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BEEF UP, PORK DROPS
Chlcaco, Aug. 18.—Choice cat
tle sold at a hundred weight
In the llveetock market here to
day for the first time since Sep-
tearber, 1928. In the hog market,
however, the sharpest decline In
more than a year continued.
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SPIDER BITES MAN
Beaufort, Aug. 18—Elmo Gas-
UU. 27, of Sea Lerrel, was
brought to a hospital here today
suffering from the effects of a
black widow spider’s bite. He
was bitten Monday night in an
outhouse on the premises of his
liome. He was reported to be re
nding to treatment.
TOBACCO AT $28
WhlteTllle, Aug. 18.—Sales on
today's tobacco market were eeitl-
mated at 470,000 pounds, bring-
an average price of $28.25 a
htedred pounds. The highest
price ot the day was 62 cents
and seiveral thousand pounds ot
the weed brought 40 cents a
pound Or better.
STORES VOTES DRY
^ Dai^ry, Aug. 17. — Stokes
diy*' appeared victorious In the
niiuor Section here tonight as
returns from 15 of 21 precincts
ga^ 2,566 votes against control
to 1,914 for control. Top-heavy
ma^ritles for the drys in the
Xing, Mount Olive and Wilson’s
Store precincts overcame a small
majority that the wets had held
In the early counting.
BODY IN TRUNK
Xew York. Aug. IT.—The
nude body of a man identified
by police as OHv’er George Sine-
cal, who had a record of several
arrest- wa.s found stuffed in a
small steamer trunk shortly after
it wa.s delivered to the American
Kailway Express agency. Sinecal.
who was known to the police of
and Boston
"^1iad~‘t^h
ehot once through thb back of
the head.
STILL FICxHT BLACK
Washington, Aug. IS.—A for
mer Federal judge sought today
to have the Supreme Court itself
keep Senator Black off its bench.
Albert Levitt, who served as
judge in the Virgin Islands, ask
ed the high court for permission
to file a petition against Black,
he petition asks the court to
uire Black to show cause why
he should be permitted to serve
as an associate justice.
WAGES BOOSTED
Gastonia. Aug. IS.—The Fire
stone Cotton Mills, Inc., has in
creased wages, offectiv'e immedi
ately, approximately $95,000 an
nually and representing an aver
age addition of more than $60
yearly to employes’ pay enve
lopes, it was announced today
by Henry McKelvie. resident
manager of the mills, a subsidi
ary of the Firestone Tire and
Rubber company. Mr. McKelvie
eclined to elaborate on the an-
ounceiaent.
BLACK CONFIRMED
Washington. -Aug. 17.—-At the
conclusion of a day devoted to
debate on the nomination the
senate late this afternoon con
firmed Senator Hugo Black, of
Alabama, as member ot the Su
preme court of which he has been
critical and whose abolition he
would have at one time found it
jHsesible to regard with compos
ure. The generally foreseen con
firmation was accomplished by
Fa vote of 63 to 16. Democrats
t«corded against confirmation
^Were Burke, Copeland, Gerry,
lElS^.Olasa and Byrd.
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VOL. 89 Published Mondays and ThursdnyB. "WI|RB$BQR0, N. C., THgRSDAYy AUG, 19S7
City Tax Rate 01.^
Few Cases Will Be
Left On Calendar
Of Wilkes Court
At End This Term
Some Cases Continued Be
cause of Illness of Attor
neys; Many are Tried
MANY FRIVILOUS CASES
Several Removed From the
Docket by Nol Pros; Many
Judgments are Rendered
As the August term ot Wilkes
court nears adjournment the
docket Is in the best shape in
years with a comparatively small
num/ber of casee continued until
next term.
Some few cases were contin
ued because of lllneee of attor
neys employed while others have
been continued because of illness
of defendants or witnesses.
Judge J. H. Clement, of Win
ston-Salem, Is presiding and So
licitor John R. Jones Is prosecut
ing the dodket.
Following are accounts ot cas
es tried Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week:
Glenn Bare was convicted of
operating a slot machine con
trary to the law whiohi banned
ihe gambling devices. A road sen
tence of three months wa-s su-
.spended on payment of cost.
It. was an odd coincidence that
Solicitor John R. Jones was a
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Friendship Lasts
New York City ... The Sino-
Japanese situation did not effect
these two girl scouts who travel
ed across the continent together,
enroute to the International En
campment of Girl Scouts.
Nello Teer’s Son
Killed In Wreck
OnNewParkway
Page Teer, Age 14, Killed
Instantly When Pickup
Overturned Tuesday
Anderson Named
To Head Branch
OHf€SfMiSe
Page M. Teer, 14-year-oId son
of Nello Teer, prominent Durham
contractor, was almost instantly
k’lled Tuesday imorning about
10:30 when a pickup he was
(riving overturned on the Blue
Kidgo Parkway grade between
Glendale Springs and Laurel
Springs.
The youth, who had been vis
iting his uncle W. H. Teer, at
Glendale Springs, had been c^ls-
ing over the parkway grada
ing over the parkway grate
■ ’Vlthl an-’‘'»h!p!^6V i
Is Reddetimi Of
35 Cents Under
Last Year’s Rate
Valuation This Year is Over
Million Over Figures
of Last Year
POLL TAX IS $1.25
Rate Set Last Night in Spe
cial Meeting of Aldermen
Held With Mayor
North Wllkesboro hoard of al
dermen in meeting last night
with Mayor R. T. McNlel set the
city tax rate for the ensuing fis
cal year at $1.25, which repre
sents a reduction of 35 cents
under the rate of $1.60 last year
on each hundred dollars valu
ation of prt^rty.
The large decrease in the rate
this year was (made possible by
the increased valnation through
the recent assessment of proper
ty. The $1.26 tax rate Is figured
on the basis of an assessed val
uation of approximately $4,868,-
000 as compared with an assess
ed valuation last year of ap
proximately $3,773,000, the in
crease in assessed valuation be
ing approximately $1,085,000.
Poll tax was set at $1.25 each
as compared with a poll tax of
$1.60 last year.
The rate will bo apportioned
to the various'levies this week.
Farmers A$ked To
Earn All Possible
In Provisions Ad
C6mpkte
Of £|^^udd^s
Dur^ Jhe' Tiliiii
Many Recommendationi
Made by Body. Relative
to County. Property
ADVISE AN INVENTORY
Be Made One Each Year;
Ask That Lonnie Church
Be Apprehended
Reappointed as Branch Man
ager; J. R. Simmons Is
Sent to Mount Airy
'hjr, the extensloB serv-
^oi- North 3aroUna sankorlum
and-the county health service
•will begin In Wllkesboro on An- lewder
gust 33 with Dr. J. S. Denholm,
elalist, making the examlna-
rons.
No charge Is (made and an ap-
■polntment tor examination may
hs made at the office of Dr. A.
.'jj.' Eller, eowDty health officer,
giie eoQr0un»e.
In
Jani“S M. Andcr.son. head of
Che North Carolina State Em
ployment service office here for
t.;e past six months, has been
reapp(5inted to that post.
fiider the reorganization of
the service the state was divided
into ten districts with this ter
ritory served from the district
office established at Hickory. The
plan made North Wilkesboro a
branch office under the district
offee.
Mr. Anderson was named act
ing manager of the district of
fice at Hickory until the perma
nent appointments were made.
He has many friends here who
are glad that he is not leaving
North Wilkesboro.
Twenty - two managers for
branch offices of the N. C. State
Employment Service out of 3.t to
he named, have been announced
by Director R. Mayue Albright,
appointed with approval of the
N. C. Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission. Another batch
of appointees from the eligible
lists will be named about Novem
ber 1, when the remainder of the
branch offices are scheduled for
opening. The appointees, includ
ing reappointments, promotions
from within the ranks, and new
appointees, follow:
Reappointed: James M. Ander
son at North Wilkeeboro; Mrs.
G. E. Crowell at Thomasville;
Mrs. Ethel C. Lipscomb at Dur
ham; J. H. Petty at Wilson; W.
E. Boney at Kinston; Simon P.
Davis at Bryson City; Earle W.
Justice at Rutherfordton; M. B.
Swearingen at Waynes v 111 e;
Earle W. Brockman at Gastonia;
promoted from ranks; J. R. Sim
mons, of North Wilkesboro, at
Mount Airy; Joseph S. Cude, of
Winston - Salem, at Salisbury;
George M. Suggs, of Durham, at
Henderson; Alden P. Honeycutt,
of Burnsville, at Marion; Sidney
F. Marsh, of Charlotte, at Albe
marle; new appointees: Cleudo
Fredrick, of Salisbury, at Lexing-;
ton; J. Ralto Farlow, of High
Point, at Burlington; Stanly R.
of Llncolnton, at Mor-
ganton; Joseph A. Suther, at
Statesville; William E. Powell, of
Ldleeville, at Shelby; Sidney M.
Kale, of Mineral Springs, at
Concord; Jacob S. Flemming, of
FaiMm, at Goldsboro; Cyrus W.
Baxemore,' of Windsor, at Edon-
ton.
stopped the truck where a shovel
was being moved. While the driv-'
er was waiting a few moments
near the shovel the boy drove
away with the truck and in a
few minutes a passePby found
him a fow miles distant, pinned
beneath the vehicle which had
apparently got out of the boy’s
control on the crushed stone and
overturned off the road. When
help was summoned and his body
was taken fro^m under the truck
he was dying.
His father, Nello Teer, is one
of the most widely known con
tractors In the south and is fav
orably known in this section,
where he has constructed many
of the leading highways. His
brother, W. H. Teer, supervised
construction of the throe links of
the Blue Ridge Parkway for
which his. brother has contract
and is making his homo at Glen
dale Springs.
The body of the youth was
brought to a local undertaking
establishment Tuesday and on
Tuesday afternoon was carried
to Durham for funeral service
and burial Thursday.
While on his visit to the moun
tains and his father’s big con
struction jobs the boy bad be
come very popular with tho
mountain people with whom he
a.ssociatod and his death was an
occasion of sadness to thorn.
Work was su.spendcd on the Teer
jobs on the parkway for some
time following the tragedy.
tJrfSd to Com^bte fhe
Building Allowance By
Sowing Legiunes
Child Killed By
Auto Tuesday
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Miller, of Laurel Springs,
Succumbs at Hospital
Edwin J)ooghton Miller, two-
year-old son of Reece Mlllex,
;>ostma«ter at Laurel Springs,
died at tho hospital here
terday morning from injuriee
received Tuesday afternoon
when hit by a car on highway
18 near the home of his par
ents.
Surviving are the father
and mother and five brothers
and sisters; William Reece, Jr.,
Mary Rnth, Gordon Profflt,
John Horton and James Kent
Mules'.
"We have some corn fields in
Henderson county this season,
which I believe will produce 150
bushels to the acre,” said County
Agent O. D. White.
Farmers of Wilkes county are
urged to comply with provisions
of the soli conservation act and
earn every cent possible accord
ing to provisions of the act.
A. G. Hendren, Wilkes farm
agent, especially desires that
every farmer grow his full allow
ance of soil building and soil con
serving crops.
This will not only mean that
the farmers will get more money
this year but will add prestige
to the soil conservation act and
insure its future.
Those who desire any further
information relative to means of
earning the payments are invited
to call at Mr. Hendren’s office
the courthouse.
Singing Aug. 29
At Yellow Hill
Successful Session of Blue
Ridge Singing Associa
tion Anticipated
Next session of the Blue Ridge
Singing association will be held
at Yellow Hill Baptist church at
Summit, August 29, it was learn
ed today from J. C. McNeil,
chairman of the organization
which -imbracos parts of Wllkee,
Ashe and Wetauga counties. ,
The singing convention will
open at ten o’clock with devo
tional by Lee J. Church, address
of welcome by H. H. Beshears
and response by Lloyd Hendrix.
All singing classes and others
interested in the promotion of
gospel music have a most cordial
invitation to attend and take
part in the all-day program.
As an added feature of the
program Judge Johnson J. Hayes
will deliver an address at 11
o’clock.
Story And Hayes
To Fill Pulpit At
Wilkesboro Church
Rev. A. W. Lynch, pastor of
the Wllkesboro Methodist chnreh,
has announced that at the II
o’clock service on Sunday, Au
gust 22,. Prof. T. B. Story vrlll
speak. Judge J(^nBon| J. Hayes
will speak at the erenluK senrie*.
Rerv. Mr. Lynbh on Sunday
js^nd the
The grand jury, by D. R
Wright, foreman, made a com-
presenslve report Monday fol
lowing completion of the dntlee
of that body for the August term.
In addition to the routine duty
of passing upon bills of Indict
ment the grand jury inspected
the property belonging to the.
county and made many recom
mendations. Following is the
cbmplete report:
North Carolina, Wllkesi County.
To the Honorable J. H. Clement.
Judge Presiding at August
Term 1937 Criminal Court for
Wilkes County;
We submit the following re
port:
Number of Bills examined 101
True blllsi — 89
Not true hills 9
Bills continued (lack of
witnesses) 3
Number of Presentments 9
Visited the County Home and
T. B. Hospital and found th© fol
lowing:
Number of Inmates In home ..26
Number In the T. B. Hos. 4
Number of prisoners In home 10
Stock On Farm
Number of mules — 2'
Number of horses 2
Num'ber of milk cows 28
Number of heifers 2
Namben >f 1
Roy Brown, an inmate of the
home, was found to be partly
paralyzed and in a critical con
dition from a blow on the head
inflicted by Lonnie Church, of
Stoney Fork, N. C. Church, has
not yet been apprehended.
The home was found to be
clean and well kept, but prac
tically all the rooms have large
patches of plaster off the walls.
The floors are dry and neel oil
ing. Some of the gutters on the
home leak. The lighting system
is in need of repairs. Tae two
barns and the grain bins are in
good condition. The farm prison
is not secure. Prisoners may es
cape at will. The windovis need
new panes and the doors need to
be made more secure.
The T. B. Hospital is in good
condition with the exception of
the water supuily.
Visited the jail and the court
house and found the following:
Number in jail, 20 men and 2
women. A few of these are juve
nile .prisoners.
Th^ Jail was found to be clean
and well kept. The prisoners had
no complaints to make. The Jail
is badly In need of repairs on;
windows, water system, locks on
cells, doors on cages, and ths
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McNeills To Meet
On September Sth
Prominent Men to Address
/Gathering of Widely
Known Family Soon
Representative R- L. Dough-
ton, Attorney R. H. McNeill.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes and oth
er .prominent men will have a
part in the annual McNeill re
union to be held at Millers Creek
high school six miles west of this
city on Sunday, Septemiber 5, it
was learned today from C. O. Mc
Nael, chairman of tine family or
ganization.
The McNeill reunion, a high
light of the early tall season
since its Inauguration only a few
years ago. Is expected to be large
ly attended this year.
MacNell of Barra, tho chief of
the McNeill clan tho world over,
plans to attend the reunion at
Millers Creek this, year and; will
make the trip, from one ot the
New England states here to Join
with Ills 4tspuil - Wnmen In tiie
tEi
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To: Foster Parents
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Chicago, 111. . . . Donald Horst,
two-and-a-half, who was kld-
nai>ed -by his real parents, was
returned to his foster parents
who had raised hhn since (birth.
A Solomon-like decision decided
his fate.
A Petidon Asking
For Traffic Lights
Is Submitted Here
Board Has Matter Under
Advisement and May Take
Action Next Month
The city board of aldermen In
.sipeclal meeting last night re
ceived a petition by a number of
local citizens asking that street
stop lights be installed.
This matter has been "undi
adyiaftj
MerchwtsO&i^
‘Back to
Values h Gir t^j
Schools in County SyshW tm>
Open on Monday,
August SOth ‘ w,.
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CITY SCHOOLS.SEPT 6^
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Everything in Readinesa'r
School Opening;
Good School‘ YmST’,
“Back-to-school” Is the themo
In Wilkes county as more tiuua
10,000 children look forward to.
the treck btek ta- the schoArv/,
rooms on Mmid^, AngOst 36-. ^
And as the tete for schpel
opening nears, school. sathoemsiK
are rapidly working out detaOa
requisite to school opening. All
the major arrangements hava ■
Iteen msAe, including the execn-
tloH) of teachers' contracts, em
ployment of bus drivers, con
tracts for contract transporta
tion, fuel contracts, etc.
Teachers of the county win
gather for the pre-term meeting
for instructions and supplies OA
Saturday, August 28, ten
clock, at the WUkeehoro schoid
building. Attendance of all teas
ers who are to teach during tits
term is required.
This year will mark the first
time that three districts bava
had adequate school facilltiea.
Millers Creek will beglu the term
ixr the best school (building Ui
iraWorits
A(7tlon -was deferred lutU tha
next regular meeting ' of thO
board in order to further study
cost of Installation and operation
of the system.
According to a plan recently
submitted to the board traffic
lights would be installed at six.
intersections: Tenth and B;
Tenth and D; Ninth and B;
Ninth and D; Sixth and B; and
Sixth and D.
Over 100 Blind
In This County
Survey by Welfare Depart
ment Indicates Many May
Get Aid Through Act
There are over 100 people in
Wilkes county who are blind or
who have sight so defective that
they are classed as blind or near
blind, it was learned today from
the office of the county superin
tendent of welfare.
Mrs. Inez Bolin, of Catawba,
field supervisor for the state
commission for the .blind, spent
a few hours in Wilkes Tuesday
and commented on the provisions
of the state social security act
for the blind.
Not all of the approximately
100 blind or near blind in Wilkes
will be eligible for aid .but a
number of applicalioiis have al
ready gone in to state head
quarters and others will follow
soon.
To Install Officers
Of Pomona Grange
The Wllkee Pomona Grange
will meet Wednesday night, Aug.
25th, at the agricultural rooms
in the courthouse, 7:30 o’clock,
for the purpose of Installing the
officers-elect for the ensuing
year. State Master Ben F. Wil
son will be present for the in
stallation and ail mem'bers of the
Grange are urged to be present.
In addition to the Installation
ceremony, Pomona Lecturer Mrs.
C. F. Bretholl, will hav® an In
teresting progrim prepar»d for
the occasion. *
Epiaeopal Service
There will be a celebration ot
the Holy Communion at St
Pat^’a Epiaeopal chnroli^ Tuesday
^Atpnat 844I&,'at 7:30
beiag Saint Barthol*
^graab
Iui^.^ a similar unit and a -gooA
school building was constnictiB4
at Benham.'
Meanwhile school authorltlea
are hoping to work out some
plan whereby the crowded con
ditions in several other schools
can he alleviated, the Wilkesboro
building being an example ot
inadequate bousing facilities.
Despite handicaps, it is ex
pected that schools of the county
will enjoy another successtiil
year. It is expected that the to
tal enrollment will be larger
than last year.
North Wilkesboro city schoola
will open on Monday, Septemiber
6, one week later than tho
schools of the county system.
.In anticipation of school opeBr
ing and knowing that parents
and children want to outfit th«4r
children properly, many mertik-
ants of this city duilng the conk
ing week will feature “back-to-
school’’ values. Throughout this
newspaper intere.^ted people wlD
find advertisements which will
aid them in the task of purchan-
ing wearing apparel and supplies
for that school opening date and
for all the term.
Railroad Show Is
Coming For Fair
West Wonder Shows On 9^
Railway Cars to Furnish.
Midway Attractions
'W
Weet Wonder Shows, whlA
move from one location to anoQI^'
er In a special train of 30 esa^
will furnish the midway atttis-
tion at the Great Northweetens
Fair to be held here Septfeinbsr
14 to 18. '
The midway attractions are *s-
puted to be the largest and most
varied ever to visit North Wil
kesboro and shonfd asBiti'e'l!hn
maximum in midway entertain
ment.
Meanwhile other plana am
rapidly being completed for thn
big exposition. The .premium esg-
alogue, a handsome booklet Uwk
vroold reflect credit on large a-
positions, has been printed aad'ls
being givw wide diatributSmTilfe
order to aasnse the best '
hU>it hall attrilBtfooBi V '- ;
'rile fslrgronnds- m
d>!seed In sha^ fof tbg
tlon.
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