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VO^Yj^. NO. S4 PabUahed Mondayi^nd^i^dggJWOB^
^ pn. F^. 8—Ht^ n«®4-
jper^, 27, iuJtlraA 1b «n
iioMfll>4TBck ■ collteloa neur
-^Ni^ died tMs’ after-
11690 in a )o^ hospital without
raeorerina conaeioasiMM. Funer
al win be held from Churehland
^ t! Baptist ohnroh at S o'clock Sun-
dsF afternoon.
GOOD NE^i
New Orlewus, Feb. 6.—Govern-
mest hteteorologlst W. P. McDoa-
414 said tonldit that crests of
Jflsaiahlppl Rirer below Ar-
'•' k*ii«ao Cltirand past New Orleans
"wttl not reach preylons high
fflSlarke bu? will fall two to seren
below the etagee recorded
In 1»27.'’
TRAIN KILtS YOUTH
Chatlotte, Feb. S. — Charles
Preeman, 16-year-old Thomas-
boro yotith, died today a few
...honx* aflw ho was. ;J4it by a
•WadmbDt and No^orn train,
^lice OdHCiW Alexander said the
bo>: wad a^a»pH*if to outrun the
'tri^ and that it bit him as it
peiarod a street orosslng.
HSID iN FAtSjTY
ChftrioUe, r»b. L. J. Pre-
yatt, of ffilsabethtWn, and Han
son Sadler, of Ol'arlbtte, were
placed under Jl.Odfl bonds for
trlM -fn iSuperlor TOurt after a
prelfdilnary hearing here today
Into A three-way traffic crash in
which their trucks,- collided with
the oar of Leroy Morris, of Mon
roe, killing him.
Sdbo^ Re ■ Open
After Holiday On
Account Of Rough
Road Conditions
Schedule of Central Schoola
Intermpted Since Early
In Decetnber 1936
MUST MAKE REPORTS
Ralelgfh, Feb. 6.—Charles G.
Powell, chairman of the State
Unemployment Compe n s a 110 n
Commission, said tonight many
North Carolina employers had
filed liability reports with
the commission and “will find
themselyee In hot water unless
the reports are filed at once.’’ He
estimated that 40,000 to 50,000
employers should submit the re
ports, adding that only ". >'0 hart
been received.
UQUOR BILL HEARING
■ Feb. 5.—Tbere may
jthbr Worth: jaro«ni ahatt*
abandon the position its citisens
took on the liquor issue when
they were permitted to do so,
.tint those who do not agree with
what has been done have until
next Thursday afternoon at 2 o’
clock to so notify their senators
at Raleigh. Then, on Thursday,
If they wish to do so, they may
be heard before the Senate Ju
diciary committee No. 1. at the
State Capitol, In Raleigh.
WILL EAT BREAD
RoekiBsham* Feb. 5.—^Nlne
prisoners were brought from the
Orange county chain gang on
January 27 to the Rlchond coun
ty gang. But the new men refused
to eat corn bread, the nine were
carried to the dark cell at the
Montgomery county camp near
Troy, and kept in solitary for 72
hours, on water and crackers. At
the end of that time, they were
entirely submissive, and were
brought back to the camp two
miles northwest of town, and are
gladly eating corn bread and the
rest of the food.
OUT OF BALANCE
Raleigh. Feb. 5.—The Gen
eral .\8sembly’s joint subcommit
tee on appropfiatione today gave
tentative, approval to 1937-39;
allocations totaling $11,623,020
to 60 state Institutions and agen
cies and heard Representative
Bryant, cf Durham, House fi
nance chairman, explain that the
revenue and ependlng bills are
OVrently from $1,260,000 to
|]^MO,000 out of balance. Fl-
gaiea recooiBiended by the Ad-
rUbry Budget Commiselon were
by only tor the^
MS the hod^ made fast
toward completing th.e
1n!fU9 draft of the record appro-
prBttions jaeasuio.
Carolina members of Congress to
day receiaed^Prealdeot Roose-
recommendations for a
sweeping reorganisation of the
federal judiciary with mixed emo
tions, IndicaUng that when the
proposed legislation comes before
the Congress there will be a split
In the delegation. Moet of the
North Carolina members agree
with tho President on taking the
neco«*ry steps to expedite ac
tion In the federal - courts, es
pecially cases InTolvlng the con
stitutionality of acts of Congrw,
hut on tho proposal for wpslnt-
ment of aew judges to sit ^th
indgos who do not reUre a^
reacUus 70. there is a spirited
eoadliet of oplnioP.
; bo& In Robeson county
f»a yoongr tobeoco aoedlinga with
raait/ as six le^iTes at the pres-
It.time. '
WEATHER IMPROVES
Hoped That Roads Can Be
Kept in Good Condition
for Regular Bos Travel
Schools in Wilkes county closed
for several weeks because of
road conditions that made bus
travel impossible over somo roads
and Impractical over others, re
sumed operations today with the
hope that the weather man would
provide weather favorable enough
for constant travel over dirt
roads in the county.
CenUal schoola which operate
buses oveii secondary roads have
not been able to operate since
early December without depriv
ing many of the children of the
opportunity to attend school. Be
cause many children would miss
school and others be exposed to
unfavorable weather conditions
the schools were suspended and
several of them had been closed
for a iH)nth before re-opening
today.
During the past week several
days of fair weather a’/*oWed the
elongated mud holes to become
more solid -and highway forces
dragged several of the routes. It
was thought that all buses would
ba able to run on schedule to
day.
Millers Creek was the only
high school' or central school In
the county to operate without
suspension, the buses being rout
ed mainly over bard surfaced
highways. Wllkesboro and afflU-
anA^lCiiapbiU hi
last week.
Before the beginning of anoth
er school year a concerted effort
win be made on the part of
county school authorities and
citizens 10 have something done
for the secondary roads t6at will
place them i.i condition for in
cessant travel under ordinary
conditions. Abundant rainfall this
winter has caused the collapse of
the roads but there have been no
snows or other severe weather of
the type that caused the roads to
become impassable a year ago.
Negro Is Being
Held For First
Degree Burglary
Odell W. Valentine Remand
ed to Jail Without
Bond Privilege
In a hearing before Mayor R.
T. McNiel, Odell W. Valentine,
Greensboro negro, was ordered
held without bond for trial In
WUkes superior court on a first
degree burglary charge.
It is alleged that Valentine en
tered the homes of Myrtle Daven
port and James Little, colored
residents of this city, on Thurs
day night while the homes were
occupied and made away with
valuable home furnishings. It
was also shown by evidence that
he stole a shotgun from John A.
Brown’s boarding house here.
Three charges were preferred,
larceny, grand larceny and first
degree burglary. Bond for the
larceny charges -^ere set at $500
and $1,500 while he was order
ed held without bond on the
charge of first degree burglary,
a capital offense in North Caro
lina.
LawRelativeTo
Chickens Cited
J. EJ. Walker, North Wllkes-
boro police chief, today Issued a
warning to people who have
chickens in the city to keep them
confined.
Many complaints have been
heard, Mr. Walker said, from peo
ple who have been annoyed by
loose chickens, which can do
much damage to lawns, flowers
and gardens.
There Is a city ordinance, Mr.
Walker said, which prohibits let
ting chickens run at large and
the ordinance will be enforced.
'Those who hare chickens ahonld
keep them eonflned la order to
3ave trouble and embaraasment.
to
rers
Bank; 4 Banksi
Deposit & Savings Banks^.Wi^uga. County
Bank, Merchants and Farmers of
Bakersville, and Bank of Spwta
To Consolidate.
RESOURCES OVER THREE MIILLION
' ' ■
To Have General Bosu’d of Directors} R. 1- Doi^tOa, N. B.
Smithey and J. T. preveHe;^ 1^ Men ^ ^
Named On General Rpfg
By unanimous action of over 86 stock
holders of the Deposit and Savings Baflk, this
inf in their banking rooms, the second i^p tow^d the
consolidation of four of the leading bahiH fa^orthwest^rn
North Carolina took place. The consolidataon^ piftn cott-
templates tlie organiziation of a new banfanF instwrtipn,
to be kflown as The Nortiiwestern Bask^ wife headQhaf*
ters in North Wilkesboro. ^
The Deposit and Savings Bank, of North ^ilk«a^ro,.the
Bank of Sparta, at Sparta, the Merchants Anf-.yatwra
Bank, of Bakersville with, a branch at Biirnsvule, ahd^the
Watauga County Bank, of Boone, With 4-branch at Blow
ing Rock, are the four institutions involved.
(Continued on page five)
Local People To
Att^ li
On liquor taws
VVIlilfV vl-: ij ■
ri^W I Wi I .lA i-'ri --
m
People Warned
Not to Violate
School Bus Law
Many Motorists Disregard
Law Prohibiting Passing
Of School Buses
Soil Conservation
Act m Edncahqnd
Meeting Feb.
Compliance Suporirimc Wm
Explain Iten B^adSt Aeti 
at Waki^y> ^ 19tk
Complete disregard of the law
requiring motorists to stop be
hind or meeting a school bus tak-^
lag ^ }i^tU4K off children hep
H. A. Rati
enrlsor _ot
act, wJU^
asrmel
OliaoeO sap-
stlttt
Orys Indignsmt Over Action
ii House in Regard Co
CouBty^Optloo Heun
SsTersl people 'fion -Wj^kei;
eouaty, along vUh coan^
la this sectlo^ot thh" statA are
becoming Indignant over }he -wmy
in which the legislature has trlOtf
fiasB far to steam legislation
oyeir the protsatn of the people-
of this section of tho state In
reference to liquor.w
Large deiegations from seveval
connUee recently, atioaged
bearing i]^ legisliut'^. com
mittee on the liquor qaesUo^. to
TQioe th^ plea for another mui-
date of tbe people, but esme froni
RidiMgh 4lth'thq belief that
dry hearing- Was 61 lltHe ava^
Bren larger delegations are ex
pected tor afeteid the bearing of
diti genatq committee s^^e «api-
tal ®*
clocdt, and voice wltb the dry
leaders, the hope of their oaose,
to the committee of - the' Senate,
which constitutes a moeb-SinaUer
and more experienced' group' of
law-makers.
The drys of. this sertion feel
that the llqupf'' gueetlon is not
one 'to be madly, rmhod 'dwough
the Je^tetlve Imlte. to plaqa the
•state :among those states ww^
they,, say place reveniw ^aboTe
morals and the homtnon' welfare
of the'peVple. -
; Many. Ifetteni :an(i expressions
6t/px6tWt -have iaLeady gone' to.
W- 6i Half fee ^ ^
Frolffatn l^ate^Meet
-
XUsoneoBd “SapervIsioiiL tei
Smsool^' Before UeeClag
Coio^Mi
London, EUg.;. . . .i4u Swal, of
the Burma tribe whose women
wear'huge rings around their
necks, Is shqwt above with • her
newly. arrived Boren-pound son,
at a hospital here. “Thank good
ness he'? a boy,’’ says Mu Swal,
'no neck rings for him.’’
/^DemurrerThb
re
Every .PortdiB Who Qwifarilm-
vtifia to Litrary WID
Member AowiatioR
oficerTeIected
For Cooefl Social Aconclaii
DurtDf Y«s|r; Several
Activiliot Plamtad
Wllkesboro Oonnctl Council of !
Social Agendas In meeting Fri
day night at th» home of Mrs.
C. B. Jenkins heard pUtu# for. a
{sncoessful county puhije Ubrary
outlined by ‘MBm Gilbert,; a rsp- ^
resentative of tbe sthte llbraiT
commission. '
A poblic library iq on« of tbe
main activities before.the
which is a central olsic dsWudsa-
Izatlons and public' faSUtutlonl.
Miss Gllbe^.explalaed. A sne-
cessful plan which .1ms proven to
be of much valned :^-6^er coun
ties. This catb. as
sociation, made'hjr of w :|mopta
in tbe county whi} Ooptrilmte to
tbe library tfk^'' e^hef'In cosh
or book donatiifilIg.'theYBfnfmum.
donation to be 26 Mats for any
membmr. . , '
ThJIs will form’ the aisb-
clatlqn^alj^pugh She NK^afned
that it'^must be under- -|
stood that thq Ubroix F*^uld-ba
[lor gbr^ublic re^yd^s -qi
^tttribi^^.pr\wbat
for sioliliAbtihg the
county
farm adt for 1937>S:-Thoaq Whd
did not sign work Stoeqtsi. lor
the year 1>36 hut whO;,daelii^ to
enter the program for-the-iltir-
rent year should attefidrthe m*6t-
ing, along with those pW*
tlclpated during the past'year.
Mr. Patton -will eiplglti'-t. t
benefits to -be derived and cleoit
up any questjons yegardieg com^- :'
pllance or afimlrilstratlon of tho
act,
Over 900 farmers In the coun
ty will soon receive checks for
compliance with the 1936 pro
gram and it Is expected _ that
many additional farmers will
sign tor the ensuing year. More
than 1,000 signed work sheets
last year but some few failed to
comply with provisions of the
act and will not receive cash
benefit payments.
Payments will be made dur
ing the coming year for diversion
of landa from cash crops to soil
conservation crops and for soli
Improvements as In the past year.
to the attentToa of the
through this newspaper.
It is a violation of the law for
any motorist to pass a school
bus, either from behind or meet
ing it, while the bus Is stopped
and taking on or putting off
school children. There has been
some misunderstanding on the
part of people as to whether or
not an automobile meeting the
bus while stopped should stop but
officers point out that the law
Is the same in either case.
School bus drivers have re
ported to principals that many
motorists do not even slow up
and pass In complete disregard
of the law. Efforts will be made
to enforce the law for the safety
of the children and full coopera
tion is asked.
School authorities very much
desire to eliminate all possible
risks in transporting school chil
dren in order that the good rec
ord of safety and no accidents so
far may not be marred. Viola
tions of the law as stated above
will be reported to the proper au
thorities for prosecution.
50 Births and 29
Deaths In Month
Health Department Furnish
es VitaJ Statistics For
Month of December
Vital statistics for the Month
of December in Wilkes county
have been released from the of
fice of Dr. A. J. Eller, health of
ficer for Wilkes county.
Due to the faclj that there Is
some delay in reporting deaths
and births on the part of town
ship registrars the reports com
plete for the county are one
month behind.
For the month of December
there were 60 births and 29
deaths. The births were classi
fied as 43 white, and seven col
ored. The deaths were 28 white
end three colored. , Number of
deaths under one month was 6,
deaths over one month but under
one year 4 and three were pre
mature births.
Lenten Servicefi At
St. Paul’s Church
■ Begtening this wook- and eontiiK
niiw until Raster, Lenten services
wflf be held in St. Paid’s l^iscopal
dinrch onoe each weeik. ^nte first
service will be on Ash Wednesday,
February 10, at 7lSO.'and
alter this week on each ThnjB^y^
evening at the ,same hour. Bey^ Bxifemam »
M. Lackey," Rector, in' charge. 'The -|he
public b invited to attend these at Ife senior
iservkes. r
iMd«y^
Walftmr
'‘Sitpenrls-
.ylisdidiH^'of
ion In Bl^ S*obl*.v '
Mrr Bm^M»Sf>ooompanfed
■siipeehltepdent 'Wllkesboro
'taking
Appty
No Sign, ?jo Pay
In Fann Program
Those Who Have Not Signed
Applications for Soil
Payments Must Act
A. G. Hendren, Wilkes county
farm agent, Is asking all farmers
who are to receive soil conserva
tion benefits, for the 1286 to sign
fWal appUcorion tor payment.
Meetings were held at various
pointe In Aho' county but several
who have qualified for benefit
payments failed to appear at the
meetings and sign the final ap
plication.
An opportnntty is brtng given
those who so far have failed to
sign to appear at ' the county
agent’s office to affix their signa
tures to the applications. Only by
prompt action can the applica
tions be forwarded and paymenU
received In a short time.
Those vho have not •- sWiUd
have been notified by Mti An
drea that they must sign- fcMbre
February 12 . or they will not fs-
eeive payas^ent.
RepresenUtti^tp&pla&M All
J'u^keihflf^AlWa&tted
At the Sam* Time
Attorney F. J. McDuffie,
Wilkes county’s representative In
the general assembly, has direct
ed a public statement to 'The
Journal-Patriot relative to ap-
pointDient of justices of the peace.
A part of his letter which ex
plains justices’ appointments fol
lows;
‘Will you please run a notice
in your paper for me In regard
to the appointment of Justices .of
the Peace for Wilkes county?
Kindly explain to them that they
will hav* to go to tho clerk of
the court's ofHce, Mr. C. C.
Hayes, and give him their names
and the townships from which
they hall, gnd any other infor
mation which ho may desire In
regard to their appointment.
■The clerk of the court wUl
furnish me the names of each
“ Wlnston-saiem.
mill at the bofore Judge Alley and he
'•‘I am recelvhlg .a.; hefora
day from various Justices or to#
peace In the county to please hav«
them re-appolnted. They do not
understand that all will be ap-
pelnted at one time so far as the
Legislature Is concerned.’’
To Attend Uncoln
Day Dinner Friday
chair-
J
III lllliiMli ^av-■-Tbntgdav
kt orderin
Asb^i^o'''^w-'''the demurrw
hron^t by th6-^''def«rndant in the
kwarlagen Poplin election
case he heard htforo him in Ashe-
boro this (Monday) afternoon,
four o’clock.
Thus the case, which promises
to 'be a center of attrection as
btber flection controversies in
Wilkes have been in the past
few years, reaches another chap
ter.
Swaringen is suing Pc^lilin for
title to office as a member of
the board of county commission
ers. Prior to the November elec
tion Swaringen, Republican, was
chairman of the board and on
basis of returns certified by a
majority of the county election
board Poplin, Democrat, defeated
him by a margin of two votes
In a vote of more than 16,000
In the county.
The contention In the suit by
Swaringen Is that he was credit
ed with 100 votes less than he
received In Rock Creek township
and that the county board of elec
tions refused to correct the mis
take of ?00. He also alleged
other irregularities and frauds in
the election and canvass of the
returns.
Counsel for Poplin filed a de
murrer and counsel for Swarin
gen Immediately agreed that the
demurrer be heard 'before Judge
J. A. Rousaeau, resident Judge
of the 17th district, but counsel
for Poplin did not agree t hat the
matter ha heard at the time pro
posed, which was Tuesday afer-.
Thurs-
counsel for Swaringen went
Attorney J- M. Brown,
man of «»e WUkes county Re
publican oxocntlva commlttco. to
day announced that those rrkb
Wish to attend the annual
goln Day dinner in Qraqglp^q
Frlday should be at thO «oit^ jnettoh credit aasqeiatlq^ and
eVMaV ■•IBt " ' f... .AnV Ail.'
date for the hearing before him
bn Monday, February 8, in Ashe-
boro.
Applications
FiMpCALoiuif
Applications '"tor Production
Credit loans tor financing farm
crope for the currMtt year may
be aigned In the oStce of A. Q.
Hendren, county torn agent. It'
was leomei today.
WUkO ^ gervod
tfirOagh tho Winston-Salem pro-
^j^^;4he libitaw 6ff to at geeif;^
start by ioaning a . nnmbw of
bodkB for three or sik month*
period.
Tbe council has started tba
library on a small scale and. It
will open in the Girl Scout house
but plans are under way to mak»
the library a county-wide InitUu-
tion which would be a creiUt to
the county and a source of much
enjoyment and, beneficial roCre-
ation to the people.
Further plans for the library
and announcement of a concerted
book drive will be made soon.
Meanwhile the council Is consid
ering forming a library associ
ation here and will In all proba
bility carry out the plans out
lined by Miss Gilbert, which
would call for book exchanges at
various convenient points In the
county.
The public library, which wan
to have been opened last week,
will not open until some book*
the stato library commission la
to furnish for three months ar
rive. The volumes to be loan
ed the public library here will
greatly boost the number of vol
umes. The date the library, which
Is being set up In the Girl Scout
House, will open If to be an
nounced in a few days.
In the meeting Friday night It
was announced that tho Kiwanla
club. Woman’s club, the Ameri
can Legion and Auxiliary had
made cash donations to tbe U-
ganisationa are expected io lend
their support.
OfOcers lor the year -crer*
elected in the meeting of th»
eonneil Friday bight. W. K.
Sturdivant-was elected; chalrmao,.
Mrs.. B. R. Underwood, vice
chairman, and Charles McNsin,
secretary.
The councU has othqr activi
ties planned lit additioa to tk*
library project, which ho* th»,
center of attention at this tiaie.
Vr and Mrs. M. W. Boagh, lot- house In "Wllkesboro IrW»r y farmers last year took ad
W reSei of this city, hava ei^ noon it they derira Wportge « the faellltlee of^. ^vo*. at
: -A Ah..,.. y . loMi. witii wklch to buy need, tomorrow
!$ Legron
Mode
B* Feattm
UlMr^P)
sivesythiiig^
the tiiocrtpg:
tdjlfahed their residence at the tion.
Ralph Grew place war ^ bqib*
lorni^ri««e delegation *2 the
s»h«i« Itr. Beach lwl*» AjPoeition qiimar and i4l ure
■with the"t^thaga Deraecrat.’Thete
danghter. Miss AimeDe Beech, wfll
^ -A .,^0, - Li . ^ A —.
)IIa lOT kOW Wla*va ■area, i
It te tjypected that WWhaa for Uwtock or
tea Iha iaenrlty required
a lien on tbe cro9» to he
idueed. ■ ^
nriAii Rosa BiUxng% oeeretary In
the office - of H*r Headren, wlU
She is li» :*enJQr
GWob.; eotai^ ,
3? fee-Splleatkinh
iJ.'i -
■■■ hiieiast^ V'i
UmoTtom (1
eight antU d^:!
preahwe to
outstanding
tor*. It !* ♦
rangement.
dull momoht*;
Om» of
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