WORKMAN IS KILLED
Mor»head City, Sept. 24.—
. 0aTld W. B«U, 41, a utate hlgh-
iray employ©, loll under the
wheels of a truci he was riding
near Harlowe, in Cartwet coun
ty, early today and died three
Jiours later In a hospital here.
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FALL PROVES FATAL
Lunrberton, Sept. 24.—Robe
son county’s violent deaths for
tha month were brought to 16
with the death last night of Bet-
tie .Lee, six year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Waiker, of
Maxton, route 3, who fell from a
wagon of cotton on which she
was riding with her father. She
died after being carried to a
physician In Pembroke.
WARDEN SLUGGED
If' San Francisco, Sept 24.—A
i^vj^nvlct attack on Warden James
ft- A. Johnston today disclosed a
' —hew rebellion in Alcatraz prison,
■a island fortress where the govern
ment keeps America’s most hard
ened criminals. Burton Phillips,
Kansas kidnaper and bank rt^b-
ber, slugged Johnson from 1^
hind as the warden passed
through the prison dining room
alter interviewing 100 convicts
confined to their cells because of
a strike.
Clyde A. Erwin, state superin
tendent of public Instruction, and
W. P. Cradle, state director of
schoolhouse planning, will ad
dress a conference of school
committeemen of Wilkes county
to be held at Mulberry school 8
miles north of this city on high,
way 18 on Wednesday, Septem
ber 29, ten a. m.
It will be a general meeting
of all committeemen, of central
and individual schools, for the
purpose of discussing school
problems, ihe meeting was call
ed by C B. Eller, Wilkes superin
tendent of schools.
It is especially desired that all
committeemen attend but an
nouncement of the meeting
points out that all patrons Inter
ested In school problems have an
Invitation to attend.
CONSTRUCTION UP
Raleigh, Sept. 24.—Building
conatruction In 21 North Caro
lina cities Increased 32 per cent
In over August, 1936, and
-ran 20.7 i>er cent ahead of July.
tj^Ae labor d^>artment said iw-
Si ctffSB, with cost
31,782,656, as compared with
permits covering 775 buildings in
August, 1936, to cost $1,349,951.
In July permits covered 609
structures to cost $1,476,363.
Representative
Unemployment
Bureau Here
J. L. Bloom is Field Repre
sentative for Eight of the
Northwestern Counties
J. L. Bloom, fomerly of Win
ston-Salem, 18 now field* repre
sentative for eight horthweaternll*!*:
NEW YORRK CITY ,. . . Stephen ChadwKk oT
J. Kelly, Detroit, Michigan,
chusette, left to right, candidates National m|!
luncheon given by the Advertising Club of this
Baptist Minister
Stricken Friday;
Fufieral Sunday
Rev. I. C. Woodruff Victim
of Heart Attack At His
Home at Hays
Rev. I. C. Woodruff, for many
years a beloved Baptist minister,
died Friday morning at his home
at Hays.
Death was almost sudden and
was attributed to a heart attack.
He had been suffering from
heart trouble for several years
but had been able to continue his
duties as a minister and about
his home.
He united with the Baptist
church 32 years ago and had
ieea a minister for 30 years, swv-
churbbea in
armer
EdAt life With A
arg
ive
DOUGHTON SPEAKER
Statesville, Sept. 24.— Post
masters of the eighth and ninth
congressional district held a
’luncheon meeting at the Vance
hotel here this afternoon, with J.
H. McKenzie, of Salisbury, direc
tor of th© ninth district of the
North Carolina Postmasters’ as
sociation, presiding. There were
about 50 postmasters in attend
ance, representing 20 counties. A
number of postmasters made
short talks. The principal ad
dress was by Representative R.
L. Doughton, who stressed the
necessity of both elective and ap
pointive officers , giving their
time and efforts to their consti
tuents and to the public in gen
eral.
Teachers to Hear
Erwin Wednesday
Teachers of County Are to
Gather in Meeting On
Wednesday Afternoon
^e second meeting of Wilkes
county teachers for the present
aebool year will be held in Wll-
kesboro school auditorium on
Wednesday afternoon, September
29, at four o’clock, it was learned
today from C. B. Eller, county
euperlntendent of schools.
A featurei of thv meeting will
be an address by CiVde A. Elrwln,
state superintendent of public In
struction.
There are 244 teachers in
WUkee this year and attendance
at the meeting to b© held Wed
nesday la required.
"Special Meeting
’ Of Junior Order
On Tuesday Night
Every member of North Wll-
'kisboro Junior Order council la
Mpecially urged to b© prwent on
nl«ht when baslncM
mattem of vital Importance will
fee taken up.
Betreohments will *o
following the bealneae session. It
' iriSlcularly desired that eva-
^ be prwwit vW*”
tog janlora wlU b» welcome.
service office In this cltsfj
Mr. Bloom succeeds R. Grady
Babber, who has been transsfer-
red to the Winston-Salem office.
He will maintain headquarters
here and will be In the office to
render a.ssistance to employers
who desire information about the
unemployment insurance act be
tween the hours of nine! and 12
on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays.
During the remainder of the
time h© will attend to field du
ties in his district composed of
Wilkes, Ashe, Alleghany, Surry,
Yadkin, Davie, Iredell and .Alex
ander counties. Assistance in
making reports will be gladly
given to employers, an announce
ment from the office today said.
Sheriff Locates a
Brandy Distillery
Two Outfits and 1,200 Gal
lons Beer Taken During
Week By Sheriff
The fact that some overly am
bitious people aro seeking ways
to market surplus apples was evi
denced last week by th© fact that
one of the stills destroyed by
Sheriff C. T. Doughton and depu
ties had just been used to make
a run of brandy ibefore the place
was raided.
Sheriff Doughton and Deputies
Odell Whittington and J. M. Be-
shears raided two medium sized
plants in the Call siectlcn of
Wilkes. The boiler was hot when
the officers arrived at the brandy
still but all liquor had been
cleared away, apparently only a
few minutes before.
At th© other still there was
evidence that sugarhead liquor
bad been made extensively and
1,200 gallons of beer just ready
to work were destroyed.
wth'
quaintao(lWt;^.^^,->, _
He was 6K ymrs of $g«, .a
member of bn(»* of Wilkes coun
ty's most widely knowfi'*faihllles.
He Is survived by hla wife,
Mrs. Mary Jane Spicer Woodruff,
and two sons, Eldon and Lin
Woodruff, of Hays. He was pre
ceded in death by one daughter.
Miss Myrtle Woodruff, who died
several years ago.
In addition to his wife and
sons he is survived by one broth
er, Rev. Percy Woodruff, of
Pennssylvanla, and the following
sisters: Mrs. A. Caudill, Hayrt
Mrs. Wallace, North Wllkesboro;
Mrs. J. A. Tucker, Guilford: Mrs.
Tom Johnson and Mrs. I. M. My
ers, North Wl’.keeboro.
A large crowd of people, many
of w'hom had felt the wholesome
influence of Rev. Mr. Woodruff’s
life, gathered at Mountain View
Baptist church where he wa.s pas
tor to attend the funeral service
Sunday afternoon. Despite the
rain hundreds gathered in a
token of tribute to his life.
The service was In charge of
Rev. A. B. Hayes, assisted by
Rev. J. B. Hayes. The life of the
deceased minister was eulogized
beautifully by hisi brother, Rev.
Percy Woodruff, of Galeton, Pa.
Spaghetti Supper
Tuesday Evening
The Junior Woman’s club will
sponsor a spaghetti supper Tues
day evening 5:30 to 8:30 at Call
Hotel dining room. The price will
be 50 cents per plate and profits
will b© used ;by th© club In some
of its commendable activities.
WatsoQ Said to
Fired Chai^^lntqji
Brain Lairt TfoiriKi^
Watson Lyon, a tarmer of the
Doughton section of 'Wilkes coun
ty, is said to have ^ded his life
Thursday afternoon by firing
shotgun charge Into hie hraln.
Alter hearing the shot his wife
is said to have found him on the
porch with one side of his head
blown away and' a shotgun near
by.
He was fifty years of sge, a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. O.
W. Lyon and Is :anrvlved by bis
wife, Mrs. Jane Royal! LyonJ’ six
children, Jullue,^- Dorobhj'.i .^Un-
itOB,.„
JiStbil .BlRga, -oe, -MRli^
Funeral service was held Sat-
N. B. Smlthey, widely known
local merchant, and R. Don
Laws, editor of the nationally
known “Yellow Jacket,’’ are
chaipnan and secretary, respec-
tlv^^,%jpf the Republican party
organrotion In Wilkes county.
’The^ were elected In an open
meetl^ of the county Republi
can mtMutlv© committee held at
the dferthous© In Wllkesboro
Baturday afternoon.-.
The meeting was attended
with party leaders from every
section of the county In attend
ance In addition to members of
the coiinty committee.
In the absence of the retiring
chairman, J. M. Brown, who Is
ill, Kyle Hayes, secretary, pre
sided over the meeting and read
the call.
The resignation of Mr. Brown
tendered at a previous meeting
observed
was accepted and the name of N.
tirday morning, ten o’clock.
Roaring Gap Baptist church.
at
School Payroll
Of $28,000
Goes Out
The first monthly payroll of
approximately $28,000 was sent
out Saturday from the office of
C. B. Eller, Wilkes superinten
dent of schools, to school em
ployes.
Vouchers were made out to
244 teachers now employed and
wer© ready for delivery at the
close of school Friday, which
marked the end of the first
month of the 1937-38 term. The
teacher vouchers .totaled $25,700.
Thee© figures do not include
North Wllkesboro schools, which
operate as a special charier city
unit.
The payroll this year Is ap
proximately ten per cent higher
than the total a year ago, due
to the increase in teacher salaries
and increments.
Locally th© school payroll adds
a noticeable stimulant to busl-
Aged Woman Dies
Funeral services were held at
the family cemetery Saturday for
Matilda Sparks, 85-year-old resi
dent of the Traphlll community.
She died Thursday.
WILKES TOBACCO OUTLOOK IS
CHANGED BY SUMMER RAINS
Annie Pearson
Funeral Saturday
Last rites were conducted at
Boomer church Saturday for An
nie Pearson, age 76. She died
Friday at her hOim© in the Boom
er community.
Surviving ar© three brothers:
Lee Pearson, of Lenoir, James
and Philo Pearson, of Boomer.
Randolph county has set a new
record for leapedeea plantings
this year, ■with farmers seeding
40,000 acre*. ,
Weather conditions In ,^he late
summer changed the whole as
pect of the tobacco crop in
Wilkes county and assured the
farmers of a crop about 25 per
cent under normal poundage, but
a crop of unusually fine quality,
Dan C. Holler, county agent,
stated today.
At the beginning of the sum
mer the prospects were exceed
ingly bad. Blue mold, bud woraib
and root diseases caused much
discouragement. ,. -
Few farmers were able to Wit
more than three-fonrths • of J A.
stand.
After the poor start, dry
weather got In Its work. By the
first of August it looked as if
th© Wilkes tobacco crop was a
total failure.
Then the rains came and by
the last of August the outlook
was most cheerful.
“Taking the county as a
whole,’’ Mr. Holler stated, “the
qnaltty of the crop is unnsnally
good.’’
Wilk^ has 1,699 acres ot flne-
cured'^lobacdo. "?
X.-. The county produese no bnrley
tobacco tor the market
.f-
B. Smlthey was placed In nomi
nation by Solicitor John R. Jones
and was seconded by a n'limiber
ot Rep uibl leans present.
Mr. Smlthey was unanimously
elected-by acclamation and made
a short talk, expressing appreci
ation for the confiden^i^qf the
members of the partr-Wj^Wllclt-
fiig, their wi^lebearte6(iji4?pbrt-
odiy natlb;—.
party,'saying that the lfemoiiadb
party has been absorbed or oblit
erated by "other doctrines.’''
He spoke of the mounting
natlnoal debt, saying that It Is
easy to give away that which be
longs to somebody else and that
eventually the people pay the
bill for extravagance. Hidden
taxes, he said, are becoming a
burden to the people, even In
the lowest income brackets.
Turning to local conditions he
said he hoped there would be no
primary fights in the Republi
can party. He urged a united
front in tbe next campaign and
concluded his address by the
declaration that “we must liave
a fair election and a fair eount.’’
Pointing out that responsibll-
ity and organization In the party
should be spread as widely as
(Continued from page four)
Washington, D. C. . . . John D.
Biggers, Toledo, Ohio, glass man
ufacturer, arriving at the White
House to accept an appointment
as Administrator of a Federal
Unemployment census.
Local Office Of
N.C.S.E.S, Makes
Excellent Record
Led District in Number of
Placements; James M.
Anderson Is Manager
North Wllkesboro branch of
the North Carolina Stat© Employ
ment Service led other branches
in the Hickory Dlstrtet and many
in the state for the .^t week by
a total of 34 plaoeonents, a report
from state headquarteni shows.
The loc^' branch* of whloh
Jvm M., Inanaj^,
exosqded xcctrtiatlons by
¥he pp'raglst
ware eight men and five women,
.'fte placements were classified
EXPECT MUCH INTEREST
■ .yr
J. B. Williams Local Chair-
Hope to Hawe 500
Letters For Mailing ^
According to prseani plans k
regular air mall plane will Visit
North Wllkesboro one day daring
“Air Mall Week’’ Octobea- ll-l«
for the purpose of picking up out
going air mall. . ^
'The week will be
through North Carolina In a part
of a nation-wide effort to stimu
late interest in air mail and to
encourage greater ns© of this fast
service provided by the govern
ment. ^
J. C. Reins, North Wllkesboro
postmaster, is on the air mall
week committee for the state and
under th© plan of organization
he has appointed J. B. Williams
as chairman for North Wllkes
boro.
Mr. Reins has Informed the
state chairman that 500 letters
may be expected from North Wll
kesboro but It Is hoped that this
estimate will prove to be con-
servatlv© and that local people
will use air mall adequately dur
ing the week to aid In the speci
al effort to booet this service.
It'will be a special effort to
make people "air mall conscious”
and mayors of the cities in North
Carolina are expected to issno
proclamations concerning “Air
Mall Week.’’
Legion, Auxdiary
h Joint Mee^
me piacemeuuj wo,o Department Coiumhniifr
as 32* on .public Jobs and 12 In Field* “d Mrs Fields of the L^
will
private employment, on©
fled as permanent.
classl- ^en and Auxiliary will attend
the Joint meeting of ine Wuaos
T ^ ,i *1,0 aci-vPA Posl el American Legion and
In commenting on the service P
last week Mr. Anderson pointed
out that many Jobs ar© now open,
due to the fact that many farm
ers are busily employed at home.
Those who desire jobs on road
projects and who can reach any
one of the projects now under
way may secure a job by rogister-
ing at the office any work day
between nine a. m. and 12:30 p.
m.
About 70 men will be needed
on th© Hunting Creek road and
people in that section of the
county who can reach the project
daily are asked to register If
they want work.
Teer Gets Contract For Huntii^
Creek Road; Low Bid Was $140,744
Wllkesboro In
First Game With
Lenoir On Friday
Wilkeslboro Ramblers had
their first test of football Friday
night when they played Lenoir
under the lights at Lenoir.
The Caldwell nine, member of
the Western Conference and rat
ed far superior to the email and
Inexperienced Wllkesboro eleven,
rolled up a score of 47 to 0.
However, the Wllkesboro boys
fought gamely and gave promise
of better showing against team®
of thi^ calibre on future play
ing jfiites this season. Laws and
GarwMd were classed as out
standing.
Aske County Man
Claimed By Death
0^:Segraves, age 43, a reel-
dent^ the Helton section of Ashe
county* died Friday 'In th© hos
pital here and funeral service was
held at Helton Ohapel in Ashe
county Sunday.
_ Surylylng are his wife and the
following children: Anella, Louis,
Beatrice, Doughton, ESvelyn, Del-
mer, Landon and Kathryan Se-
Abo surviving :are fomr
hrothMB, Bradford, Wji^, BaxT
and Patti Segraves.
Chandler Brothers Get Con
tract for Structures
For $23,445.50
Nello L Teer, pronnlnent Dur
ham controctor, was low bidder
on grading and crushed stone
surfacing highway 116 from the
Wlkles-Iredell line to the Inter
section with highway 421 near
Wllkesboro. His bid was $140,-
744.10 for the section of 10.50
miles which will complete the
highway connecting the Wllkes-
boros with Statesville.
This Is considered a reasonable
bid and It Is expected that It will
be approved by the federal bu
reau ot roads.
Teer Is well known In this
part of the state, where he has
constructed many sections o f
highways and Is now completing
three sections of the Blue Ridge
Parkway In Alleghany, Wilkes
and Ashe counties,
He has modern machinery and
it Is expected that the section of
roadway will be completed in' a-
bont six months. ■
Chandler Brothers, of Virginia,
submitted the low^bid of $23,-
445.50 for structures, the prin
cipal one being a bridge across
Htintliig Creek
178,'
1.40.
the local unit of the Anxillayy
Friday night, 7:30, at the Legion
and Auxiliary clubhouse.
’The Department Commander
and Mrs. Fields will install of
ficers of the two organization*
and a large attendance is desired.
The program will be supple
mented by music and refreoh-
ments will be served.
Steal Flour From
Freight on Track
Two Colored Men Bound to
Court Here Today On
Larceny Charge*
’Two colored men were hailed
into city court here today on
charges of stealing flour from a
freight car on the Southern Rail
road tracks here Saturday night.
After the Incriminating evi
dence was reviewed Marshal
Dowell was bound over to court
and his alleged accomplice. Bill
Tldline, age under 16, was sent
to juvenile court.
Evidence pointed toward Dow
ell when police found 125 pounds
of th© missing flour in an out
building. He was arrested wist of
Wllkesboro (by Deputy S. U.
Reynolds Sunday and TldllM
was picked up in this city by po
lice officers.
Burglars Smash
Burglar System.
Belton,. S. C., Sept. 23.—^Burg
lars attempted to bnrgari*® tho
head office of a burglar abm
company hero early today.
Ignoring a large sign warning -
would-be Intruders that t h •
building was proterted by tho
company’s own device*, th* burg-.
lars went to work with a crow
bar and* Rhashed lu the froi
door, I
’The 'bedlam broke loose.
Sirens shrieked, hell* clangeA^i
and floodlight* flooded. ReallalBr'.
they had bungled tbdir burglary.^
tho burglar* fled town only a few
^tlng Creek. « jumps ahead ot the pbUoST
Te« was also low bidder for ■ -
coaitnietloh ot five inlte* on Wet weathyhm damMPSfe^ha .
rente 601 hetweea yeSlIcliigUte in Chtdhhm oounty, *«-j
and Mfc^vlUe, Us Wd being *pMing to K*l$h, • -
''•-Hi
jEurm agent.
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