r
Recave Ki^mas
Monday Night
Conunmeement Address De>
liTered 'By Judge Felix
E. Alley
ir SCHOOL HAS GOOD YEAR
Retained Membership in As
sociation ; Elementary
Standardized
As a lawyer would plead his
sase before a Jury, Jud^e Felix
B. Alley, of Wayneevllle, on Mon
day night argued the cause of
“■tSirlstlanlty before a large gradu
ating class and audience In the
final program of the North Wil-
hesboro high school commence-
pp'iaent.
[ Using as a subject, “Jesus
>Chrl8t, Son of God and Man,”p*® ^**0 countlM
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VOT. tyyt; no. 65 Fubliahed Mondays and TharsdayB, NORTH WILKESBQRO. N. g^.THUBSDAY^ MAY 27. 1987 n.^O IN THE STAT&-^2.0Q OUT OFTHg STA^
Highway Commissioners
Set Days to Hear Road
Matters In the Districts
Second Monday in Each Month Set Aside for
Hearings by Commissioner Hackett In
The Eighth District; Appoint Engineer
wets preseatedT hy
B. Johnson, Legion poet com
mander, to Mary Francea Pardue
and Robert Wood Finley.
J. B. Williams, a member of
the city school board, presented
medals for seven years perfect
attendance. Supt. W. D. Halfacre
preeented the Balfour key to
Leonard Brooks and J. B. McCoy,
meon-ber of the school board,
^^iJ^warded the *00! board’s med-
Judge Alley outlined two major
leeuee which he discussed: “Wss
there a man named Jesus?” and
“Was this man Jesus the divine
son of God and savior of the
world?”
He explained why he chose the
religious theme for the com
mencement address, saying that
If the students went on to col
lege or oat to make a way in the
world they would come face to
face with athiest doctrine and
false teachings.
Raleigion, he said, was found
ed on fact and In his argument
he first offered the testimony of
the four gospel writers as eye
witnesses and corroborative evi
dence of Roman historians of
that ago who frequently mention
ed Christ in their writings, doubt
ing hia divinity but not contra
dictory to the actual happenings
and miracles performed by the
divine Son of God.
The commencement program
opened with singing of “America,
tllie Beautiful,” led by Miss
Ellsabetb Zurburg, followed by
Invocation by Rev. W. M. Cooper,
-asaiatant pastor of the Presbyter-
ias church.
American Legion medals
•warded to the ontetandlng boy
At the meeting of the state
highway commission In Raleigh
Tuesday and Wednesday the com
missioners set aside days to dis
cuss highway matters in each di
vision and the oommlssloners of
whose recom
mendations will bear much
weight with the members of the
c Mnmisslon, have been notified
of the state days.
The monthly meeting for dis
cussing of road matters in the
eighth division, of which J. Gor
don Hackett, of this city. Is the
commissioner, will be held here
On the second Monday of each
month.
This set-up was arranged In
order that people interested in
road matters would not find it
necessary to go to Raleigh and
Field Man For
Unemployment
Set-Up In City
, Grady Baber In Office Of
Emplojrment Service In
Tbit City
R. Baber, formerly of Winston-
Salem, field repreeentatlve of the
North Carolina Unemployment
Compensation Commission, has
established headquarters in the
district office of the ^te employ-
jnentsflierviiM offii
tflri atadeata
busily engaged with
el to Helen Kelly for the high
est scholastic record during the
term.
A selected group of girls de
lightfully rendered an English
folk song and the speaker of the
evening was Introduced by J. R.
Hlx, chairman of the city school
board.
Supt. Haifacre announced the
beginning of summer school on
Monday, May 3i, and diplomas of
seventh grade graduation were
preeented to a large class by W.
E. Jones, member of ihe school
board.
D. J. Carter, vice chairman of
the city school board, preeented
the high .school diplomas to the
class of 50 graduatee, largest in
the history of the school. The
commencement program closed
with benediction by Dr. R. B.
Templeton, pastor of the Metho
dist otourch.
Thus the school ended perhaps
the most successful year In Its
bietory. During the term there
was a record enrollment with a
corresponding high average of
daily attendance. The school sys
tem has functioned very smooth-
and it Is felt that much pro-
employen
relative to filing retports under
the com.paratIvely new law and
has found hia time well filled.
Elect Officers
Of Junior Order
E.
A. Shook Councilar For
Ensuing Period; Other
Officers Named
made in educational
gress was
ohannels.
The high school retained its
membership in the Southern As
sociation of Accredited Secondary
Behools and Colleges and the ele
mentary school remained a stand
ard Institution, ranking as high
as any elementary school its slse
la the state.
List of Graduates
John Frederick .fallen, John
Caswell Andrews, Rudd Bare,
Donald T. Belsh, Jr., Leonard
Brooks, John William Cratior, J.
D. Deal, Charles Stnart Duncan,
Robert Wood Finley, Charles
Clinton Grayson, Wilson Glen Hu-
let, Gwyn Jones Kilby, Robert
Boyd Jones, Archie Franklin Mc
Neil, Major B. Minton, John V.
Parker, Oharlee Shelton Sink, Jr.,
fitere M. Taylor, Thomas Frank
lin Templeton, Forrest Edgar
Thtganan, Samuel Stevenson Vick
ery, George Clay Welbom, OUbeit
Bzrold Wendland. Rnth Absher,
Btisaibeth Anderson, Virginia Car-
olys Alexander, Janloe Virginia
.(Continued on page oightj
North Wilkesboro council of Jr.
O. U. A. M. In meeting Tuesday
night elected officers for the en
suing six-months’ period.
E. A. Shook was elected coun
cilor and the other officers are as
follows: Paul Hutchens, vice
councilor; C. A. Canter, recording
secretary; J. D. Moore, Jr., as
sistant recording secretary; C. G.
Day, financial secretary; Bank
of North Wilkeaboro, treasurer;
J. R. Beamon, conductor; A. G.
Anderson, warden; J. S. Minton,
inside sentinel; A, A, Cashion,
outside sentinel; H. L. Mechem,
chaplain; Paul Greene, Junior
past councilor; C, O, McNlel, C.
B. Eller and Clay Pardue, trus
tees: C, G. Horton and C. A.
Canter, representatives to state
convention with W. K. Sturdivant
and S. L. Pardue, alternates.
The North Wilkesboro council
continues very active and has a
large membership.
New Drug Store
Enters Business
Red Cross Pharmacy To
Have Fomuil Opening
Friday and Saturday
Red Cross Pharmacy, latest ad
dition to the businese life of the
city, will observe its formal O'pen-
ing Friday and Saturday of this
week.
The store is located in the P-
E. Brown building o» the cor
ner of Tenth and C streets. The
building was completely renovat
ed with a new interior and at
tractive front. floor, walls
and celling were attractively fin
ished and present a most pleas
ing appearance.
The new firm handles stand
ard lines of drugs, cosmetics,
patent medtcines, popular and
could discuss road matters with
the representative commissioner.
The hours will be from ten a. m.
until three P- m.
Bach of the ten divisions will
be divided into three districts
with an office In each. The eight'i
division office will be in Norln
Wilkesboro. Each division of ten
counties will have a division en
gineer, one prison supervisor and
one road oil supervisor. Other
personnel will include an assist
ant division engineer, an engineer
for each of the three districts
within the division, an office en
gineer, and a senior stenographer.
Z. V. Stuart will be engineer
for the eighth division.
The next meeting of the com
mission will be in Raleigh on
June 2.
Paul Holder Killed In
This Gty Wednesday
Youth of Hays .Community Dies In Short
Time After Bein^r Shot By Gun in Hands
Of Bruce Felts Late Wednesday
Lakehurst. N. J. . . . Dr. Hugo
Eckener, builder of the ID-fated
Zeppelin Hindenburg, heads the
German inquiry board seeking to
learu cause of the disaster which
took a toll of 36 lives.
Paul J. Holder, 19, was shot
and killed here about 5:30 yes
terday by Bruce C. Felts, 20, who
confessed to firing the shot but
claimed that he did not know the
gun was loaded.
The wounded youth, a son" of
Will Holder, of Hays, was car
ried immediately to the Wilkes
hospital, where he died Itr a few
minutes. The bullet from the -32
calibre pistol entered the lower
part of his neck.
The shooting. Pelts said, oc-
cured at a car belonging to his
(Continued on page eight)
Lee Staley, 29,
KiUed At Lenoir
Dry Victory In Alleghany Hailed
As Doom of Chance of Ijquor Store
Advocates to Call Other Elections
Mayor Proclaim
Saturday Poppy
Day In The City
People Asked To Wear Me
morial Flowers May 29
In Honor War Dead
Saturday, May 29, was desig
nated as Poppy Day In Wilkea
boro and North Wilkesboro by a
proclamation issued today by
Mayor R. T- MeNeli. In the profr-
Funeral service was held at
Staley cemetery near Reddies
River at two o'clock Tuesday
afternoon for Lee Staley, age 29,
who died Monday in a Lenoir
hospital.
Staley, a native of the Reddies
River coinmtttiily of this county
who had been employed at a fur
niture plant ill I.enoir, i.s said to
have received a fractured skull In
a fall Friday afternoon from a
lumber hack, which injury caused
his death.
He Is survived by two brothen,
A. B. C. Staley and Bob Staley,
and three sisters, Mrs. PhBUp
Eller. Mrs. Harap Ashley and Mrs.
J. R. Holloway.
POSTOFFICE WILL
BE CLOSED MONDAY
Sunday. May 30, Is memorial
day and the holiday will be ob
served by the North Wilkeaboro
postoffice on Monday, May 31.
The announcement Is made in
order that no Inconvenience may
be experienced.
BiUings Youth
Victim Of Wreck
Memorial Service
Golden Billings Killed
When Car With 7 Occu
pants Leaves Highway
Funeral service was held Mon
day at the fatally _»metery near
Laurel Sjtrlngs 'for
tUngs, age
Interested People Air Views
On Liquor Question In
Northwestern Section
WANT NO ELECTION
No Demand Evident For
Election In Wilkes Or
Adjoining Counties
■\lleghany county voting dry
Tuesday for the first time in Its
history has all but killed any re
maining hopes of advocates of
liquor stores to call an election
in Wilkes, or other counties in
northwestern North Carolina.
By a vote of 1,225 to 1,050
people 0 f Alleghany county
turned down the liquor store pro
posal and the victory'ot the drys
in a county whlcb had been prac
tically conceded to h« irot
the ^ ^
Long^ SentoKi^
Given For Steafiof
Auto; Many Cases
In Federal Comt
Several Criminal Cases Yel;
To Be Tried On Court's
Longest Docket
SECOND WEEK OF TERM
Number Sentenced To Aft>
lanta and Chfllicothe For
Breaking Liquor Laws
The longeet sentence meted ong
in the May term of federal court
in Wilkesboro to date was for
John King, of Durham, who was
convicted of violation of the mo
tor theft act and sentenced by
Judge Johnson J. Hayes to three
years in the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta.
King, it was shown, had quite
a criminal reputation as was
known In widely -eparated se^
tions by at least three aliBses.
The court is in the midst oC
the second week of the term and
several criminal cases yet remate
to be tried, as well as some Mvll
actions pending.
Following are prison terma
which have been banded down to
liquor law vlolaters this week:
Dallas Billings, six months te
Jail.
John Davis, of Watauga cou»-
ty, six months in Jail.
Curley Pruitt, fine of $100 te
each of two cases and Atlanta
prison sentences running conena*
rently IS months.
George Anderson, year and a
day in Atlanta prison.
William Burchett*, year aad m.
day In Atlanta prisom. ^ |
John R. Jekaoms, yaar aad^.
news concerning the new store
will >be found on pages two,
three and four of this newspaper.
r^n all Jh;.
day by' we?rhig mWoflp
In honor of the World War dead.
The proclamation stated:
“The city of North Wilkeaboro
responded with highest patriot
ism to our nation’s call for de
fenders in 1917 and 1918, send
ing many of Its young men into
the fighting forces. Of these men.
a large numiber sacrificed their
lives In the nation’s service, dy
ing -with more than 100,000 oth
er Americans to bring victorious
peace.
"It is fitting that the service
and sacrifice of these gallant
young men should bt- commemor
ated annually by appropriate pub
lic observance. As the poppy,
which grew on the battlefields
where so many ot them fell, has
become their memorial flower,
there could be no more appropri
ate observance than a general
wearing of the poppy In their
honor.
“Therefore, I do hereby pro
claim 'Saturday, May 29tli, as
Poppy Day in the City of North
Wilkesboro, and urge all citizens
to show remembrance of the
honor for the men of the city and
of the nation who gave their lives
in World War service by wearing
popples on that day.’’
Women ot Wilkes county Unit
of the American Legion Auxiliary
will be on the streets early Satur
day morning with baskets of the
memorial flowers, offering them
in exchange for contributions to
aid the war’s living victims, the
disabled veterans, their families
and the families of the dead.
They will continue working
throughout the day, giving eve
ryone an opportunity to "honor
the dead and aid the living” by
wearing a poppy.
Preparations for the observ
ance of Poppy Day here have been
completed by the Auxiliary under
the leadership of Mrs. Andrew
Kilby, general chairman. Popples
win be distributed by large num
ber women and girls, all work
ing as unpaid volunteers. Money
received for the flowers will be
used to help malutain the welfare
work of the Legion and Auxiliary
among disabled veterans and
fatherless families during the
coming year.
“The little red poppy worn a-
ibove our hearts Saturday is the
truest symbol of our remem
brance -tor those who gave their
lives In the nation’s service dur
ing the World War," said Mra.
Kilby, "It to their flower. It gwiw
gramme in commemoration oY the
departed comrades has been arv
ranged by the American Legion
and American I.,egion Auxiliary to
be held In the First Baptist
church Sunday evening at eight
o’clock. Evening services In all
the churches of the Wilkeaboros
have been called off and the
members have been invited to
participate with the sponsors In
paying tribute to those who gave
their all. It is also the desire of
the sponsors that all Ex-Service
men in Wilkes County and their
friends come in and help honor
those who "have -paid the last
full measure of devotion.”
The exercises of the day as
planned by the .sponsors is given
herewith:
4:00 p. m. Forty and Eight
ceremonies at the Marker, corner
of Ninth and "C” streets.
7:30 p. m. Assembly of ex-
service men, Ijeglonalres, Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary, Spanish
Hear
'Bprhigir. [
Six ether occupants of the oar
included bis moOiter, Mrs. Mandy
Billings, and other members of
the family. They received minor
injuries.
tew eneptten of Al- (JhllllootW
Singing May 30
Boomer Church
Souths'de Singing Associa
tion Anticipating Inspir
ing Session Sunday
reliable remedies. New equip
ment was used throughout. Otfihr; -a^the fields where they died and
it'.was the only floral tribute on
the hare battle graves where
were burled. . j - .
American War Veterans. Spanish
American War Veterans Auxil
iary, members of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy and
Daughters of the American Revo
lution. These people are to as-
sem'ble promptly at 7:30 at the
North Wilkesboro Methodist
church and go In a body to the
First Baptist church where a sec
tion will be reserved for them.
Fathers of deceased veterans,
Gold Star mothers and veterans
of the War, Between the States
will be guests of honor.
8:00 p. m. Memorial eeryice at
First Baptist church. Song, "A-
merica’’; Invocation, Rev. 'C. W.
Robinson; Roll call of those from
Wilkes county who made the su
preme sacrifice; solo—“There la
no Death”—O’Hara, Miss Ellen
Robinson; Preamble to the Con
stitution of American Legion,
led by Mrs. W. R. Absher; song;
"Onward Christian Soldiers”; In
troduction of speaker, Andrew H.
Casey; address, the Honorable
Ira T. Johnston; song, “The Star
Spangled Banner”; benediction,
Rev. A. W. Lynchi
Next ses-sion of the Soutnsdde
Singing Association will be held
at Boomer church on Sunday,
May 30, according to an an
nouncement by Attorney F. J.
McDuffie, chairman of the or
ganization.
All singing classes, quartets
and others who render gospel
musdc are Invited to attend and
take part. There will be a basket
dinner at noon and all attending
are asked to carry -baekets well
filled with good eats to add to
this feature of the day’s program.
The singing will begin at 11 a.
m.
Asks That Dogs
Get Vaccination
Rev. A. E. Watts To
Preach Sunday Morning’
At Moravian Fal’B Church
Rev. A. E. Watts, a former
paetor, will preach Sunday morn
ing, May 30, 11 o’clock at Mo
ravian Falls Baptist church. A
cordial invitation to extended
everybody to attend the servlee.
There will be a celebration of
the Holy Communion at 8t. Panl’a
EJptoeopal Church, Sunday morn
ing, May- 30th, at nine o’clock.
Rev. B. M. Lackey, Rector,^In
charge.
In a statement made public to
day Dr. A. J. Eller earnestly urg
ed -peoide of the county to ob
serve the law requiring that
dogs be vaccinated against ra
bies. His statement follows:
"It Is the law in North Caro
lina that all dogs four months old
and over -be immunized against
hydrophobia.
“Please cooperate with and as
sist the men appointed to do this
work. This to done to protect
your children and all persons
from that terrible diseewe—^hy
drophobia. J'ust think of th^ suf
fering and death from this di
sease—also the suffering and
uneasiness from taking the 31
doses of serum neceeaary to pre
vent the disease In case one to
lUtten by a rabid dog or othw
animal.”
Bake Sale Saturday
Tile Gardner Circle of Hie
North WUkeeboro Uethodigt
church will ssmnsor a “Bake
Sale” at Betkto Store Saturday
morning, May 39, beglanlng at
nine otolock. All kinds of cahaa
will he qn sale and aay patno-
age given'the circle will be great
ly appreciated.
it has -beeA geborally
conceded that advocates of legal
ized liquor had little chance of
carrying an election in north
western counties. It 'was conslder-
e d, however, that Alleghany
county, which has always voted
against prohibition, would favor
liquor stores, being an adjoining
county to wet Virginia.
In Wilkes county, which gen
erally has a wet reputation but
'Which voted overwhelmingly dry
in 1933, there has been no de
mand or agitation for a liquor
election. The board of commis
sioners, it is understood, are let
ting the matter rest and have no
desire to force the issue, there
being no efforts made to form or
circulate a petition asking for an
election. It is also the generally
expressed opinion that adrocatee
would be unable to secure the
necessary number of signers to a
petition to force the board to call
dn election as provided by law.
Local dry leaders are ever
ready to refute the theory that
W’lkes votes dry because the peo
ple like the present situation too
well and that liquor interests fear
legal competition. In so doing
they cite election returns in the
vote of 1933 when the townships
which long have held the repu
tation as moonshine manufactur
ing centers and which have been
the scene of so many successful
liquor raids by officers voted for
repeal of the 18tb- amendment.
They also contend that liquor
drinking In Wilkes Is no more
prevalent than in other counties
and it is a generally conceded
fact that the illicit liquor man
ufactured in Wilkes goes by way
of the rum runner to the thirsty
throats of larger cities in pied
mont North Carolina and that
great quantities are carried Into
Virginia to compete with legal
liquor. Less than one per cent of
liquor made In 'Wilkes county,
many claim, to consumed within
Its borders. Their contention is
indirectly corroborated by records
of arreets for drunkenness by
county and city officers snd the
records of the highway patrol of
arreets f o r • drunken driving,
whioh are onder records ot many
other countlse In proportion to
population.
But the dry victory In Alle
ghany county today was the topic
of conversation among the elat
ed drys and reports came te from
Watanga, Ashe ayd oUwr nearby
conntlea that the v^ In Alia-
ghany had deflnltay killed tor
thetime beteg- any aeHow
tboi^hts of ealUng u. alsetloa or
eansteg one to be called by pa-.
Utlon of totem,
IS
inbert Call, year and a day te
Gieck Folder In
City On Tuesday
Gets $45 From One Fimn
and Makes Getaway;
Clever Scheme
On Tuesday afternoon a check:
forger visited this city, fleeced a
department store out of $45 and
almost got by with another cheek
of $30 at another firm.
Both checks were forged on
Attorney Kyle Hayes and wera
made payable to ‘T.iee Childress.**
In one instance he presented tbo
check for $30 at L. A. Harrte
and Son store in payment tor
some articles of clothing. Being
short of change, Mr. Harris cniw
ried the check to the Goodwill
store where Mrs. Kyle Hayes to
employed in the office. Mrx
Hayes cashed the check but no
ticed the forged signature of her
huaband immediately after Mr.
Harris left and she notified Mr.
Harris. A member of his firm lo
cated the man on tlie street near
the store and he returned tba
change and the clothing for tlw
check. After an attempted expla
nation tihe man left.
Attorney Hayes notified tlw
banks of the attempted forgesT
and this morning another wao
discovered, that being for |4B
and cashed by J. C. Penney eoas-
pany.
The incidents recalled the fact
that some insurance inquiry pap
ers had been stolen from Atto^
ney Hayes’ office 'Tuesday nooa.
The papers bore the name used a* -
.payee on the forged checks aa
the forger had used them in Mk
Identification of himself os “Le»
Childress.’’ In case the forger
makes a return visit merchante
are warned to scrutinize check*
and immediately report auy dte
crepencles to the police depart-0_
ment.
Abernethy Will ^
Preach Sun^biy °
Rev. L. B. AbernettiT. of BBkto, g
will be gu^ speaker at the
o’clock aarvioe Sunday morning
at the Methodist chareh te North g 1
Wilkeaboro, Rev. Mr. Aberae^-;.?^
conference mlaslqn seerataiT, T
been tevltod to speak by .
Wdman’a^ Mtosionanr Society
the ehnroh and U teJMia
a large eongregattMT
preeent to hear hist. •
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