:iiAD
Kiuitoa, Sift. DO'
l»b«nt.^h«obifttor ^
liSBOlr «o«iitT. toi^ Miv^netid
that IS nlld had been
kibad tma
'waeks. .*•
U-
GREEN RAre CXO.
WMhlostoa, Sapt. 17.—^Brand
ing as meat reprabanslblo “the
spectacle ol a leader of'the Com
mittee ter Indnstrial Org^sa-
tion bruenly demanding faTors
from the goremnunt in reward
a largo campaign contrlbatlon
last fall,” President Winiam
Green, of the Am^can Federa
tion of Iiabor, tonight declared
his organisation “will have noth
ing to do with antocratic domi
nation or dictatorial control.”
Septeiribef2StliTo
Electa Ghairman;
Smitliey Favcffed
LAUDS CONSTITUTION
” Charlotte, Sept. 17.—Governor
Clyde R. Hoey lauded the na
tion’s constitution today as ‘‘the
basis upon which democratic gov
ernment rests” and asserted that
it ‘‘ought not to be hastily
changed.” Spuing before more
^ than 50g persons at a meeting of
clsibs to observe constitn-
" Iton iaff the g»»nor s^d . the
check ttpon the majority afforded
by the federal basic laW was “the
'‘rarest guaran^ of the iwrpetua-
tlon of democratic government.’’
^ N. C. WpMAN LOST
Washington, Sept. 17.—Louis
O. Nolan, hgricnlture dwsrtment
employe,' reported today his wife,
-,J|rs. Elvelyn Miller Nolan, was
missing in Shanghai. Nolan said
the Associated Press reported
Mrs. Nolan had returned to
Shanghai’s International settle
ment on September 8 with a
group of refugees from a nearby
mountain,resort but that his ca
bles through private and state
department channels had failed
to contact her.
Date of Meoflfaif Set In Gath
ering field at Courthouse
In Wilkoiboro In July
TO BE OPEN MEETING
County Executive Committee
and Otheks-Interested
Aaked to Attend
FORGES DIVORCE
Danville, Va., Sept. 17.—James
Dudley Hicks, who admitted
--forelug the name of Judge^Hen-
degree and on the strength of
the forgery married Martha Ann
Crane, who believed he was free
to wed, was sentenced ro serve
seven years in the state ■j^eniten-
tiary this morning by Judge Tur
ner Clement, sitting tor Judge H.
C. Leigh in corporation court.
Judge Leigh withdrew from the
case inasmuch as his signature
was involved in the case.
SISSY ROUGHING
Ogden, Utah, Sept. 17.
‘‘Roughing it” in the wilds of
the west is going sissy (with
such modern niceties as plumb
ing, for example) but a survey
tonight showed tourists prefer
it so. R. H. Rutledge, forester of
the inter-mountain region, as
signed these three principal rea
sons; Camp sites with modern
stoves, piped water, sanitary fa
cilities. ‘‘They not only li^o city-
style camp stoves, tables and
other features, but they’d even
like someone to hustle the wood
for them,” he said.
G.O.P. HITS AT BLACK
Washington, Sept. 17.—Chair
man John D. M. Hamilton of the
Republican national committee
said tonight it was “Inconceiv
able” that President Roosevelt
‘‘would knowingly have appoint
ed a klansman to the Supreme
court.” EJnterlng the controversy
.pver the alleged Ku Klux Klan
connections of Associate Justice
Hugo M. Black, he said In a
formal statement that “all must
hope that Mr. Roosevelt will be
successful in finding a solution
of this difficult problem compat
ible at once with the dignity of
the Supreme court and of his own
high office.”

' RA^ COURT
..^Washington, Sept. 17.—Pree-
|Aa|it Bpoaeveh returned aggvM-
ai^y to the battle for the re-
organliation of the judiciary to-
with an appeal that the na
tion give Its “fealty to the consti
tution and not to Its mlslnter-
■* scathtes critic^
^ ‘^odd man on the Su-
coayt” ha added a wam-
n^lasa permanent social
^-SS»m la awi^kiy asanred, Amer-
weU be caught In the
Wilkes C 0 u nty Republican
Executive committee will hold
an open meeting at the court
house In Wllkeeboro on Sat-urday,
September IE, for the purpose of
electing a ohalfman.
In a meeting of the committee
and other party leaders from all
parts of the county held two
months ago Chairman J. M.
Brown Staled his Intention to
resign and the name of N. B.
Smitbey, prominent local merch
ant, was placed in nominailon.
Mr. Smithey urgently request
ed that he not be elected chair
man at that time and asked that
the committee give him time to
consider and allow time for the
rank and file of the party In the
county to express their view's re
lative to the chairmanship.
His request was granted but
the crowd assembled gave him a
unanimous vote of confidence.
So far, It was gleaned from
several party leaders who have
discussed the coming meeting,
no opposition has been voiced a-
gainst Mr. Smlthcy as chairman
and it is expected that he will
be elected by acclamation.
Although the meeting to be
held on the 25th Is primarily an
organization meeting of the
executive committee It is pointed
out that all Republicans have a
aoMitol IggMutlnnri
October 18 as 1]^
Wilkes V^e Case
Hyde Park. N. Y. . . . Pretty
Anne Lindsay Clark, Boston
debutante, whose name has been
linked romantically with John
Roosevelt, youngest and only un
married son of the President, was
a visitor here shortly after John
returned from his European tour.
Patrol Shakeup
Omits District
Sergeant Lentz Transferred
to Wadesboro; Crowell
Goes To Thomasville
Dr. H. G. Duncan
Is Club Speaker
Widely Known Educator and
Writer Delivers Highly
Interesting Addre^ss
Dr. H. G. Duncan, of Wilkes-
boro, widely known educator and
writer, addressed the North Wil-
kesboro Kiwanis Club in meeting
Friday noon.
The program was in charge of
C. G. Day. Attorney A. H. Casey
introduced the speaker.
“Immigration” was the subject
of the address, which proved to
be very interesting and filled
with pertinent facts.
He pointed out that all Ameri
cans at one time or another were
“immigrants’’ in the strict sense
of the word and that the chief
motive for immigration is de
sires to reach a place of more
favorable economic vonditions.
The world’s population, he
said, is about 1,790,000,000 and
the present yearly increase
about 12,000,000. The total
poipulation makes an average of
31 persons for each square mile.
The number coming to Ameri
ca has been as hdgh as a million
per year and he traced the
change in immigration laws to
the present law which allows on
ly 150,000 per year to enter this
country legally, although h e
pointed out that many are smug
gled in through Mexico and Can
ada.
In a short business session the
club asked the goodwill commit
tee to write a fitting memorial of
A. G. Hendren, who died recently.
V T h e nominating committee,
composed of J. B. McCoy, Dr. F.
C. Habhard and R. G. Finley, will
report nomination of officers at
the next meeting.
R. C. Day, of Meadvllle. Pa.,
was a guest of T. E. Story and
W. R. Absher was a guest of
Attorney A. H. Casey.
Through the re-distrlctlng plan
of the highway patrol the district
office here has been eliminated
with two counties formerly In
this district now being served
(Continued on page eight)
Postpones Date From Orig
inal Time On Abeount
Wilkes .Court Session ’
DEMANDING HIS FEES
Again Asks Both Sides In
Swaringer^-Poplm Suit
to Put Up $2S0 Each
O. O. Bfird, judge of Forsyth
county court and recently ap
pointed by Judge J. H. ..Clement
to referee the Swarlngen versus
Poplin, election suit in Wilkes,
has Informed attorneys for both
sides of the controversy that
hearings will begin on October
18.
In a letter to coiuvsel th's week
he explained thc^ in his first 1^-
ter a few weeks Ago be said tiiat
he could begin hearings on or
about October 1 but had Sinoe
learned that the Wilkes term, of
civil court beglnB on October .4
and that it would no^ be prat^-
cal to begin the hearing uldfl
after adjournment of the
weeks' term Of court.
He again asked that each side
(Continued on pkge eight)
to
Shanghai, China. . . , Rescue veofkers remove the Injured to
hospitals after the bombing of twrfciof Shanghai’s largest depart
ment stores on Nanking Road. Nearly two hundred were killed
and five hundred Injured.
Attni^ras
Praise Fi
Exhibits, Gimadstafli^
Midway, Rmms aud Olb«r,
Features liiigU^ Pi’ibi|jr-_
.•>, "fi-
LARGE CROWDS
Four iiersons w«»'^
mlraculdn^y-t^j^,^,- —
riro? rnjtiry Saturflivjf^fl^fnoon
A Bt^r crashed'tiitougb the
track fence at tlm fsir-
gr^ndiS,;4^ plowed through a
closely asses^ied' group of spec
tators.*
Trying mightily to pass the car
holding the'iMd in: the Ikst and
main event ,^of’ the auto races at
(Continued bn page eight)
Provide Building
Attendance Saturday
est in Histpry ol Fa^^ .
Ever Held h> City
The Great NorihirMieiriL-iiJItok
closed a successful five-day espo-
sltion here Saturday plgl^ trith
the largest crowd »yef assAml^sd
on the fairgroands.
From the standpe^t of attrse-
tlons the fair 'won ^ 'poputor .so-
claim from ,the thonusds. et.poo-
plb of 'Wilkes and 'adlotnlng
counties who were in attendaobsk.
Exhibits, grandstand acts, mid
way shows, fireworks, automo
bile races and other featnns
measured up to expectations and
provided ample entertainment for
the large crowds.
The one department receiving
most favorable comment wero
the grandstand attractions fea
turing an outstanding revne, a
Japanese balancing act, trapeso
act, and acrobatic funsters. Hio
revue under the direction of Mias
Pearl Haines, of Reading, Pa.,
was declared to be outstanding.
West’s World’s Wonder Shows
owned by Frank West was th*
largest aggregation ever assembl
ed here and some novel attrao-
tions and rides were presented.
The carnival is a railroad show
and travels sn.a special train of
iwq srs
Here are pictured three school
buildings which provide adequate
building facilities for two central
school districts and one element
ary unit.
The Millers Creek, Mulberry
and Benham buildings, being oc
cupied this year for the first
time, were constructed as Public
'W'orks Administration projects
at a great saving to Wilkes
county in comparison with value
received.
The total cost of the three
buildings, including the land pur
chased for building sites and
grounds, was $109,090, of which
$49,090 was a direct grant from
MILLERS CREEK
u^fdiiy *>®
of dictatorship that have
gBCnUed other lands. He epoke
on the 150th annJTwaary of the
ri^Bg of the eonatftnUon at a
^ open air masa meeting wl^
^axed Washington’*
BOM o« Oonatltntlon day.
Ajonto «pn*d new** * nf B. R
lagtom sc*
District Booth
Creates Interest
Ronda school prepared the on
ly dietrict booth at the Great
Northwestern Fair last week and
the exhibit created much interest.
The exhibit, containing many
samples of farm and horns pro-
dnets, was prspared by the stn
dwta and taeulty under direction
of a S. Spmlll, district soperin-
vv am a uiievc giaiii, iivm
I the Public Works administration
headed by Secretary of tae In
terior Harold L. Ickes with Stan
ley H. Wright, of Chapel Hill as
state director.
The county’s share of the
funds was raised by a bond
issue of $65,000.
'The Millers Creek build
ing, recognized as t!ie best
school plant in the county,
contains 15 classrooms,
principal’s office, teachers’
rooms, 50 X 95 auditorium.
The total cost, including
plumbing, heating and dis
posal plant, was $45,509.25.
The Mulberry building,
on the same style as Mil
lers Creek but on a smaller
plan, contains nine class
rooms, principal’s office,
teachers’ rooms and 48 x
82 auditorium. The cost, In
cluding plumbing, heating,
disposal plant and deep
well, was $36,149.80.
Cool Springs school at
Benham has a neat ouilding
containing tour classrooms,
principal’s Office and $2’ x
60 auditorium. The total cost
of the plant was Il7,097.i0.
The P. W. A. projeet^ tollii^
for erection of the btalldlnga was
begun on -T'ISM,
and completedlto' ti&e*tor,,opto-
log of the tichools on A^i^iiSt IQ
r-.
‘jfi
MULBERRY
sentative of the various typo oC
agriculture and ,home induatry
and won favorable comment front
the judges from State College
and the extension service. Mark
ed improvement was noticeable
able over exhibits at former
fairs.
The fireworks presented each
night provided spectacular and
uproarious entertainment, rep
resenting a better attraction In
that line than had been showed
before here.
All events of the fair were
broadcast through the public ad
dress system through the Sonnd
Service of 'Washington, D. C.,
which boasts the largest mobile
unit in the southeast.
The total attendance at the
fair Saturday was over 10,000, a
record for a local exposition, and
among the throng, were many
from various counties In North
western North Carolina.
The program of automobile
racing provided thrilling enter
tainment but was marred by one
accident which luckily did not
prove so serious as It appeared
when a car crashed through the
Inner rail and iplowed throngh
the crowd of spectators.
A new 1937 Chevrolet car was
given away Saturday night iu»d
was won by iMlss Helen Winkler, ■
of Wilkesboro. .
J. B. wnuams, presidentof
the fair association, preside^, at
the michropfaone as >prlses -toF*
given away each night and jywO (fpl
known local citizens were S^Mt-
ed by him as judgcel "'i
Union
Coi
'it**.
I thia year. Ptep lor the bajHllBnki
wore diAwn hy BentohA Henton,
widely known firm, and a r^re-
BENJ^M
sentative made^ re^latjfjispiec-
tiohA during tti».pz»(^ oon^
■ "'t' ‘.V'AiSt ■
f., .. .
stmetfoB.
So
'TFprka,.. fuiihjs^,
a full uioe engjMer to ftMpto^tse
without cost to the county, 7l»e| employment on projects o«
k . .. .-au. ^mJl itlSSMl
engineer was ^Fkedf *T-^^^'toson,
who' checked all phasee of ^ the
iivirk with thS.contract* and «pe^
A.-:., '-■.vi '■A';-' . " •" .
iflcaUons\-t’h'e-:FuMe i«ui;a a.
The, EWA to of .the ageB-.
clM 'under tte' pMient natlonalf Tadkln and'; OaldwelL
^ ir,_' aiCL?5?'» ■*../'
worthWhile-fitdhre; ^ .throni^
dtiedt grants greetly'' stimnlUad'
coMtrnotloa of public bntldtngs.
Adiolning eouniiei lik which th»:
pmt ■ aided In! coaatruetion. ol
•toool' buildings Include Burry,
Bids Will Be Received Fer!
(Md Cha^ BvildipcOlpi
Monday, October 4fh
Announcement has beeu..UU|4lej
of plans by.,j Methodliki
church to 'toeCt a"new andVmeirl
em church building to reptooe ]
the present stmeture.
in antklpatlon the
building the preeent building 'wBlJ
be sold on Monday, OctbbW 4,^
and bids will be received on thei
obureh gronnds itaP* mllaa
of this city at t*a o’cloek a.
bd that dato* - .
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