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COLUMBUS VOTES DRY
WlkiteTille, May 4.—'Unofficial
retnrna from 16 oat of ColumboB
eovBty’a 23 precincta tonisbt Rave
opimikenta of county liquor stores
2,922 and proponents 1,325.
CALL UQUOR VOTE
JbMsh, May 4.—Wake coun
ty commissioners today unani
mously resolved to ask the coun-
'board of elections for a refer-
! dam On ABC stores, preferably
!^4Bke place or June 29.
RTERBISNT
,4--Sam/ W.
fiQdtliL, an^tor tor* the ildahway
a&4 linhlV: ^orks comaiimion,
said today, that $714,000 of road
side Iwttennent fnnds had been
released to he used for hundreds
of minor road improvement pro-
iotis In the state. Wake got $22,-
900 to use for county road sur
facing and repairs to route 70.
Finals Wilkesboro
District Attended
By Many Students;
High Finals Begin
MILLIONS WILL HONOR BEST
FRIEND ON SUNDAY, MAY 9
Schools In Larteat District
Graduate Many From Last
Elementsu'y Grade .
ANNOUNCE RECITALS
Thursday sutd Friday Nights
With Final Program and
Graduation On Tuesday
MAE WESrS HUBBY?
Los Angeles, May 4.—Frank
Wallace, who has been trying to
prove he is Mae West’s husband,
presented his case to the courts
here today. For once, the buxom
actress didn’t say “Come up ’n’
see me.” Instead, she said she
said she would see her lawyer.
Wilkeeboro high school ■will
close another stuccessful year on
Tuesday, May 11, when diplomas
of high school graduation will be
prMsnted a Urge class of sen
iors. The comm^cement address
will be by Dr, B. B. Dougherty,
president of A. 8. T. C., Boone,
and a member of the state school
commission.
The seventh grade district
eommenceanent was 'held at the
(Continued on page eight)
MayDayF^val
Friday AftenMNm
(jty HighiSchool
Anticipated That. Event Will
Be More Impreaaive Than
Initial Effort of Past
OFFIdBS CHOSEN TlIE^At
fob 1^i£ESB0R0S;"J0im
TldKET GETS BIG
■’no OPPOSflCtti «
LegioitiWill Meet
'^•Tomorrow Ni^ht
PUBLIC IS INVITED
i
Space Will Be Provided For
Parkir g Cars; Will Begin
Program at 5 o’clock
4'^
Complete Index
Jud^entDocket
For the County
MOTHER
Hundreds of Stars in the pretty sky,
Hundreds of shells on the shwe together,
Hundreds of birds that go snjiging by,
Hundreds of birds in the sunny^toather,
Hundreds of dewdropsto greet thu dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the pt^le clover,
Hundreds of butterflies oh the lawn,
But only one mother the wide world over.
^ —Anon.
IN WRONG HOUSE
Tucson, Ari*., May 4.—Robert
H. Epperson notified police today
a stranger was using bis bath tub.
Police found ‘blind Tony.’ a
nenrsboy, In the Epperson home,
pN^rlng his bath and vigorous
ly protesting his inability to find
tba iioap aid'towels. Tony had
hi* oVn home by eig'ht
WPA Clerical Project Work
ers Now Engaged in Index
Record Deeds Files
im
SVEp
Under supervision of Mr.s. B.
R. Underwood workers employed
by the clerical project of the
Works Progre^ administration
hav© completed the task of index
ing the Judgment docket in the
office of the superior court of
Wilkes county and are now busily
engaged In indexing the record of
deeds.
.The index v'Ot the Judgment
docjtet J^lodee ati ^ aliMied
SHU Raids Add
Cases to Docket
Of Federal Court
Arrest Two Men While On
Raid of Number ^tills
In County This Week
Federal alcohol tax investiga-
t»ra dpatreyed a number of stlU*
Another Appeal
For Farmer* To
Get In Program
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the second annual May
Day festival at North Wilkeeboro
high school, to take t>lace on Fri
day afternoon. May 7, five o’
clock. ' S*
WorkeAout from a paragraph
of euggeeClonB found In “Old Eng-
liafai Stories and Pictures,” the
festival this year promises to be
even more ibeautlful and ImiffSss-
ive than the initial effort last
year, which was acclaimed very
highly by many spectators.
Miss Annie Bell Pardne was
selected; as May Queen by the stu
dent body and the attendants 'will
be. Hickey Bryant, 'Virginia Alex
ander, Vivian Kerimugih, Elisa
beth Neel, Gwendolyn Huibbard,
Vlrgie Bumgarner, Chloe Church,
Edna Absber, Mary Lois Frazior
and Mabel Kilby.
No> admission will be charged
and the -public has a cordial In
vitation to attend. Parking space
will be -provided for automobiles.
Wilkesj poet of the American
Legion is planning a very inter
esting meeting at the Legion and
Auxiliary clubhonee north of the
city Friday night of this week
and attendance of every Legion
naire is earnestly desired, l^e
post now has a splendid member
ship, exceeding the quota for the
year.
Annual Reunion
Confedmite Vets
WiD Be Monday
Only Five Cpnfedemtes Left
in CuuBfy to Recoive
Annual Invitations
TO CANOIOATTES
IN THIS Cftr
MT
129 Voters Eaprea*' Cili^:^|i|
denM in
ministratioa Hom _ ,
Municipal electtons' 'wenr'f- boM.
Tuesday In North WMksriioeo
t»
Wilkeehoro.
Although. 129 votes wprm
cast in North WUkeshoro tha
snlt was never in donbt hoog|||^-
there was only one ^tlio
field. Mayor R. T. Msin^,"''(>0^
C»,unly Agent Points Out Bene
fits To Be Derived; May
Sign Work 81ieete Now
County Agent A. G. Hendren
this week renewed his appeal for
farmers of Wilkes county to sign
work sheets and participate in
the soil conservation program of
the government, which ipays cash
hesioflts for jiroving soil latproy-
Celebrate lOth
Anniversary Of
Rhodes-DayCo.
Local Firm Progressed Rap
idly Since Organiaatton
Ten Years jAfo
As the ranks of the men who
wore the grey grow thinner and
nearer the vanishing point, there
are ouir five survlviing veterans
of the Confederacy in Wilkes
county to receive invitations to
the annual reunion to be held at
the courthouse in Wilkeeboro on
Monday, May 10.
However, the United Daughters
of the Confederacy have made
plans for the annual event and
are hoping that the veterans 'will
be physically able to gather once
more to recall the days when they
followed the leadership of Lee
and Jackson. ~'
The reunion wdll be entirely
informal and the U. D. C. will put
forth every effort to assure com
fort for the aged veterans Din
ner will he served at’* cafe near.‘fd'NFli»- ^5?”
4 th.
_.^_”eeonty than, obiiTlcted od
dkiMer and scheilnied W &ie afj
etaWs prison Friday. Need for
furiher time to study the case
qud renovation underway o n
dMth row at the prison were giv
en as reason for the stay, which
Aat Puckett’s death dale for June
$l$itid the l^resent date.
The work is calculated to be
of much benefit to the county in
facilitating the finding of records
and providing an accurate index.
3EIVED BIG PAY
s Washington. May 4.—The an-
iMial. report of the American To
bacco company on file today with
the securities commission, dis-
cloied that George W. Hill, pres
ident. received a total remunera
tion of $246,173. The report also
disclosed that the company's vice
presidents, Paul M. Hahn and
Charles F Nelley received re
spectively $125,742 and $12 5,-
C92.
Roaring River
Commencement
Will Be Held Soon; High
School Finals to Be On
Monday, May 17th
THE RICH
Jackson, Miss.. May 4.—The
national budget “should be bal
anced out of the hides of those
■wiho can afford it,’’ Relief Ad
ministrator Harry Hopkins said
addressing a conference of
^women-Democrats of live south
ern states here tonight. Hopkins
seld economy should not fall up
on the shoulders of the poor and
Jobless of the nation, whom he
declared are a governmental re-
aponslbillty “whether we like It
oF-not.”
IS EATING
Oak, Tenn., May 4.—
ijWhttlaw, 46-year-old
4Mn»ntly «•i«d^7rfcat
i 63-day fkst ‘W the
Wd Lerd,” planned to get
today but ihe gave way
-to-’ jjyjffoissta of his family. “I
. ledff ail'i'^ainlng my strength,”
'iiid T^Mtlow, confined to his bed
■ idf the last 10 days as a result of
the fast, “and I expect to be up
and about the house in a few
days.” “I had a bad time for a
few days.” he added, “but the
Lord 'was with me.”
LETTE/t CARRIERS
^ TO MEET MONDAY
Rural ietter carriers are asked
to meet at the courthouse In
; Wilkeeboro Monday right. May
.0,-to lay plans for the annual
jieetlng of the Bmehy Mountain
itural Letter Carriers Aseoclatlon
i be heW at some place in Wilke#
nv $1-
The'rieeUng Monday ndght, to
beefs at T:$6, (wUl be for the par-
- jp6ae of eelerilng a tdaca and ar-
’ribliW* b Vtognm tor the atir
Synopsis of the Roaring River
school commencement ■was con
tained in an announcement today
by Prof. Wm. H. Davis, princi
pal.
The commencement programs
will begin on Thursday night,
May 13, with the presentation of
an operetta entitled "A Rose
Dream’’ by the primary grades
and a supplementary program by
the fourth, fifth and sixth grades.
On Friday night, May 14, will
be class night exercises by the
senior class.
On Saturday, May 15, will be
the seventh grade commencement
exercises, beginning at ten o’
clock.
On the same date at eight o’
clock p. m. will be presentation
of the senior class play, “Up thie
Hill to Paradise."
The commencement sermon
will be on Sunday night, May 16,
followed by graduation, exercises
and commencement address on
Monday nisht; -May 17.
AH night i^vgrams wdll begin
promptly at eight o’clock and the
public -has a cordial invitation to
attend.
Officers Locate
Still Near Elkin
Destroyed Within Mile of
City Limits by Deputies
Lowe and Sparks
Two Wilkes deputies report the
discovery of a still in the ex
treme eastern end of Wilkes
county and within a mile of the
city limits of Elkin.
D^uties L. C. Lowe and E. C.
Sparks destroyed the outftit, along
-with over 200 gallon* of beer and
other materials for unannfacture
of liquor. Officers reports that
oondltloos at the still Indicated
tlmt ft had been used to make two
er more ”runs of firewater.’’
tried in the May term of federal
court in Wilkesboro.
Roy Combs was taken in a still
raid in southeastern Wilkes Mon
day and on Tuesday Curley Pru
itt was caught at a still in T’rap-
hill township. Both filled bonds
of $600 each following prelim
inary hearings ‘before J. W. Dula,
i;. S. coram'Issioner in Wilkee^
Iwro.
Officers making the raids were
A. R. Williams, .1. C. Fortner,
Leonard Roop. J. T. Jones and
C S. Felts.
Progress Slow In
Term Civil Court
Few Cases Tried During the
Present Term; Jenkins
Hardware Wins in Case
RoaUring the need for soli Im
provement and erosion control
-metbods, Mr. Kendren. is urgent
ly requesting that every farmer
who is eligible participate In the
program this year. The total pay
ments for 1936 amounted to more
than $33,000, but Mr. Hendren
is of the opinion that the soil
improvement resulting from com
plying with provisions of the
farm act are of greater value to
the tanners themselves than the
cash; they received.
Work sheets may be signed at
any time hf^tee May 15 at the
office of the county agent in the
courthouse, »Afflgnlng the work
hheets erfells no obligation and
there Is^o contract. However,
paymen^uKill be mai^ according
to compapee wi-h (Ibvlsions of
the act relating to^payments.
IS
PARKWAY
Progress has been slow in the
April tenn of Wilkes superior
court for trial of civil cases only.
A number of cases, however,
have been settled by com-promUe
Judg'ment and a few have been
tried by Jury. Seven divorcee have
been handed down during the
term, the last one being In the
case of Lou Edsel versus A. C.
Edsel.
In the case of Jenkins Hard
ware company versus Globe In
demnity company the plaintiff
was awarded Judgment in the
stun of $1,444.92 and notice of
appeal was given.
Judge Felix E. Alley is presid
ing over the term, which is now
in thie midst of the second week.
MISSING
SEI
Relativ«H!^eived word indi
rectly Bi6i^7 that A. C. Brown,
who diiiippeiired from the home
of his daughter near Call more
than a week mo, had been seen
on the Bluq^dge Parkway but
have been hhA* to locate him.
It was re^H|ll& that a man an
swering his deception was seen
but relatives have been unable to
find him since that 'time: ‘Mr.
Brown is about 65 years pf age.
WOMAN’S CLUB MEi
WILKESBORO SAlflUbAY
The Woman’^ Club of Wilkes
boro will meet Saturday aftemfign
at 3 o’clock with Miss Mabel
Hendren. All meml.-ers are invited
to attend the meeting.
Convicts Who Escaped By Cutting
Hole in Wire On Truck Captured
Freedom gained by two un
ruly convicts in a freak escape
from a convict track Monday
about ten miles nortb of this
city didn’t last long.
At the Sparta prison camp
they do not have quarters for
solitary confinement and when
prisoners are not good boys
they are transported to the
Wilkeeboro^ camp I'or seditary
and ponMunent-
It so happened that eight
prisoners hi that oaaq^ dioose
not to Tturit, although fiiey did
not exactly stage a sltdown
strike,'they were ai^aiently
beaded li^ that direction and
Captain B.-L. Higfat, snperto^'’
tendent of the Wilkertwto
camp, WHS called to bring thmn
over here for dlsohdine.
He starved from Sparta with
the elg^t I'^t wlien be readied
Wilkesboro he checked out on
ly six and accounted for the
shortagje by a bola cut in the
wire cage of the trade. He
promptly iMaried bock in seardi
of the two apedmens that
wonld his Inoome and
ontgo balance and had little
tronlde finding them near Halls
Mills, where they bad Jumped
from the truck after rotfing
the wire with pUem, and were
niaklac their wag. toward Hbcth
wfiMrifri *>U iJioBfiJh wu«d,
pa&y, one of ta*
celebrating Tts tenth anriversary
since its organization in 1927.
The company was organized in
March, 1927, and opened for
business on May 1, 1927, on the
corner of B and Tenth streets.
The first officers were C. G. Day,
president; Frank Morris, vice
president; C. 'S. Coffey, secretary;
Jack Rhodes, tr^urer.
From the outset the company
was popular with the buying pub
lic In Wilkes and adjoining coun
ties and enjoyed a growing pat
ronage. Five years ago the com
pany moved to its newly con
structed three-story building on
the corner of Ninth and C streets
and notwithstanding the fact that
the building at that time was con
sidered ample it became neces
sary to enlarge and the building
was doubled in size this year,
adding extra floor space in order
to carry the stock of merchandise
of a variety and quantity suffi
cient to fill growing demands.
The present offteprs .of the
company are C. O. fiay, IKj^dent
and general manager; Dr^ Bl-
ledge, vice president; S.
Coffey, secretary-treasurer.
QuesticAied relative to the rea
sons torabe pihenomlnal growth
(Co$m||§d on page eight)
ReT.DanieIAdain$
Is Taken By Death
Funeral service was hrfd Wed
nesday afternoon a t Baptist
Home ohfurch for Rev. Dandel A.
Adams, ;Age 53, well ■kno'wn min
ister of North Wllkeaboro route
1. He died Tuesday in the Wilkes
boap4Ul following a brief illness.
He was a son of Mr. and Mn.
C. H. Adams, of route 1, and In
a44Hlon to hia parente leaves hi*
wife and thq following ahildren:
W. R. Adams, route 1; O. W, Ad
ams, Hays; Mrs. A. T. Dillard
and Mrs. J. Adams, School-
field, Va.; mAh B. W., Clayton,
Johnson City, Tenn.; Mias Oordle
Adams, route 1. Also sunrlvlBg
are two brother* and two slatmra:
M. 1. Adams, Sehoolfield, Va.;
Spencmr Adams, '^laya; Mra. D.
M. Shumate, route^2; Mr*. I. S.
Kidd, Hays.
Rev. Mr. Adanq^as •well and
favorably knowHijlrid
crowd ‘wae
which wad eon
B.'Hayea, _
Oweoa, A. B. Hay^ O. W., ^
hanUan. Hillard j^udill and
a luge
the fnanalr
by ReT. J.
Reir* L M.
neXffit eountles. i
The U. D. C. has also requested
that relatives of deceased veter
ans with Confederate markers
decorate the graves on Sunday,
May 9.
Improvement In
Ratings of Cafes
G. S. Odell Finds Cafes Ad
hering More Closely to
Sanitary Standards
G. S. Odell, county sanitary In-
sipector, today released sanitary
ratings for cafes In the 'Wllkes-
boros.
Much improvement was noted
in the ratings of a majority of
the establishment®, while some
few dropped a tew points.
For general information Mr.
Odell stated that the ratings are
given according to sanitation in
i t s various phases, including
cleanliness, especially in kltchln,
requirements as to equipment,
food preeorvation, preparation of
food, health certificates of per
sonnel, and various other items.
The ratings for the present
month follow;
Grade A
i.rahWL.
MMjtf And Comaafeetoh-
ers^tuiph Dunctin, Dr. Caesy aid
Hoyle M. Hutchens. 8. V. Tom
linson received 126 votes and T.
S. Kenerly 128. J. B. McCoy and
D. J. Carter received 129, vote*
each; as members of the school
board.
Blhce there was no opposition,
the 'vote cast is considered a good
expression of confidence in th*
city administration as now om-
stltuted.
Plan League For
Junior Baseball
Goodwill
95.0
94.0
South Side (col.)
92.0
Broadway Tourist
90.6
The Little GrUl _
90.8
Grade
B
88.6
Wbnder
87.0
Rock Diner
8$.0
Green Pig ....
86.6
Liberty Lunch —
86.0
Try Me
86.0
Moore Bros -
.- . 82.6
Snappy Lunch
81.0
Grade
C
Green Lantern
76.0
Beedhee Place
70.0
Central (col.)
.. . . 70,0
Confederate Graves To Be
Decorated Memorial Day
The Wilkes Valley Guards
chapter of the United Daughters
?f the Confederacy urgenUy re
quests that all deecendants , ct
Confederate retetapa 'who have
been given headribnes by tb*
chapter decorate the for
Menortal Day.^lby 10. 4^ flow
ers may be plaeed on the graves
Sunday attenoon and K )• hoped
that no grave o( a Oontedente
veteran in Wilkes ooanty will
lack for flowerik
Legion Hope* to Sponsor a
Number of Wilkes Teams
During This Season
Plans are going forward for the
formation of an American Legion
junior baseball league In Wilkea
county with six or' more team
taking part in a regular sche
dule and with the intention oC
entering a team In junior com
petition next season.
The project is being sponsored
by the Wflkes post of the Amesi-
can Legion, wbiqb, will fi^ratsh
the major equipment and^ aehn
that some responsible pereem fa
miliar with the national^ paiiUm
manage and train the teams in
the various communitiee.-
’The movement was approved
by the Wilkes County SpJ^pol-
masters’ club in re^nt Biei^ag
and school princ^ls are seplrilng
Legion leaden id fscuring a;
ager for tie teem in seweral
tral comimnnitie#;—
Three Injured h
Wreck Improving
I
missioners Ralph Durimn, *. T.?
Tomlinson, Hoyle M.
T. 8. Kenerly and Dr. B. P. (!laa>
ey were re-elected, along
B. McCoy and D. J. Carter, nieas-
ben of the city board of ednia
tion.
In Wilkesboro a compamttvely
large vote was oast, reentting In
a sweeping victory for the Jordan
ticket by majorities of about turn
to one. "
The vote was:
For mayew—J. F. Jordan, 279;
D. C. Dettor, 136,
For commissioners—^Dr. 0. T.
Mitchell 369; Jamee Lowe I4f;
W. E. Smithey 279; WIm. A.
Stroud 265; C. E. Leaderman
163; L. B. Dula 140. The oom-
missioners elected we>re|Dr.
Mitchell, James Lowe, W.
Smithey and Wm. A. Stroud.
The names of Dr. IMUdiell and
James Lowe appeared on both tk*
Dettor and Jordnfi ttokets , and
they received praetieidly the gn-
tire rote. The tickets were
ed, in accordance .with >
tea order from U U Luii^lurfa
Reports from the Wilkee boe-
pital indicate that Ballard Kelly,
Otto Church and Mias Delta
Church, injured last Satnrday in
an automobile oolUsloa on high
way 18, are doing nicely and have
rallied from shock.
However, each was feriously _
injured: BMly with a fractured
neek; Otto Church 'With hroken
rlhe, punctured luag and lacera- -
Uone; and Mias Obnreh a fraetnp-
ed sknU.
Kelly waa driving "toward^
Nmih Willedboro whan th* «*-;
Umton with th* ear diivea hc„:
Ohaict^ 'Who w
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