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VOL. XXXI, NO. 92 Published Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY, AUG. 30, 1937 $1,60 IN THESTAT&—12.00 OOTJjF'
ROAD BIDS SOON
Aa*. 27.—W. Vance
^Ise, “ chief highway engineer,
MBoaneed today the state hlgh-
Wv eommisslon would open bids
Beg)tember 14 on approximately
10 road projects.
FOUR BILLIONS
WaAlngton, Aug. 27.— The
gOTemment has disbursed more
than a billion dollars during the
last four years in efforts to im
prove the income of cotton farm
ers, a survey showefd today.
TOBACCO 23 CENTS
^ Tarboro, Aug. 27.—L. W.
House, of the tobacco board of
trade, gave an unofficial estimate
of 50,000 pounds sold here today
for an average of 23 cents a
pound. Most of offerings were in-
rior and medium grades, with
irices holding strong on these,
op grades seer, in few piles
^rought better than open prices,
with some running to 45 cents.
Foreclosure 1934 J waiBoget»Maaod«i | Fanners To Hear
Tax Certificates State Seed Law
Now Under Wav Explained Sept. 11
County Attorney Begins Pro
ceedings To Collect On
Certificates
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SNYDER RECOVERING
Elkin, Aug. 27.—Thurmond
Snyder, 2 6, formerly of State
Road, north of Elkin, but more
recently of Galax, Va., was re
ported to have a chance to recov
er today at a hospital here where
he was being treated for serious
bullet wounds, said to have been
self-inflicted last Sunday eve
ning at a service , station with
,j^ which he was associated.
aspuds for needy
^ Raleigh, Aug. 27.—Mrs. W. T.
Bosl, commissioner of the state
tmard of charities and public wel-
\V. H. McElwee, Wilkes coun
ty attorney, has begim foreclos
ure proceedings on land sale cer
tificates for taxes due the coun
ty in 1934.
The county has many tax cer
tificates totaling several thous
and dollars for that year and it
is understood that foreclosure
proceedings will go forward on
all the certificates according to
law.
During the past few days com
plaints have been drawn and
suits have been instituted in
court.
Driver License
Are Issued Here
3 Days Weekly
Examinations Will Be Given
Only on Days Set by Pa
trol Sergeant
J. W. Woodside and T. A.
Holcomb Will Be Speak
ers at Wilkes Meet
Sergeant W. B. Lentz, head of
the highway patrol in this dis
trict, announced hero today that
fare, has Just received authority | parts of three days liave been set
from the federal surplus com
modities corporation to purchase
for their account up to 1,500,000
pounds of North Carolina sweet
potatoes for distribution to needy
persons in this state and through
out the nation.
PRINT MAGAZINE
Raleigh, Aug. 27.—The state
department of conservation and
development will publish month
ly a magazine of “pictorial cur-
»ranta in jtol4h Carolina.”
Bruce EtherlduW“^''iHP*pri'
^ Ukld today. The first Issue of the
magazine, to be financed by the
state’s 1250,000 advertising pro-
^gram, will be released next
month. It will contain 32 pages.
MAN FOUND~DEAD
Barnesville, Aug. 27.—D. L.
Floyd, 52, Robeson county farm
er, was found dead In his auto
mobile at the home of his brath-
D. F. Floyd, with whom he
making his home here last
lht. Members of the family
deed him drive his car into
lie yard. When he did not enter
‘ " the house they went to search,
finding him in the car dead.
There was no indication of foul
play. A physician attributed
death to heart failure.
aside for giving examinations
and taking applications for driv
er license at the office of the
chief of police, where the patrol
maintains headquarters.
The days and hours for giving
examinations and taking applica
tions are Monday 11 a. m. to
two p. m.; Wednesday afternoon;
Saturday 11 a. m. to two p. m.
The myriad duties of the pa
trolmen make it impossible to
take applications at any and all
times and it is hoped that the
pnblte"t4Wff' cbo:
ing the hours set out above.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
The Will Rogers Shrine of the
Sun, where one of the West’s
most colorful rodeos, “The Will
Rogers Memorial Rodeo,” will be
held in September.
School Opening
September Sixth
In N. Wilkesboro
Pupils Will Return to Rooms
Occupied Last Year For
Instructions
Herman Johnson
Escapes Holdup
Local Taxi Driver Accuses
Howard Petty of Holdup
Attempt Friday
'i'he North Wilkesboro City
Schools will begin tho 1937-38
session on Monday morning, Sep
tember 6th, at 8:40 o’clock. Chil
dren w'ho attended tho City
schools last session and who are
to he in the first seven grades
this year are requested to go
Monday morning to the class
rooms they occupied last year.
From these rooms the promotion
lists will be read and then the
pupils will be directed to their
respective classrooms for the en
suing session. It is important
that these instructions be
ried out to the letter to
car-
avoid
Herman Johnson, local taxi
operator, told here Friday about
an attempted holdup and wreck
in Alleghany county early Friday | year and who did not attend the
morning, about two o’clock. j city schools last session will re-
Johiison said that Howard C. port to the office Monday morn-
Phplls who did not attend the
city schco! last year but w'ho this
year are to enter grades one
through five are to assemble in
the auditorium at 8:40 o’clock
Monday morning, and there di
rections will be given for their
classification. TTiis applies to all
first grade children as well as
those in grades two, three, four,
and five who did not attend the
North Wilkesboro schools last
year.
Pupils who are to enter the
sixth and seventh grades this
MAINTAIN RIGHTS
Washington, Aug. 27.—The
TTnited States Informed both Chi
na and Japan today that, regard
less of their savage conflict, this
country intends to maintain all
its rights and privileges in the
orient. A formal note notified
both powers that they will be
i^Tield strictly accountable it Amer
ican citizens are injured, or A-
merican property damaged, as
th« result of their military ope
rations in China.
SHE IS BA^ LUCK
Plnckneyvllle, 111., Aug. 27.—
a' year ago. Rev. Albert Wright
his son, Dean, 15, were kill
ed; Vk«h an Illinois Central train
etj^iick their automobile on a
gr^de crossing at Winkle, north
of here. Mrs. Wright subsequent-
,anarried again. Today, her
nd husband, Grover Taylor.
,d his sons. Dean. 19, and Wil-
17, were killed by an I.
C. train which struck their car
at tJie same crossing.
TAXES $15,000,000
Plttaburgh, Aug. 27.—Tax at
torneys estimated today that the
lodwal Inheritance tax on the
eatate of Andrew W. Mellon
d exceed *15,000,000 and
run as high as *35,000,-
> Aft attache of the register
office, which will col-
for the state, said
^ ' batate^o* the former secre-
of■ the ti^ury would prob-
oxceed that of his brother,
I*,•p.'Mellon, which has arranged
the state approximately
.000.
' to i > treaty with
■ America’s migratory
rds, . sneh as mocking
’ and bantings can-
ily^'^old' ss cage Mr4s
sooe ,apd. oii»ti scien-
Petty, who i.s employed on a
Parkway project, called him here
and asked that he take him to
where he was boardin
Blue Ridge near the Wilke.s-
Alleghany line.
Having known Petty for some
time and suspicioning noth
ing. Johnson made the trip but
when he reached the point where
Petty was supposed to stop he
poked something in hLs side,
which he presumed to be a gun,
and ordered that ae drive on.
in.? at 8:40 o’clock.
All high school pupil.s, grades
eight through eleven, are to as-
on the semble in the hall of the high
school building Monday morning
and there be directed to certain
rooms for classification.
All high school pupils who did
not attend the City schools last
year are asked to report to the
office Friday morning, Septem
ber 3rd, at 9:00 o’clock. Such
pupils will greatly expedite their
classifications by bringing their
miles of Sparta report cards from the school last
Johnson slowed | attended.
of the
be held
'Within a few-
on highway IS
his car before a home where he i The formal opening
knew the occupants and was in- j elementary school will
.1
tending to jump, he said, when in the auditorium Wednesday
his car struck a car park'-d be- morning September 8, at 9:00 o’-
side the road. After the crash clock. The high school grades
he jumped from the car and ran. | will hold their formal opening
He did not see Petty again. The Thursday morning, September 9,
damage to Johnson’s car w-as | at 9:00 o’clock. The public is
estimated at *200. I (Continued on page five)
School Bus Drivers Required To
Pass Examination By Patrolman
Doughton Speaker
For Kiwanis Club
Representative R. L. Dough-
ton, chairman of the House Ways
and Means committee, will ad
dress the North Wilkesboro Ki
wanis club on Friday of this
week. Attorney W. H. McElwe©
will have charge of the program.
lUolis.
Susan Adams, Age
83, Claimed by Death
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday at Fairplalns church for
Mrs. Susan Adams, age 83, who
died ’Tuesday,
The surviving children are
Mrs. Vander Key, W. W. Adams,
Mrs. Charity Waddell and J. W.
Adams, of- North Wilkesboro
^nte^ 1,' ivA M. F. Adams, of
WfaatoB-49aloin.
Sergeant Lentz Calls Atten
tion to Law Passed By
Assembly This Year
School bus drivers in addition
to driving license must have a
certificate issued by the Highway
Patrol, it was learned this morn
ing from W. B. Lentz, sergeant
who heads the patrol In this dis
trict. ,
Under a law passed by the leg
islature this year school bus driv
ers, state or contract, must pass
an examination given by a high
way patrolman. If the driver
passes the examination he will
be given a certificate to t’aat ef
fect.
Those who are employed as
school bus drivers are asked to
call at the office of the patrol
in the city hall here on the ear
liest date possible' and comply
Farmers of Wilkes county have
been invited to meet at Wilkes
boro on September 11, 3 p. m., to
hear representatives of tho N. C.
Department of Agriculture and
the N. C. Crop Improvement As
sociation explain the heiielits of
the new State Seed Law, it was
announced today.
“The Value of Using Seed of
Known Origin” will be the theme
of the meeting and plans are to
show a motion picture illustrat
ing the necessity of using pure
seed. “Similar meetings will be
held in 39 other counties between
now and September 11, and
growers interested i n better
farming pra-;tices will find these
meetings of vital importance,”
it -was announced.
Speakers on the program to
be held at Wilkesboro will be J.
W. Woodside and T. A Hol
combe.
In addition to explaining the
new law and brief talks on the
prevention of seed dumping in
North Carolina, the services of
fered the farmers by the Depart
ment of Agriculture’s seed labor
atory free of charge will be out
lined.
Under the present law, any
farmer may send seed to the De
partment at Raleigh and obtain
correct information as to purity
and germination v/ithout cost.
“The program for the Depart
ment of Agriculture calls for the
elimination of impure seed in
North Carolina, Insofar as possi
ble and the individual complaints
of the seed purchasers and seed
growers will be aired at the meet
ing and the co-operation of all
farmers, .vrill
toward the beft'eriineht ‘ of agri-
cuiture in North Carolina," D. 3
Coltrane, assistant to Commis
sioner of Agriculture W. Kerr
Scott, said.
Fairgrounds Are
Placed In. Shape
For Coming Fair
Expect Big Crowds For Five
Days Exposition Septem
ber 14 to is
During the past few days work
of placing the fairgrounds in
condition for the Great North
western Fair to b© held Septem
ber 14 through 18 has been un
der way.
The largest crowds in the his
tory' of fairs in North Wilkes
boro are expected on the five
big days and nights of the gala
event and everything is being
made ready for their entertain
ment.
The Great Northwestern Fair
was organized for the people in
this part of the state and more
than 2,000 premium lists have
been distributed over a wide
area.
West Wonder Shows, which
use a special train of 30 cars for
conveyance, will occupy the mid
way and a galaxy of grandstand
attractions, including the “Wint
er Garden Revue” have been
contracted. Fireworks will add
to the gay splendor each night. •
Prizes this year will be a 1937
model standard Chevrolet sedan
and *200 in cash.
Automobile races, featuring
some of the outstanding track
performers, will climax the fair
on Saturday afternoon, Septem
ber 18.
The gate admission this year
will be only 26 cents throughout
the fair, notwithstanding the
fact that many major attractions
are scheduled.
Funeral Service
For Martha Byrd
East rites were condpcted Fri
day at Round Mountain for Mrs.
Martha Byrd, age 93, widow of
the late W. M. Byrd, of that
comnnunlty.
Surviving are the following
clUldren; Mrs. Jake Hawkln8,
W..-P. Byrd, of High Point; lj(rs»
ilM«aauel Shumate, of Roaring
River; and.Mrs. Alice Byrd,^of
SaUor KiUed When Ship Was Hit
^. .A *
Thousam
InScli
For 1937-38Term
Prospects Bright For Sde-
cessfal Year Among
County Schools
Shanghai, China . . . Freddie John Falgout, 21-year old season of
Raceland, La. (insert), was killed by a‘piece of shrapnel that hit the
deck of the United States Cruiser Augusta n the Wnangpoo Kiver, off
Shanghai. 'ITiis made the fourth American death liere.
Ju^e Efird Says He Will Begin
Hearii^ In Wilkes Election Case
On Or About First Day in October
Waives Hearing
And Gives Bond
In Auto Case
Thad Walston Matkin, of Hick
ory, driver of a car which hit
and seriously injured Miss Ruth
Johnson, 13, in Wilkessiboro on
August 21, waived preliminary
hearing and filled bond of *1,000
for appearance at the next term
of Wilkes criminal court.
Miss Johnson, a patient at the
Wilkes hospital, is improving, ac
cording to reports of her condi
tion today.
Entrance Age For
School Chd^en Is
By Jta|e Law
Must Be Six Years
Old By October First To
Enter This Year
Attention.''^is called to Section
22 1-2 of the 1937 school law.
This'section is as follows: “Chil
dren fp be entitled to enrollment
in the public schools for the
school year one thousand nine
hundred thirty-seven-thirty-eight,
and each year thereafter, must
be six years of ago on or before
October first of the year in
which) they enroll, and must en
roll during the first mouth of
the school year.”
Superintendent C. B. Eller, of
the county schools, and Superin
tendent W. D. Halfacre, of the
city schools, when Interviewed
this morning, stated that it
would be necessary that this law
be enforced to the letter. They
have absolutely no discretion in
the matter.
“Our schools are provided for
ail children who have the privi
lege to attend, and it is certain
ly to the advantage of those
children that their parents see
that they are enrolled at the be
ginning of the term. The loss of
a single day handicaps the child
In his school progress. Oftentimes
the parents have the idea that it
is not so important for first
grade children to attend regul
arly. This is an erroneous idea,
and undoubtedly is the cause for
so many first grade children
having to repeat the grade. Par
ents should not handicap their
children by allowing them to
miss school, unless it is abso
lutely necessary,” the superinten
dents said.
J.H. Whicker, Jr.
Gets Law License
Youth May Enter with Fath
er Into Law Partnership
In This City
J. H. Whicker, Jr., son of At
torney and Mrs. J. H. Whicker,
ct this city, was among the suc-
cessfnl applicants for the state
bar examination and Is licensed
to practice law In the state.
He entered the university at
Chapel Hill in 1932 and received
his A.- B. degree In 1936. He
plans to continue his law studies
this year until he receives his h.
L. B. degree.
'..After receiving ,his degree he
plans, to enter into a ,law
partnership with .his fathor;; .0.
well known lodal attorney. ,
Requests Each Side to Put
Up $250 Each On Ref
eree’s Fee
O. O. Efird, Judge of Forsyth
county court who was appointed
by Superior Court Judge J. H.
Clement to referee the election
case of D. B. Swaringen versus
Leet Poplin, has Informed attor
neys representing both sides that
he will be able to begin liearing
of the case on or about October
1.
Judge Efird in a letter to the
attorneys said that his court cal
endar and other matters would
not permit setting an earlier
date tq begin hearing the case,
which involves the question of
the election of county commis
sioner in the election held No
vember 3, 1936.
Judge Efird stated further
4hat JfS-Jjfa?, Inf owned
lestimony^ron I _ , ,
asked that the plaintiff and
fendant post *250 each to apply
on the referee bill. It was indi
cated today that his request
would be complied with.
Both sides indicated their
readiness for trial and asked
trial by jury when the case was
called at the beginning of the
August term of court hut Judge
Clement said he was referring
the case on his own motion duo
to the fact that ajpprdxlmately
600 witnesses are expected to ‘bo
heard.
The referee hearing will he
held at the courthouse in Wll-
keshoro.
While other irregularities are
charged the main hone of conten
tion was and still is the vote from
Rock Creek, where Swaringen
contends the returns gave him
an even hundred votes less than
he received on November 3. Ac
cording to the canvass of returns
by the two Democratic members
of the board of elections ) Leet
Poplin, Democrat, was credited
with two votes more than Swar
ingen, then. Incumbent and Re
publican chairman of the board,
in a total vote of approximately
15,000 in the county.
Urges Safety In
Hauling Children
With school or rue county
system opening today and city
schools opening Monday of next
week, W. B. Lentz, state highway
patrol sergeant, today called
attention to the laws designed to
■promote safety in school bus
transportation.
He cited the law ■which forbids
passing a school bus while stopp
ed to take on or let off school
children.
The law requires that a motor
vehicle traveling in either direc
tion completely stop and remain
still until the children are taken
on or let off and are off the
highway. Particular attention is
called to the fact that a motor
vehicle must stoip regagdless of
whether it is passing the ,hns in
the same direction it is headed or
in an opposite direction.
lAst year bus drivers r«^rt«d
that many motorists completely
disregarded this .law, mpie es
pecially when traveling., ta ,qp-
IK)site direction from the,w’V the
bus was headed. ’ ' '
All drlvera ' ai%! - cautioned -to
driyu careijidjlir :^nd. at; % ■ *1*^.
Vath of. throng sdiod
(tDdhtii^ on pacu ^
All schools in the Wilkes coun
ty system opened today with
bright prospects for a successful
year.
The greater part of the day in
the schools was devoted to dis
tribution of textbooks to the chil
dren and for the first time in
history they were furnished by
the state and without cost to
students in the elementary
grades. In the high school grades
hooks are rented for one-third
the retail price.
The students were given strict
instructions relative to care of
the books, to the effect that they
were only loaned and when the
students have finished with them
they must return them in good
condition and are held respon
sible for damage other than rea
sonable wear.
■School opening today, accord
ing to reports from a number of
schools, showed a larger opening
day attendance than last year.
Many are being transported in.
the central districts and as bus
es rolled to a stop before th*
buildings hope was frequently ex
pressed that they would be able
to reach school every day on
schedule without getting stuck In
the mud when severe -winter
weather comes only about three
months in the future.
Last year the school schedule
in Wilkes was badly disrupted
because ail the central schools
with hut ohe exception, were
forced to close for several weeks
because it was a phy.sical impos
sibility for buses to travel over
what the state called “second
ary roads” but which were sadly
neglected. .As a result tho weatli-
^ ;d iSifiSbads-right be^
fore winier weather came.
This year school authorltiea
are hopeful of better days Got-
emor Hoey recently set aside a
*2,000,000 for use in improving
secondary roads and J. G. Hack-
ett, of this city, eighth highway
division commissioner, has been
making every effort to place the
roada In condition for school bna
trarolt
Expedii^ Large
Crowd at Reunion
r —-
Of McNeill Family Sunday,
September 5, at Millers
Creek School
The largest crowd in the his
tory of the organization is ex
pected to attend the annual Mc
Neill family reunion at Millers
Creek school six miles west of
this city on highway 421 on Sun
day, September 5.
A program of unparalleled In
terest for family gatherings in
this section has been arranged
for the occasion. MacNiel of
Barra, chief of the McNeil clan,
will arrive In this city from Ver
mont Saturday afternoon. He is
making the trip by automobile
and will be accompanied by his
wife and three children.
R. H. McNeill, of Washington,
D. C., recognized as one of the
nation’s outstanding lawyers, will
preside. Rev. J. M. Hayes, pastor
of the First Baptist church at
Beckley, W. Va., will deliver the
annual sermon. Others on the
program Include Judge Johnson
J. Hayes, program chairman, and
Representative R. L .Doughton,
whoi will deliver the feature ad
dress in the afternoon.
At noon a basket dinner will
■be spread and all McNeill de
scendants are asked to he present
with well filled baskets to %dd to
this lt6)m of the day’s program.
McNeills and McNeill descend
ants are expected from several
states and from many coantta
In-NOTth Carolina. *
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b^n appoint^
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