North Carolina Newspapers

tolN^PA.i'MOT HAS BLAZED THE, TRAIL OP PROGRESS IN / ts^ News Of •Nation ^ FOUND SHOT I, Ifor^ 2Sj^wuy i, P ' SSrnier of Lemon wu foond shot to death .iA )Mi lioiDe t^y. A discharged inv^ytm lay nearhyl No inquest was dimmed necessary. Kimball was a native of Cheraw, S. C. SIT DOWN AND STAY Conberland, March 23. — High ^li^oot popils here who staged a 'aiMOwn strike a^inst a teacher are now sittinir down—and stay- in after s^ool—^by order of . niindpaL Biey will keep it .r/-- - weeks. S^VE SHIP^REW 'New York, htareh 23.—A coast Hard cotter sped to the side of le stricken Norweigan freighter ^irkli today and took off the members of her crew as the foondered steamer wallowed in the > Atlantic Ocean some 760 miles east New York. EXPLOSION KILLS TWO Paterson, N. J., March 23.—Two men were killed and two injured today in the explosion of a driving and finishing machine at the Qom- mercial Piece Dye works. The men killed were Joseph Ellecchia, "24, of Paterson, and Salvatore Ar- «na, 24, of Eeast Paterson. Both were struck by a piece of the ma chine. RAY M. REVIS DIES IN VIRGINIA Ray M. Revls, age 41, son of Mrs. L. M. Revis and the late Mr. L. M. Revis, of Moravian Falls, passed away March 21-, at Ports- j month, Va. His death came as at _shock to his relatives and friends throughout the county. Mr. Revis served twenty years, in the U. S. Navy and retired with honors in 1933. He was burled March 23, at Portsmouth, Va., with Navy honors. Mrs. L. M. Revis, his mother, Mrs. W. 8. Revis and -S-- im ‘-‘STATE QF WIL^"FOR MOKI THAN..THIRT^ VOTj, Y^T, NO 47 Pablighed MondRyi and Thuradayg NORTH.. TBT For mntttsl admatage da yiMW baytag ta Nortb Wit-' kMbori), tha tradlag ecatac 4f Koctfawaat Noctk Cara*'' ?. - li'i\mtmII'i 'iriT' :■■■'.'■■ rmm 25, J08T: STATE--|2.00,QtJT OFiT&DB FfAT8 III ‘ i I ^ vf-*"' ' McDuffie Gives Account Action In Legislature Sponsored Passage of Num ber Bills Relative Local County Government ELECTION BILL BEATEN .'I ~ I' aw - “U'jifVffa'it TQ GIVE ORAC HYGIENE SHOW Bill Passed to Clarify Court Terms; Prohibit Beer Sales Near Church Attorney P. J, McDuffie, Wilkes county’s representative In the general assembly, returneu to hls home In Wllkesboro Tuesday night following adjournment of the legislature late that after noon. In commenting on the term Mr. McDuffie said the legislators worked rapidly and that much legislation of great Importance was passed during the session. The Wilkes representative in troduced and passed a number of local bills. The first Introduced and pass ed was a bill clarifying the terms of court for the county, making them all mixed terras In order that any pressing litigation may be given attention at any term. He also sponsored passage of bill which prohibits sale of wine, beer or other Intoxicants near Baptist Home church. Two bills which he introduced did not pass. One was a bill which would have provided that the chairmen of the political parties be given authority to name mark ers for elections. It would have provided that each party chair man name two for each precinct i^sEmi mms AlJove Is a scene fmni “Circus Or Bust,” a show emphasizing oral hygiene and which will be given In several schools in the county next week under auspices of the county health department. Also la the picture are Dr. Ernest A. Branch (left), director of the di vision of oral hygiene of the state board of health, and Frederick H. Koch (right), founder and director of the Carolina Playmakers, who wrote the story Incorporated In the show to be given In the schools. Health Department to Present Oral Hygiene Show In Schools Mr. Perry R. Lowe attended the funeral services. , Those surviving Mr. Revis are mother, Mrs. L. M. Revis, hls .trite, and the following brothers «l*ten: Mn. M. B. Clark, of •orarlan NtV' .?• Lowe, 't)f Moravian Joe M. Itevla,^^ #t Raleigh, and Miss Blanche M. Revis, of Moravian Falls. 1 with the exception of North Wll- ' kesboro, where there would have been three markers for each par- ty- The bill received a tie vote of 2-2 In committee and the chair man refused to vote and break VocaticmaVt^H^aidaiice Subject Of Address Rev. Eugene Ottve, pastor of ***S||Fe First Baptist church of North Wllkesboro, addressed a large crowd In the Millers Creek Par ent-Teacher meeting Thursday night, using as a subject “Vjiea- tloual Guidance.” Rev. Mr. Olive urged thJft youth consider two ussentlals In choosing a vocation, hls or her talents and the vocation that > best suits the talents. An entertaining program was put on by students of Mrs. R. V. Day’s second grade. P. W. Greer and Miss Mae Church tied in an ■-^musing tree guessing contest. Mrs, Allen Shew Is Laid To Rest he introdnead a bm to allow a special levy of 22 cents for courts and jail at the request of W. H. McElwee and J. M. Coop er, county attorneys. The bill was killed In the senate. Giving hls record of measures of state-wide interest he said he voted for the referendum on the liquor question which would have allowed the people of the state as a whole to pass upon the li quor question and when that measure was voted down he sup ported the county option plan which allows people of counties to vote whether or not the coun ty may establish a liquor store. He said he supported the meas ure providing free elementary textbooks, the measure to in crease salaries for all state em ployes except judges, and voted for the re-organizatlon of the state highway commission. He said he supported all meas ures to outlaw slot machines. One measure which passed and which Mr. McDuffie said he op posed was the bill to tax coun ties with one fourth the cost of old age assistance in the social security plan. He said he favored Easter Services The Easter services for Mora vian Falls clrcut will he held at the following places; Sunrise service at Moravian Falls cemetery, 6:00 o'clock. Mariah’a Chapel church 9:00 o’clock. Ferguson church, 10:00 o’ clock. Lebanon church, 11:30 o’clock. Adley church, 3:00 o’clock. The public Is cordially invited to attend these services. 9 Schools Have Closed The Term «« 0 B. I aars- * ^ Completed 8 Months Nine smaii Wilkes county schools have closed the 1936-37 school term of eight months. The closing date was Friday, March 19. The schools which were first to complete the terra were Joynes, Oak Ridge, Cane Creek, Big Ivey, Pattons Ridge, White Oak, Sum mit, Mt. Plsgah and (Rwhen. TVo school openlog dates were set last summer, rifcjwlng some of the smaller schools to open early In August. Other schools opened four weeks later and there would have been uniform closing dates had hot weather and road con ditions made keeping the sche dule impossible. Millers Creek, which was not forced to clpse on acconUt of bad roads, will be the first high school to close the term, being al most one month ahead of the other high schools In schedule. Parents Asked to Encourage Attendance of Boys and Girls; Appointments Through co-operation of the state and county health depart ments an oral hygiene show fer the benefit of children will be given in several schools in Wilkes county next week. The show, which was written by the Carolina Playmakers and made into a moving picture, will be free and will stress Abe Im portance of proper care of teeth. Parents are urged to encourage their children to attend the show at the most convenient point. The following appointments have been made for next week: wnkeslwnre Tuesday Mount Pleasant Wednesday morning. Millers Creek Wednesday aft ernoon. Mountain View nine a. m. Thursday. Roaring River 11 s. ai. Thurs day. Honda 1:30 p. m. Thursday. Union nine a. m. Friday. Moravian Falls 11 a. m. Fri day. Boomer 1;?.0 p. m. Friday. Club Members Of 7 CountiesComii^ Extension Workers Will En courage 4-H Members to Higher Attainments Funeral service was held today ^ the family cemetery for Mrs. Nancy Cornelius Shew, age 72. Who died Wednesday at her home - - 110 Wllkesboro township. Rev. N. j^he proposa or e T, Jarvis conducted the last rites. I She was the wife of the late Allen Shew and leaves six chil dren: Mrs. Fannie Jackson, Mt. Holly; Mrs. Gertrude McGhlnnls, Mt. Holly; Robert, Felix, Thomas and" Sampson Shew, Wllkesboro .^ute 2; also sl» brothers and IpjfOers—R. N. and George Hol- J^d, of Wllkesboro route 2; C. H, Holland, of West Jefferson; Mrs. R. L. West, of Conomowoe, Wls.; Mrs. Emma Staley, Walsh, W. Va.; Mrs. Lou Everidge, JonesvlIiA ATTEND FUNERAL OF NEPHEW WEDNESDAY Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Smith and family went to Alexander county Wednesday to attend funenil service for Wade Icenhour, a nephew, who died Tuesday about noon. Funeral service was con ducted at White Plains church o n the Taylorsvllle-Statesvllle highway by Rev. S. I. Watts, of Boomer. The child, ago 11 months, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Iceni K^-cjiour. Mr. Icenhour and Mr. Smith are half brothers. passed makes It mandatory that the commissioners make a tax levy for old age assistance. Solicitor John R. Jones retum- Ced Tuesday from Bakersvllle, where he prosecuted the docket In the regular spring term of court. Judge Felix B. Alley pre sided and the calendar of 76 cas es was cleared In two days. One Still Per Day Officers’Averagje Raids Successful in Destroy ing Plants, Liquor and Manufacturing Material During the past week officers averaged destroying one still per day in Wilkes county. The moat successful single raid was a week-age today in the Win dy Gap community when federal officers and Sheriff C. T. Dough- ton destroyed four large plants. Deputies Odell Whittington, George Holland and E. C. Sparks destroyed a still near Roaring River, finding 20 gallons of li quor and 1,500 gallons, beer. The home of Paul Blackburn was 36ar"hed and 10 gallons of liquor were found. However, he was not at home at the time and hls ar rest has not been made. Sheriff C. T. Donghton, Depu ties Whittington and Beshears destroyed a 200-gallon capacity iHant near Bolling Springs In Lewis Fork township and on Fri day night a large stlli was cut near Dehart. Dr, Crane Will Speak 3 Times To Address Kiwanis, Wilkes- boro Patrons and Social Agencies Grouy Friday Dr. Harry Crane, ) of Chapel Hill, will fill three speaking en gagements In the Wllkesboros Friday. Friday noon he will ad dress the North Wllkesboro Ki wanis club on ‘‘Unrecognized Underprivileged Child.” At 3:30 Friday ho will use as a subject “Emotional Health of Our Chil dren”, before a gathering of teachers and .pstrons of Wllkes boro school. At 7:30 Friday eve ning hls subject before the Coun cil of Social Agencies In meeting at the public llhwiry will be “So cial Worker as a Mental Hygiene Factor." Dr. Crane Is director of the division of mental hygiene of the State Board of CharitlM , and "Pxibllc Welfare and 1* recognized as an able phsychp^,^.^ gist. Four-H club members and oth ers interested In club work a- mong hoys and girls of eight counties will gather at the court house In Wllkesboro at a meet ing to be held on Friday, April 2. The meeting will begin at ten a., m. and continue until In the afternoon with the exception of a recess at noon. Members of the extension service and representa tives of State College will be present to encourage the boys and girls In their work. Announcement of the meeting was made by A. G. Hendren, Wilkes farm agent, who^ urged that all club members In' Wilkes and others Interested make plans new to attend the meeting. Interest Growing Iti WjUcwboro Revival Banks Wm Be Closed Monday Announcement was made to day that both the Bank of North Wllkesboro and the De* posit & Savings Bank will be closed Easter Monday, March 29. People who have business to transact with the banks should keep this mind in order that no inoonvMtience may resnlt. Interest is growing in the re vival meeting now In progress at the Wllkesboro Methodist church. The revival Is being conducted by. Mrs. C. L. Steldley, one of the outstanding .evangelists in this section of the country. Services are held three times each- dayv-at 8:36', at 7;30'p. m.'Mrs. preaching fine goOpal and iB espeOlally etfacUTe '^th the children.’' ^ ; Rev. A. W. Lynch, pastor, Vho ■has been 111, Is now also enggg^ in the meeting, and the' sln^g under the direction of Mr. -Zeb Dickson is adding ranch to the success of the revival. 1 The public Is most cordially In vited to attend all eerricee and a hearty welcome gwaiU all. j : Boar4 Ql^ors OfNoipSfiirii Bank to Organize Expect to Elect Officers day for $3,000,000 Con solidated Bank "'--r’'.. Directors .of the newly formed Northwestern Bank, financial 4^. stitutlon organized through tbV merger of four hanks and two branches In this part of the state," will meet Monday at the Deposit & Savings bank to elect officers and perfect the organization. The banks forming the North western bank by merger are the Deposit & Sat^ngs bank' hhirel The bank.of Sf^U. The Watffjiga county bank A* branch' at Blowing Rock land the Merchants and Farmers Sank at Bakersyllle with a branch at Burnsyllle. % Each institution named three members each -for the .hoard 'of directors of the Northwestern bank and headquarters will be maintained at the . Depoalt & Savings hank building lii this city. Congressman' R. L. Dough- ton, J. T. Prevette and N. B. Smlthey are the directors named by stockholders of the Deposit & Savings .Bank. The bank will have capital of $150,000, surplus of $76,000 and undivided profits of at least $25,000. Resources will total over three million dollars with de posits over two million. The last obstacle In way of the bank merger was removed Satur day when stockholders of the Bank at Baker^llle approved the plan, which had been approved by stockholders of the other Peo^ To Use Library Books Needed to Supplement Opening Collection for N«W/ Public Library Easter POgtkn^ ||Le|^tors bid Shortest Session In Several Y^s Many Important Measures of State-Wide Interest En acted Into Law LIQUOR~BrLL PASSED Provide for Free Textbooks; Raise Salaries and Psms a Big Tax B01 The North Carolina legislature ended the 1937 session Wednes day afternoon. From many standpoints tha legislature was one of the busiest ever held and was the shortest held since 1929. i Some of the more interesting acts of the legislature are anm- marlzed In the foilowlngt Passage of the liquor statute ended 28 years of atate-wide pro hibition. Under the- measure, counties voting wet will be allow ed to operate alcoholic beverage control stores, where liquor may be sold by the bottle. Profits will go to the counties, with the stata receiving seven per cent of gross sales. Supplemental laws also were enacted, allowing certain munici palities to share profits with the counties in which they are situat ed. Stepping Into uncharted terri tory, the legislators made North Carolina history by inaugurating a social security program deslgn- ed to aid the indigent blind, aged Will Be Held at Fairgrounds dependent children, at a cost J of $8,000,000 a year, to bo home Friday Afternoon Under jointly by the federal govem- San Francisco . . . Over 50,000 people ascend Mount Davidson each year to attend the sunrise Easter services under the huge cross.^ Visitors from all parts of the country arrive to join In the Impressive ceremony. Plan Egg Hunt For Children Of City On Friday People of Wilkes county are in|lted to use the Public Library, which opened a week ago In the Relns-Sturdlvant building, and are requested whenever they ,^lsh to do so to, contribute a hook or a cash donation As a membership fee in the county library associ ation. A donation of a book or not less than 25 cents in- cash en titles anyone to be a member of the association, which will name a steering committee to determine the policies of the library as a public Institution. . But use of the library la open to all and a cordial Invitation Is extended anyone to visit the li brary, regardless of whether or not they wish to make any do nations. It the library receives the sup port which public spirited citizens who aided In Its formation be lieves It should, the day Is not far distant when, branches can . he established at several central points , In the county or a book truck can be maintained to car ry books Into communities on ap pointed dates. "One good book which yon have already “Vead and which you may not need may h® a great help to the puhlc library, is th© appeal at tblB_.,icritical stage when added Interest, in the library means *raj)id^ Increase In the number of voliimes. ^ , t.. Sunrise StPaefsCEw^ Will Be Fifth Conaecutiwe Year of Beautiful and Im pressive Service |Kw A’hhouncenii6J»'l~ has been ■ mad® 1 tv. — • --—— m.'Mrs. Steldley' is* Vf' th© sunrise service to be-he^ .ens."' J. B. McCoy aed D. J. Car- aomona, Barter are the members of the schoql church in Wllkesbofo. This win be the' fifth .Qwjrticifc tlve year that ffty' «eaafflriiriiw Impreesiv® aervioe -hae been held at St. Paul’s* and lar^r wwda attend each yean- > " A. sor41*il Invitation is atteqded on Easter morning, and, the ^ seiVleea to held at the Uhder rtwwWgu of the Wortm PnigreM aiftirfafaCratfon ceere* ation project, efaUdren of North Wllkesboro will be entertained at an egg hunt at the fair grounds i” r 1 d a y afternoon, three o'clock. Mnch attention is being giv en plans for the occasion, which is expected to be a high light of the Easter season for the children of the city and all of them are invited to attend and carry along three dyed cg^s each. Those who cannot dye their eggs aio requested to carry tlicm to the home of Mrs. J. L. Clements Thursday. In case of rain the children are asked to meet at the rec reation hall adjacent to the city liall. The egg hunt Is one of the many projects spoasorMl by the WPA recreation project, which lias been attracting con siderable Intere.st. May Register In TUs City Mar. 27 Registration Books for City Election to Be Open 27th, smd April 3rd and 10th Registration books will be open at th© city hall Saturday. March 27, for new qualified voters who ^rtq-ect to vote m the municipal elertloD on May 4, according to the resolution passed Saturday by the county board of elections and published In this newspaper Mon day. The registration hooks will be open on three Saturdays at the city^h'all and the dates are March 27, April 3 and 10. April 17 will be challenge day. A. O. Kenerly Is':th© appointed registrar. Mayor McNlel; all members of the board of commissioners, and the two members board of educations whose terms expire this year will be candi dates for re-election. The com missioners si's 8.' V, Tomlinson, Ralph Duncan, T. S. Kenerly, Dr. R; P. Casey and Hoyle M. Hutch- act parted at a special session ixlled in 'Decem ber by former Governor J. C. B. Ehringbaus, brought the state under all phases of the federal security program. Several admlnistrttrt9 support ers, among them - R^reapriutlve Ward of Craven, chairman of the House appropriations commit tee, and frequently mentioned as a candidate for speaker In 1939, led an unsuccessful revolt a- galnst old age assistance and child aid plans. Ward claimed the state and federal government should pay the benefits. Another history- making la'w was one allowing the textbook commission to authorize issuance of $1,500,000 in bonds to give elementary school children free books. As in former sessions, money matters caused the longest de bates. Finally approved was a record-setting budget, calling for expenditures, including perma nent Improvements of more than $147,000,000 during the 1937-39 biennium. Although th© sales tax was removed from nine “necessi ties of life,’’ a flat $4-a-pump tax was levied on filling stations and the cost of automobile license plates was reduced from 40 to 35 cents per hundredweight, t':.e fundamental revenue set-up re mained substantially unchanged. Part of the huge budget will be 'used to raise the salary of teachers and other State employ ees 10 per cent. The law-makers refused te ratify the federal child I&bor A- mendment, but passed state lawa prohibiting the employment of children under 16 In Industrie® and limiting the work hours of women in industry to 48 a week and of men to 56,^wHh mani^^ex- ceptlons. Slot machines -were banned and a bill to permit dog ^ racing - in issioners, ana , - . , . . . of the city Cherokee county to killed, but Iwhos© terms expire this l^doU pbwrye^^ Eastieif HoU^ys . North. 'WnwBbofO; city schools A cordial invitation 18 exieqaeoi^riose today 'for''the'Easter holt- nuwnp. — everybody to attend the. seirlc^i i&y and wlll.fe-open at th© dsaat W Infottaation'^or a apertal f S ^ a*' ho.af"6h TheeiUu^inoniing,- Marsh 1 Continued oa.page eight). “Bake Sale! - The newly o^aataed s yOang women’s circle ot,Ah«.MQrtii'$711- kesboro Methodist church, of which Mrs. Bdd F>: Gardner In chairman and Mn-i. WUltan Mat’' low, vice ehrtnnaa,'''will sponsor - a "Bake-Sale”: Satnrday momtac \ • • • ■ . . at Belk^ Store from Jt until It. Among some of'the .‘^tbfags for Brte vrilU be dUfrt$rth kttds ot' cakes, chess - plea, nandtoa, dyed eggs, whlppliil^ cr«irtr«4 Barter norm. Anyone diAringi .fnrtfc- may eair either oan'et the ahov* chairmen.v ... ,