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CUBRITUCK DRY
Cnnitsek, fun# 15,—Final and
o«l»lal returns to the OurrHnck
eoanty Ituiun ^]rdifoendum count
ed at the CQurtikoUae this morn
ing, gave the drya 577 votes to
455 for the wets.
DROP FARM BILL
Wanhington, June 16.—^Admin
istration chiefs abandoned efforts
today to enact a new “Trlplo-A’*
farm bill, including Secretary
Wallace’s “over-normal granary”
proposal, at this session of Con
gress.
LIGHTNING FATAL
Statesville, June 15.—Bristol
Austin, 14-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Austin, was- In-
stontlir .^killed by lightning dur
ing'a thunder shower this after
noon In an open wheat field on
^his father’s farm 12 miles north
of Statesville, near Snow Creek
church.
TO OUTLINE PLANS
Raleigh, Juno 15.—Governor
Hoey agreed today to deliver a
.statewide address July 2 to for
mally launch North Carolina’s
new advertising program. The
Ifovornor’a talk to North Caro-
^nians will outline plans for ad
vertising bhe state throughout the
nation.
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596 Placements
Made By District
N. C. S. E. S. Office
In Month Of May
521 Placed On Public Jobs
and 75 in Private Employ
ment During the Month
REGISTRATIONS HEAVY
Laborers and Form Builders
Needed on Highway Proj
ect Near Ronda
FARMER INJURED
Elkin. June 15.—A. J. Rein
hardt. 55, prominent farmer of
Brooks Crossroads, was desper
ately Injured yesterday afternoon
on his farm while operating a
grass mower when a team of
spirited horses which ho had
hitched to the machine
fright and ran away upsetting the
mowing machine and causing it
to strike Mr. Reinhardt.
During the month of May the
district office of the state em
ployment service here made a to
tal of 596 placements.
Of this number 521 were on
public jobs and 76 were assigned
to private employment, 55 on
Jobs of a permanent nature and
20 on temporary Jobs.
There was also much activity
in regtstrations, there being 337
who registered for the first time
since the office wae established.
James M. Anderson, district
manager, said today that the of
fice is able to place a number of
laborers and carpenter form
builders on the highway project
between Ronda and Roaring
River. All wiho desire work on
this project, can qualify and are
within daily traveling distance
are asked to call at the office,
register or renew previous regis-
iration If more than three months
took
old.
pipe Smoker «t 3
T~
Boston, Mass. . . . Walter Arm
strong, Jr., cut ihds first teeth on
a man-sired pipe, his parents say,
and enjoys a “puff or two’’ on
rising in the morning, and before
retiring at night.-
Charles Pearson
Makes Hole-In-One
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, Chariee Pearson, who bolda
» poeitieu' at the Bank of
North WQkraboro, enter^ the
coveted gitffers’ hall of fame
WedneadAy when be ma^ a
hol^in-one on the Blowing
Rock course.
Pearson, playing in a four
some with Dick and Blair
Gwyn and W. J. Allen, made
the best score in his life and
played a bang up game. The
ace n'ne o“ the third hole,
whldi is 150 yards.
Pension Checks
For Confederate
Veterans Arrive
Only Five Veterans of Con
federacy in the County;
36 Widow Checks
234 CONFEDERATES
Raleigh, June 15.—Distribu
tion of 2,31 pension checks of
each tor veterans of the
war between the states began yes
terday in 71 counties of North
Carolina. 'George Ross Pou, state
auditor, said a total of $254,255
was paid this month as the seanl-
annual pensions for Confederate
veterans, their widows and aged
negro “■b(>dy servants’’ of Confed
erate soldiers
APPOINTS JUSTICES
Raleigh. June l-'>.— Governor
Hoey completed the appoint
ment of 'high judicial officials to
day when he named two now Su
preme ronri justices, selected
thre,' new superior court judges
and a solicitor, and reappointed
three special judges. Named to
the State Supreme Court were J.
Wallace Winborne of Marion,
State Democratic chairman, and
Judge M. V. Barnhill of Rocky
Mount, resident superior court
judge of the Second district.
ABOLISH POVERTY
Washington, June 15.—The ad
ministration is searching. Presi
dent Roosevelt announced today,
for new ways to raise the buying
power of one-third of the popu
lation .at the bottom of the eco
nomic ladder. Mr. Roosevelt also
told reporters that progress was
behvg made toward the ultimate
abjective—getting rid of relief
and balancing the budget. He
may make a broadcast this sum
mer discus.sing these topics in
more detail.
KILLED BY AUTO
Madison, June 15.—Miss Sallle
RpJjerts, about 80, was instantly
kttlpd one wile east of here on
' Gree»«boro highway about
4:3* o’clock this afternoon when
she *** struck by an automobile.
Wltnrunrn toW George T. Martin,
r _ chief .of poHce at Madison, who
• inveatlgated tibe death, that Miss
t Roberts started across the high-
I . way, directly in front of an a«-
I c,$tOB»oblle driven by David Mat-
, thews, of Mayodan, and was un-
4j^le to move fast enough to get
, out of its way.
^ F. D. R. WANTS VOTE
n -i, WhshingtoV Wne 15.—Presi
dent Roosevelt said at his press
conference today that he and the
country hope for an early Senate
i. vote on hie .Supretme Oourt reor
ganization bill. Mr. Roosevelt de
clined to comment on the unfav-
-orablb report of the Senate Ju
diciary
planned to reed it next week end
while cruising aboard his yacht.
He added, however, that what he
Is ihoping lor is a vote—not a
also desires a vote.
Commissioners
Met On Tuesday
Set Pay For Liattakers and
Asseasora; Order Di
version Paid Back
Wilkes county heard of com
missioners in adjourned session
Tuesday with R. G. Finley and
loet Poplin present discussed
several matters pertaining to
county finances and passed two
orders.
One order instructed- the coun
ty accountant to transfer out of
the general fund $742.26 to the
North Wilkesboro Township rail-
rofld bond account, from which,
according to the recent audit that
sum “had been in the past di
verted contrary to law-.’’ A pay
ment of $1,000 and interest is
due to be made from the railroad
fund on July 1.
The board ordered that list
takers and a.sses,sors be paid
$3.00 per diem, payment to be
made from the general county
fund.
Revival Closes
In Wilkesboro
Dr. Richard E. Hardaway,
of Lenoir, Assisted Pas
tor of Baptist Church
A very successful revival meet
ing closed last night in, Wilkes
boro. The series of services had
been in progress since Sunday.
June 6.
Dr. Richard E. Hardaway, paa-
tor of the First Baptist church in
Lenoir, assisted the pastor. Rev.
Avery M. Church, and his stirring
gospel sermons were the subject
of much favorable comment. The
services were largely attended.
’There have been 25 additions
to the dbiurch, 20 by baptism. TVie
bajitiamal. service will be held
Sunday.
Semi-annual pension checks
have been received by C. C.
Hayes, Wilkes clerk of court, for
distribution to the five Confeder
ate veterans who were living at
tihe time the checks were made
out. During tbe past few years
the numbere has rapidly dimin
ished.
'The total amount in the checks
received by the clerk is slightly
under $5,000. The checks are for
five veterans. 21 class A widows,
15 class B widows and one col
ored servant.
Those entitled to receive checks
are asked to call for them at the
clerk’s office Jn the courthouse.
Call Attention To
Schedule B Taxes
Schedule B Taxes Due the
County and City; Penalty
If Not Paid This Month
the
Officers call attention to
fact that schedule B taxes are
due the county and will be due
in the towns on July 1. A penalty
of five per cent will be added if
the taxes are not paid in the time
required by law.
The schedule of luxe® for the
city of North Wilkesboro was
publisihed lit The Journal-Patriot
.Monday and the schedule for
Wilkes county appears today on
page two. Attention of people en
gaged in any business for which
privilege taxes are required Is
called to the schedule.
Robt. H. McNeill
‘ Heads Washington
Southern Society
Robert H. McNeill, dlstinguislh'-
ed attorney In Washington, D. C.,
and a member of one of Wilkes
county’s most widely prominent
families, has been elected presi
dent of the .^uthern Society of
Washington.
Governor and Mrs. George H.
Earle, o f Pennsylvania, were
guests of honor at a recent ban
quet given by the oOciety and at
tended by 800 guests.
odfifflnraylhei^s
Hawett Hdida First HMur
' ins At.Courthouse In
Wilkesbwo •
J. Gordon Haokett, member of
'Los Angeles, Cal. . . . Kather-
the"etrfie"tigb;«;7oommlsslon forji^e
the eighth division composed of ecorlng a g^d shot In diving
ten northwestern North Cafollna trough the bulls eye of a huge
pttWlc' ^ target suspended over the
^ ^ter.
Mr$.J.L.Garwood
HitByAutomobil
le
Being Treated At Wilkes
Hospital For Painful In
juries Sustained
Mrs. J. L. Garwood, prominent
Wilkesboro lady, was hit Tues
day afternoon by a truck in Wil-
Uesboro. L 'f S
V nv.iMTA>v.
Mrs.
1 K rvnujiBU IV’'w u«7«uu iil/u-i. aua/ 4/1*7-
-ss^ thrtr petittoae to the com-
from a car and was walking a-
cross the street toward the office
of Dr. G. T. Mitchell when she
was struck down by a truck driv
en t-y a colored man by the name
of Barnes, of the Boomer com
munity.
She received a fractured hip
and other painful Injuries and is
receiving reatment at the Wilkes
hospital.
Emmet Money, 76,
Claimed By Death
Emmet Money, age 76, well
known citizen of the Ronda com
munity, died at his home early
this morning. Funeral service will
be held Saturday afternoon, two
o’clock, at Pleasant Grove church.
Surviving are eight children:
Nelson, Harvey, Rosa, D. Z. and
counties, held his first
hearing for the district at
courthouse In Wilkesboro Mon
day.
Under the present highway set
up, bhe commissioner for eaohi
di'vislon has set aside a day in
each month for the purpose of
hearing any delegation concern
ing the highway needs In any
county In the division.
Commissioner Hackett desig
nated the.second Monday in each
month for the eighth division and
on Monday many interested per
sons were heard before him at
bhe courthouse.
In an Interview several days
ago Mr. Hackett explained that
recommendations of cdunty com
missioners and school superinten
dents would be given much con
sideration because of tha fact
that they are In position to know
the actual highway needs of . the
respective counties.
Mr. Hackett has been in Ra
leigh during the past two days
attending sessions of the highway
commission.
The plan for division hearings
was sot up for bhe convenience
of bhe people In that they do not
have to journey all the way to
Raleigh to be heard ibut may pre-
%ott Will Speak
At Grange Picnic
Friday, July 23rd
Commissioner Of Agricul
ture Accepts Invitation
From Wilkes Grangers
missloner for their respective di
vision.
D. 0. K. K. Club
Organized In City
On Thursday, evening, June 9,
the North Wjlkesboro Dokles met
at the Call Hotel where a very
sumptuous dinner was served by
I. M. Myers, genial host of one
of North Wilkesboro’s good ho
tels, after which an organization
was perfected known as the D,
O. K. K. Club of North Wilkes
boro. At this meeting Hon. No
well W. Ellis, of Winston-Salem,
Royal Vizier of Birjand Temple
of Greensboro, was -present and
bwo obher visiting Dokles from
Winston-Salem. Mr. Ellis out-
Ernest Money, Mrs. Dorothy i , , , ,
Brooks, Mrs. Georgia Sheets and i »ned briefly the work and act.vl-
Mrs. Lora Johnson. ^ (Continued on page eight)
Fined For Speeding
After evidence was offered to
show that -he had driven across
the Intersection of B and sixth
streets at a rats of from 60 to
70 nriles per hour, J. C. Hlncher,
local man, weui fined $60 and
costs on conviction of charges of
speeding and reckless driving He
was tried in city court today. The
sport ot tne ssepaie j - revoca
committee, saying he
Farming plans of A. 0. Bowers
. of Chatham county were seriously
Is Ihoping for s a opset for this season when a bolt
filibuster and that t ^ nt Ho-htnimr killed hi.s two mnle.q
of lightning killed his two mules
last week. Due to the scarcity of
Pension Board^To Meet workstock in the county, Mr. Bow-
— ?rs has been unable to buy others.
Wilkes county Confederate ^
pensddn board will meet at the
courthouse In Wilkesboro on moon, some spreading more than
Monday, July 12. ' a hundred miles.
Deputy Collector
Internal Revenue
Be Here Two Days
J. S. Atkiuson, deputy collec
tor of internal revemie, will be
In North Wilkesboro, at Hotel
Wilkes Monday and. Tuesday,
June 21 and 22, to assist and
advise with Federal taxpayers
under the Social Security Act and
to render a^ietance In all mat
ters pertaining to Federal taxes.
Disdngtiyfifd EducAtor :
ViRitc- Cowty
Dr. Ernest ^G. Oeborne, of New
York City, sp'Ont the,twist ten days
visiting In the home of Mr. and
Mrs. R. Don Laws at Moravian
Palls. Dr. 0«rt)orne, who Is a cous
in of Mrs. Laws, is a professor in
the graduate school of CoiumWa
University, bedng one of the lead
ers In the Progressive Education
movement, At present he is in
charge of the Child Development
Institute In the Department of
Parental . Bducatlon, Teachers*
College, Coin-mbia.
For the next two weeks. Dr.
Osborne 'Will deliver a series of
lectures on" Oh-lld Guidance to the
Southern'Section of the American
Camping Association’s Counselor
’Training Institute at Camp Se
quoyah near Asheville. He will
also vibit New College, near Can
ton, an experimental school con
ducted by Columbia, before re
turning to New York to conduct of ^e while coDie
classes -In the Summer School at* by Jafler Marshall
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Local Colored Boy Wins $500 In
Contest by Do^e Automobile Co.
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Gilbert Foster
Wants To Find
Strayed Ganihe
Gilbert Poster, of
the sales force of Yadkin Val
ley Motor company, le - gtittag^
through ihnch suffpring which
may not he necessary.
Chi Simday hla small female-
Rostmt Isril dog was sd«* with
what oppnarrd to be fits. While
giving the dog some medicine '
it snapped his finger. Since
then the dog has disappeared
and efforts to locate it so far
have been unsnccessful.
Not knowing whether or not
the dog had rabies, Mr. Poster
has resorted to the only safe
coarse and Is taking rabies vac
cine, which’ calls for 21 doses
and which is extremely painfnl.
It the dog conld be Icrated and
does not have ritbies mudi of
this snffering conld be prevent
ed. TbrnMigh a want ad in ITie
Jourml-Patriot today Mr. Fos
ter is offeehNP reward ot
910.00 for tnfonuation leading
to the reCnm of the dog.
Milton Knight Gets Money
I and Coveted Bicycle;
j Interested In Art
1 _
j Milton Knight, age 15, son of
Fred Knight and "wife, colored
residents of WiHteiboro, .hM
cause to,be one of the. hoFtpleet
boys in htee 'he has Jtia^ wai Be Held At Moravian
received from Dodge;i»toii«)i^
eof-porati^ $500:as ^nd prf% ;
to an «»SBy'cbnthktt«ently -
DOG IS jailed ,
Bayboro.—A dog was confined in
jail here, without privilege of
bond, on a charge of biting C. S.
Allen, nea* Oriental:'‘The ownmr
Columbia.
fort to- eoUoet payment
sored by The coWpany.
Kii^t, a ^nlor at
Lineolh
Plan Pordiaw
Terracing
For Eroritm Ifork
In Wyke^’G^
■'S ' I ,
Meetinga HtdA’-f
Pointa in
day and ^
YADKIN Hi» OUTFrr£^
And Demand For^Ita^Uae fit
Heavy; Consider Co
operative Purchase
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T. W. Fergu.-=on. master of tho
Wilkes Pomona Grange, said to
day that he had received from W.
Kerr Scott. North Carolina com
missioner of agriculture, accept
ance of an invitation to deliver
an address at the annual picnic
of the Wilkes Grange.
Mr. Ferguson said that plans
for the picnic, a pleasantly an
ticipated e/ent, are going for
ward and that it will be held on
Friday, July 23. He said, (how
ever, that the location for the
picnic had not been decided up
on but will be announced at an
early date.
Ired^
To the Dhision
Works Progress Administra
tion Projects to Be Put
Through Office Here
Du© to flhie abandonment of a
division WPA office In Salisbury,
WPA projects In Iredell county
will after July 1 be 'handled from
the division office in North Wil-
keaboro, it was learned today.
T. D. Heffner is division engi
neer for this division, which will
after July 1 embrace six counties:
Wilkes, Iredell, Alexander, Wa
tauga, Ashe, and Alleghany. All
the above named counties with
the exception of Iredell have been
In this division .since the office
was established here.
O. F. McCrary, extension agenfc
for the northwestern district, ai^
A. G. Hendren, Wllkea farm ar
gent, have been holding a nuoi-
ber of meetings In several com
munities for the purpose of as
certaining the sentiment of the
farmers concerning the purchasa
of a terracing and sifbsoi! unit to
use in the county.
During Bhe pa.st two days meet
ings were held at Somers, Den-
nyville, .Mountain View, Uenbam,
Traphill and Wilkesboro.
Yadkin county lias a terracing
and subsoillng outfit, wiblch has
been used extensively and has
paid for it.self in the past two
years. 'Ehe county agent reports
that the unit is in such demand
that it cannot do all the work
needed and it is proposed that
another outfit tie purchased co
operatively with Wilkes and that
it be used a part of the time in
Wilkes county.
These plans were outlined in the
■meetings 'being held and at each
point a committee was naimed.
Following bhie (meetings the com
mittees will gather to formulate
plans for obtaining- a terracing
unit if sufficient interest la
shown.
Wilkes is listed by the soil
erosion service as one of Tk»,
#($0# eroded contitlee
agent and extension servfee
been making efforts to atlmn-
late'flMerest in erosion control
and soil conservation. The soil
conservation act which replaced
the triple A as a farm aid meaa-
ure bas aided materially in thla-
work, they report.
Commissioners
To Meet As Board
Equalization 12th
Wilkes county board of com
missioners ‘wiIII sit as a board of
equalization on Monday, July 12,
as provided 'by law.
Persons who desire adjust
ments In assessments for taxation
wIB b© heard on that date.
Associational
W.M.U. Meeting
FalU Baptiat Church Fri
day, June 25
Woman’s,Missionary Union of
'3 • , TTXAJ -- ^
iviitsov, a — rij y^nsby Moilntaln Baptist assocl-
HeighU kteh scljocl. preparrf tft© convene at Moravian
essay bn tihe siilifect.' “Why Now Baptist church on Friday,
Is a Good ’Time to Buy a Used 25. It was announced today,
Car or ’Truck.” Havlrtg natural
inclinations on the subject of art, o-cioca auu uuvto- "...
he illustrated his essay with pic- ^orntog and afternoon sessions,
tures. • It Is ■‘especially urged that every
In reply to questions from the oJ,^peh In the association be rep-
company (he said that -he Intends pogented.
to us© the money to get education ; Harris, cor-
to us© the money lo get i Harris, cor- asked to respono to t
and training in art but he first responding secretary of tih© state addrem given to the
purchased a bicycle, having prev* ^ other leaders and ters, and Mrs. Etanlce H. Clart^
iously re$»at8dly expressed a de- ^ present and take vrbo was appointed aa Grand
sir© to (xwn one. .part on the progtam, which will Pag© to Mrs. Athalsa Brown, oF ,
HU uerMits Jnoved to Wilkes announced In a few days. Taihoro, present Associate Ornui/^
In October last year in order that
h'e might be In reach of a good
colored high school. Hln father ijsiwreiiceDurg, rvjr., •«.•» »—
works at any jobs he cp pick up Ludlow Wi ;Uuisvillc, DUVU W
and bts mother regularly, em- ^0 dea^ today wlme op- imtall the new officers,
ployed at a loca^ pressing club, ^ttog a Southern Railway -
Both Were qioi^. excited than, the train near Avenstoke, Fire-;
iboy when the fetter came'advta- man ;W. B. Korria, who saw to
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Eastern Star In
Annual Meetinfii
The Thirty-.Second Annual Sea-
slon of the Grand Chapter, Order
of the EUstern Star of North Car
olina met In Asheville, June •,
10,11, at the Lee Edwards High
school. This being the Rhododen
dron session of -grand chapter the
colors pink, white, lavender and
green were used In the decora
tions, costumes and favors.
Mrs, Alice Culpepper, of Eliaa.-
beth City, was elected as Worthy
Grand Matron and Ra^h Sykes,
of Greensboro, as Worthy Grand
Patron. '
Wilkes Chapter No.,'4 2 havliig
been organized only four montto
received the highest ihonoralbl*
mention of new chapters In the
state, for progress made thus far.
'The following Is an excerpt fresa
the Wlorthy Grand Patron, Har
old R. Marg’s report—“WkOe
there has been a chapter in thl»
city before. It was thought ha«t
not to reorganize but atari anew.
The Worthy Grand Matron and I
made visits to this chapter Mnee
the instituting and find toy
progressing. They have purokae-
©d a (dano, and other needed
equipment and have initiatsd nkaw
new -memibera theumelves. I he*
Uev© this chapter^ if given a little
time -win excel im have.’*
Delegates from Wilkes chapter
No. 42 were: Mrs. Valeria Belle
Foster, Mrs. Clara Caahion, Jin.
Marion Lomax, Mrs. Susie Wtt- ,
Hams, Mrs. Eunice H. Clark, Miefc**'
Sue Turner and Attorney Kyle
Hayes.
*17106© who were earpecially ho»-
ored from this chapter were: Mn.
Valeria Belle Foster, 'wlho yrm
asked to respond to the weteoaM.
Taiboro, present Associate OreaA:
i " „ .— ei. t. Matron.
Southeni Engineer snot Sereral grand effiosrs wOl'
Laiwrenceburg, Ky., June 16.— eome to 'Wilkef Chaipter Mo. 4g
. _ . „ .B T ^ present Its charter and
Episco{>al Service
Vesper torleo «t.' Paul's . Bp4e-
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