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VOL. XXXI,'NO. 67 Published Mosdnys and Thursdays
NORTH WIL^afiBORO^ N. C.,’ WS7
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lED X>NE THOUSAND
Rapids, April 27.-
^ W, H. Dttliclitry, held in conneo-
tloB irMh ijie deaths ot two hoys
in an antoinolidle. accident here
December 8,, eafered a plea of
SulTty to‘.ihTOluntaiT manslauyh-
^-ter today and -Superior Judge
Wenry Grady ordered him to pay
In accordance with a
JMgment to be entered later.
New Highway Set-
Up to Take Office
Saturday; Hackett
Is a Ctnnmissioner
Hoaeymooit Over
SPECIALIST DIES
Raleigh, April 27.—W. W.
Shay, S$, for the past 20 years
-**«rtac extensloir-;specialist at N.
C.^Ute colleti'e. died at his home
late last night after an tllnees c-f
Oyear. Shay came to North Car-
^Hnn from Michigan 25 years ago
■ settled in Haywood county.
Ujls success there in raising hogs
Jeo to his employment by State
^ollese.
Retiring Chairman May Take
Job as Head of State’s
Purtdiase Division
DUNLAP IS CHAIRMAN
J. Gordon Hackett to Rep*
resent Eighth District
Of Ten Coonties
WPA AND HIGHWAY FORCES »
PUCE CRASHED STONE ON
NUMBER SECONDARY ROADS
.Over'1,500 T«et Dirt Roads Get Crushed
Rock Each Work Day as WPA And
HighxVay Forces Combine Efforts
To Improve Roads
iiRiSB KILL MULES
Cochran, Ga., April 27.—A
swarm ot bees stung two work
ing mules to death on the farm
of F. C. Stewart in this Georgia
-T)each belt section. Stewart said
the bees attacked the mules as
they passed the apiary, drawing a
wagonload of fertilizer. The ani
mals ran away, but became en
tangled in a brush thicket, where
the bees finished them.
DURHAM VOTES WET
Durham. April 27.—Durham
county kept intact its record ot
having never voted dry today as
its electorate by more than two to
one authorized ti e establishment
of a system of county-operated
liquor stores. tV'ith all 30 of the
precincts re arted before 9 o’-
' clock tonight. thi> vote was count
ed: Wets, 7."St. drys. 3,308.
The new highway and public
works commission for North Car
olina appointed Saturday by Gov
ernor Hoey will he sworn in In
Raleigh on Saturday, May 1, ten
o’clock.
J. Jordon Hackett, of this city,
was appointed on the commission
to represent a district of ten
counties in this part of the state.
The commission will divide the
state into districts of ten counties
each. Frank L. Dunlap, of Wades-
boro, the new chairman, and the
ten commissioners make a board
of 11 members. Governor Hoey
has asked that people make no
road demands until the commis
sion has had tlm© to organize
and adjust Itself.
Capus M. Waynick. retiring
highway chairman, jas been of
fered the position as head of the
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The Hague . > . Crown Princess
Juliana returns from honeymoon.
She lost twenty-three pounds as
a re.sult of open air exercise and
eating lightly on three-month
wedding trip.
The Works Progress adminis
tration in cooperation with state
highway forces are placing crush
ed rock- surface on more than a
quarter of mile of secondary
roads each day, it was learned to
day from the office of the divis
ion engineer here.
Two rock crushers and the
necessary trucks are . kept busy
each day the weather permits and
workers are being used In ebitts
in order to provide a five and
one-half day work week. At the
present rate It is believed that
many miles of dirt roads which
caused so mucli trouble during
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LAHHEiNCL ORGANIZER
Atlanta, April 27.—A Steven
Nance, southern director of the
textile workers organization com
mittee. tonight announced the
appointment of Roy R. Lawrence,
■president of the North Carolina
Federation of Labor, as admini
strator of the program in the Car-
^oiinas. t>awience, for the past five
%ears an orgai i*er for the Amer-
toi^on pf Labor, verified
To Hear Election
Case On May 19
Demurrer Appeal Will Be
Aired Before High Tri
bunal of the State
The motion before the supreme
court for dismissal of the demur
rer in the Swaringen vs. Poplin
election case . was placed before
tie high tribunal ypetotday and
Commencement
Mountain View
To Be May 7th
District Seventh Grade Grad
uation On Thursday
Night, May 6th
Hi.gh school graduation exercis
es at Mountain View school will
be on the night of Friday, May 7,
when Dr. B. B. Dougherty, presi
dent of A. S. T. C-. Boone, will
deliver an address and diplomas
will be presented to a large class
of seniors In the new auditorium.
Synopsis of the commencement
season at the school was announc
ed by E. R. Spruill, superinten
dent of Mountain View district
schools.
On Sunday afternoon. May 2,
at 2:30 o’clock Rev. Watt M.
Cooper, of the North Wllkesboro
Presbyterian church, will preach
the commencement sermon.
On Tqesday night, May 4, the
111 firMsnt.' Ift the
Congratulations to Mr. Hackett
and People of District
(Editorial)
North Wiikeslioro, Wilkes county and ail other
counties in the eighth highway district are to be con
gratulated and should feel fortunate over the appoint
ment of J. Gordon Hackett, of this city, as a member
of the state highway commission.
Mr. Hackett was among the pioneer builders of
North Wilkesboro and is of a family which figui'^
greatly in the progress in this part of the state. Al-
though not an office holder, he has a background of
public life that fits him well for the impoi-tant and
streneous duties ahead as a member of the highway
commission of North Carolina. He not only ;^™ws
Wilkes county, but he has a bi-oad knowledge of North
Carolina people and their needs.
However, people who expect. Mr. H^kett to work
wonders and build all needed roaUt ovei’night are natur
ally in for disappointment, but anyone in any county
in this district can be assured that he will conscienti
ously look after the highway needs of the people, not
rnly
in his home county, but equally and without preju
dice to all the counties in the district.
Knowing something of the importance of the po
sition and the duties that lie ahead, and feeling assured
that Governor Hoey did well in the selection of Mr.
""le Jonrnal-Patriot'
RESiOCfeCES 6aiN
^ WMtdngtoD, April 27. — A
shUemeht ot the Federal Deposit
Insurance corporation today
jhowed North Carolina had 232
Insured commercial banks on D"-
^ember 31, 1936, with the total
loureoB of $462,935,u00, rep-
Toijenting a gain of 13.3 per cent
$54,::.;6 .000 in the year since
the last previous report. Loans
and (iiscouiUa were listed at
8132,201,000, which was 20.5 per
cent more than on December 31,
1935. when the figure was $109.-
696,uou.
DISCUSS COUNRT BILL
Washington. April 2".—.Mem
bers of the senate judiciary com
mittee exchanged ideas on the
Roosevelt court re-organization
legislation today and found, in
the words of one of them, that
no two were in agreement on any
anggesticn. Reaching, finally, the
stage o.' proposing and voting on
amendments, the committee con
fined itself to a round-table dis
cussion and left ail decisions to
be made in the dail-V executive
sessions which will follow.
ieifTOB'
ipyts. d«ri»W« dWRfBijf' a
rer to the suit.
The court decided that the ap
peal from Judge Alley's decision
will be heard and set May 17 as
the date of the hearing. Attorneys
before the court yesterday in the
ca.se were W. M. .Allen, of Elkin,
representing Swaringen. and At
torney Eugene Trivette and W.
M. .McEIwoe, of the local bar.
appearing for I'oplin.
Man Disappears
From Residence
Monday Morning
On Thursday night, May 6, the
seventh grade commencement
will be held with students from
all the schools faking part.
The final program ou the
night of May 7 will close anoth
er successful year for .Mountain
View school, which for the first
year is housed in modern build
ings. one salvaged from the old
.Mountain View institute property
and the other a 'WP-A project at
:i cost of about $25,000.
every possible sttoffiBs.
Cleveland . . . Ernest Loebell
designed this model rocket-whlch
the Cleveland Rocket Society will
use for experimental fl'ghts into
space.
Members School
Boards Invited
To a Conference
Educational Meeting to Be
Held, at Chapel Hill On
Wednesday, May 5
Schools Prepare
For Term s End
Associational
B.T.U. Meeting
Mount Pleasant High Clos
ing This Week; Others to
Follow at Intervals
Will Be held at Wilkesboro
Baptist Church Sunday
Afternoon, May 2nd
Kelative.s Want To I-ocatc -V.
Brown, Wlio Mysferionsly Left
Home Near ('all
Dr. John Finley
Editor of Times
CAT DISTURBING
Griffin, Ga., April 27.—-Faint
feline fussing from the floor
brought abrupt benediction at
Bfcptlst church services here.
JQalling to discover the source and
eliminate the cause of the
,;;md0W8” and squeaks. Dr. J. B.
ler terminated an evening
service. Then a search of every
'hook and corner was started. At
.a spot where the noise was loud
est, churchmen tore up floor
-boards. Beneath they found a
cat and her litter of newborn
kittens.
.A. Bi-omi, ng^ about (5.5,
(lisSipiie.ired Slonday morning
from 'lie home of liis daugh
ter, -Airs. T. R. Brown, and Mr.
Brown, with whom he made
his home near Cali. Officers
liiive been aiding relatives in
the searcli for tlie missing man
Imt no progress was rejtorted
today.
.Mr. Bi-owii walked away
from the home Monday about
U-.n o’clock and was last seen
in east. Wilkesboro about noon
that day. Relatives are not able
to understand his leaving and
are making every effort to lo
cate him at Oie i>resent time.
He is described as a man of
average bnild, weighing about
160 but is slightly stooped, al
most bald, has short grey beard
and is Wind in left eye. .Any
one who has seen a person an
swering above description Ls re
quested by relatives to notify
T. It. Brown at (’. G. Glass’
stor‘.
COLLISION FATAL
Charlotte. April 27.—A tomb
stone-laden truck and a passenger
bus collided on the Charlotte-
Concord highway today, killing
two men on the truck and Injur
ing 16 occupants of the bus, none
serionsly. The men killed were
identified as Pearl Elliott, about
60, and T. C. Russell, about 65,
both of Denton. Russell was a
partner of H. M. Snyder in the
Denton Stone works, and Elliott
was an employe of the company.
Spiscopal Service
r gervlc© St. Paul’s EJpU-
inrch Sunday afternoon,
I, at four o'clock. Rev- B.
ey. Rector, In charge.
Court Is Making
Some Headway
Lengthy Docket
April term of Wilkes superior
court for trial of civil cases Is
now in the midst of the first week
with Judge Felix E. Alley, of
AVaynesville, presiding.
Some progress has been made
on the lengthy calendar made out
several weeks ago by the bar as
sociations. During the first days
of thft term some suits Involving
property of the old Watauga and
Yadkin railroad have been before
the court. , .
Head of Leading Newspaper
K’nsman Wilkes Family;
Visited In This City
Dr. John H. Finley, one of the
world’s leading educators, is now
eiiitor-in-chief of The New, York
Times, widely recognized as the
world’s leading newspaper.
Of local interest is the fact that
Dr. Finley is a cousin of the Fin
leys of North Wilkesboro and on
ly a few years ago visited here,
was a guest of Judge T. B. Fin
ley. and spoke before a gatherin.g
of local people.
At that time he was on a tour
of this section of the country
and came ta North Wilkesboro
by way of Boone over the new
Boone Trail highway, which he
described as the most magnifi
cent highway In eastern America.
Incidentally it Is Interesting to
note that he is a descendant of
John Finley, a companion of
Daniel Boone in the early pioneer
days of North Carolina and
Tennessee.
High schools in Wilkes county
are nearing the commencement
period with Mount Pleasant clos
ing Friday of this week and
Wilkesboro and Mountain View
Friday of next week. Millers
Creek high school has already
completed the term.
Ronda, Traphill and Roaring
River will be the last to close in
the order named. 'These schools
were delayed longer on account
of bad road conditions In January
and February.
Notwithstanding the interrup
tions. the schools have passed
through a successful year and
will graduate a targe number ot
seniors.
NewCandidateFor
Mayor Wilkesboro
David C. Dettor Announces
As Candidate; Lender-
man and Dula File
The Brushy Mountain As.-ioci-
atioiial Baptist Training Union
will meet with the Wilkesboro
Baptist church Sunday afternoon,
May 2, beginning at 2:30 o’clock,
and ail churches in the Associ
ation are urged to send a large
delegation. Miss Marie McNeil,
associational president, will have
charge of the meeting at which
time a well planned program will
be presented.
The program is as follows:
Song Service.
Devotional, Miss Liinda Hen-
dren.
Roll call of churches.
Address, “Why Juniors and In
termediates Need B. T. U. Train
ing,’’ T. E. Story.
Ridgecrest announcements for
the summer.
Special music, John Kermit
Blackburn.
Inspirational message, David,
.Mashburn. Regional B. T. U.
Pre.sident.
Members of the School Board
of this town and county have
been invited to attend the first
Stale-wide School Board Confer
ence to be held at the University
of North Carolina next AVednes-
day. May 5.
Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction;
Jtf ultan MUtejA «dtto|^
Charlotte o^rver, and pE
ibii. jl. Ti*1)iTe.“^Sfrecfof of the
Division of Education of the con
solidated University, are among a
number of speakers who have ac
cepted invitations to appear on
the program, according to an
nouncements received here.
The meeting will consider the
chief problems of administration
In education and will attempt to
unify practices in so far as pos
sible.
More than 200 board nibuibers,
representln.g 65 jier cent of the
boards in the State, have already
made plans to attend, according
to Prof, r.iiy B. Phillips ot the
University Department of Educa
tion who is in charge of arrange
ments.
Eleven of the more progressive
states hold such
regularly, Professor Phillips said.
at 10 o’clock next Wednesday
morning with the election of
temporary officers and appoint
ment of committees. The address
es oTDr. Erwin and Dr. Miller
will feature the morning pro
gram. Dr. Erwin will discuss
school legislation, and Dr. Miller judges.
will talk on school board mem-
cuaslons will follow each address.
The afternoon session will get
under way with an address by
Dr. Trabue on current trends in
education.
A. L. Calton, Chairman of the
(Cleveland County School Board,
will at 2:30 preside over a ses
sion devoted to school board
problems.
Junior Baseh
To Be
By Wilkes L^on ^
Post Over County
Proposal Outlined by Lecioo*
na'ree Before Meeting
Of Schoolmasters
MAY FORM LEAGUE
Schoolmarters ^Express
preciation for-Book Mend
ing by WPA Workers
Plans for organization r o t
American Legion junior basebaR
in Wilkes county were outUj^
on Tuesday night before the
Wilkes county schoolmastois'
club by Frank E. Johnson, eoaa-
mander, and W. J. Bason, of'the
Wilkes Legion post.
Under the plan the post pro
poses to sponsor a league of six
or more junior teams in various
leading communities in WUkM
providing sufficient interest is
shown and some person can be
Induced to manage and coach
each team.
The speakers Tueeday night
emphasized the need of such s
project and pointed out that tho
project this year would be more
or less as preliminary training
and that it is hoped that the post
will he able to gather and enter
a team in the "little world ae
ries’’ competition next year.
The schoolmasters spoke very
favorably of the proposal and in
dicated that they would add their
influence and support in their
respective communities.
The meeting was well attended,
it being the last of the preaent
school year of the organization,
composed of high school princi
pals and teachers.
A resolution was offered by R.
V. Day, of Millers Creek, expreaa-
Ing appreciation to Mrs. Holder,
supervisor ot the book mending
project, for the splendid work of
mending hooka In the school tt-
thio secretary waJr roqudoted to '
forward- a copy to Repreaentstivs
Walter Lambeth, teRing of, how
helpful that the project h^ been
and requesting that it be con
tinued as a part of the WPA pro
gram.
Picture Contest
To Close June 1
Kiwanis Club OflFering Pri*e*
For Best Photos For
Postcard Views
The picture conies’- sponsored
fl’e North Wilkesboro Klwan-
conrerences Is c'ub secure the most snit-
able photographs fc* postcard
The sessions will get under way scenes to advertise North Wllkee-
boro and Wilkes county will close
June 1 and those who would like
to enter pictures for either of the
four prizes have one month In.
which to take them to J. B. Mc
Coy, at Hotel Wilkee. who will
turn the pictnre.s over to the
’The first prize will be five dol-
WIII lain ou ouuuu* ... ,
hers as educational leaders. Dls- Isfs. the second three
R. C. Fnucett In
WPA Office Here
R. C. Faucett, formerly of Pine-
hurst, has accepted a .position
with the Works Progress admin
istration' and is stationed in the
division office here, succeeding
C. M. Crutchfield, who is now in
charge of the Greensboro WPA
office.
Mr. Faucett comes to the city
highly recommended. He Is a
graduate In civil engineering
from the University of Wisconsin
and has been engaged in con
struction work for some time. It
is believed that he will be a valu
able addition to the WPA office
; force here.
David C. Dettor, a new candi
date for mayor of the Town of
WUkeeboro, filed this week with
the town clerk. Mr. Dettor is well
and favorably known throughout
tblfl section of the state, and has
many -warm friends in the town
‘who are expected to give him
support when the election is held
Tuesday, May 4th. Attorney J. F.
Jordan, another well known citi
zen of the town, has, already filed
as a candidate for mayor.
L. B, Dula and C. E. Lender-
man, the only two former offici
als of the town to ottor thorn-
selves for re-election as commis
sioners, have also filed, and It is
understood that the remainder of
the Dettor ticket will ho filled out
with the names of James t^we
and Dp. O. T. Mitchell, -both, of
whom have previously filed da
candidates for the office of com-
missioner.
Farmers Asked To
Report Practices
County Farm Agent A. G. Hen-
East Rites Held
For Stokes Lane
dren has requested that farmers Ctmducted Tuesday
who have'turned under rye or — _
or
other green manure crops this
spring report this work at his of
fice in order that they may, get
credit for it in the soil conserva
Afternoon at Firat Bap
tist Church In This City
and fourth, wilt be one dollar
ea-th.
Although the picture must be
one suitable for reproduction,
the subject matter will have a
greater weight with the ju^tasa
and those who enter pictures aro-
asked to keep in mind that the
scene must be of scenic intsmst
and ono that would farorahly
publicize this section of the' state
Mountain scenes, highway
orchards, bird’s eye views ot'the
city, dairy or poultry fanaa.
bluffs, proclplcos, forest soenas,
bridges, etc., .are some sngcaa
tlons. The eentest is open to any
one.
wTO.v — .Funeral service for D. Stokes
tlon program. ’This Is Important Lane, age 76, who died Monday
and those who have complied In In a Stateevill© hospital, was hold
this manner are asked to report ’Tuesday afternoon at the First
without delay, : V- Baptist church here with Rev.
It Is also urged that any fhrw- Bngon© Olive in chwge, assisted
er participating in the program by Rev. N. T. Jarvis, well known
last 'year and wBo has boh«3»h minister, and 0 ^
any additional iand_ or sold'My HeWnson,: pastor of the
North
lands to report the change In .Wlftssboro Frosbytorlan church.
acreage to the county agent’s ot- rpllo'srlng the service hero the
flee In order that the Informa- body was taken to Walnut Grove
tlon may be noted on their work rBcjPtlat church cemetery at Pores
sbeeta which will serve as a basis Knob for burial
for computing benefits
paid.
to . be
N. C. S. E. S. Office
Hours Are Changes!
During the connie ef the serv- .
(Continued on page eight) *half hour
Jamee M. Anderson, manager
of the North Carolina &»]4oy-
ment Service for this district, nn-
nonneed today that on rscommen-
datlon of tbo state office that of
fice hours here have been chang
ed. '
The otrice hours now being
observed are 8:30 a. m. to 4:3*
p. m. each working day exnnpt
Saturday and on Saturday from
S;S0 a. m. to ll.’to p. m. .Tbo
change la merely moving
opening and cloning - time -' one*.