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A yr«B«tar» whit© tiahK
taC'© Qoand and a haU ^ blru,
ttiotTed In an nlactric lhanbator
at tha Trt-Connty hospital to-
alght. When born Sunday night,
th© infant could be held in the
-‘yidni of the surgeon’s hand.
MANY FRESHMEN
Oreensboro, Sept. 14.—More
ta©n 700 new students were
a^^omed to Woman’s college to
day toy Dean W. C. Jackson and
in©« Harriet Blliott, dean of
W&en In an assembly program
te which Dr. Jackson defined
■"^Uege experience as “a Joyous
thing.”
VOL. 3QCXI. NO. 96 Published Mondays andJhuwdMrsir NORTH WlLjCji^O, N, G. ^^THiaS^YVSEPT.16,1987 flseffliraBSTATE-lg^C
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EXPANDING SERVICE
Washington; Sept. 14.—^The
cial security board announced
day apprornl of grants totaling
i,24S,706 to defray July 1-Sept.
80 .costs Of expanding employ
ment. .serricas in 12 .states. The
gfhats CaroMna,
I.OL’^r snd 122,976.
I i&LlifeD;‘¥35lT ^ ^
WamosTlll«> Sept..^iA—^I>ao
Bla^, .:i«, ^ the fi^itaboY sec-,
tfon of BUtywpod cohnty, was 4a-'
tally Injamd'^ 6:2(1? o’clock this
morning'wt^ ptrack toy. a truck
while wiOktal on hlghsray. 10
near Sannooh, fonivmiles west oP
Waynesyllle. ‘ Mathis'
companion, ffobart Ruff, 25, of
the same section, also was hit by
the truck, but escaped serious in
jury.
Legion Baseball AppikatioBS Are^
Ed^ a Snccessi{iil|Seiit' to Raleigh
Season In Coimty;'F o r 31 In,
Plan County Team Security Prbgrh^
jji
'■-‘f-i'.’sq
|An Pqpirtiteiits Exceed Fofl^
Player© and Fana Have En
joyed the Firat Year of
Junior Btoaeball
MORAVIAN CHAMPIONS
Good Players In All Com
munities to Be Gathered
For a County Team
Saturdar-mark^^ jbe end of,^,^
the first season of American Le- e«T,t(>mber under
Total of 130 Checks Will Be
Mailed Out for Month
of September
APPLICATIONS TAKEN
Welfare Office Working Dil
igently on Receiving
Applications
A total of 130 Wilkes County
glon junior hasdtoall in Wilkes
county.
The first year of the project
under this CirlC organization
proved very suoosdsiul with the
players and baseball fans in eight
communities Closely following
the proceedings.
Every team In the eight-team
walking i^gue put up strong competition
in the race for the league cham
pionship, which was won by Mo
ravian Falld with 11 victories and
three defeats in the fourteen
game schedule.
The project cost the Legion
post approximately J300 for
WANT CROP CONTROL,
WashingtOBy Sept. 14—.Admin
istration leaders began to pre- - --
pare today for stricter cpntrol of I eq^^lpment for the various teams
major farm crops In 1938. Call-ib^t much of the costly equipment
Ing in more than ToO Stata AAA I in good condition and will be
officers, State agricultural com- n«‘ lowering
mitteemen and others, they can-'^*^® cost of the maintenance of
vassed prospects. The men from | ll*e league next season,
the States reported that recent According to present plans a
declines In crop prices were lead- S«od team will be gathered early
ing more and more farm#s to' "tf t -summer from all parts of
deelrp production controls. take part in dlstnct.
CENSOR ADVERTISING
-JUlelgh, Sept. 14. — Cutlar
, of th© State Id'
Emission, announced to
day that after October 1 the
board would censor all liquor
advertising in North Carolina
publications. “This is just a con
trol measure,’’ Moore said, “to
©top wild promotion of liquor
sales. We are not promoting the
sale of whiskey nor are we ad
vising anybody to drink It.”
state and national competition.
The season this year was design
ed to give training for next sea-
a,4in and ali^Aojjlaxed this year ^^. •
win S; ciWble^^=s^80n:^ ’riottrtng -smh «
CONDEMNED TO DIE
^ Winston-Salem, Sept. 14.—A
Ttaperior court jury deliberated
B6 minutes late today and con
demned James Sermons. 30-year-
old negro, to death for the mur
der of a tobacco factory night
watchman last November. Ser
mons rose steadily to his feet and
said, “I’m not guilty, I didn’t kill
no man,” as Judge E. C. Bivens
sentenced him to die in North
Carolina’s gas chamber at Ra
leigh November 12.
DEATH SENTENCE
Marion, , Sept. 14. — Mann
Smith, negro, wa) sentenced by
Judge Felix Alley today to die
In the state’s gas chamber Oc-
"tober 15 upon conviction of crim
inally assaulting a 12-year-old
white girl. The 15-year-old negro
received the sentence calmly.
Strict precautions were taken by
a special detachment of state
highway patrolmen and sheriff’s
deputies after Smith was struck
on the head In the courtroom last
week by Frank Anderson, a
phimber.
will be eligible next s^son, ■“ a
long with any new material with
in the age limit.
In Saturday’s games the league
champions, Moravian Falls, lost
to Boomer 7 to 11. Wilkesboro
did not even get in the game with
North Wilkesboro as Templeton
hurled the North Wilkesboro
boys to a 17 to 0 victory over
the lads from the south side of
the Yadkin. Cricket defeated
Clingman and tied for second
place.
Clingman and Cricket plan to
play an extra game soon to de
cide second place position in the
league.
the month of September under
the state social security act, it
was learned today from Charlea
McNeill, superintendent of wel-
fare. ■ W w;- ’-.: '
This representor the total num
ber of appllcayons. aPPrOTed by
the county welfare board Tor old
age assistance, aid to dependent
children and aid to blind. Of this
number 103 are for old age as
sistance, 10 families for aid to
dependent children and 17 aid
to the blind.
The applications approved at
the last meeting of the board,
composed of Dr. W. W. Miles, P.
J. Brame and Wm. A. Stroud,
were 27 old age, 4 aid to chil
dren and seven blind.
The total amount expended
during the month of August was
$867.22.
It is interesting to note that
the welfare department has ap
proved for general relief a total
of 415 families In the county.
These families, include 2,329 in
dividuals and that number were
aided during the month of Au
gust throu|$h grsnts^.^f .^.W,
ties.
.Meanwhile the welfare office
staff and case workers are work
ing diligently on additional ap
plications, which will be passed
upon as rapidly as possible. Ap
plicants are being notified of ap
pointments at the welfare office
when applications will be filled.
7;.r, ‘v " v
Shanghai leaYing thi^'anar
that
■ y-’-.+jg-
of
Better PirotbicU
In the opinion of judges, ©pec-
ialtoto in the various lines of
agriculture, Wilkes is making
(good progress in keg ^baMo induiF exiposiUon has prored to toa
ghat leaYing TijHitMg becam^ ab kenvy
part of th® cll!^ wf y.-: ■
. .r
at
Queen o£
Auto Race Day Expected to
Draw Larg^ Crowd rf
Week at Exposition
Da^ng knighto of the roai^
ttg road will * «ek gold, glory
the lead In the 1937 Atlantic
.States Autol Racing Association’s
championship at the Great North-
ksestern Fair, North Wilkesboro,
b^ .Saturday,-fSoptein-ber 8, in
jghat-to bo the moat
evM' dished
ww.
DRIVE ON SYPHIUS-
Raleigh. S«pt. 14.—Dr. Carl
' „V. Reynolds, State health'officer,
gprdp(L^^le» today that W? d^
ptortibset intended to Intensify
th® -Vaf ' on jsyiphilis In, * NiMth
pi[|l^na4krMdhrntpi.-og^ laws re-
qUjiliig treatment of Infected
ine^gta. “If those who are Infect-
efN^^noi begin treatmenf'^wlth-
la^’W hours after receiving first
noUbb,’r. Dr. Bsynolda said, “they
wpij .M jiJJed-ifad' forced to taka
'ti^tmeht nnder the provision of
diljgii^'' 296, section 3, public
Of ,
i^VC«ES EMBARGO
j Washington, Sept 14.-pres
ident Roosevelt Invoked tonight
a pairiial embargo on shipments
of -arms and munitions to the I^'ar
itsrn war ©one. After confer-
_ with Secretary of ^tote Cor-
(|eU Hull and Josei^ Kennedy,
cgSalnnan of the Maritime com
mission. the Chief BxscatiVe is-
tondtr a formal gtstomeat an-
Bbtnclng.. tttat no bMrdhgst Tse^
©e^ otmod'by this goTwnmo;^
be Jp^uiailtted to
J,?. fd Chiu or Japanfp.
futker BoUse.^"
Dr. E. A. Branch
Kiwanis Speaker
Member of Staff of Stale
Health Department Talks
On Oral Hygiene
Dr. E. A. Branch, member of
the staff of the North Carolina
State Health department, ad
dressed the North Wilkesboro Ki
wanis club Friday noon.
W. D. Halfacre was in charge
of the program. Dr. Branch
talked about health as a general
subject and particularly stressed
oral health as a requisite to gen
eral health. Of 900,000 children
In school in the state. Dr. Branch
said that 85,000 are sick in some
way and do not know It. Of 400,-
000 under school age a propor
tionate number are afflicted, he
said.
He‘.stressed caretof the teeth
and espeotolly nutrients that tend
to .prevent togth troubles.
John Bumgarner was a guest
of Dr. P. C. Hnbtoard; Dr. R. P.
Casey, Dr. T. L. White, Dr. W. A.
Taylor and Dr. A. C. Cbamber-
laln guests of W. D. Halfacre;
Mrs.cBertha Bell and Miss Eloise
Bennetli guests of A. H. .Casey;.
Dr. A. >'J.« Eller, gueet of C. B.
Eller; and Ben Stlmpson was a
guest of E. G. Finley. '
Exhibit Portrays
Better Farmii^
Display Under Direction of
County Agent Emphasiz
es Value of Livestock
A specially prepared exhibit
portraying methods o f better
farmin.g and soil conservation
through production of livestock
i.s attracting much attention at
tho Great Northwestern Fair this
week.
The exhibit was prepared und
er direction of Dan P. Holler,
county farm agent, assisted by
Miss Rosa Billings and other i
member.s of the office staff.
It Is a duplicate of the exhibit
he prepared and put on display
last year at the North Carolina
State Phir. To study tihe display
is to appreciate it.
Miss
^ to^ mih^ the
.chwkerod tag '©wlsbe© at
t^e tkpe, an afternoon of thrill
aim^is Is proindsed. ‘ ^
i The leading' independent dirt
t drivers of the' DBA stars
be in the bensisA 4 battles.
six event program will toe
y^tnred by the CTafoUna’s Heat
;Racfe, “The Battle of Champs”
land the Dixie Distance Sweep-
stakes.
Saturday as “Auto Race Day”
Is
Long Beach, Calif. .' .
Gwen Stith of San Pedro, was' at. the fair
acclaimed winner of the first an- eut the largest crowd of the
nual “Queen of Queens” contest week. Six events interspersed
nual “Queen or yueens- conieei week. Six events mierspersea expositions In the state,
held here. The contestants were with vaudeville, circus and Wp- further on th© sub
girls who had previously been
chosen “queens” of various
events—Rodeo Beauty and so on.
Rev. R. I. Moore
Will Teach Class
Rev. R. I. Moore, oi Provi
dence, R. I., will teach thee Men’s
Bible class of Wilkesboro Bap
tist Sunday school Sunday morn
ing. All members are asked to
b e present and bring their
friends.
Opens ”It” Cafe
Dr. Deans Speaker
At Meeting 21st
'Dr. Jnle S. Deans, optoidetrlst
of North Wllkeeboro, will be one
of th© speakers on the education
al program at th© meeting of th|
Winston-Salem group of til e
North Carolina State Optometric
Society b^ng held Tuesday eve
ning, September aist, in Mt;
Airy. ,
will prec«4d tha meet.
Ing at the Coifntry Olnb at i:M
‘p. m. Th© Ladles AnxUlair yJS
also ^ &la 'ilme*
Hollywood, Cal. . . . Clara
Bow^ famous flapper of th©-'36s«
who had It, ,for years fed th^
potolic ahteitainment, bnt from
now wlh fee^ tto pec^le food.
She and, her hnshahd, Bex Bell,
hartTltoA opened a oale.
Man Is Arrested
For Violation Of
Federal Statute
Conley Stzmley Is Held On
Charges Viela^g Mann
Act; Hearing on 22nd
' ' • \i
Conley Stanley, a'rwldent of
this city, was arreted ;^d jail
ed here yaeteMiw.^1^;; Deputy
Marshal W. ' Av ■feafiS .tiiit.V war
rant charging vioigwtf-' jf the
Mann act.. ~
Sta^jr la altoged^.-^ve car
ried a'woman' Mroet ike'^rth*
Carolina-Tenn^^ state'' Una for
immoral pnrpraes.
An investigator from the Char
lotte, ottic©.^ ,lj£ jiiSd^l sBu-
reaU' of ‘iftVestlgatiMrt- ^^f^Man
—ha© heen Ja'I^ltoeft durinir the
past two^days Inv^igattog the
chargee.
Stanley will be given a pre
liminary bearing on Septenrlter
22 before J. W. Dula, United
States commissioner, In Wilkes-
boro.
are carded for
pedrome acts
“Speed" Day.”
Included in the entries are
Bill Rogers, Kentucky Cham
pion; Johnny WohlAel, Detroit
V. F. W., Speedway Title H®|der; , departments.
Fred Bailes, Intermountain Cham- the kii
irii.iT.n (
Exoe^Edkrii^&aL
m, ISArntf Attractlmot^
F-Aihka 6^«ndi»«, Mmy Novel’ Featnr#il‘^1i» Werfid
Worid's Wwidor Shows, We«i»er*s Rend
roerionw Ffireworiss Clnnax Red Progrees^Twto^t^ to
Go Given, Aeto Reces Sehirdey'Afternoon. „ _
State
Mr As shown toy«,^iid ^
|of 'th9„€ahlWto -St- th©-,> Great
North^»tera
Outotandlng ^g^^he: st^d-
polnt ef beauty the apple.'ex^
hlblts\wlth many » th® leading
orchards of .the ^sfilee repre
sented. > ’
Even the experienced eye and
touch of H. R. Nlswonger, hdrtl-
toulture specialist .frpjp State pol-
lage, found dlfficntty In judging
the excellent samples In the vari
ous classes. He worked faithftol-
ly for several hours In the task
of judging. He described the ap
ple exhibits as being far better
than last year.
The “Live-at-Home” farm ex
hibits were well prepared and
featured the best methods of
farming. First prize went to M.P.
Barker, of Roaring River, and
second to Floyd Hendren, of
Brushy Mountain.
Wilkesboro a n d- Ferguson
Granges lyid exc^ept exhlbUs.
was"W2®eiP'Wlllf tobo
was on the theme of ’'Vdg'etajblee
and Health.” Ferguson's exhibit
on crop rotation and soil con
servation was a close second.
L. F. Brumfield, county agent
of Yadkin county, judged the ex
hibits In the agricultural depart
ment and commented on the va
riety of products gathered togeth
er for th© fair and the excellent
quality of many specimens.
C. J. Maupin, poultry apecial-
1st from State College, judged
“Auto Race Day poultry exhibits, saying that
expected to draw poultry show was far above
the average except at the very
Commenting further on the sub
ject of poultry he said Wilkes Is
recognized as one of the leading
poultry counties In the state.
The flower .show Is a spot of
rare beauty In the exhibit hall
In-
To Begin Revival
At HiHshaw Street
Baptist Sept. 19th
^
AnnouncdmAnt •h|« been made
of a revival to h^n on Sunday,
Septem>ber 19, at Rinshaw Street
Baptist church In Ala city.--The
Sunday sOTTlce-wlR to© held at
7:80 p. ^ 5 J ; ..
ne revlyaL w|l]|-be condneted
tojr. Rev. 0^.' W.
;^,ed by. Bev. D,-
putoHe to
to erecy aerrloto
pion. Chuck and Lou Gray, Lex
ington, Kentucky; J. Ford Bur
gess, Martinsville, Virginia; Bert
Hellmueller, 'The Flying Dutch
man; Larry Varler, Atlanta, Ga.
Carolina entries are Fred and
Ernest Rushing, of Winston-Sal
em; John Whitt and Buddy
Bleadsoe, of Greensboro; Roy
Grubb, of ThomasvHle; Kerman
Owen and George Ferguson, of
Charlotte; Banks Loop, of Lex
ington. Ferguson Is a native of
Wilkes.
Still Taken By
Deputies Sheriff
Large Plant Found in Trap*
hill Vicinity; Destroy
1,000 Gallons Beer
mry and
ing adll
k^Alaxand-
Deputies Odell Whltllagton
and Winfield Nichols raided a
large illicit still ) near TraphlU
last week.
The still was of 150 gallons
capacity and there was evidence
that a considerable quantity of
liquor had been manufactured.
Wagon tracks Indicated • that a
load had recently been removed
from the scene but no one was
found by the officers.
Beer destroyed wa© estimated
at 1,000 gallons.
lly Invito* aftnlvetsary of" the Ooitotltatlpn
iof the'Uhlted #tataa.
eluding products of tho kltchin,
were by no means neglected by
ttoe exhibitors.
Begin Compliance
Work On Monday
Hope to Complete Task With
Aid of Aerial Maps
In One Month
The Great. Norfhweatem- ndr
has something (9kere; Cast
everywhere on the - fairgroniiga
Every department of the tolc
Aerial maps showing the farms
in Wilkes county will arrive at
the otilce of Dan Holler, Wilkes
county agent, within at few days
and the task of checking com
pliance In the soli conservation
•program will Imgin on MMidsy,
Septemiber 20, it was learned
here today.
The aerial maps made from
pictures taken from planes will
gt^tly facilitate the work of the
compliance supervisors, who are
-edjiiected to complete th© job In
stooot 80 days.
M(Ae than 2,000 farm© In
Wilkes county are under work
sheets In the program, which has
proved far more popular than
ithe Invalidated triple A.'
bove;aII expeotatioss since
ing flay Tuesday when the ftpr
association was host to thooMUMto
of school cbildien.
People of Wl'kes^and adjola^
lag bounties were led to believe
that several feett^e attraotloiiB
had been contracted for the fair
but they wer© taken, toy surprtoe
with the magnitude of the expo
sition.
Playing on the stage oh front
of the grandstand each after
noon and night Is on® of the
toest program of aeto ever assen-
bled for a fair in the state. It to
a big time show from ©tart to
finish, the kind people In other
sections shell out dollars instead
of two^its to see.
The fair association spent
largei sums to get the acta
through George H. Hamid,'of
New York City, world famous
promoter who books attractions
for the North Carolina State
Fair and other major events. The
M® e^jofstjtlisjll^,^ |v*
acrc^sjlh aeto, Inclo'di^ a na-
satlonal balancing and juggUag
act, acrobatic dances and a nm-
ber of acrobatic stunts that muat
be seen to be believed.
To secure this aggregation ot
stage attractions which ordinar
ily visits only the larger citiss
the fair association spent ap
proximately $2,0(10.
The grandstand attractions are
climaxed by an uproarious dis
play ot fireworks that have been
sincerely appreciated toy fair vie-
itors.
On the Midway Is West’S
World’s Wonder shows with
shows and rides for young, mid
dle aged and old. Included ia
this largest midway carnival ev
er to play here are many new
shows and the most popular rid
ing devices. The Octupus, a new
ride. Is proving to be very popu-^ ^
lar.
New Automobile Free
Two cash prizes of $25 each
have been given away and during
the three remaining nights of
the fair th© remainder of the
$200 in cash prizes and a new
1937 model Chevrolet will b*
given.
Bar Assotsation
Makes C^ndar
For Chril Term WiBsm
Court to Begbt Moifit^
Mominf, Octtrfber 4-
Wilkes county'lato asaoqtotlom.
In meeting Tuesday afternoon Mt
the office-C-. Hayes, Ctort ’
of superior court,- arrangSd cal
endar for -the October town
Wdlkee court to toeiJn oa
OT 4. ;■
Civil case®-Will ■toTtvlodt tofAi.A
hundreds are pendlnjf. dtoPOiUtoto.-
In the court. The calendar wnn
made np In chronologlcal.oi^er^
Several years have ?^apsad.
some of the ^cases. awaiting trial
were institntedi
Solicitor-Jones
Constituti^ Day
Speater Tonight
Soltoitor. Jones wOl
addraaa the Masonic lodge at- ^
Park tonight In a special meetrj
ing ta otoorrMioe of the l^h chaw
Rqiral ^‘Rehab” ©
Wfflrk Under die FamSean%
191© rural rejiatollltatlon aoper-
vtoed loan program will ««oo-
tinne a# heret^ore, under the
nCKly eatabltoh^ Fam •; Security
the n. 8. De
partment of Ai^ulture, W, Bry
an. Ollv», Sppervtoor In
work In. ishe, AUeghsny a*^ Act, which the
Wrtkw iSonatlea announced eawj (Contlnaed
ly this week ^ from^io offlea fa
North doUo»* -
Ing saanrancea,. jraoatved frm.
rector tot tite, wm weanvy^apw-
mlntotratIon-4a fiaI4l|fc N* -
-Mr.^niivot; stated- 3
rones