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With Note
.Emiunl oft C€Hninis»ioner» In
Wfoeting Monday And
Tnetday Thi* Week
JURORS ARE DRAWN
Routine Matters Dis*
^^posed of By Commission-
* erg in the Session
mlui
M«nd
Wilkea county board o£ com-
ionera in Septoiobor s^§lon
nday and Tueeday ma(& ar
rangements to pay all outstand-
m bills the county now owe«r.
'The full membership of the
t^rd, composed of E. G. Finley,
f^irman, M. F. A;bsher and
Leet Poplin, were present for the
^^'Oeting.
L^jfjKie outstanding claims against
USe connty^ general fund are to
p#bs^aid the sale of a fl2,
m rerenuie anticipation note,
addition to various routine
ters, including receiving re-
and passing claims, the
ommissloners ^with other county
'oftlelals drew Jurors for the Oc
tober term of Wilkes court,
which will be for trial of civil
cases.
Fair President
To Make Race?
Teams Go Into
final Game 11th
ivian Falls Has Flag
It Tv/o Teams Have a
ismce For 2nd Place
aturday, September 11, Is the
Bt playing date on the regular
ohediile of the first season of
American Legion Junior baseball
P'Jn Wilkes county.
Although Moravian Falls
marched to top position with 11
victories to only two defeats with
one game remaining on the Sche
ll dule. two teams, Cllngman and
" Cricket, still have a chance at
cond place now held by Cling-
|n. If Cricket should win over
ugman Saturday there would
be a tie for second place.
Meanwhile good games are ex
pected Saturday at Tratphill,
where the home team will make
.an effort to avenge a defeat at
the hands of the Champion team
last week 14 to 7, Wilkeeboro
l» at North Wllkesboro and Crick-
^ «t at Cllngman.
In the rural communities the
teams have been given excellent
support by the fans, some of
Wihom have shown unusual en
thusiasm.
It is sincerely hoped that the
people of the various communi
ques will be on hand for the final
games Saturday as the curtain
falls on the first American Le
gion junior baseball project in
the county.
All who played this year will
be eligible for competition next
season, when the Wilkes post of
the ’Legion hopes to enter a
county team in competition for
district and national honors.
All scheduled games this year
have been played and little fric
tion has been experienced in
lanagement of the league. With
^ut few exceptions good sports-
ship has been shown,
following Is the present stand
ing:
^saJB IV L Pet.
jihravian Falls 11 2 .846
[■$-. Cllngman .... 9 ’692
Cricket 8 5 .61B
1^." ■ Boomer 7 6 .538
.=■>: Traphill 6 ^
|f0. Wllkesboro • . 7 . .461
vcOhaiapioh , 4 9 ^26 8
i t. ffllke«rt>oro — * li: -154
fV>Uowlng is the soh«dula for
hist playing date of the sea-
September 11
Boomer at Moravian Falls
Oluunpion at Trsphlll
Wllkesboro at North Wllkesboro
Cricket at Cllngman.
I^rs. T. B. Smith returned to-
from Watts-Prlca Clinic in
■fiSPsylorsvllle, where she under
went an aM>endlcltie operation.
lUends are glad to know tbs^
she is ’reinvering.
BOB
[fOBTON
Here is a characteristic study
post of Representative R. L.
(Former Bob) Doughton. A
copywrighted story lu the Win
ston-Salem Journal Tuseday said
it was learned on good authority
that he will run .for United Sxates
senate against Senator Robert R.
(Our Bob) Reynolds next year.
He said Tuesday that he had
authorized no one to make a
statement (or him.
Men ExiM^nce
Narrow Escape
On Highway 16
Tons of Stone Fall From
Jumping Off Place Preci
pice Among Men
LIKE BURSTING SHELL
Aldermen Defer
Purchase Traffic
Ligirts'for City
Manufacturers Asked to Re'^
vise Prices Downward;
Other Business
North Wllkesboro board of
commissioners in regular Sep
tember session Tuesday night
deferred action, on the 'proposal
to install traffic lights at prin
cipal street intersections in the
city.
The proposal to install traffic
lights had met with popular ap
proval and with little objection
and it was expected that the city
board would close the deal Tues
day night.
However, they considered that
the price asked by the manufac
turers was excessive and asked
that the company revise their
figures downward and report to
the board in a meetin.g to be
held in th© near future.
Other business transacted by
the board was the passing of an
ordinance requiring taxi owners
to carry .public liability insur
ance.
Routine matters were also dis
posed of during the session.
Big Sound System
Service For Fair
Sound Truck Will Broadcast
Grandstand Acts North*
western Fair
Broken Ankle and Crushed
Arm Are Worst Injxiries
Among Workmen
Many tons of stone fell off a
precipice 200 feet high and
crashed into the road bed on now
highway 16 at the Jumping Off
Place among fifteen workmen, all
of whom were injured but who
miraculously escaped death.
Conrad Bumgarner, with a
broken ankle, and Jonah Kilby,
with a shattered arm, were more
seriously injured than the others.
The accident which could have
cost the lives of several of the
workmen occurred about cue o’
clock as clouds which were ipour-
ing rain in the foothills engulfed
the summit of the Blue Ridge
where the work was In progress.
The cloud was so dense, one
of the men said, that It was im-
poseible to see to the top of the
precipice. Small pebbles fell
first and prO'bably acted as a
warning signal. Following the
pebbles were stones weighing
from a few pounds to a ton or
more and as they crashed tp the
roadbed blasted from the almost
perpindicular mountain side the
men scattered." ’
None of the bouldbrs hit any
one squarely but fragments flew
through the air with^ great force
like shrapnel from a bursting
shell. The 12 men who were not
considered seriously injured re
ceived minor cuts and bruises
and some were knocked uncon
scious by blows on the head from
small stones.
Cars and trucks gathered the
fifteen injured and carried them
to the Wilkes hospital here where
all except Bumgarner and Kilby
were released after their injuries
were treated.
The complete list of injured
was Avery Hurley, Gene Harmon,
Walter .Shepherd, G. W. Combs.
Foy Parsons, Jo© Miller, Emery
Roten, Phllmore Bolin, David
Roe, Conrad Bumgarner, Jonah
Kilby, and Ernest Parks, Walter
Becknell and George Hamilton,
colored.
The men were employed by
Nello Teer, contractor, and were
using the stone to surface part
of the Blue Ridge Parkway
grade nearby. Drill operators a-
bout half way between the road
bed and the top of the precipice
were not injured, th© falling
stone passing over them from a
promontory above.
Sound System Service of Wash
ington, D. C., reputed to be the
largest mobile unit in the South
east, has been authorized to
broadcast the grandstand acts at
the Great Northwestern Fair ihere
on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of next
week.
"Hear as Well As See*’ is the
slogan ©f the sound service sys>-
tem and this IS expected to ‘be
©f exception value In connection
with th© "Winter Garden Re
vue,” on© of th© grandstand acts
booked through Geor$» H.
Hamid, famed promoter out
door ebows and revues. •
The personnel of the system
consists of Dick Wagoner, owner
and engineer, and the famed
Burney, with four years exper
ience as a broadcaster.
Friday and Saturday of this
week they will visit several corn-
using the pow^ql sound syste^
Singers Gather In
Splendid Meeting
The Fifth Sunday Singing As
sociation met with Pilgrim Bap
tist church in Alexander county,
-August 29th, at 10 o’clock. The
president, F. J. McDuffie, pre
sided. After a period for devo-
tionals, congregational singing
was led by Mr. Mayberry, of the
Pilgrim church. Several songs
were sung by the Pilgrim female
quartet, composed o f Misses
Dorine and Rula Mayiberry and
Misses Hazel and Helen Reavls.
At this time President McDuffie
entertained the audience with an
informal address, after which the
session was dismissed for the
noon hour. A table was spread on
the ground and everyone enjoy
ed a delicious dinner.
The afternoon session opened
with the roll call of choirs and
quartets with the following re
sponding: Mt. Vernon, leader, E.
E. Mayberry; Bethany, leader,
Monroe Costner; Pilgrim, lead
er, Mr. Mayberry; male quartet.
Shady Grove; and a female quar
tet and a double quartet by Pil
grim. Sevmral round© were given
munlties and nearby towns sd-
vM'tlslng the fair attraction© ao^^' the choirs and quartets that
enjoyed by all present.
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J. B. Wiliams, president of the
Great Northwestern Fair, who Is
making quite a reputation as a
promoter of the big gala exposi
tion here September 14 through
18.
Iiist^h^ By , . v ^
i' Cab''';Operator» r
> Is Compulsory
The city board of Coittiiil»
alooers In September seeaioB
passed an ordinance that taxi
cab operators most carry SB,-''
000 in liability insnmnee to
protect paseeogsr© 'and SBOO
prt^rty damage insaranoe.
The ordinance will go in
force on October first and
heavy penaltie© will be impos
ed for violations. Hie ordi
nance will be pablished in The
Jonmal-Patrlot Monday.
Williams Makes
Better Tl^ Fair
Preside ol Fair
Insurance Executive and Civ
ic Leader is Playing An
Important Part
man
D. Willia.m.s, local insurance
turned promoter, is presi
dent of the Great Northwestern
Fair, w'.hich will .hold forth In
this city next week Tuesday
through Saturday.
From loud speaker announcer
to.jBXesiIdent is a big
Bidwell Williams, as the psoiHe
of this part of the state know,
is a big man in more ways than
in stature.
Mr. Williams has really gone
about this fair business in
way and gives promise of being
a shotsman of the highest type.
And should Mr. Williams
Traffic Or^^!^
Is Being EiderjC^
Ticket© Given This V 'eek l>y
Police For VioUtioB
Parking Law
People
T'
II-
Judging by the number of
cars tagged, thie* poUoa- depart
ment is really enforcing the park
ing ordinance this wisek.
Parking limit in the business
district is two hours and the po
lice this week began rigid en
forcement.
Also Included In the present
drive are arrests for speeding
and reckless driving on the
streets. On Monday Chief Walker
Issue a stern warning to drivers
who would endanger lives and
property of others by _ speeding
on the streets.
M. E. CWrch Here
^ Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
a big Wilkesboro and Greensboro, Is to
be the speaker at th© regular
Sunday evening service of the
North Wllkesboro Methodist
gain choose the role of announc- | church, September 12. The serv
er in addition to performing the
duties of the high office of
president he would have first
hand knowledge of what he
would be talking about. He has
steered the fair management to-
ice is being given under the
auspices of the Woman’s Mis
sionary Society with Mrs. Rus
sell G. Hodges and Mrs. Claud©
Doughton serving as the pro
gram^ committee. 'The public is
ward some of the outstanding at- • cordially invited to be present to
tractions available for fairs and hear Judge Hayes.
nothing on the, cheap order was
contracted.
In every way he will be a
good man to have around as head
of the fair. In case accident or
any other misfortune should In
terrupt any of th© thrilling acts
he could take it up and carry on
the show all by himself. In other
words he can assure the thous
ands of fair visitors amuse
ment, what might be called per
sonal Insurance.
Bid Williams is known all over
these hills and valleys and the
people are assured that the Great
Northwestern Fair will be every
thing that is claimed (or It with
him at the helm.
He has already demonstrated
his leadership on a number of
occasions. It leaked out somehow
about how he was fussing with
a showman for a better attraction
than the one proposed and when
the showman showed more stub
bornness than one usually shows
before Bid his anger raised sev
eral notches with this outburst:
‘‘You go jump In the lake, that’s
what you are, and I’m just the
man that can do it.”
It so happened that he was
just the man that could get what
.he wanted and a better show
was substituted.
Incidentally the fair has con
tracted numerous outstanding at
tractions for the big five days
and five nights exposition here
next -week, among them being
West) Wonder Shows, a 20-car
©pedal train outfit, on the mid
way, a variety of thrilling free
acts booked through Hamid,
world fsisnoua- promotet, ' "The
Winter Garden Revile,”^ automo
bile races and spectacular fire
works.
Attenduig Synod
Rev. W. M. Cooper and Mr. A.
A. Finley are attmiding the
byterifn .Synod of North Carolina
at Ealeigb. • ’t •
Mrs. Mack Walsh
Funeral On Friday
Mrs. Nannie Walsh, age 42,
wife of Mack Walsh, of Moravian
Falls, died Wednesday afternoon
at her home following an Illness
of several months.
Surviving are her husband,
three children, Julius R., Har
old and Golda Walsh, of Mora
vian Falls: one brother, John
Beach, of Taylorsville; two sis
ters, Mrs. Willard Johnson and
Miss Lou Beach, of Yadkin "Val
ley.
The funeral service will be
held at Cub Creek Baptist church
Friday afternoon, 3:30, with
Revs. J. C. Gentry and Avery
Church conducting the service.
Burial will b© in the church cem
etery.
Paul J. Vestal
In New Position
Paul J. Veetol, of Moravian
Tails, has accepted a position
with North Wllkesboro Insurance
Agency and began his duties
there on September 1.
Mr. Vestal 1s well known here
and throughout Wilkes county.
For the past two years he had
held a position with Yadkin Vat-
ley Motor company.
Curtis Nelson Attends
Funeral *Of Brother
Kilted By Lightning
Dewey Nelson, 12, son of Hor
ace Nelson, Cape Lookout coast
guardsman, was killed by a .bolt
of lightning at his homo .on
Harkers Island Tueeday, Captain
Fred Gllllkln, officer in charge
of the Cape Lookout station, re
ported. ' ' -
. Cnrtts Nrfson, hi© brother., who
eauDlhsad ihy '^. the ? Uneberty
ieift attended tife fu-
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-itfAYOB B. T. McNIBL
^ T. McNiel, mayor of North
Wllfeesboro, invited,the people of
Wilkes and other - northwestern
North Carolina ebunties-to attrad
the Great Northwestern Fair
here September 14 through ' 18.
Mayor McNiel assures all visitors
a cordial welcome while in the
city.
Many Tracts Land
Sold For County
Taxes By She^
Sale Certifica^s An)
Id
Sheriff C. T. Doughton this
week has been busily engaged In
the sale of real estate in the
county for unpaid taxes due
Wilkes county for th© year 1936.
Land sale certificates, Sheriff
Doughton said, total about 2,000.
This represents an increase of
about 800 over the num'oer of
land sale certificates made out
last year for 1935 taxes.
A cost of $r.05 was charged
on each land sale crtiflcate this
year as allowed by law. However,
it Is understood that this extra
cost charged against each parcel
of land will be turned ofer to
the county with the certificates
and will net be retained by the
sheriff, this being one of Sher
iff Doughton’s main platforms
for election last fall.
EnroDmentlnCity
S(diooI$ Over 1,0(W
Formal Openings For Two
Departments Held On
Wednesday, Today
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rorrair
Exhibits, Spectacular
works. Races*,'OutstaAdP?
ing Grandstand Actg"'.
PROGRAM IS PLaNI^ ^
Bigger Attractions Expect^
To Attract Unusually'
Large Crowds
Formal openings for North
Wllkesboro city schools were
held Wednesday and this morn
ing. -
On opening day there/ was a
total enrollment of 1,013 pupils,
Supt. W..D. Halfacr© said. These
figures ar© nine less than open
ing day enrollment last year.
This decrease is accounted (or by
the (act that a number of stu
dents transported here last year
over highway 18 because of lack
of building facilities ar© enrolled
this year at Mulberry school.
I n the elementary grades’
formal opening Wtednesday morn
ing words of greeting and wel
come wor© spoken by D. J. Car
ter,- vice chairman of the city
■board of education; Police Chief
J. E. Walker who urged promo
tion of safety and called atten
tion to traffic rules and regula
tions; Mrs. Palmer Horton,
president of the Parent-Teacher
aaeociatlon. Dr. R. B. Templeton,
pe«tor of the Methodist church,
ebhdncted the devotional.
‘ ^Todsy the formal opening of
the bigb echoA gradee was held
with greetings' from J. R. Hlx,
board chairman; Mrs. ‘Horton,
for the P.-T. Aj Frank E. John-
aon, commander ot ' the Wilke©
port o* Auieriean Legion;:
ah4 Ralph Bowman, preefdent of
the student boi^, .-'j,
•V,’
The Great Northwestern Fair,
new and biggedf.exposition fpr
this part of North.,(^arolioa, Win
open a five-day deposition on the
North 'Wllkeeborti Falrgronnda
Tuesday, September 14.
Since the organization meeting
several months ago arran.gemmts
have been going forward for th©
big exposition and five days and
nights of entertainment for th©
people of Northwestern North
Carolina.
J. B. Williams is president of
the fair aseociatlon, W. A. Mc
Niel Is secretary and general
manager and the board of direc
tors are composed of the two a-
bove named officers, E. E. El
ler and D. J. Carter. A. Q. He»-
dren, Wilkes farm agent "Wba
died Saturday, was also a mem
ber of th© board of. directors.
The largest crowds ever to at
tend a fair here ar© expected.
Yesterday the city was deeo- .
rated with welcome signs-. tSatW^
five a boiidayi ^
throngs.
School ChUdren’s Day ' ‘ ’
The ibig exposition, designed
and planned as the outstandhtg .
fair for a great section of North
Carolina, will open auspiclouslT'
Tuesday morning at ten o’cloek'
with school children’s day. when
all school children will oe ad
mitted on tickets furnished fre©b
These tickets will be good for
admittance of school children
until six o’clock p. m. Tuesdag-
After that hour regular admis
sion charges will prevail and free
tickets will be void.
SmaU Admission Price
Notwithstanding the many and
varied attractions the small ad
mission price of 25 cents will.b©
charged throughout the fair uid
there will be no increase Satur
day even though thrilling anto-
mobile races will be a part of Jthe
program. Races such as are sche
duled here usually ar© held wttk.
admission price of at least (0
cents even when held as a lone
attraction.
Liberal Premiums
No one department of the fair
has beeen neglected in the plan©
for a bigger and better exposi
tion hut it Is confidently expect
ed that the exhibit bell will he s ' *
place of rare beauty this year 'be-;,
cause the premium list offering
liberal cash awards has attracted'
unusual interest and an overflow
of exhibits of the best products
of the home and (arm is eipect-'^
ed. Su'perintendents will b® mi
hand all day Monday and earlg'
Tuesday morning to assist In thm,^
display of exhibits.
Superior Product©
Wilkes has repeatedly showB-
superlority in growing apples,
poultry, and com, while the 1»-
dies are very adept when It comeu
to exhibiting flowers and pro-
dnets of the bbme'- Liberal CmIi
premiums are also expected ' to
arouse interest in the showing
of livestock and ertUot '•. i
IHdwuy Attaurtioim
And on the midway will be
that large aggregation of ajtowx-
and rides, West’s "WTurid’i Wob-
der Bhews, which have won fn»-
or at some of the' largest expost- ^
tions thIe ye^ in the east. >
West take©' hi© shew firasa
place to place on d ©pedal tndB,
of-20 long ©tart rsflitssa eartr
and what penl%. doM 'UirOlg
at the sight tnrti
show. The' - ltt s8
avallaMe spac^' od>t£e mldwag..
OartIjMdftrt.Pkee Act©.. v'
,’The ghiudWad ' ©ctsJ- ws
(ConUnfted on psg©, rtlAt>,.