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# SRAmCil^B RATS
Hal«trb, Ibreh !».—The Wl'A
MtBhuBcetf today approTsl ot a
I1S4M project to eradkiate rat«
tiv, Charlotte,
AUTO SALES HIGH
^^Nev York, liareh 19.—BeUil
;tale« of passenger cars and
tranks In the United States in
Jaaaary and February broke all
proTtous records for the period,
It was reported today by Alfred
RMTes, vice president ot the
Automobile Manufacturers associ
ation. *
BIG POTATO CROP
'* Raleigh, March 19.—R. B.
Btherldge, chief of the dirislon
of markets of the agriculture de
partment, said today he expected
an increase of 30 per i cent in
Irish potato acreage in North
Carolina this year. Last year 82,-
ODO acres were planted to pota
toes, Etheridge said, and the
price average was $1.65 a bushel.
EXPLOSION KIILS 9
Johannesburg, South Africa,
March 19. Forty native miners
were, killed today and 38 were
missing in a gas expiosion in the
Simmer Jack gold mine In the
Germiston region, near Johannes
burg. Twenty others were in a
critical condition when brought
to the surface.
vm. vyTT^o M Pablinhed Mondays «na Thundays NORTH WELKBSBORO. N. C.; MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1987 ,^60 IMTHB0TAT|-w«OO OUT OF
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Announce Candidacy
City Elecdcm To
^ Held May 4th
Will Elect Mayor, Five Com-
missoners and Two On
School Board Liat
PRIMARY APRIL 19TH
Candidates Have Until April
14 to File l!or Any of
the City Offices
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Greenville. March 19. —• A
yonng woman, whose Identity is
not definitely known, lies near
death in ^itt General hospital
tonight after ““ end.
her life in a local hotel yester-,^^^^^_^^^^
day by taking poison. The wo-
Mayor R. T. McNiel and all
members of the present board of
commissioners of the City of
North Wllkesboro will be candi
dates to succeed themselves in
the municipal election to be held
on Tuesday, May 4.
The board of commissioners as
now constituted Is S. V. Tomlin
son, Hoyle M. Hutchens, Dr. R.
P. Casey, Ralph Duncan and T.
S. Kenerly. Mr. Kenerly was
elected Thursday to fill the un
expired term of R. O. Finley,
now a member of the county
board ot commissioners.
Their announcement follows:
“Owing to the fact that we
have under way much unfinished
work and having been urged by
CHEF DE GARE
Batdeahip New Yotk Safe for Coronation
Washington . . . The Battleship Now York will participate In an
international naval review at Spitbead on MaylS In connection with
the coronation of King George VI. The New York was Admiral Rod-
man’s flagship when he commanded the Sixth Battle Squadron dur
ing the World War.
Marshal W. T. Dowd, of San-
man about 20 years of age, regis
tered at a local botel Monday
morning between 1:30 and 2 o'
clock as Billie Parker, of Ra
leigh. It was lateriaarned. how
ever, that her horntf ls to Martins
ville, Va. ■
TABLES TURNED
Plymouth, March 19. — The
^ same high school boys, who last
Monday went on a brief strike be-
** cause of lack of heat In the bulld-
toga. jracated again Wednesday—
" €&; thls time because things got
^ ;too hot for them as tire broke
cut in the auditorium. The bulld-
Ing was cleared and the fire de
partment called. However, a high
school boy had already cut off a
ventilator fan and smothered tho
blaze.
CREATE rn^RICT
Raleigh, March 19.—The state
tdT sntiitte, in session tonight, passed
the bill Introduced in the iouse
by Representative Garrett, of
Rockingham county, which takes
Stokes county away from the
12th Judicial district, leaving on
ly Guilford and Davidson In that
district. The new district, to be
known as the 21st, will be com
posed of Rockingham, Caswell,
Stokes and Surry counties. The
11th district, after the rearrange
ment, will he made up of For
syth, Alleghany and Ashe coun
ties.
^ TRIES TO KILL SELF
Winston-Salem, March 19.—
Declaring In what was meant to
bo a farewell note that he was
“dogged by his wife” Into despe
ration, Clyde Maynard, 29, a
painter, this morning slashed his
throat with a razor blade In a
suicide attempt before City Court |
Judge Bailey Lipfert. Cited on a'
capias for failing to comply with
a court Judgment requiring him
to support his wife, Maynard,
standing before the Judge’s stand,
-. pulled a safety razor blade from
his pocket and ripped several
gashes In his throat after being
sentenced to three months at the
county homo.
this course, we, the mayor and
board of commissioners of the
city ot North Wilkesboro hereby
announce for re-election to the
respective offices we now hold.
We believe our records as offici
als ot the city are worthy of your
hearty support.’’
Resolutions calling the city
primary and election were passed
in a call meeting of the county
board of elections Saturday. The
board ot elections Is composed of
Attorney J. Milton Cooper, chair
man, J. C. Newman ,and J. _ C.
Grayson.
The board of elections appoint
ed A. G. Kenerly registrar and J.
B. Norris and Glenn Cox were
appointed as Judges. The election
will be held at the city hall,
which will bo the only voting
place for the city.
The registration books will be
kept open for new registrations
on April 3, 10 and 17. The reso
lutions setting forth arrange
ments for tho primary and elec
tions appear elsewhere In this is
sue of Th© Journal-Patriot.
Two members of the local
school board will be elected in
the municipal .election. D. J. Car
ter and J. B. McCoy, whose terms
expire this year, will be candi
dates to succeed themselvea.
lUaiSIUil W. 1. va , » • J. . ,
ford, who in addition to his du-. bindinff contract; they
ties for the government is w'ell n^erely list information about the
Wilkes County Public library In
Formal Opening; Good Response
Cali For Books and Cash Ofien
acreage of different crops grown
on the farm and the use made of
Teachers Have
Good Meeting
Lay Plans for Commence
ment and Seventh Grade
School Examinations
known in public life as Grand
Chef Do Gare of the “Forty and . . ,,
■Eight” in North Carolina. He,«“=*^
was here recently to assist In | Such a worksheet is needed to
putting members of the newly. determine the amount of payments
organized volture ‘‘through the a grower can become eligible to
wreck ” receive and what he should do to
earn the payments
Compliance with the prograga is
entirely voluntary, Dean fijSvob
stressed The AAAv
paynt^ts to gro
carry certain.
fanning operations
The sooner worksheets are filed,
he-continued, the sooner the coun
ty offices will be able to tell new
participants what they will need
to do to earn the full amount of
ttieir payments
Cost Farm Act
LowirWilEs
Svety crippled child has the
right not only to care, tteat-
ment and education, but to
such treatment as will fit
him or her for tel^snpport,
either wholly or partially,
as dw ooedittoos may dtoaee.
Witboot mch ptacdcal sppU-
catioo edncation is likewise
porpoeeleea
Wilkes county teachers 1 n
meeting Saturday laid plans lor
seventh grade ' examinations on
April 8 and also discussed plans
for seventh grade commence
ments to be held soon.
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools;"presided and con
ducted the devotional. T. E. Story
outlined plans for the seventh
grade examinations and the as
sembly decided that the tests
would be given in the central
schools on April 8 and students
from the Individual schools will
gather at the central schools in
their respective districts.
R. V. Day, principal of Mil
lers Creek school, made a talk
relative to seventh grade com
mencements. £kich central school
will have a commencement tor
the seventh grade graduates In
its district.
Delegates and alternates, 22 of
each, were elected to attend the
state teachers convenfion on April
22, 23 and 24.
REV. C W. ROBIN60N
IN PULPIT SUNDAY
Rev. C. W. Robinson, imtoved
pastor ot the North Wilkesboro
Presbyterian church, has recover
ed from a recent illness and was
able to fill the pulpit In bis
■:burch Sunday.
Mr. F. G. Holman returned
Sunday from an extended visit
wtUi bl8 daighter, Mrs. W. H.
Splrer. at Rteh Square.
Only One County in North
western District Has a
Lower Cost Ratio
The cost of administering the
soil conservation act In Wilkes
county for the year 1936 was on
ly $2.34 per farm, according to
a report sent out by State Col
lege and the extension service.
The Northwestern district Is
composed of 23 counties. Only
one county had a lower cost per
farm under tho new soli act, that
being Orange with $2.14. The
highest costs were reported in
Granville and Person counties,
where the soil program adminis
tration cost was $5.63 per work
sheet.
In approximate figures tbs soil
act In waikes cost in the neigh
borhood of $2,400, which is de
ducted proportionately from the
payments to the farmers.
However, a five per cent boost
was made in the scheduled pay
ments and this increase Is calcu
lated to offset administration
costs.
Checks to more than 900
Wilkes farmers for complying
with provisions of the act are ex
pected dally at the office of
County Agent A- G- Hendren. The
soil act Is handled through offices
oil county agents. The payments
are e*P®cted to total over $30,-
000, there being 1,041 farms
covered by worksheets.
Glendale Springs
Man Escapes With
Life by Few Inches
Noah Lyle barely escaped death
last week while working on the
road near the “Jumping off"
place when a rock weighing a-
bout 150 pounds fell some 90
from a cliff above him and
ajdewlse. Had the rock
ilm._deat1S;
V ■ I
New Public Institutio^n Lo
cated in Reins-Sturdivant
Building In This City
HAS 700 VOLUMES NOW
Library Association Is Being
Fpmied; Book m* Cash
is Membership Fee
Wilkes county public library
opened Friday and. was
Finley Tells Of
County Finances
Chairman of Board of Com
missioners Mak^s an En
lightening Club Talk
shoulder was crushed, and some
ribs broken. Ho was hurried to
the hospital hero where It Is
thought he will recover, although
the accident is proving very
painful.
Cut Four Stills
Near Windy Gap
Sheriff and Federal Agentr
Msdee Successful RsJds;
They Find 6S Gallons
The past week-end proved quite
unprofitable to several moonshin
ers In Wilkes county.
O n Saturday plght Sheriff
Dougbton confiscated a car and
destroyed 65 gaUons of liquor oa
a county road id Walnut Grove
township but th^ operator proved
to be a good -ep^ater and made
his escape in-the brush.
On Thursday federal agents
and Sheriff Daughtpn destroyed
four large plants lu the vicinity
of Windy Gap but np arroeta were
made. There were Indlcatlona
that liquor was being mannfao- ,
tured on a tronmnduons seal© and \
R. G. Finley, chairman of the
Wilkes county board of commls-
aioners, made a very enlightening
talk en county government and
county finances Friday before the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club.
The program was in charge of
D. J. Carter and the address by
Mr. Finley was supplemented by
two enjoyable readings -by Miss
Martin, of Greensboro College.
Mr. Finley explained that the
county bonded debt is almost one
and one-halt million dollars and
that the valuation is $12,800,000
ns assessed for taxation. At the
present time, he said, the coun
ty is In default about $100,000
on principal and interest on the
bonded debt.
During the past five years, be
said, the county has not paid its
operating expenses In full and Is
In the hole about $80,000. He
continued by explaining that the
constitutional limit for the gen
eral funds from which operating
expenses ar© paid is 15 cents on
each hundred dollars valuation
of property and that the funds de
rived from the 15 cent levy are
much smaller than the appropri
ations. The general fund appro
priations for the current year a-
mount to $68,000 and he went on
to explain that current bills on
file total between $20,000 and
$30,000.
How to balance the general
fund, he said, is the pendexlng
problem facing the board ot com
missioners. He discussed the
problem In an open and candid
manner and held the rapt Inter-
ed.
Clinton Smoot was a. guest of
B.
was a
of Greensboro College,
guest of W. B. Jones.
In the Kiwanis meeting en
March J2 Rev. Watt Cooper,
vast quantities of materials for j Prsshyterlan mlnletor, _^a , tt*
manofaeture of WWt liquor were [ faaUre 1.“":
destroyed. Only a.Itor gallOtts of nndw dlreotkm of W. K^'y^teurdl-lbeto
'liquor «rer« found.
Kenerly Named
MemUr Board;
McNeill Is Cler!
Kenerly Appointed to Fill
Unexpired Term of
R. G. Finley
T. S. Kenerly, automobile deal
er and a former member of the
police force, was elected Thurs
day as a member of the city
hoard of commissioners to fill
the unexpired term of R. G. Fin
ley, who resigned in December to
become a member of the county
board of commissioners.
S. V. Tomlinson, Hoyle M.
Hutchens and Ralph Duncan at
tended the meeting Thursday
with Mayor R. T. McNiel. Dr. H.
P. Casey, other member of the
board, was absent.
Hampton McNeill, son ot I. H.
McNeill, has^ been elected city
clerk and tiwurer to succeed W.
P. Kelly, who «u April I wlll as
sume hla duties as accountant for
Wilkes county.-Mr. McNcHl te a
graduate of the University of
Florida, where he was trained In
accounting. H© has been working
In the office for a few days to ac
quaint himself with the duties as
clerk and treasurer.
both.i^day Saturday, which
were set apart for the- formal
opening and the beginning of a
drive for membership in the
county library association.
The Library is located in very
suitable quarters In the Relns-
Eturdivant building on B street
and is in charge ot Miss Mable
Hauser, who Is connected with
the WPA library project.
Th© library project was Insti
tuted by the Wilkes County Coun
cil of Social Agencies, a central
civic organization combining ef
forts of various groups.
A contribution of a book suit
able for library use or a cash do
nation of not less than 25 cents
entitles anyone to membership in
the library association, which
will have annual meetings and
elect a committee to steer policies
of the library. However, the li
brary Is being formed as a pub
lic institution for the benefit of
all the people of the county.
The library opened with about
600 books arid donations since
that time have increased the li
brary to about 700 volumes.
janize
Bakemilie BoA
Stockholders h
Meeting Saturday
Board of Directors Ccea*
posed of Three From
Each Member Bank
F^er$ Should [^8t Ob8taye% Way Bank
File Workmeets
Ddrinl Hus Month
Says Dean Schaub
Asks Fsprmers to Complete
Worksheets Signup Daring
Remainder of Month
MUST NOTE CHANGES
Those Who Signed Last
Year Need Not Sign u
New Wurksheet
Nortt Carolina formers who wish
to take part in the sofl conserva
tion program this year for the
first time should file worksheets
with their county agent by March;
31., said Dean I. O. Schaub, of
State College.
However, he added, growers who
participated last year do not have
to file new wor^heets, as those'
which were filed in 1936 will be
good in 1937
But if any change has been
made in the size of a grower’s
farm, of if he is operating a dif
ferent farm this year, he should
notify his county agent at once,
the dean continued.
Payments for diverting soil-de
pleting crops and for carrying out
.soil-building practices will be made
only to growers who have filed
worksheets, he added
'The worksheets, he explained,
HEADQUARTERS HERE
May Elect Officers and Per>
feet Organization in a
Meeting On Monday '
Early merger of four ot tb*
leading banking institutions is
this part of the state Into the or
ganization of the Northwestern
Bank with headquarters here was
practically assured Saturday
when stockholders ot the Merch
ants and Farmers bank at Bak-
ersvlUe, with a branch at Buma-
ville, approved the plan.
The consolidated bank will in
clude the Deposit & Savings bank
here, which will bo headanarters.
the Bank of Sparta,.the Watauga
county bank and a branch at
Blowing Rock .ind the bank at
Bakersville and its branch at
Burnsville. Stockholders of each
of the banks have now approved
the proposal, which has the back
ing of Gurney P. Hood, state com
missioner of banks, and each
member bank has elected threo
members to the board of direc
tors.
It was learned today that the
board of directors has planned a
meeting to be held at the Deposit
& Savings bank'here on Monday,
March 29, for the purpose of per
fecting the o .'.itanization and
electing officers.
I^e..lj[arthwe8t«m' Raght wtf9a
tal of $150^000, Burplns of
000 and undivided; profits of at
least $25,00fi' or perhaps a con
siderably larger sum. Resonrcea
will total in the neighborhood of
$3,000,000.
Three directors elected by
stockholders ot the Deposit It
Savings bank some time ago are
R. L. Doughton, J. T. Prevetta
and N. B. Smithey. The directors
elected by the other branches of
the Northwestern Bank are as
follows:
W. W. Mast of Valle Crucls, W.
D. Farthing and Paul A. Coffey of
Boone, R. A. Doughton ,ot Spar
ta, M. A. Higgins of Eunice, M.
1 E. Reeves of Laurel Springs, W.
I C. Berry of Bakersville, John C.
I McBe© of Spruce Pine, and G. W.
I Greene of Toecane.
Revival Opens
In Wilkesboro
Dr. Crane Coming
To City On Friday
Dr. Harry Crane, phychologlst
at th® Unlvonrity of North Caro
lina.-wUl have a busy day In
Wilkes county Friday, March 26.
At noon ho will address the
--- -m. .-.v- WJUteehoro Kiwanis clnh.
est of tho elttb members a8oeBiM> thisAftemooo he wlU ikddiw
a gathering of the Parent-ToaCi-
©r association, and other sch06l
G. Finley and a Mr. Allteoti, -Patron? at WUkeoboro school ^
U the eveolnf he wHl
tnAkthe wmcee County Cou$t^
ed ofAnclal Agencies in' a meot-
InS' to^he hold at ..the Wl^oa
before Hi* meeMng.
A series of revival services
opens tonight at the Wllkesbor*
Methodist church. Rev. A. W.
Lynch, pastor, will be assisted by
Mrs. C. L. Steidley, of High Point,
The library will be open each whose work In the revival during
the past few weeks at the North
Wilkesboro church was the source
of so much favorable comment.
Services will be held at 9:30
a. m. and In the afternoon at
3:30 will be a special service for
children. Evening services will
be held at 7:30 p. m. and every
body is invited to attend.
day from ten a. m. to flvt p. m
except on Saturdays, when it will
remain: open until six p. m.
Everybody Is Invited to visit the
library and avail themselves of
the opportunity for good reading.
Book or cash donations will be
-aicepted at any time and tbe
fcouncll; desires to enroll a great
number of th© people of the city
and county In the library asso
ciation.
Books that are suitable for li-
bfitry use but are worn will be
repaired and placed In the library
for use. Announcement of this
fact te made in order that no one
will refrain from donating a
.good book because of its condi
tion.
MountainView
Y. T. H. F. Meets
The Mountain View Y. T. H.
F. Chapter held their regular
meeting last Monday. Much pro
gress has been made toward car
rying ont tho program of work.
A hot-bed 'has been constructed
and plants will be for sale in a
few weeks. Two acres of land has
.hea?[ rented and corn will ^
gro^ this Buramer on ezperi-
mwfiff baste. The chapter te al-
a minstrel In abont two
weekn vt--. the Mountain View
BCltoct'hnUdlng. Mnch interest te
Coihmil^Pkhlk#^ Idhrwyy TfcOi imtF lAow hy tho UonatslB
Ue har*^4»f«tel •• woU «• chapter
maohm la' the work being car
ried on.
No Extension On
1936 Payroll Taxes
Raleigh, Mar. 20.—No exten
sions of time for paying contri
butions on 1936 payrolls to the
N. C. Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission will or can he
granted liable employers ' after
April 1, the U. S. Commlssionet
of Internal Revenue In Washing
ton has informed the^State com
mission. In other words, unices
the nine-tenths ot ono per ccaS
of the 1936 payrolte to paid to
the State commisa^ by. April 1.
tbe employers will ho required to
pay the full one per cent to the
Federal gQTpmmdnt,^anil, $a ad
dition, must pay the nlnedeatoe
of one por cent to tite fitgto Cots-
misaion.'' Chairman 'Otoidto CL
Powell was Informed is Wachtog-
ton. Mr. Powell argee pajrvaat |
this month, eo euployeni wtU not.
be subject to the heavy'peSatty.
— '
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Aono on Satnidsy ||ie Wllk«a
heepitai a daa4^^ tihkww
weight 3 1-1 .-i*