nSNOB I^EPOSIS
Paria, Aa. 41.—Mrs. Janas
BoosviBlt iMt^ nisbt abantetwisn
td “a^lntely’ unirt*k** sa aa*,
saxMir
President ‘ -' Rooaerelt, her
son, did not want a third term.
*I bare nerer-discussed the auee-
tion of .a third term for the Pres
ident." she"*sald. “I know nothing
ef his plans.”
HLLEIX IN CRASH
South Boston, .Va., Au^. 31.—
0. D. lee, 45, was killed todar
the collision of the mt^orized
.tall car he was riding and a
*7 Morfolk and Western freight
-dirain between Clarkton and Na
thalie, Halifax county. He was
employed by the Norfolk and
Western as an electrician and
had charge of electrical equip-
hient from Brookneal to Durham,
C.
ULDNT TAKE IT
Wallace, Va., Aug. 31.—Ed
Tate, 34-year-old farmer, riding
horseback near his home today,
reached out to brush aside a
; wire dangling la his path and
was knocked to the ground by
current from the high Toltage
line. Getting to his feet, dazed
hut only slightly hurt, Tate saw
his horse lying nearby.* Electric
ity which passed through .the
farmer’s body had killed tbe ani-
It ioBACCO 25 CENTS
Fairmont, Aug. 31.—All
fj iords lor volume were broken on
;-,the Fairmont tobacao market to
day when a total of 1,413,308
pounds of leal were auctioned on
the floors of warehousee here. -A
new high average for the season
was also established whea grow
ers were paid $25.69 per hun
dred pounds for their crop offer
ed today. Sales netted growers
of this section a total of $363,-
151.85.
rec-
liiMtEfiSOF
R(^S ON MAP
INTHE^UNTY
981.2 MiUa Cdunty Roada
Preaente i^ig Problem to
the Road Enffineers
104 MILES SURFACED
58 of 162.5 Mtlea on State
Syatem are Dirt Roada
At the Preaent Time
STRAIGHTENED OUT
Charlotte, Aug. 31.—Kenneth
A. R€>ed, .37-year-old painter, re-
_ married today in police head
quarters the woman to whom he
was married seven ,'years ago
under an assumed name, and De-!
tective Chief Frank N. Little
john said Reed would be turned
over to Pennsylvania authorities
Immediately to complete ^ prison
term. Littlejohn said Reed, who
lived under the name of Paul
Cothran in Rockingham, had
waived extradition and w.as eager
to “set this thing cleared up"
and return to- his family.
Roads charted on the highway
map of Wllkee county if straight
ened out and s>lkced end to' end
would reach over a third of the
way across the continent.
' In reviewing highway work to
day Z. V. Stewart, eighth highway
division engineer, said that the
total of roads in WJlkes county
is 1,114.7 mllee.
Of this’ mileage a great per
cent is county roads and a still
greater per cent consists of dirt
roads.
The numbered highways on
the state system in Wilke’s total
162.5 miles and Included are 58
miles of top-soil or gravel surf
ace, making the total of hard-
surfaced highways only 104.5
miles. '
J. G. Hackett, highway com
missioner, said today that much
attention at present is being giv
en the task of placing school
bus routes In condition for travel
during the school term which be-
l.an Monday. These efforts do not
consist mainly of "workinss" but
more attention is being given the
task of placing a crushed stone
surface on the reads to with
stand the severe weather of wint
er months. It is a gigantic task,
he said, but one that is not go
ing to be neglected.
enlarged court
Raleigh, Aug. 31.—North Car
olina’s enlarged Supreme court
began its fall term unceremon
iously today, and before the sev
en justices, two of them new to
the bench, recessed at 2 o’clock
this afternoon, they had heard
arguments in six cases on the
first week’s heavy docket. They
sat at a bench lengthened to ac
commodate the two new justices
appointed under a 1936 consti
tutional amendment and a 1937
law—M. V. Barnhill and J. Wal
lace Winborne.
SHOOTS HIMSELF
Covington, Tenn., Aug. 31.—
The ■"■arrant charged Samuel C.
Shelton with embezzlement from
the Union Savings bank. Direc
tors said he took $7,100 in sums
ranging from $5 to $40 over a
period of years as assistant cash
ier. Deputy Sheriff V. W. Pick
ens and Robert Gift served the
-warrant at Shelton’s home to
day. Pickens said the 47-year-old
accused man accepted service,
then drew a pistol from a bu
reau drawer and shot himself to
death. His wife and • a daughter
survive.
.Rural Route 3
Is Begun More
Over 100 Patrons Served on
First Dajf* of ’the New
Delivery Service
Officers Pomona
Grange Installed
State Master Preservt at Re
cent Meeting Held at
Wilkes Courthouse
state Master Ben P. Wilson* of
Mebane. came up Wednesday
night, Aug. 25. and installed the
officers-elect of the Pomona
Grange. The following officers
were installed; T. W. Ferguson.
Master; T. E. Story, Overseer;
Mrs. C. F. Bretholl, Lecturer;
.Mrs. T. \V. Ferguson, Secretary;
Paul Vestal, Steward; .Charlie
German. Assistant Stewat^; Miss
Janie Spicer, Lady Assistant
Steward; Mrs. J. M. German,
Chaplain; Rev. A. J. Foster,
Treasurer; Mrs. M. F. Parker,
Gate Keeper; Miss Beulah Fer
guson, Ceres; Mrs. B. S. Call,
Pomona: Miss Lucile German,
Flora; Executive Committee—J.
M. German. J. M. Blevins ..nd C.
F. Bretholl. In addition to the
.5tate Master, other state officers
who w-ere present Included Miss
Pearl Thompson, of Salisbury,
Secretary of the North Carolina
State Grange. Mrs. Ben F. Wil-
.son was also present and assist
ed in the installation ceremony.
After the installation exercis
es there was a short business
session. Various committees made
their reports and it was decided
that the Pomona Grange would
arrange to have an exhibit at the
Great Northwestern Fair to be
held in September. The Grange
expressed Us great sorrow in the
illness of A. G. Hendren. Coun
ty Agent, and arranged for f'.ow-
ers to be sent to him at his room
in the Wilkes hospital. It will be
recalled that Mr. Hendren was
among the very first members of
the Grange in North Carolina,
and has been very instrumental
in its growth in Wilkes and
throughout the State. There were
a number of Grange visitors from
Alexander county.
Worth WUkesboro rural mail
-imte number 3 began Wednes-
with service to ajpproximate-
patrons. A
Many of the boxes had been
■jE^^Jwrocted along the route while
yrere unable to obtain box-
due to a shortage at local
^ stores. *
The route Is ajiproxlmately 85
miles and serves many commun
ities, Including Straw, Spurgeon,
^ Hinting ‘Creek, Lovelace, and
j?i-Ckll.
' B. 8. Hunt, route t oarrler, la
^Qrjrlng rente nnmbeij 8 and P,
■* JJ- Chnrch la aabsUtntlng' on
route nnmbw 8.
Vestal ^In Revival
Near Union Grove
Rev. B. H. Vestal, well known
evangelist of 'Winston - Salem,
will begin a revival at Union Ar
bor near Union Grove Friday of
this week.
This will be his 17th revival
in that community and large
crowds are expected at tho serv
ices to be held week days at
8:00 p. m. and Sundays at 11:00
a. m., 2:30 and 7:30 p. m.
Rev. aid Mrs. S. Pa.tteraon, of
Hendersonville, cingms and mu
sicians, wlir take part In - the
revival.
Detroit, Mich- . . . Nathaniel
Rubin, 25, who graduated last
June from Detroit College of
Law, became the new national
checker champion of the United
States.
Expecting Large
Crowds at Fair
September 14 ■ 16 Announce Faculty
()f City Schools
Exhibits, The West Wonder
Shows, Grandstand Acts,
Races and Fireworks
Officials of the Great North
western Fair to be held here
September 14 through • 18 are
confidently expecting the largest
crowds ever to attend a fair in
North 'Wilkesboro, it was learned
today from W. A. McNiel, secre
tary and general manager.
Anticipation of large crowds
during the five days and nights
of the exposition is based on
what the fair association has
contracted in the way of attrac
tions, amusement and entertaln-
meat.
The first preparation! for the
f^r was publication and,., dlstri-
butioli of a large 'premittia Itafe
offering attractive cash prizes
for exhibits In all departments
of the fair. More than 2,000 of
these attractive books were • dis
tributed to prospective exhibi
tors in Wilkes and other coun
ties in northwestern North Car
olina.
The midway attractions were
settled when contract was signed
with West Wonder Shiows, a 30-
car railroad aggregation of at
tractions, reputed to have an ex
tra large collection of tho latest
carnival shows and rides.
“The Winter Garden Revue”
hocked through one of the
world’s foremost show promoters
will feature the grandstand acts
and a georgeous display ot fire
works will climax each night’s
entertainment in front of the
grandstand.
The fair will be climax^ on [
Saturday afternoon with autO;
mobile races, which have proved
very thrilling at previous fairs.
There will also be midget auto
races, Mr. McNiel said.
In order to provide added zest
for fair visitors a new 1937 mod
el Chevrolet and $200 in cash
prizes will be given. Gate ad
mission will be only 25 cents,
notwithstanding the magnitude
of the attractions.
Labor Day Will
Be Observed By
Banks In City
Monday, Scomber «, this
year will be observed UirOngh-
out the nation as lobor Day
and the holiday here will be
observed by both banks. The
wnnif of North Wilkesboro and
the Nortbwostem Bank, it
was announced this week.
Those who have business to
transact with the baok.s would
do well to keep the announce
ment In mind In order that no
inconvenience will result.
Tho North WUkesboi-o post-
office will also observe the
holiday.
North Wilkesboro Schools
Will Open on Monday
Morning, September 6
Superintendent W. D. Half-
acre today announced a complete
faculty list for the city schools
which will open the 1937-38 term
on Monday morning, September
6.
Classes will begin Monday but
the formal opening will not be
held until Wednesday and Thurs
day when the public is invited.
Formal opening for the ele
mentary school will be on Wed
nesday, September, 8, 9 o’clock
a. m and the formal ^nlng for .^jp^t^j^fleld has, returned to the
A. D. MacLEAN DIES AT
HOME WHILE ASLEEP
Raleigh, Sept. 1.—Angus Dhu
MacLean, former assistant U. S.
attorney-general #nd former as
sistant U. S. solicitor-general,
was found dead at his home, here
at 9 a. m.i today. He was 60
years old.
Cause of death was not Im
mediately determined, but physi
cians said they believed he had
suffered a heart attack while a-
sleep. His body was found in bed
by members of his family.
MacLean was senior partner in
the Raleigh law firm of MacLiean,
Pou and Emanuel. He had re
turned to private practice In 1935
after reeignlng his government
position.
Known as one of the leading
attorneys of North Carolina, Mac-
Lean had an extensive record as
state legislator. He was a mem
ber of the state Senate In,12^33.
He was author of the law which
provided for a state. supported
eight-month' public school term
and was regarded as one of the
patrons of. public education. In
the state. ' .
There are only live precious
stones:/Diamonds, sawhlros, em- Wl
eralds, rubies and trials.
the
‘si
The fac3lt^fit If as follows:
Elementary Defmrtment
First grade. Miss Sallie Out
law, Miss Sam Johnson and Miss
Julia Belle Foy; second grade,
Miss Emma Eller, Mrs. Susie.. H.
Williams and Miss Beatrice Pear-
sonp third grade. Miss Elizabeth
Finley, Miss Etta Turner and
Miss Edith Ivey; fourth grade,
Miss Rebecca Moseley and Miss
Ruby Blackburn; fifth grade,
Miss Mahle Hendren and Miss
Kathryn Troutman; sixth grade.
Miss Nonle Gordon and Miss Mar-
guefte Harris; seventh grade,
Miss Hazel Sherill and Frank
Killian.
High School
Miss Mahle Topping, history;
Miss Estelle Ardrey, Latin and
librarian; Ralph Barker, math
and athletics; Miss Nell Rous
seau, French; Miss Carrie Belle
Strayhorn, commercial; Miss
Catherine Turner, home econom
ics; Miss Ann McLaughliu, Eng
lish; Robert ’Taylor, science; Miss
Ellen Robin,.jbn, piano and voice;
W. D. Hnlfacre, superintendent;
T. J. Haigwood, custodian of
buildings.
Instructions
Children who attended the city
schools last seesion 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 tho
pupils will be directed to their
respective classrooms., for the en
suing session. It is Important
that these instructions be car
ried out to the letter to avoid
confusion.
Pupils who did not attend the
city school last year but who 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. This applies to all
first grade children as well as
those In grndes two, three, four,
and five who did not attend tbe
North Wilkesboro schools last
year.
Pupils who are to enter the
sixth and seventh grades this
(Conti^ped on page eight)
GILETTE will SPEAK
at FR18NOSHIP CHIUCH
12
Q. M^ OUe^tet of the WaaUng-
ton, }p. P., passport offlcev will
j^eak a^jii^ JIrieDdshlp Methodist
MUlers 'Creek on
5, 1:4S .p, m.
T-ti^lrattend.
Anodier Move To
CutAAmintratioil
Cost oflie W P A
T. D. Heffner Remains In
Charge of W. P. A. aa
Area Engineer
UNDER RALEIGH OFFICE
District Offices Over State
Are Discontinued;
Personnel Cut
In an effort to cut over
head and administration
costs the Works Ingress ad
ministration set up in the
state has b'een revised, the
change placing an area office
in North Wilkesboro.
The area office, which ■will
be directly accountable to the
state office since distnet of
fices were abolished, will
sei*ve eight .counties: Wilke§,
Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga,
Avery, Caldwell, Alexander
and Iredell.
Under the organization sotup
which was used until yesterdiy
the office hero was under the
district office at Winston-Salem
and served only six counties,
Caldwell and Avery being the
counties added under tho revised
plan.
T. D. Heffner will ■ head the
office a» area engineer and C. M.
With th* revised setup was a
general ftj^uctlon in administra
tive and-^fice -personnel and sal
ary reductions for many of the
office employes.
iFeaterdi^ the> office personnel
here-Wz^a busy placing tho addl-
tioud; files in the WPA office
rooms, located on tbe second
floor of the Bank of North Wil
kesboro building.
Mr. Heffner, in commenting on
tbe setup, said that he knew of
no reason why it should not ac
complish the objectives for which
it is designed.
Review Program
McNeill Reunion
Many Notables Scheduled
For Part iff Program of
Gathering on Sunday
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the reunion of the
■widely known McNeill family at
Millers Creek on Sunday, Septem
ber 5, and a record crowd is ex
pected for the program that has
been outlined by Judge Johnson
J. Hayes, program committee
chairman.
The McNeill reunion will he
the first public gathering other
than school in the magnificent
Millers Creek school building.
The committees in charge of the
various arrangements for the re
union have been functioning and
nothing has been overlooked In
efforts to plan for a most suc
cessful and enjoyable gathering.
C. O. McNeill Is president of the
association and Attorney Robert
H. McNeill, of Washington, D.
C., will preside over the program,
which will he as follows:
10:00,a. m. Remarks, Hon. R.
H. McNeil, chairman.
10:15 a. m. Sermon. Rev.
JanAs M. Hayes, Beckley, W.
11:00 a. 111. Address, Chief of
the McNeil Clan.
11:45 a. m. Recognition
visitors.
12:00 a. m. Transaction
business. ,
12:16 a. m. The piper. , '
12:30 p.'m. Picnic.
2:00 p. m. Poem by James
Larkin Pearson.
2:16 p. m. Address of Hon, R.
L. Doughton. , . : . '
. Blectlob of oMlcero.
No E^pbn^lSiH^ ‘
Owing to ."the absencO-«*
of
of
New York City ... Dr. John
R. Gre^, "Father of Modern
Shorthand,” seems highly pleased
that his protege. Miss Anna Pol-
mann. Is the first and youngsst
woman appointed official court
stenographer in the New York
State Supreme Court.
Wilkesboro
rollment of 750-■• Aio
' 1937-38 Term
PERPLEXING PROWpf
Other Schools Report Itaftdh
equate Space jfpr. Larper
Enrollmekrt of Pupils
Woman Hit and
KiUed by Taxi
Near Wilkesboro
Fatal Accident Took Place
About Two o’clock This
Morning on Ruote 421
31rs. Rath Gibbs, age chont
35 was killed almost instant
ly ^iont two o’clock this morn
ing when hit by a taxi driven*
by Vaughn Bauguees.
The woman, whoso home is
in Jolinson City, Tenn., was
walking on highway 421 near
Cub Creek bridge east of Wil
kesboro when she was hir. She
Is said to have walked into the
path of the car traveling to
ward Wilkesboro.
Mrs. Oibbs, who has been
here on several occasions, was
said by local police to have
been a narcotic addict.
Tho body remained at a lo
cal nndertaklng establishment
today waiting word from a sis-
^iei* in Johnson City, ’^Suii.
No idmrges have beeh pre
ferred against the cab driver.
Coroner I. M. Myers con
ducted an inquest and held
that the accident was unavoid
able.
Death Claims Miss
Anis Smithey, 74
Funeral service wag held Sun
day afternoon at Eschol Metho
dist church for Miss Anis Smith
ey who died Saturday at her
home near Oakwoods.
Miss Smithey was well known
and held In the highest esteem
by her many friends. In early
life she joined Eschol Methodist
church and remained a faithful
and loyal mem-ber.
She was the daughter of the
late William Smithey and Bar
bara Ray Smithey, and was born
on November 19, 1862, being 74
years, 9 months and 9 days old.
Surviving are one brother, W.
M. Smithey, two sisters, Mrs. J.
■G. Earp and Miss Lou Smithey,
Oakwoods.
The funeral which was largely
attended 'fras conducted by the
pastor with the assistance of
Rev. Noah Jarvis.
To Begin Revival
At Monta Vista 5th
Announcement has -been made
of an old fashioned revival to
begin on Sunday, September 5,
at Monta Vista Church of God
near Pores Knob.
M. H. Craig, local minister,
announced that Rev. B. A. Van-
noj- will bo tl!* speaker at the
aervlcee, which will he held each
evening at 7:30.
License To Wed
with the exfloptlon
Creek, Mulberry and Motmtalu
View, which have new -, school
plants designed to
day needs, tre high and owtnl
schools In Wilkes county ~;whieh,
opened Monday are badly crowd
ed.
The need of adequate housing
facilities Is felt moat In Wllkoe-
boro, where there Is a record
breaking enrollment of 750, rep
resenting a considerable lUcreaM
over the nunyber last year.
T. E. Story, superintendent ot
Wilkesboro district schools, said
today that accomodation of tho
large number in the building reje-
resents a very perplexing prob-
leiy.
Children In the primary grades
are literally packed Into thelT
rooms and one single desk must
accomodate two children. Somo
are seated in chairs, on boxes, in
fact In every nook and comer
that Is big enough for a child,
ill-lighted basement rooms aro
crowded to overflortfi^;. .’Classes
are seated in the halls ’ ‘of’ tho
building and one or more class
es is in progress at all school
ho’.irs in the auditorium.
Similar crowded conditions
are reported at Mount Pleasant
and Roaring River central
schools.
Despite the fact that approprt-
atlon for a building in.,,'WUkoa-
boro was taken,,from
live county budget school ss-
thorlties plan to go ahead 'with
the construction of a ten-room
building aa an addition to tlis
present school plant with .whst
funds are available from the rs-
cent $65,000 bond issue suppis-
mented by W-PA aid. However,
fund.s available are not sufflelost
to complete the building. -
In spite of handicape schoot
heads are anticipating a success
ful school year and frequently es-
press a hope that the schools wttt
get a break from the weather
and the state highway commis
sion in order that buses can ops-
rate on schedule this year. Last
winter central schools wers
forced to suspend for several
weeks because of bad roads.
Schools opened Monday in s
steady downpour of rain bat
with feiw exceptions the bnses
made their runs on schedule.
However, it was learned Mon
day that a school bus at Roaring
River school stuck in the mad
early Monday and did not get out
in time to reach school on open-
%
ing day.
Meanwhile state highway -forc
es are rushing work on the sec
ondary roads in an effort to got
them in condition for all-weath
er travel. Many miles ha.ve been,
gdven surface coats of crushed
rock or cre^ gravel by; state
highway and WPA {fpreea.- sinca
last school year.
Davis Pas$4 w
State Bar
Ralph Davis Plana to' Opc
La'«v Office in Th’a
In the Near Futia«
Marriage license was issued
during the past week by Register
of Deeds Old Wiles to two cou
ples: Henry Clanton and Mae
Broyhlll, both of Goshen; Lonnie
Hnie and Ruth Yale, both qf
Hays. -■ ' ‘
Resnme Services
Regular services ■will be_ re-
snmed Sunday at the Morth WD-
kesboro Presbyterian dhnrelt.
Rev. W, M. Cooper will -preaek
at tha morning service and ..a
kpedal featnre ■will be a; sol® hx
Bert Holman.. . .
Ralph Davis, a son of My. uA
Mrs. J. H. Davis, of Phrleiiir.
was one of the successful appU-
oants to pass the etateltar^ er-
amlnatlon and Is Ueepsed.tp prac
tice law in North Carolina.
Mr. Davis is a graduate of Ap
palachian State Teachm Collaan
at Boone, recdvlng«hls A. B. de
gree from that instltatioo. Be
later studied law, at tb^ .U^Mte-.
Blty of ltortli C^ollna.'* '
" At premht. Afr bi jprwH)^' ct.
Boomer eekpoL He opon .
a law offite.lht yoyni: ’WlfltiihSBd
at Che wd of t^ prefwnt aehool
m
The moon makes a eomplfte
held o*
rpctor,no 27 da»s. 7 «*’*
1^ OompUanoe-wotk te»-
ii$7' Agrioultenii; OoBssarvatian
program is to fall gvtiii^ ib OMak
Kfftb Csroliu eonatls