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B*AN HURT
Blkln,; J«ne 25.—Colin Couch,
39, »on Mra^Slla Couch, Blkin,
route 1, Is a patient at Hugh
Chatham Memorial hospital with
Injuries he sustained yesterday
wlhen he fell while at work in a
local tuTUlture plant. He suffered
a fractured pelvis.
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SHIPPING PEACHES
.^Sanford, June 25.—Peaches are
mow iboglnnlng to move from the
Sandhffls peach ibelt and accord
ing to reports reaching Sanford
prioea realized thus far are en-
cowraging. Shipments from the
large orchard of the 'W'Uklns com
pany, near Sanford, will probably
begin aboivt the middle of July.
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H. W. HORTON SECOND
With Scene of Apple Orch
ard in Bloom; Rhododen
dron Scene la Third
LAW CHALLENGED
'Fayetteville, June 25.—Consti-
[ s.,^^tioaaUiy of North Carolina's
1937 anti-slot machine law will
h
be attacked in a hearing here
next Monday before Judge N. A.
Sinclair. In an order for a hear
ing served today on city and
county authorities, JoseaA Cal-
hutC trading as the Vending Ma
chine company, asked a restrain
ing order against threatened ac
tion under the new law.
DROWNS IN LAKE
Mt. Airy, June 25.—Apparently
trying to rescue his younger
brother, Eugene Haynes, 16, was
drowned this afternoon in Mt.
Airy** famed ‘‘dry’’ lake. The
younger boy, Clyde, eight, was
savQd by other bathers,
brothers were swimming in the
deepest part of the lake about 3
o’clock, according to accounts,
when onlookers saw them sink
and fail to come to the surface.
HEAT WAVE BROKEN
Cbiicago. June 25. — Heavy
rains and shifting winds broke
the-season’s most intense heat
waye .in the Middle West today.
Relief came to most of the area
from .the Rockies to the Great
Lakee after 21 deaths had been
».ttf«uted ..to the sultry sioga. ^
ShiByw»j^d»n*o«l ■ huga win,^lng
Orchard scenes won two of the
three prizes offered by the North
Wilkeeboro Kiwanls club to se
cure attractive publicity scenes
for postcard pictures to go on
sale here.
There was a good resiponse to
the call for pictures and many
irictures wore entered in compe
tition for the prizes, which were
five dollars for the first, three
dollars for the second and two
dollars for the third.
Mrs. h. M. Nelson 'won first
prize on an apple orohard ■ scene
entitled, “One of the Famous
Orchards of the Brushy Moun-
lalns.’’ I'he particular scene on
the photograph was a picture of
Pressley Jennings’ orchard near
Mt Crest school.
H. W. Horton won second prize
The 1 vyith another orchard scene of
apple trees In bloom. Tlie picture
.shows Bcmething of the attrac
tiveness of an apple orchard in
bloom and is expected to draw
tavoiable comment.
Mrs. Neison won third prize
with a photograph of a Rhodo
dendron garden In bloom on the
Blue Ridge. It 1ft a very attrac
tive scene and ts typical of the
natural beauty of the Blue Ridge
mountains near North Wilkes-
boro.
Plans of the Kiwanis Club for
postcard reproductions of the
itores an4.n^ji of
Indiana and Ohio.
WANTS BILL PASSED
■Vt'ashington. June 25.—House
Democrats tonight said President
RooeeveU’s .inssver wa.s. “We’re
going through,” in answer to
their suggestion to him that Con
gress be kept in session until it
acts on the Roosevelt court bill
and otlier major proposals. This
irt was made upon their re-
to .\nnaF,)ls after a day
with the President on Jefferson
island in Chesapeake bay.
contest life golntt fwwnt* nnd the
card pictures will go on. sale In
this city at a not far distant
date.
Scouts Honored
At Summer Camp
WILL KEEP BRIDE
iMadisonville. Tenn., June 25.—
Chancellor A. T. Stewart today
told lanky Homer Peel. 32. he
could keep ihi.s 12-year-old bride,
Geneva. ’‘I believe that society,
law and everyone concerned will
be better served by the court’s
refusing to annul this marriage,’’
mid the chancellor. “There has
^doubtedly been a violation of
the statute, but as a social propo
sition. I can see but one course
open to mo.
VJM'ARMER robbed
Concord. June 25.—R. G. Over-
cash, 66-year-old resident of the
’Wlnecoff community, wa.; robbed
of $155 yesterday by a f.an of
"foreign birth” who Introduced
himself to his victim as a “doctor
a«d preacher.” To date officers
haro been unable to locate the
stnfeger, 'believed to lhave been a
Overcash .said he was
woPklng in a field when the
stranger drove up, accompanied
a woman. They called to him
Four local Scouts returned Fri
day from two woek.s’ stay at
Oamp Gasater, summer camp for
the AVin.Uon-Salam Scout council.
Henry Landon, Jr., wa.s award
ed the prize as bein.g the best all
round camper in the camp,
which was for two weeks and wa.s
attended by 73 Scouts. Altho-ugh
this was Henry's first year at
camp, lie was judged beat camp
er n enra.pelition with many well
e.xpericnced Boy Scout campers.
Joe McCoy, Jr., was also hon
ored in lhal he was on the Jun
ior staff.
The other Scouts from the Wil-
kesboros attending the camp,
which closed Friday, were James
Hemphill and Ray Cashion.
Macneil Of Barra
Coming to Wilkes
Chief of McNeills to Attend
Annual Reunion At Mil
lers Creek Soon
and ho walked to the car. he said. I
Before he realized what was hap-
^Miing. Overcash said, the dark-
efenned stranger .began running
his hands over him, saying “you
taiVe a pain here, and there, and
there.”
NAME ENGINEER
Raleigh, June 25.—Chairman
fTrank L. Dunlap of the state
i^ighwAV and .putbllc works cotin-
laiaeion. today named W. Vance
Batoe chief engineer of the hig'h^
w*y. and public works commls-
(rioa. and Charles Ross as chief
ooqnael. The chairman, authoris
ed'16 days ago by the commla-
aion to ma.k6 his own selection,
0$cnaeed the appointments with
enter Hoey ■who ■was entirely
iMd 'With tiiese officials. Ross
been general counsel for the
alssion nearly 12 years. Balse
^tihame obief englneere shortly
after the death of John D. Wald-
nip In 1934.
Macneil of Barra, the chief of
the McNeill clan the world over,
has accepted an invitation to at
tend the McNeill reunion at Mil
lers Creek on or about the first
Sunday in ,Septem.ber, it was
learned today in a letter from
Attorney Robert H. McNeill, of
Washlmrion, D. C., to C. O. Mc
Neil, president of the McNeill
family organization.
The Chief will be accompanied
by his wife and they will make
the trip to North Carolina and
■Wilkes county by automobile
from Marlboro, Vermont.
Further details concerning the
annual gathering of the widely
known McNeill family will be an-
noanced later.
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Mrs. L. M. Nelson Wins 1st
and 3rd Priiea in Picture
Contest Just Ended
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Washington, D. C. . . . The sjiecial Congreealonal commK.ee ot
six Senators and six Representatives began hearings on tax evasions.
L. to R.: Secy. Morgenthau; Rep. R. L. Doughton of N. C. (chair
man), and Sen. Pat Harrlsoa of Mississippi (vice-chairman). Secy.
Morgenthau was the first witness
Dean Schaub TeDs of Change In
Attitude Toward Farm hdustry
LAST PUMPKIN
SOLD FRIDAY
Head of Extension %lrvico Revival ServicCS
and Dean of State College
Speaker In This City
John Reavla, ot this city, has
pumipklns almost the year ’round.
On Friday he sold the last one
of the 1936 crop to I. M. Myers,
manager ot Call Hotel, who had
been purchasing one or more at
frequent Intervals. Mr. Myers said
the pumpkin was in excellent
state of preservation.
Merchants Will
Banquet Friday
Ben Sronce to Address An
nual Banquet of Merch
ants Association Here
The annual banquet of the
Wilkes County Retail Merchants’
association Friday night, 7:30, at
jjotel Wilkes la expected to be
Dean I. O. Schauib. of State
Collie and head of the extension
service in North Carolina, told
Kiwanlans and guest.s at the Fri
day luncheon that there is e
change in attitude toward agricul
ture and that the industry is giv
en wide recognltlpn and atten
iton.
The dean was introduced by A
G. Hendren, Willkes farm agent
who also presented P. H. Jeter
agricultural editor at State Col
lege.
Dean Schaub said that until
the depression agriculture was
considered something to let alone
and get along the 'best way It
could In a more or less hapbaz
ard manner but that during bha
past several years that agricnl-
tural problems have been the
concern of government and busi-
Henry Landon, Jr., Wins A
Prize As Best All-’Round
Camper at Camp Lassater
iprogreeslve organization.
Ben Sronce, editor of the
Statesville Daily, will be the
speaker and W. L. Dowell, execu
tive secretary of the state associ
ation, will also be present.
Tickets for the banquet are
now on sale at the office of the
Merchants’ Association and It is
requested that reservations be
made early. Merchants’ are asked
Id have (heir wives and friends
us gue.sta at the banquet, which
will doubtless bo a delightful
occasion.
Tells Good News
For Job Seeker
The old-age benefits program is
the only part of the Social Securi
ty Act which ie administered sole
ly by the Federal Government. All
other parts of the security pro
gram are State-Federal programs.
Jamas M. Anderson, manager
of the state employment service
for this district, announced today
tliat the office is seeking a large
registration in order to supply
demands for labor at a rock
quarry on the Blue Ridge Park
way near Deep Gap and a rock
quarry soon to begin on highway
268 between Honda and Roaring
River.
Peraon.s who are interested in
obfaiiving jobs and who are in
reacbi of either of these projects
are a.sked to register at the em
ployment service office or have
their registrations ren ,-wed if the
registrations are more than three
months old.
was plenty of land wiiicfll hid Hot
been used or worn out but that
erosion and Improper use have
rendered much of the land uU
.vulted for agriculture. Forty
years ago, he continued, the
streams ran clear water most of
the time. The slogan now is
“Make the streams run clear
again.”
Announcement was made that
the directors will meet on Tues
day evening, seven o’clock, at Ho
tel Wilkes.
H. P. Danver, of New York,
wa.s a guest of J. R. Finley and
gue.sts of A. G. Hendren were Mr.
Jeter, J. M. German, Jliss Rosa
Billings and Lawrence Miller.
Dr. R. B. Templeton was pro
gram chairman Friday.
Attorney A. H. Casey has re
turned from the International
Kiwanis convention at Indlan-
napolis, Ind„ and will furnish the
program Friday of this week.
Coca-Cola Co. to
Purchase Berries
Highest Price in Histwy Of
Firm to Be Paid Fw
Berries This Year
Bible Study CIam
Will Be Conducted
A Bible study class will
conducted In the Wilkesboro
Methodist c'hurcib, beginning
Tuesday afternoon at three o’
clock. The class -will be''spon4S/2
ed by the Woman's Missionaiy
Society and all members aro
urged ,tp atteend. The members
of the Woman’s club are extend
ed a cordial invitation to -attead
th© class, w.hlch ’Will be taught by
Prof. T. E. Story.
Announcement was made today
by the Coca-Cola Bottling com
pany that they would again buy
blackberries this year and that
the highest price since the com
pany has been buying 'berries will
be paid.
The price "vvas quoted at two
jjg cents -per -pound, which represents _
'a large Increase over the price and towns and on July 1 a pen-
imid during the past few years, alty ol 5 per cent will be added.
Thlq Indicates that Wilkee black-'
berries *^are much in demand.
The bertlas will be purchased
at the warehouse on Poreeter ave-
npe, foimer location of the Blue al cost.
Ridge Hatchery.
Tent Revival ^To
Contteue Tnift Week
Pay No Attention .
To Broken Nedrt feday that tie b«^ peddlers in WUkea county must
Gunder and Thomas Homme, 71
and 67 years old respectively, con
take it.
The brothers, who till the wil
near Renyon, Mina, are recov^-
ing from broken necks they snifeiv
ed a feir weeks ago when th^
automobile went into a ditch..
“We’re thankful for being alive
to worry about the chores back
h^me,” they said this week.
C5«iducted at Oakwoods near the *. lb
'schCbl ■hhlliilhif '’»HTf douttutie 6086 A'
tiirougih thU ■.
A wonderful
is
s ““ i geotloh. of the 1*«
Friends Honor
Aged Minister
80th Birthday Annlversacy Of
Rev. C7 W. Boblnstm Quiet
ly Observed
Rev. C; W. Robinson, aged
and beloved -pastor ot the
Nbrth ■'Wilkesboro Presbyter
ian ch-uTch, was 89' yedn of
age Friday and the annlver-
saiy ot Ills birth was quietly
observed In the manse with hia
family.
But many of the aged min
ister’s host of friends rememr
ibered him on the date and he
received numerous cards,
greetings and gifts.
As he nears the age of fonr
score and ten hls> health Is
much Improved from a ffw
months ago and on Snnday he
greeted his congregation at the
church and delivered an in
spiring message. Friends eve
rywhere hope to greet him on
many more happy birthday an
niversary occasions.
At Moravian Falls
The revival services for Mora- Joe, Jr., and Bob McCoy uui
vlan Palls Methodist “hurch 'Will
begin Snnday, July 4. Rev. A. C.
Glbbe, of Statesrille, -will assist
the pastor. Rev. J. C. Gentry.
Rev. Mr. Gentry said In the
announcement that “the public is
cordially invited to worship with
us during the meeting.”
Work Is Pushed
On Street Project
ew Sidewalk on South
Side of C Street Block
Is Now Being Used
Work has been progressing
rapidly on the WPA street pro
ject here wbich irJIl widen the
street and sideifi^ op the sonth
:«9ea math'god TMth
’4)?Tiie cost of the pfeject Ik be-
Ipg shared by the city of North
Wilkesboro and the Works Pro
gress administration, and repre
sents a considerable saving over
what the city could have accomp
lished wibhiout the aid of WPA
funds.
The sidewalk, same width of
the sidewalk on the north side of
the block, was poured last week
and is being used. The widened
portion of the street Is now being
-poured and will be ready for use
in a few days.
The work already accomplish
ed shows some idea of the im
provement in appearance as the
result of the project and the
widened street will greatly facili
tate traffic, especially In the
nelgh'borhood of the postoffice
building.
aw UBgapy.«
covering abont 366 acres'
the Potoonac river.
Calls Attention
To Privilege Tax
state privilege taxes were due
on June 1 and unless paid on or
iiefore Thiursday. July 1, a pen
alty of five per cent will be add
ed, J. R. Rousseau, state collec
tor of revenue said here today.
He furher stated that all who
paid these taxes last year have
been mailed application blanks,
w.hich will be of much help in
aipplying for new license.
-Schedule B taxes to the coun
ty also came due on June 1 and
a penalty ■will accrue it not paid
on or before J-uly 1-
Schedule B taxes are due cities
Those who are required to pay
privilege taxes to the state, coun
ty or town should attend to the
matter at once and save addltlon-
Coal Dealers Must
Purchase License
, . ■ ■ ■ Attention is colled to the fact
Rev. Gurney latwa announced jujy i ©oal dealeri and
auao mmMM S,.,r«-vjdl4>n ’'must ^1,
made.wttk ttusconfity 'Mconut^ ^
,.L_- .ainf- aiuMiid not ihove appeared tit to#
(I%w tent wng
ll|«(i Sunday night. Bveryiome 'Ue makes It maad^ry that .cool
Invited to this eenrlcel^ VMCh ,»r« dealers in th®:, Cronty gaonra
held at eWrt o’clock each ,,eve- ense is quoted-elsOwhiere in thu
ning. '
On Strike Board
Washington, D. C. . . . Charles
P. Taft, son of the late Justice of
the Supreme Court, was made a
memiber of the special Board of
Three to mediate the steel strikes.
Wilkes Scouts.
Attend Naticmal
Scout Jamboree
Iww Labor Law«
Are Explained ln«
Address In Ci| jr
Before Mercha^
inspector Tells ■Getlierbia o|
Interprefations
unitn Hours Statute
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AND CHILD LABOR.LAW
'•ifv-.
Strict Regulation Placed On
Employment of Children
On Regular Jobs
Pat Williams, Jr.,'in
Washington, D. C.
Eiagle Scouts Joe McCoy, Jr.,
and Pat Williams, Jr., and Life
Scout Bob McCoy, entrained at
Winston-Salem Saturday nigbt for
Washington, D. C., where they
will attend the National Scout
Jambouree for two weeks.
They were accompanied by
Gordon Finley, Scoutmaster of
troop No. 36.
In Winston - Salem Saturday
evening they Joined Scouts frosk
other troops in the Winston-Sal
em council and were served din
ner by the ladles of the Mora'rian
church there before they entreln-
ed for the nation’s capital at
nine p. m.
The Scout jambouree is ex
pected to he qae -oC the-
njim imniii'Nii '
William F. Gaffney, inspector
for the North Carolina de|)«rt-
ment of labor, addressed the
Wilkes County Retail Merchant!”*
association and other interested
business men in meeting ThuBS-
day night at the city hall, eac-
-plaJnlng provisions of the new
maximum hour and . child labor
laws to go into effect on July 1.
Following his address was a
round table discussion and Mr.
Gaffney answered a number of
questions relative to provisions
1 of tlie two acts.
'The nmxlmum hour law pn>-
vded a maximum ■work week
55 hour? for men and the work
day is limited to ten hours. IddlS
clerks in stores are exempt.
The maximum work week for
women will l)e 48 hours with not
more than n'- e hours in any one
day.
Under ue child labor law em
ployment of children undar age
12 is strictly prohiolted. In order
to clear up a misunderstanding,
however. Mr. Gaffney emphasized
that this dor« not apply to agri
cultural or domestic duties.
■Cihildren from 12 to 16 yearn
of age may 'be . employed in vacoi-
tlon part time work if Obey ham
a certificate or permit from thm
welfare oKicerr of the county. Kx-
newzpepec, carriers. chBdteiz
Cannot be lawfully
,6ante
along
on# nhder it
Board To Meet
To Hear Claims
Advertisement Calls Atten
tion to Assessments
Made For the Year
The Wilkes county board of
com'missioners will meet with the
tax supervisor as the county
board of equalization on Monday,
July 12, according to law, for
the purpose of hearing complaints
and making any necessary adjust
ments in assessment of property
for taxation.
In accordance with the law the
meeting is -being advertised and
the formal advertisement of the
board of equalization appears in
The ■Journal-Patriot today on
page two.
Property owners are asked to
read the advertisement for addi
tional details relative to proiwrty
assessment and the meeting of the
hoard of equalization.
Joint Meeting Of
Legion, Auxiliary
Will Be Held on Friday
Night at the Legion and
Auxiliary Clubhouse
-be'emptoycri'at full ' tMaa
wo^ provided they have permKa
trom the ■welfare officer bat
their work week is limited to 41
hours and not more than nine
hours per day. ‘
There is another strict provis
ion in the child labor law whioh
specifies that no person under 18
years of age may be employed at
any place where beer, wine or
liquor is sold or in a pool room.
P''ollowing the address of Mr.
Gaffney Thursday night the
merchants entered into a discus
sion of store hours in .order to
conform to the labor law without
incon^'e-nience to the ipu-blic and
without working hard.ships on
the public, the stores or the per
sonnel.
C. G. Day, president of th© a»-
sociation, presided at the moat
ing, which was well attended.
Junior Teams In
Games Saturday
. Announcement was made to-
dgje.of a joint .meeting of the
Wilkes county post of the Ameri
can Legion and the Legion Auxil
iary to be held at the Legion and
Auxiliary clubhouse on Friday
night, July 2, beginning at 7:46.
The -program for the meeting
will -be announced in Tilwirsday’s
issue of 'The Journal-Patriot. All
members of both organliaWong
are urged to make plans to at
tend.
Saturday was the date for the
third scheduled game of the A-
mericau Legion’s junior -baseball
league in Wilkes and some large
scores resulted.
At North \nikeaboro the home
team cut short Moravian Falls*
winning streak to win 13 to 3
over a Moravian Falls team that
lacked the spirited play shown in
' two victories over Clingman.
A t Cricket the sensational
'jpitcher find,” Church, strnek
out 17 Champion players and di>-
servod a shutout but Cricket woft
18 to 1.
Boomer defeated Wilkesboro ia.
a ■wild scoring gsme 26 to 16.
Reeults of the Traphlll-CUiig-
maK game were: Clingman^ 18;
TraphUl, 9.
Reiporte from the teams In tha
niral comm-unitiee indicate laig*
crowds attended and that tika
peogtle are showing much -Intmat
in Uds civic undfetoklng ihF thb
American Ijeglon... ' ' . ■
Correctioii
The name of Pearson Brothers
'ktor© VOS inadvertantly included
the list of etoree .to he cloeed
ehoQld not bare appeared in th«
- ^jKiiiioaiiced list to cbeerve a holl--
day on that dote.
The A. * P. Store Trfll be
closed on Monday Jnly Mb. ttiat
store tras not Included in the M»t
{^Ighed Thursday. ^
JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB
WILL SPONSOR DANCE
The Junior Woman’s clnh ‘will
sponsor a donee Wedneedor
night, June SO, at th© Legton mad
AuxlUary ctnbhoase^ Music win
jM furnished by ThopsmOi:^ UbM j> ^
and his oreheetra, iferfpt triil
ll.SO. «
iMr, and Mnt. Pw4B|liMw. eC
Hosord. Ky-. riattlag bin par-1|
ent^ Mr..and Mrs.
at Monrioa JUMf - •>
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