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ObaxIoUd, April SO.—STander
K. WUson, C4*rlotte barber, waa
crusihed to-; death here today by
a Norfolk-Soatbem freight train.
RESUME PARK WORK
Raleigh, April 30.—A civilian
coneervation corps group is eic-
pected to occupy the camp site at
Mt. Mitchell state park on May 4
to resume work of park beautifi
cation and Improvement.
PLANES HUNT STILLS
Durham, April 30.—Moonshin-
en in these parts were anxiously
scanning the skies today. Feder-
-al alecdiolic beverage tax agents
announced they had obtained a
coast guard airplane to aid them
fn "spotting” illicit whisky dis-
^llerles.
TJVWS FOR “CONTROL”
Raleigh, April 30.—Governor
Hov told the new state alcoholic
bovi^rage oontrt^ board today that
as he understood it “the trend of
the new liquor law is toward con
trol rather than to find new reve-
The governor conferred
wKh the board members for the
first time since they had taken
office.
TEACHES PRISONERS
Raleigh, April 30.—Governor
Hoey agreed today to teach a
Sunday scbool class this week-end
at central prison here. For years
the governor taught a Sabbath
class at his home in Shelby.
Shortly after his inauguration in
January, lie took over the instruc
tion of a group at a Methodist
church here ‘T haven’t decided
yet what I will talk to the prison
ers about,” Hoey said. “It will be
some sort of Bible lesson, how
ever.”
VOL. XXXI, NO. 58 Pub)in»>ed MoMayt and Thursdaya NORTH WILKESBOBO, N. C.. MONDAY, MaV 3, 1987 ^
Municipalities To
Vote On Officers
In Elections To Be
Held On Tuesday
No Contest in North Wilkes-
boro But Expect Several
Votes Will Be Cast
ONE TICKET AT RONDA
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Wilkesboro Has Contest—
Two for Mayor and Six
File For Commissioner
TWO MEN KILLED
Martinsville, Va., April
30.— ;
Tw-v wo.rkmen were killed and
six injured here today in the col
lapse of a two-story brick bund
ling which was being remodeled.
I ^Imdies of Jesse James Ba-
il, near MartlaatrUle, and
epU|lr
Citizens of three Wilkes towns
will march) to the polls tomorrow
(Tuesday. May 4), to chose mu
nicipal officers for a two-year
term.
The Incorporated towns to
hold elections are North Wilkes
boro, WMIkeeboro and Honda. In
North wnikeeboro and Ronda all
candidates are assured of victory
because there is no opposition.
In W'ilkesboro there are two can-
liidate.s for mayor, D. C. Dettor
.Trid J. F. Jordan, and six candi
dates for the four places on the
i)oard of aldermen; L. B. Dula,
('. K. Lenderman, Dr. G. T. Mitch
ell, Wm. .A,. Stroud, James Lowe
and W^ E. Smlthey. Dula and
Lenderman are members of the
present board.
■At Ronda only one ticket has
filed.
Mayor R. T. McNiel. Commis
sioners S. V. Tomlinson, Hoyle
,\I. Hutchens. Ralph Duiumn. Dr.
R. P. Casey and T. S. Kenerly,
present officers, have no opposi
tion in the North W'ilke-sboro elec
tion. D. J. Carter and Joe B. Mc
Coy, members of the school board
whose lerms expire this year, are
also on the ticket and have no
opposition.
Notwithstanding Uie fact that
no opposing candidates are in the
field, it is expected that many
,wtH.. 4Mt \ ballotfl in. the North
•a.
Omaha, Neb. . . . Mrs. Carl R.
Gray, wife of the retiring presi
dent of the Union Pacific Rail
road, has been chosen by the
Golden Rule MothT’s Day Com
mittee as "The American Moth
er of 1937.”
Urges That Tax
Listing Be Done
Early This Month
tie walls
way.
xptf H of the
of the structure gave
ITTING SUGAR IN
ashin.gton, April 30.—Secre-. n-een noiicea reiauv
Hull, the administration’s wilkesboro election and
exponent of two-way for-
trade. tried today to head off
hslation that would reduce the
amount of sugar Cuba could send
to the I'nitod States. The slate
^department head appeared before
the house agriculture committee
to urg,. that the share allotted the
island republic under the exp'r-
ing Jones-Costigan quota systei’-'
not be reduced.
COLDER THAN COLD
Washington, April 30.—A new
city administration. The city hall
will be the one and only voting
place in North Wilkesboro.
However, quite much interest
ha.s been noticed relative to the
a large
vote i.s foreca.st. The election will
he held in the building where reg
istration took place, next door to
Lyon Electric company.
Stills, Liquor
Galore Taken
At Five Places
Tax Supervisor Calls Atten
tion to Tax Lasting Now
Under Way in County
W. P. Kelly, county tax super
visor, today in an advertisement
elsewhere in this newspaper calls
attention of the people of Wilkes
county to the fact that tax list
ing is now under way.
Tax listing began in the 21
townships of the county Satur
day and will continue according
to the tax listing notice,s posted
in the townships by the ll.stakers.
A penalty of 10 per cent will be
charged against those who do not
list according to law.
This is the year for reassess
ment and assessors accompany
the llstaker of each township.
TJie advertisepent placed by
Collision of Two
AutomobilesLands
Three In Hospital
Seriously Injurer'
Cars Driven by Ballard Kelly
and Otto Church Collide
On Highway No. 18 .
ONE FRACTURED SKULL
Church and Lady Companion
Critically Injured; Other
Accidents Also Occur
i»da who is mqatred by law bo list
property for taxes. Farmers are
asked to be prepared to answer
questions relative to crop acre
ages.
Extend Time For
Sign-up of Farms
Have Until May 15th to File
Work Sheet at Office
Of County Agent
Week-end accidents in Wilkes
county placed four in the
Wilkes hospital with painful
and very serious Injuries.
Three were critically injured
late Saturday when cars driv
en by Ballard Kelly and Ottd
Churcli collided on highway 18
about ten miles north of this
city. Dougliton Ellcdge was in
jured when a n automobile
struck a wagon on which he
was riding about six miles out
on highway 18. Other accidents
in whicli minor injuries were
sustained were also reported.
Kelly was traveling toward
\ortIi Wilkesboro when the
collision with the car driven by
tinireli oeciired. Kelly su.stuin-
el a fractured neck, va;dous
cuts and bruises, Otto Cliurch
sevenil broken ribs and a punc
tured lung, and his companion,
Miss Della Church, a fractured
skull and other injuries.
Doiighton Elledge sustained
!i fmclured leg in the auto
wagon collison. The car was
.said to have been driven by
Willie, Norman.
Meat Is Stolen
Second Time At
John Pardue Confeisee Tak
ing Hams From Home
For County’s Poor
Washington April new Totaling 240 Gallons
approach to the absolute zero of -
temperature lias been devised,
Dr. F. Simon, of Oxford univer-
♦ slty, England, told the American
Physical society today. With this
naw method, which consists of
slowing down the spin of elec
trons around the nucleus of at
oms. it i.s possible lo reach with
in one ten-thousandth of a degree
of absolute zero—4 59.7 degrees
below zero F’ahrenheit.
and Vast Quantities Beer
Cut at Number Stills
ROBBED OF $400 |
Taylorsville, .April 30.—Greene i
McBride, 47, farmer living a mile
north of here on Wilkesboro high- j
vaay, was robbed of approximately ,
J400 last night. An unidentified j
Still-s almost too numerous to
nieutioii and liquor and beer in
plentiful quantities were destroy
ed by Sheriff C. T. Doughton,
ileputie.s and federal investigators
last week.
'I'lie capture-s included three
stills. 170 gallons of liquor and
va.st quantities of beer in the
Windy Gap vicinity and two .stills,
70 gallons of liquor and over 3,-
000 gallons of beer in Antioch
township.
Federal officers also destroyed
a number of stills and details
stnuiger came to inquire about a | concerning the.se was not immedl-
‘ ately available today.
Thu.s county and federal offi
cers have continued their raids
with the amazing results of about
m&le McBride had for sale. Mc-
iride was preceeding him to thej
barn with a lantern when, the ^
stranger struck him. apparently
re-
with a blackjack. McBride ^
gained consciousness about 20 ; f’*'
0 illicit, plants during the month
minutes later and staggered back
to the house. He .suffered a con-
of ti;e brain.
Colvard Reunion To
Be Held Sunday, 23
Fox Hunters To
Gather Saturday
! A reunion or gathering of all
the Colvards is to be held at
No. 16 near Wilbar post office,
Wilkes County, on Sunday, May
23. 1937. Everyone by the name
The following announcement j of Colvard or a direct descendant
was Issued by A. G. Hendren; itjof a Colvard is invited .to attend.
Is self explanatory:
"Saturday, May 8 at 2:30 p. m.
Is the tBne. The courthouse in
'Witkenboro Is the place. Don’t
miss the gathering of fox huntors
on this occaclon. There will bo
some very Important mattera to
4ISCUS8. All you boys who love
‘'the ‘mnslc of the hounds* be
anro to be there.”
James Edward (Caudill, student
State Oollego, Raleigh,
wss^'-end with, hla parents,
g'r, and'Mrs. J. 8. OandiU.
This will be an Informal gather
ing and no special program is
being planned. It will just »e a
get acquainted meeting at which
definite plans will be made for
future reunions. Everyone Is
asked to bring a basket and a
picnic dinner will be enjoyed by
all. It is hoped all Colvard.s and
Colvard relatives nill make it a
point to be present.
The above announcement was
issued by W. E. Colvard. tempor
ary president, and Howard Clark,
temporary secretary.
Information of importance to
(he farmers of Wilkes county is
contained in the following article
released for publication today by
A. G. Hendren, Wilkes farm
agent:
‘We have been advised that
time for signing work sheets has
been extended to May 15. We al
ready have 700 new signers but
there are others who are eligible
and should sign. We desire that
every farmer in the county par
ticipate in this program and for
that reason time has been ex
tended.
"The money ha.s been appropri
ated to help us build up the soil
and why not tak© advantage of
it and get what is coming to us?
If you have not filled out a v/ork
.sheet and are eligible, please
see one of the committee and
come to the county agent’s office
before May 15.
"There has been paid to farm
ers of Wilkes county for 1936
more than $33,000. We should
receive for 1937 more than dou
ble that amount.
"There is one thing I wish to
call special attention to; in, a, few
eases the owner of a farm has
died after work sheet was signed,
'riien It becomes necessary for
somebody to sign application for
payment and also sign the check
when it comes. If this happens the
proper thing to do would be to
have an administrator appointed,
have him come to the ^ouhty
agent’s office and we will make
a new work sheet in his name.
Then he can sign application for
payment and the check when it
alrives.’’,
JUNIOR ORDER MEETING
TO BE TUESDAY NIGHT
Every member of the North
Wilkeaboro council of the Junior
Order is urged to attend the
meeting Tuesday night, at which
time there will be side degree
work and other interesting fea
tures. A^sltlng Juniors will be
weleome. ' '
3Ieat stolen again from the
I'ounty home for poor farm,
sold, recovered and the guilty
party Jailed Is the record sot
on© tlay during the pa.st week.
Cllnard Jones, keepei- of the
institution, diptovered the los-s
of (wo huni.s and officers were
immediately notlflel. Within a
short time the hain.s were dis
covered at a North Wilkesboro
store, where tite identity of the
person soiling them was leam-
-d. Officers proeoeded upon the
investigation with the informa
tion and arrested .lohn I’ardnc,
North Wilkeslmro youth who
immetliately confessel and was
iiKiircernted.
This is tlic second time that
county home hams have been
.stolen within a month. Charlie
Mefilamery and Nnma Porter,
two prisoners working on the
farm, were Jailed on chai^ of
stealing the Itams^and will fin
ish their sentences on the
road.s. .Anyway, the hams have
been going the ronntls but with
continued good luck maybe the
county’s poor will gjet to eat
them after all.
High Court Will
Hear Demurrer
Demurrer to Be Heard in
Election Case by Supreme
Court on May 19th
Considerable interest has been
revived in th© Swaringen versus
Poplin election litigation by the
action of the North Carolina su
preme court last week in denying
the motion by counsel of Swar-
ingen that the demurrer be dis
missed on the allegation that the
appeal was not filed in the time
allowed by law and that the de
murrer was frlvllous and appar
ent attempt to delay trial of the
case.
Counsel for Swaringen on the
motion before th© high court to
dismiae the demurrer aaked that
the appeal be heard soon as pos
sible If the motion was not al
lowed and May 19 was set as the
date for the hearing.
The appeal was from a decls-
iorx In March by' Judge Felix Al
ley’ Overruling thO( demurrer to
khe comT*ilnt brought by Xttor-
ney? tor-Fopllui:^ J*
Royal Famfly lUady for Coroiia^iA
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PS'S'S'.^i
London, England . . . Hero is a new picture of King Georg© ’VI
and Queen Elizabeth and their two daughters. Princess Elizabeth
(left), heir presumptive to the throne, and Princess Margaret Rose.
Princess Elizabeth recently celebrated her eleventh birthday.
Hackett Sworn b as Member Of
State Highway Commission May
isc; Discusses Highway Program
Handicaps Fail To
Daunt Children In
School Attendance
I,ouis:e, ago Ll. ami Milih'rtl
Hue, age 10, children of Mr.
and Mi-s. W. W. Kyle, hav© per-
feet records of attendance at
the Noi-tli ’Wilkesboro school
despite the fact that they Walk
ed a distance of four miles to
and I’l-om ,-chool each day be
fore the bns line made the
walking’ distance less.
Ijouise has a record of seven
yean perfect pttendanoe and
tour miles ..waijUitS ' par ^ .be
fore ifie bos line.went iwv the
home. MOdroJ Sue has tour
years |>erfect attendance.
C. 0. Bumgarner
Is Badly Injured
Pledges Best Etfort to Se
cure Improvement For
School Bus Routes
Appliratimv For
Assistance
Age May Be , Made
After Brst of July
Welfare • Officer Ank« Poe^-
ple to Refraiis Fycoo Ap* v .
plying at TKia
MAY APPPLY JULY i
County Must Make Levy
Pay One-Fourdi Cost of
Aiding Aged Poor '
MACHINE SHOP HERE
Commission Will Meet On
May 11th to Divide State
Into Ten Districts
J. Gordon Hackett. of thU city,
wa.if sworn in at Raleigh Saturday
a.= a member of the state highway
commission for the eighth dis
trict, to be composed of ten coun
ties.
ilsMon’and
man ara all now*men, Oqvomor
•Hoey making a clean sweep in
•the appointments under the re
organization plan pa.ssed by the
legislature providing tor ten
commissioners to represent dis
tricts of ten counties each.
The next meeting of th© co^m-
mis.sinn will be held on Ma.v 11th
Both Legs Broken When
Truck Is Crowded From
Highway Near the City
Charles O. Bumgarner, local
citizen who Is engaged in the
freight trucking business, receiv
ed very serious injuries late
Thursday evonlng when his truck
left hlghw-ay 421 about one-half
mil© west of this city. Both legs
were broken and he was carried
to the Wilke.s hospital in a seri
ous condition.
Mr. Bumgarner said that a car
crowded his truck from the road
and that it did not stop. Nothing
was learned concerning th© Iden
tity of the car or iUs driver.
W.P.A. District
Teachers To Meet
In Boone Friday
Featuring the meeting of third
district WPA teachers in Boone
on Friday, May 7, will be an ex
hibit of products of the adult
education classes, a great part of
which will bo furnished by the
several classes being taught in
Wdlkes.
The meeting and exhibit will be
held In one of the college build
ings and Is expected to attract
much Interest, There wUl be
numbers on the program by vari
ous classes, including winging,
string niuslct etc. Dinner and re
freshments will be served and the
public is cordially invited' to see
samples of what la being accomp
lished by the WPA adult educa
tion. project.
W. R. Craft, project eupervls-
or, a number of aidult teachers
and others interested are expect
ed to attend the meeting from
this section.
for organization and the task of
dividing the state into districts.
Commissioner Hackett granted
an interview with a representa
tive of The Journal-Patriot today,
in which he pledged his best ef
forts to secure improvement for
the leading secondary roads and
school bus routes in the counties
in his district, at the same time
not overlooking the needs tor
construction of paved highways.
I He said h© •’ntended to use every
effort to have the school bus
routes placed in condition for all-
w'eather travel and in such con
dition that bus transportation
would be safe for the school chil
dren and equipment.
* He pledged that he would rep
resent the counties of his district
in such a manner that each coun
ty would be treated fairly and im
partially.
Commenting on various phases
of the highway .rituatlon. he re-
marxed that there is not a major
machine and repair shop of the
highway department in his dis
trict and that he hopes to obtain
a shop for the district and that
it should be located here.
In the initial meeting of the
new commission SaturdayMr.
Hax:kett took an active part and
urged that the commleslon obtain
and cultlvate^lia^^Bdwlll of the
people of tlm,^8tate. He placed
crniphasis on goodwill
and favorabliiii publki^pinlon.
Relative to the recent letting
of contract on highway 268 be
tween Ronda and Roaring River,
.Mr. Hackett advised that rumors
to th© effect that contract had
not been let are false and that he
was Informed by the chief engi
neer that the contract had been
let and approved.
Applications for old age
ance under the security prograas
may b© made to the welfare de
partment after July 1, Charlee
McNeill, county welfare oftieer
said today, and urgently requeet-
ed that no person make appHea-
tion before that time. In fact the
law sets July 1 as th© first date
on w'hich application can be ac
cepted.
Under the social security pn»-
gram of the nation with the etete
cooperating, a state law was poae-
ed making it mandatory that
commissioners of each county in
the state make the neceeaary tnx
levy and aporopriatlon to pay
one-fourth th© cost of aasiatanen
to dependent aged people and de
pendent children.
And under th© set up a board
will be appointed in each county
consisting of three members, one
appointed by the state welfare
department, one by the county
I hoard "f oninTniisioners and the
third to I>e selected l)y the two.
This board will hav© authority to-
receive and pass on all appllea-
tions for a.'isistance to dependent
iigcJ and dependent children. The
action of the board on appBca-
tioiis will determine the amount
to be expended and the convml*-
sionera will be required nndnr
the law to; make a tax Very W.
raise the county's part, or
(ooetK ,ot the total ipiouna, i
flndthg. MMnbers of lh« coa
tee trill hot receive pay. *
' This new board, however, wdll
have a big responsibility and wBl
also serve with the board of enn-
mlseioners in election of the
county welfare office. Before thin
law was enacted the county board
and education and conxmissionain
jointly elected the welfare officer.
Revival To Begin
Epworth League
Friendship Church
, The Friendship M. E. Epworth
At Welcome Homei League was re-organf*ed on Sun-
, .. day. May 2, at 4 o’clock p. m.,
A revival service will begin,! with Cyrus Faw as preeldent. The
Sunday night May 9. at Welcome j I>eague will meet each Sunday at
Home Baptist church In the this hour. All young p^ple of the
Cricket community. community are Invited to come
The pastor, Roy. Levi Qiwno. jnnd take part, and older people
will be assisted by ReTj, Mr. Cook,: also Invited to attend th»
from Watauga^ Everyone la oor- > meetings and give enconragetne^
dlally Irndted to attend. young people. *
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Divorces Exceed'
Licenses to Wed
Six Couples Get Untied and
Four Couples Obtaiin
License to Wed
Divorces forged ahead ol the
number of marriages in Wilkee
comity this week but th© caueo
was that tile civil term of oonrt
was in progress.
Five divorces—uncontested—
were granted during th© wert^^
on the ground."! of two years’ sep
aration and on©' on grounds of
adultery. The divorces were: ■*-
liecca I.awson versus Harry L»»-
son, Mrs. Tlncie,Holbrook Rich
ardson versus He^hel Richard
son, James A. Jennlng.^ venaa
Jewell Jennings, -Mrs. Bailey
Howard versus Marshal HoWkSfd,
Mrs. Ruth Eaton versus Harry T.
Eaton. Marie Pearson B-umgansr
versus Atwell Bumgarner.
Liconsea to wed wer© isoned. by
Register of Deeds Oid W41e» to
the following four couplee: J.. R.
Crawford and Shirley Iron© Foo
ter, both of North Wilkesboro;
McKinley Chambers, Cycle, and
Dare Gray. Ronda; Eagen* ToMor
and Sherlle Jolly, l>oth of Neath
Wilkesboro: Ambrose Wyatt,
Vannoy, and ’Virginia Little, Iksy-
lo.
legion Post Has
Fine Membershn*
Exceeds Quota For the Yewr$
Interestmg Meeting to Bn
Held Friday Night
Wilkes poet of the A.m«riesn
Legion has exceeded Ite meanho*^
ship quota for the year by four,
it was learned today from John
W. Hall, adjutant,
. Mr. Hall announced , the next
meeting to be hold Fricsy nighti
May 7, beginning at 7:80,'* an*
hf^ed 'a large attendance. 8ato^
i very important ■' and tntereatlhgr
teatwpea ,. are . planned for
meeting. . - -
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