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of 'Kt. Araemoker, Kannapolis
man> drowned In High Rock lake
Sunday afternoon, was recoyered
.this morning within SOj feet of
•iy »the shore where he entered the
water. Dr. Walter atom, county
ooroner, examined the 'body and
I found death was due to drowning
' and nO' inqueet was held.
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Annual Banquet of
Merchants Will Be
Held On July 2nd
At Hotel Wilkes
Mr«, FraWdin D, Roo»evelt On Recent Visit To State
MAN POUND DEAD
.. Lenoir, June 22.—Funeral was
conducted yesterday afternoon at
Hartley Hill for Theodor,* Pritch
ard, 58, who was found dead Sun
day night In the Big Section of
th^coonty, near Vaimead. Pritch
ard’s body was found near a side
path. Sheriff J. C. Tolbert and
Coroner J. P.. Swanson were call
ed to the ecene and decided that
death was due to natural causes.
Statesville Daily Editor Will
Be Speaker At Annual
Gettogetber Meet
DOWELL TO ATTEND
Tickets On Sale At Office
of Merchants’ Associa
tion; Get Reservations
Ivy-WO REPRIEVED
Raleteh. June 22.—Governor
Hoey tas announced he would
grant 30-day reprieves to James
McNeill, Alfred Puckett and Le
roy McNeill,' all schediuled to be
exscitted Friday. Tbs governor
'■ ^ said Warden H, H. Honeycutt ad-
\ T^^ 'hioi that he expected the
? ; Peaovhitton work on death row at
5 the prison tp be comg>teted 'by
t >Ay 9 so-that executions could
. he 'performed.
PASS RELIEF BILL
Washington. June 22.—Roose
velt force® over-rode all opposi
tion today to push next fiscal
year’s $1,500,000,000 relief ap
propriation through the senate in I
I eubstantially the form wanted by
the administration. After brush
ing aside an attempt by Senator
Vander.biir.g. Republican, Michi
gan. to turn relief administra
tion lutck to tbe .state.s, the cham
ber approved the big measure on
a voice vote.
COUPLE REUNITED
Los Angeles. June 22.—John
Barrymore and his Elaine, the
“Ariel and Caliban’’ of a long,
hot-and-cold, headline romance,
sent Into a clinch at a railroad
Xion today, and then announc-
that once again they are as
'one. “We’re going home to
♦tnama.*’ said the dark-eyed New
Yorker, “and I'm going to set a-
side my divorce decree” “I’m
just a family man at heart.’’ .said
Barry mo:'-, wlin iias l)ecti mar
ried and divorced four times.
GANGLAND MURDER
New York, June 22.—.A. well-
dressed man who shouted, “Help,
going to ^6 murdered.’’ as
__ automobile in w'^'ich he rode
through New York’s crowded low-
or east side today, was shot
through the heart a few seconds
later. His iKxiy tumbled from the
apeeding car iuto the street. Ra
dio Patrolman Edward Stark,
who heard the victim’s frantic
shouts, saw one door of the auto
mobile open slightly and the vic-
.tlm’s body fall.
LOUIS CHAMPION
^Comiskey Park, Chicago. June
n. — Bartered and bleeding,
James J. Braddock went down
for the first and last time to
night. under the crushing impact
of a right smash to the side of
bead, and lost the heavy-
^-eight boxing championship of
the world to Joe Lcuis, a 2,1-year-
old boy from the cotton fields of
Alabama, in a stunning climax to
the first mixed match for the big
title in 22 years. Ix>uis came
iback from a first round knock
down to batter the defending
chaaufion into a bloody pulp and
become the second member of
his race ever to caipture the most
prized crown in pugilism. Brad-
game to the core and a
int fighter right down to the
last blow, collapsed and was
county out by Referee Tommy
just one imlnute and 10
Is Ffter the eighth round
On July 2 at 7:30 o’clock in
the ball room of Hotel Wilkes
the Wilkes Couhty Merchants’
Association 'WiH bold its annual
banquet.
The speaker for the evening
will he Ben ,Sronce, now editor of
nho Statesville Dally and former
ly of North Wllkeeboro.
W. L. EkKWhll, oxecutive secre
tary of the North Oarolina Merch
ants' Association, will also be
presented.
The entertainment will be ex
ceptional, the favors novel and
the speakers Interesting and huim-
orous Everyone is invited.
Admission will ibe 75 cents per
plate and tickets are now on sale
at the office ot the Merchants’
Association. Everyone is urged
to make reservations early.
The Merchants’ Association, al-
Lliough comiparatlvely young in
civic life, is a very progressive or-
ganizaUo.i and the annual ban
quet this year is expected to he
a siiecesisful event.
Expecting Close
Games Saturday
Legion Junior League To
Play Third Game of Sea
son In County
Results of previouiT contests in
dicate that close and exciting
games may be expected in the
t.egion junior baseball league in
Wilkes county as the eight teams
swing into their third playing
date on Saturday of this week.
People of tibe various commun
ities are asked to attend the
games and lend every possible
encouragement in this civic un
dertaking de-signed for the good
of .Amerienn youth.
The standing of the teams in
till' league after two games is as
follows:
Moraviian Falls
.V. Wilkfwboro ..
W'ilkeMboro
Roomer -
Cricket —
Trap'hill -
Champion
Clingmaii
Schedule of games Saturday
1000
500
.500
500
500
500
500
000
of
this week and Saturday. July 3,
follows:
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.Moravian Falls at N. Wilkesboro
Traphill at Clingmaii
Boomer at Wilkesboro
Champion at Cricket
The game between North Wdl-
kesboro and Moravian Falls will
start at 2::i0 at the fairgrounds.
,luly ;t
X. Wilkesboro at Moravian Palls
Clingman at “'raphill
Wilke-sboro at Boomer
Cricket at Champion.
Chester Billups
Is Granted Parole
Erosion Meeting
At Mountain View
i A soil erosion meeting will be
f held at Mountain View Friday
•vPlkht. June 25, at 8:00 o'clock,
j " o. F. McCrary, diatrlct agent
J from State ■Golleige, and L. F.
•'Brumfield, county agent of Yad
kin county, -will ibe present and
talk cn the Importance of
work. In oonneotion with
building. There Will also be
show which will lllus-
'bom terraces are made.
jt ^iMPKci fttt&ndfiiiic© ol farmsTB
of Mountain View and nearby
oMBmanitles is expected.
Two Second Degree Mur
ders Among List Given
Freedom From Pen
Cliester Billings, sentenced
during the March term of Wilkes
court to serve one to two years
for larceny and receiving, was
granted a parole Monday by Gov
ernor Ehnlnghaus.
Otlhers paroled Included.
James Saunders, sentenced in
Riohmond county in April, 1934,
to 12 to 20 years for second de
gree ntMPder: Albert Askew, con
victed'in May, 1984, in Bertie
county, of second degree murder
and given a five-year term; Hor
ace Buddie Dunn, sentenced last
Augmet In Robeson county to 18
mionths to two years for man
Dog Vaccina^
Law ts Cited By For
UHmtjT
Officer Of Cou^ Exceed G^
.
Mad Do^s Have Bitten Num- ToUl Of 2,050 Hi|iy«
erons Animals and Rald&i
njEiddemic Feared'
Work Sheets T^;1Pturtfc^
.•n
pate ThisAfear
Oliy^ERS ARE LIABLE ^
For Damage Done By*Mad
Dogs Which Have Not
Been Given Vacc^
1,008 NEW SK
Meets Held to Ele^
munity Committees For
the Ensuinf’iP(N«’j;^it^'’
After a libt. dustii.drtvi*1n aa open 'i^r
velt Wallace to be greeted at the hOme’iilrs. J: =d: Rohfitton
Shown on't.he porch of the Riwnson l«m>e ere. left Dr. Robeson.
Robert R. Reynolds, Mrs. Roosevelt. Governor Hoej’.’Mrs. Hoey and Mayor Anbrey Harrell of Wal
lace who arranged the Strawberry FegUval and Mrs. Roosevelt’s apimarance.
Stores Will Be
Closed July 5th
Col. C. D. Cowles
Dies At Hartford
guilty In Forsyth in January,
19.34, of robbery with firearms
and sent up for five years.
(Continued on page eight)
Independence Day, July 4th,
one of the few holidays observed
during the year by merchants,
will be on Sunday this year and
stores here will observe tlio holi
day on Monday, July 5, it was an
nounced today by the secretary
of the Merchants’ Association.
The list of stores to lie closed
on Monday, July 5, was announc
ed as follows:
Carl W. Steele.
Carlton Hardware.
Klein’s. ' ■
Jean’s.
Harvllle’s.
Spainlliours.
Miller-Long.
G. P. Store.
Quality Cleaners.
Abshers.
Blackburns.
Belk’s Deipartment Store.
J. C. Penney Co.
Yale Department Store.
Harris Brothers.
.Moore’s* Meat Market
Wilkes Electric Co.
Smoak Purnltiire Co.
Hadley-Moore Hardware Co.
MarlO’W's, Men’s Shop.
Payne Clothing Co.
Jenkins Hardware Co.
Tomlinson’s Department Store.
The Goodwill Store.
L, A. Harris & Sou.
Bare-Miller Furniture Store,
Pearson Brothers.
Church Hardware.
Haye.s Hardware.
Rhodes'-^y Ftirnituf^ Cq.,
Roses 6^'& '10 Cent StMV.-
Crest Store. _
1. H. McNeill & Sons. ■ '
Dare’s Fair Store.
Duke Power Co.
Deans.
V
Veteran Of Many Military
Campaigns Was Brother
of C. H. Cowles
Prosecute Two
For Violation
Sanitation Law
Nle-ws was receiA’cd here Tues
day morning by Charles H.
Cowles of the death Monday night
of his brother, Col. Calvin D.
CowK'.-s, at his home in Hartford,
Conn,
Colonel Calvin Duvall Cowles
was 'born June 20, 1849, and
spent his boyhood days in Wilkee-
boro. After attending Guilford
College, then knowMat NeiwJShr,
d«n- „„
Point Military Academy. Graoast-
ing at West Point, he .beicaime an
officer in the U. S. Army, serv
ing as lieutenant, captain, ma
jor, lieutenant-colonel, and^ col
onel. In the Spanish American
IVar he served as lieutenant-col
onel of the 1st N. C. Vol. Inf.,
and went with that regiment to
Ciiiba. He took part in tlhe follow
ing military campaigns: Northern
Cheyenne. 1878; Uncompahgre
Ute, 1880-81; Spanish American
War, 1898; Cuban Gcciipation.
1898-91; Philippine Insurrection,
1900-02; Cuban Pacification.
1906-09; World War 1917-19.
He was awarded six medals, one
for the two Indian Campaigns.
Among the many important du
ties he performed was his work
as compiler of the Atlas to ac-
com'pany the Official Records of
the Union, and Confederate Ar-
Sanitary Inspector Says Red
dies River Wttershed
Must be Cleaned Up
Dr. A. J. Eller, Wilkes county
health officer, today issued a
stern statement relative to vac
cination of dogs in Wilkes coun
ty, '
Dr. Eller called attention to
that’ fact that two or more mad
dogs have been killed in the coun
ty and that they had bitten nuim-
is feared and for the safety of
erous dogs. An epidwiic of rabies
men, women and children Dr.
Eller urged observance of the law
which requires that every dog
owner have every dog in his
possession’ vaccinated against ra
bies. '
He went ou to state that, dog
owners .who do not comiply with-
the law are liable to prosecution
and would be liable under the
law for any damage Inflicted by
their dogs should they go mad.
Dog vaccination, he said, costs
nothing in that the fifty cents
charged by the rabies inspector
for eacihi dog vaccinated is de
ducted from the dog tax due the
county.
—I 'iti- ^'
Six meetings havo'baeo helik'at
(}, S. Odpil, count./ sanitary
inspector, said today that two
more persons have .been convicted
for failure to erect suitable pri
vies on their premises on Red
dles River waterslied and again
warned that the watershed from
which the Wilkeaboros derive
Dr. Eller Gives
Vaccination Dates
9
Larry
latest
abide
■Vernon Sprinkle and
Bi^ckburn were the two
convictions for refusal to
by the law requiring sanitary
privies. Mr. Odell said that other
warrants are being issued and
that any who have been notified
to have privies constructed may
save the cost and embara.ssment
of prosecution by complying with
the order at once.
The sanitation project main
tained by the WPA continues in
operation and labor will 'be fur
nished 'Without cost for construc
tion of an approved type sanitary
privy. Those who desire privies
comstriicted are asked to get in
touch with C. -M. Cranor, project
^uipervisor.
Aged Woman Pa.sses
Ml'S. .Sarah Abs'her, 91-year-old
mies of the Civil War, while sta- resident of Walnut Grove town-
tloB^ in Washington City. While
in the Philippines, ho served as
acting iHspector-general. provost
(Continued on page.eight)
ship, died Sunday and funeral
service was iheld Tuesday at Wal
nut Grove church with Rev. T.
E. Blevins in charge.
Gaffney To Speak
To Merchants Here
Premium list tkeat Northwestern
Fair To Be Off Press In Few Days
J •• ‘ -V. 1 ’7 -.-s • _ K.
People Urged To Take Ad
vantages of Opportigu|^
Disease PreVenlIbn
Dr. A. J, Eller, Wilkes county
health officer, today announced
a aeries of appointments for the
purpose ot administering vacci
nations. It is urged that peo>ple
attend the most convenient ap-
pointiment and avail Bhemselvee
of the opportunity to be immuniz
ed against contagious diseases.
The vaccination dates follow:
Tuesday, June 29
Union School (Cricket) 9:30 a.m.
Miillers Creek, 10:30 a.m.
J. A. Pierces — 11:30 a.m.
I'lirloar P- O 1:30 p.m.
New Hope 2:00 p.m.
Claude Pearson’s Store, 3:00 p.m.
IVednesday, June iWl
Parsonville - 9:30 a.m.
Snmimit P. 0. 10:30 a.m.
Walsh P. O. 11:30 a.m.
Big Ivey 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 1
Oakwoods 9:30 a.m.
Mt. Crest —- 10:30 a.m.
Mrs Enlch Moore’s - 11:30 a m.
Mr. M. Hendren’s Store 1:00 p.m.
Rev, P. Robinson’s 2; 00 p,Tp.
Mr. Jonei} ERtqp’» home .3:00 p.nl.
Friday, July 2
j Denuyville School 8:30 a.m,
Clingmian School .10:30 a.m.
the varioue places fn Wlltos
county to elect commltteameB for
the 1937 Agricultural ConsoTf*-
tlon Association, an organlzatfam
composed of the 2,050 signers of
work sheets to particlpa.te in tho
soil program this year.
And incidentally, the 2,050
signers represent practically dou
ble the number who signed Uat
year, the first year of the farm
act replacing the Triple A. The
goal set by A. G. Hendren, Wilkea
farm agent, was 2,000. Of the
num'ber who have signed and
have made the first step Yowart
soil conservation and cash bone-
fits, 1,041 signed last year and
I, 009 are nevi signers this year,
Indicatiive of the growing popu
larity of the new farm act which
requires no contract but which
pays for compliance with provis
ions for cash crop curtailment,
soil conservation and improve
ment.
The community committees,
whldh w.ill serve for 12 months,
are as follows, the first nar.ed
being chairman, second vice
chairman, third additional regu
lar member, and fourth alternate:
Community A, composed ot
Beaver Creek. Boomer, Brushy
j Mountain, Moravian Falls and
Wilkesboro townships: J. M. G«-
man, Clarence J. Hendren, T. W.
Ferguson and Seth T, 'Walsh,
- Con»mBnlty B, conipoead" '
Antioch, Lovelace, Nem Caatla
and Somers townships: H. C.
Roberts, C. M. Wellborn, J. R.
Calloway and T. IK-Inscore.
Community C. composed ot
Elk, Lewis Fork. Jobs Ca^n and
Stanton townships: R. L. Prof-
fit, H, H. Beshears, W. O. Bar
nett and Cicero Parsons.
Comimunlty D, com'posed of
Reddies River. Mulberry and Un
ion townships: W. M. Absher, H.
H. Jennings, A. R, Miller and A.
M. Whittington.
Community E. comuposed of
Rock Creek. North WilkeiAoro
and Walnut Grove townshlpo;
Lonnie G. Billings, P. E. Churoh,
J. ,M. Blevins and J. L. Gregory.
Community F, composed of
Edwards and Traphill townships:
L. B. Murray, Jack Hoots. Coy
Durliam and J. A. Poplin.
The chairmen in each of the
six communities met and elected
the county committee as follows:
J. M. German, president; H. C.
Roberts, vice president; Lonnie
G. Billings, additional regolnr
member; W. M. Absher. alternate.
William F. Gaffney, inspector
for the North Carolina depart
ment of labor, will speak to the
Tnerchants of North Wilkesboro at
the city hall tonight at 7:30.
He will explain all acts rela
tive to the new labor law. Eve
ryone is Invited and drinks will
be served.
Schaub To Speak .
To Kiwanis Club
Dean I. O. S.^haui>, oi , .State
College and the North Carolina
extension service, will address the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanl* dub
Friday noon, June 25.
■ vir ’
Tom Redding Will Seek To Market
Two Very Interesting Inventions
Tom Redding, colored resident ists have expressed interest
of near Wllkeeboro, bos patents
on two novel inventions whicb
have attracted ’much interest.
■Within the next few days he ex
pects to interest some large man
ufacturers in production of the
articles.
The “iTtonrist Seat’' is the most
interesting and novel of the t/wo.
It 'is an adjus.ta'ble seat whicb be
constructed and has been using
in .his own car^^ for the past sev
eral months. Th® back of tbe seat
can be placed in a reclining por
slaughter; Fred Wyatt, found sitlon or all the way 'back even
with the .baejk seat to make a cot.
Both adjustments can be ^ made
almost Instuitly by a button in
the front o.f the seat. Many auto-
the seat and he has'had offers to
form stock companies for man
ufacture here.
Hcnwever, he is seeking an ap-
poinbnient with leading aotomo-
bile; manufacturers and iboipes to
market the idea, wflrfoh ia tSior-
oughly covered by patents,'
through theon.
He has Invented - a lounging
chair that works ,on the same
principle as the atrtti seat and
which may lie adjurted in a re
clining positton'or. tB«de into a
comfortable cot, just iby tonobiiig
a button. A mod^ of this choir
is now on dletplay at Smoak rup-
'niture com pany and bas 'been'the
source of much comments ’ ’
. , . . . .. Bethel Church 11:30 a.m.
ContractsMajor Ronda School 1:30 p.m.
' ■ ‘ Pleasant Hill 2:30 p.m.
, AitY^ctioiM 'At
September .'1^18
■'’J^remlum
catalogue. for the
Gr^ 'Northwesternf' Fair ' is in
process* of publication *and will 'be
off the press in a few days. It was
learned today from .olfloiale of-
the corporation.
In a recent meeting. iUwas,de-
sided fliat the Great Northwest
ern Fair will open .the five day
exhibition on September 14 and
continue through September 18.
Contracts for the major at
tractions have already been sign-
Including the 30-car railroad
carnival. West Wonder Shows,
which will tax the capacity of
tbe spacious midway.
Grandstand attractions have
been booked through Hamid,
show promoter of international
reputation, and. the co’Jlract for
' Orawbrks call for a. display" on
five nigbts that ahonld easily
dou'ble any previous fireworks at
tractions at any 'previous fair
here. ' ’ ’’
’The premluim list soon to be
distributed .will offer coveted cash
prizes in all department# ’ and
should attract a-large odJooti(«
Group Meeting To Be Held
With New Hope On July
IS; Local Junior News
New Service By
Joumal'Pati^
Meetings of Junior
Order Announced
Every mem'ber of the North
Wilkesboro council of the Junior
Order is requested to be present
on Tuesday, July 6, 7:30 p. m.
Officers for the ehsu'lng term
will be installed, refreshments
will be served and several items
of important ‘business will be
taken up.
On Wednesday, July 16, the
district group oneetjng will be
held witib Now Hoph Council and
every cooncil in the group is
urged to be present w4tii - a full
membersbip. The group. Includes
North 'Wllkeeboro, I^da, ci|ng-
mah and New Bbipe oonneiis.
Employees should , help
eonployers by making certain that
ouwulu every employer for whom they
of tbs beat products of the farms have worked riBce last December
31, has Ahe Social Sisonrlty ko-
„!•
and hemeo o* northwestern Ner^
Carolina. number of ths "Torkeiv
asf''6*4.;-r-' -."P p
VI
Beginning -'Witli this bieae.
The Journal-Patriot offers to
its readers and advertlseTs a
qne.'.tion and answer colninn on
Social Security. It wtU be foand
on another page of this issiiei.
Tlirougli the column. The
Journal-Patriot will nttswer in-
(|uiries from its traders on the
social .Security law. All—work
ers, employers, housewives,
others—are invited to use thia
service. It is not a legal service.
It is an informational serviau.
Answers will be authoritative.
. , The Social Security Board,
through D. W. Larabmt, Aek-
Ing Manager of the Board’s af-
Ice at S02 Post Office BoOdiug
(n SaUsbory, has consented, as
a special service to iRia Joo»
al-Patriot and its readers, t*
answer all questioBs ml ,the sw>
oial security law rabmirted bw
ttds paper.
Make year qaeakhms bsied
and to tile pebtt.’ ■Beeaaag off
space HmUotions The JewMib*,,,
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