al-
thongh 'With an appeal to adalMt; "
IHI pn>rad to be sepoUally pepn-
iar wUh childTMi.
tc _ ' *
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