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Its wteter clothes » few weeks
is admxwe et^jhls' ^stedlsM
'BstsiS
- riy^
tt'WM fesnd that the heavy,
rainfall Friday afternoor. and
earty Friday nlgh^ would
ca«ise a recurrence of the dis-
astrons flood along the Tad>
Idn but before midnight Fri*
day the temperatnre went into
a tail spin and the cold drove
away the rain and jdaced a
blanket of white on the Blue
Ridge, which can be aeen from
high points in this vicinity all
the way from Boartng Gap m
the east to Deep Gap on the
west, a distance of about fifty
miles.
The snow on the Bine Bidge
Friday night and Saturday
was the earliest in many years.
Oontlnned low temperature
kept the snow on parts of the
mountains until today.
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voi* xxxn, NO. 4^
published Mondays and Thursdays.
,.:'t I —
y, N. c.,
Ef|iectToPayFor
Ifi TSrk Lands
Before Jan. 1st;
Hearing Is Held
Rev. A.
Land Owners Told What
Steps to Take To Get
Mtmey For Lands
FRIENDLY PROCEEDINGS
Land Condemned In Order
To Facilitate Payment;
Over BjOOO Acres
100 .IDPtes Youths
Enrfl^Wehesday
For C. C. Service
Larcest Efarollment In His*
tory of^CCC for Wilkes
County Oct. 20
An even hundred Wilkes coun
ty boys between the ages of 17
and 2S enrolled Wednesday for
service In CirlHan Conservation
camps. I
This number exceeded the orig-' publication pa.sses the owners
More than 100 owners and oth
ers claiming interests In tracts of
land in tho Bluff Park area in
Wilkes aid Alleghany counties
gathered at ths federal building
In Wilkes boro Friday and Satur
day to hear Judge Johnson J.
Hayes Instruct them as to what
steps they should take to get
their money for Ithe land."! con
demned for park use purposes.
The 43 tracts of land totaling
more than 6,000 acres were con
demned by the government In
order to facilitate payment on
J the options, which were given
the government about two years
ago. The condemnation proceed
ings were instituted because the
titles were not acceptable to the
department of justice.
A total of $34,000 has been
deposited with the court by the
government to pay for the lands
I and as soon as the necessary time
Boston, Mass.
r.jr
Hk
inal q,uota for the county but the
welfare officer, Charles McNeill,
was able to place additional ap
plicants because several counties
di(L_not have a sufficient number
of eligibles.
The 100 from Wilkes included |
73 whites and 27 colored. They
were assigned to various camps
In the state but none were sent
to out-of-state camps, it Is under
stood.
The list of those who enrolled
Wednesday follows:
’’ White
VmUkin Cecil Welsh, Bodmer;
Jamee WilVlem Barlow, Boomer;
Woodrow Cox, North Wllkesboro;
Paul Bluford Adkins, Pnrlear;
Wayne Minton Farrington, Mc-
Grady; James Brag Atwood,
Cricket; Parma Wilmouth, Ben-
ham; Britt Wyatt, Vannoy: Ray
Vaughn Huffman, Congo: Wel-
horn Eudaily Minton, Jr., Wilkes-
boro; William Glenn Felts, Radi
cal: Mack Stamper, McCrady;
Thurmond Grecn Shepherd, Mc-
Grady;Coy Albert Huffman, Pur-
lear; Charlie Franklin Michael,
Pnrlear; James Bill Walsh,
Boomer; Jack Taylor, McGrady;
Edward Gordon Hayes, North
Wllkesboro; William Bonnie Hol
brook. McGrady: Fletcher Cal
vin Teague. McGrady; Christo
pher Clinton Minton, Wllkesboro;
Chadcift Lee PenEcU,- Boomer;
Joe Hampton Pearson, Wilkes-
boro; Fred Roberts, McGrady;
Claude Woodrow Billings, Congo;
Carson Walter Durham, Knott-
vllle; Jessie James Billings.
Halls Mills; Clay Holland. Jr..
North Wllkesboro; J. B. Higgins,
North Wllkesboro: Dean Forest
Bowers, Joynes; McKinley Ho-
bert Wyatt, Halls Mills: Charlie
Pruitt Royal, McGrady; Iredell
James Key, Mertie; Jack Handy.
Halls Mills; Isaac John Webb.
North Wllkesboro: Albert Lewis
Shoun, Summit; Huston Oliver
Absher, Roaring River; Walter
Wells Benge, Parsonville; Ottis
Loyd Johnson, Oakwoods; James
Fredrick Moore, Gilreath; Gil
more Edgar, Dehart; Charlie
Hall, ^ Dehart: Clifton Dewey
Spears, Summit; Bronoie Earn
est oiHSbHiii, .Cricket; Sanford
SturgU WatBon, Pnrlear: I/sster
Walsh Morley, Ferguson; Troy
Reynolds, -North Wllkesboro;
Roscoe Triplett, Ronda; Paul
Franklin Smith,
Clat» liiai,' Sails
Paul McGrady:
Church, Pnrlear;
Taylor, McGrady;
Benton, North Wllkesboro: Clay
Albert Harrold, Hays; Earl Pen-
derton Pearson, Boomer: Wade
Dewitt Blevins. Springfield; Hen
ry Noah AndoMon, Wllkesboro;
Carl Shephard, Vannoy; James
Claude WhHtlngton. Wllkesboro;
lack McCoy Billings, Hays; Lane
reme. Stony Fork: Ivory Wll-
ja. Rearing River; Thurmond
Larry Kilby, Boomer: Evoretto
Haghee, Summit; Smith
Boomer; Doctor Rolen
Boomer: Roy Harden
North Wllkesboro; Henry Dallas
Byrd, Wllkesboro; Vernon
lard, McGrady; Vem
Springfield; Breece Foy Brlnl^r,
Knottville: Zero Theadore
ay, Dehart.
Ooloved
Ttnhen Blackhurn, Jr., WUk«i-
(tOontianed on page elgnu^
StatQ ^ Road;
Mills; ' 'James
Coy Martin
Phil Alonzo
Hardin Jim
Russel,
Walsh,
Williams,
Bal-
Pruitt,
Han-
may begin to receive payments
unless titles are contested, in
which event the court will de
termine interest in titles. Park
service attorneys expressed the
opinion that payment for some
of the tracts can be made before
January 1, 193S.
The condemnation case was
presented to the court at the be
ginning of the hearing Friday by
District Attorney Carlisle Hig
gins and his assistants. R. Bald
win Myers, of Washington. D. C.,
chief of the land acquisition di
vision of. the .peeb. service, and
Sam P. Weems, director of park
development along the Blue
Ridge Parkway, were also present
at the hearing.
A few tracts in the 7,000-
acre Bluff park in northern
Wilkes and southern .Alleghany
were purchased by direct sale but
government attorneys ran into
various difficulties in abstracting
titles and found it necessary to
institute condemnation proceed
ings in order to facilitate pay
ment. Meanwhile park develop
ment work Is going forward rap
idly in the Bluff Park area.
ft •
Made up as President Roosevelt, George M. Cohan
opTned here in‘'"i’d Rather Be Right,” play burlesquing the New Deal.
Daring, yet so adroitly handled as to draw laughs from even Demo-
craH. Cohan’s part is actually named Franklin D. Roosevelt. In above
scene he delivers a “fireside chat” where he comes out for a third
term. In case you want to compare, insert at lower right is Roose
velt, himself. ~
OCf. 25^
^7 $i;50 IN "OT STATE^2,0d OUT OF THE I
M,EfCKHilWe
Rev.. A. W. Lynch Returned.
To ^Wilkesboro; 4*-
C. Gentry. Retnmd
Home Coming At Mountain View
School Sunday Well Attended
Holman Is News
Photo Editor Of
Associated Press
Former Wilkesboro Resi
dent Promoted In News
Gathering Agency
Schoolmasters In
Initial Meeting
Of Current Year
Edwin Holman, of .Atlanta,
Ga., recently appointed acting
news photo editor of the .‘south
ern division of The Associated
Press, is a son of F. G. Holman,
of Wilkesboro.
The new picture head was
graduated from Wake FVireat Col
lege In 1922 and Joined the staff
of The Winston-Salftm .Ji
a reporter.
Six months later he was named
managing editor.
In 1926 Holman resigned to
accept a position as city editor of
the Charlotte Observer, and the
next year he became managing
editor.
The former local man Joined
the Atlanta staff of The Associ
ated Press in 1929, and four
years later was appointed news
feature editor. • v
A year later, Holman became
division photo mat editor, and
held the position until several
week ago when he became news
photo editor.
Attorney Archie Elledge De
livers Address; Alumni
Elect Officers
Club At Mars Hill
. R. Spruill Elected Presi
dent; Athletic Program
Is Discassed
The Wilkes County .School
masters’ club in its first meeting
of the current school year reor
ganized and discussed a program
of extra-curricula activities for
the larger schools this year. The
meeting was held Tuesday
nlng.
E. R. Spruill, Ronda principal,
was elected president; J. L. A.
Bumgarner, of the Wilkesboro
htgh school faculty, vice presi
dent; Miss Helen Bostic, of the
Wilkesboro high school faculty,
secretary-treasurer.
Thirty principals and teachers
were prooent for the meeting. J.
L. A. Bumgarner led the Invoca
tion. A three-course dinner was
served by the Wllkesboro home
economics classes in the hall gai
ly decorated in the Hallowe’en
motif.
The club accepted the report of
a committee recently appointed
by the high school principals to
put on a testing program In the
4th and 6th grades of the fifteen
largest schools in the county.
An athletic program was dis
cussed and it was decided to al
low each school to make its own
basketball schedule and at a lat
er date some form of elimination
will be adoipted.
A report of the North Carolina
Education Association secretary
indicated that 212 teachers in
the county had joined the state
teachers association.
C. B. Eller, superintendent of
schools, was present and suggest
ed that the Christmas holidays
for the larger schools begin De
cember 21 or 22 and that the
spring term begin on January 2,
1988.
The students at Mars Hill from
various counties have organized
their clubs. Since Wilkes county
and several of the adjoining
counties have only a few students
in school there, they had never
organized a club (ten is the mini
mum membership). This year. It
was decided to organize a club of
the northwestern counties, con
sisting of Alleghany, Wilkes, and
Stokes.
Members from Wilkes are, Vio
let Erickson, of Wilkesboro: Mar
garet Hendren, of North Wllkes
boro; Madge Jennings, of Pores
.Knob; and W. T. Martin, of Ron
da.
Si'.nday was a red letter day for
the Mountain View community as
hundreds gathered for the all
day home coming and presenta
tion of a Bible and fla.g to Moun
tain View high school.
The gathering was well attend
ed by former students of Moun
tain View Institute and by mem
bers of several Junior Order
councils.
A highlight of the program
was numbers by the 2S-plece or
chestra from the Junior Order
orphanage Lexington under
the dlMtiOn of the principal,
who also
ion and
'-a-
boui tE'^bme. '
Attofaey Archie Blledge, of
Wlnston.:^lem, was the feature
speaker of the afternoon program
following the bountiful picnic
dinner. Mr. Elledge, now a prom
inent member of the Forsyth
county bar, is a native of the
Mountain View community and a
former student of Mountain View
Institute when it was maintain
ed by the-Baptist denomination.
His address, reminiscent of the
days when the institute flourish
ed, was well received by the
large audience.
The former students of the in
stitute and school formed an
organization headed by C. B. El
ler, Wilkes superintendent of
schools, as chairman, Mrs. Grady
Miller, vice chairman, and C. C.
Blevins, secretary. It was decided
that the home coming and reun
ion will be an annual affair.
In the Junior Order ceremonies
Attorney A. H. Casey, of this
city, made a very inspiring talk
and presented the school, now
occupying new and modern build
ings, with a Bible and flag.
Rev. A. L. Aycock, for * fouv^
years pastor of Race Street Meth
odist church! In Statesville, was
appointed by the conference in
Asheville Sunday as pastor of bbo
North Wllkesboro Methodist
church succeeding Dr. R, B.
Templeton, whol was assigned to
the Rutherfordton church In the
Marlon district.
Rev. A. W. Lynch was return
ed as pastor of the Wllkesboro
charge and Rev. J. C. Gentry was
returned to the Moravian Falls
charge. Rev. J. W. Hoyle, Jr.,
was reappointed presiding elder
of the Statesville district, of
which churches In Wilkes are a
part.
Rev. Mr. Aycock has served
the Race Street church in States
ville for four years and under his
direction th« church has ma4e
much progress, according to yfr
ports from Statesville and from
many members of his coegreftt-:
tion.
Some other appointments
which are of Interest hero in
clude: M. T. Smathers, presiding
elder of the Asheville district;
J. H. Armbrust, Main Street.
Reidsville; J. E. Hlpp, Marlon
circuit; R. E. Ward, Bethel-Falr-
grove; W. A. Jenkins, Elkin; A.
C. Gibbs, Broad Street, States
ville.
ByYadkj^
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ObMrres Th^ Yadfeitt
And Falls
Than Fornnwlf Jp
DAMAGE 15128(^000
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Lovely Augusta Wallace,
daughter of Louisville Times
Editor-Tom Wallace, proves Hol
lywood doesn’t monopolize all
stories that make ' chorus girls
dramatic stars in six short reels.
'Twoi seasons back, Augusta was
a Broadway chorine. Today she
bids for dramatic stardom in the
smash hit, "Room Service.”
Calendar Wilkes
Court November
Term Is Made Up
November Term of Wilkes
Court Will Be For Trial
of Civil Actions
Wilkes Chapter
Red Cross Will
Organize Oct. 27
Meeting ^ Will Be Held
Sample Room Hotel
Wilke« Wednesday
In
Attorn^*iri'H. Whicker, chair
man, Issnefr a call todiiy for the
annual meeting of the ■ Wilkes
county chapter of the American
Red Cross to be held on Wednes
day, October 27, two o’clock. In
the sample room of Hotel Wilkes.
'The chairman’s call for the
meeting follows:
“The annual meeting the
members of the Wilkes '^cohnjfy
American Red Cross will be rheid
In the sample room of Hotel
Wilkes on Wednesday, October
27, two O’clock, for tho purpose
of electing officers of the chap
ter and making plans for the roll
call drive which will begin on
November 11. All members
requested to be present.”
Mr. Ray Hemphill and daugh
ter, Miss Jean Hemphill, have re
turned to Columbia, S. C., after
?. visit with Mrs. Hemphill, who
Is a member of the Wllkesboro
high school faculty.
are
Singers To Meet
At Swan Creek
The Ronda singing convention
will hold Its fifth Sunday meet
ing at Swan Creek church Sun
day, October 31.
The meeting will open at ten
o’clock and all singers are Invit
ed to be present and have a
part in th® service.
W. H. Jones is chairman and
R. R. Crater Is secretary.
November term of Wilkes su
perior court will convene In
Wilkesboro on Monday, Novem
ber 1, with Judge J. H. Clem
ent, of Winston-Stelem, presiding.
Although It is a mixed term It
was deemed advisable to try civ
il actions, due to the fact that
the court is years behind with
the civil calendar; and that the
criminal docket Is In compara
tively good shape with but few
cases of major importance pend
ing.
Following are the names of
Jurors for the November term;
First We^
L. B. ’Triplett, Lftwla Fork;
.Wd G«rteK;;4|lih|i4B4B: C.' C. Kil
by, North WBkcibboro; - E. A.
Coleman, Somers;: ^Commodora
Phillips, Union; Thomas R. Par
sons; G. R. West, Edwards;
Thomas M. Osborn, Reddies Riv
er; Edward O. Souther, Somers;
Tyre W. Caudill, Ekiwards; Earl
Saunders, Wllkesboro; R. Lee
Combs, Lovelace; T. C. Foster,
Wllkesboro; Charlie Miles, Trap-
hill; B. L. Cleary, Wllkesboro;
B. L. Hubbard, Moravian Falls;
J. D. Caudill, Rock Creek; J. W.
Brown, Traphlll.
Second Week
, C. B. Mayberry, Wllkesboro:
J. S. Steelman, Moravian Falls;
W. T. Kilby, Jr., Mulberry: R. M.
Collins, Traphlll; Mack Sheets,
Union; L. D. Smith, Edwards;
T. B. Whitley, Rock Creek; J. T.
Brooks, ’Traphlll; T. R. Bare,
North Wllkesboro; H. E. Pardue,
WUlkesboro; Mansfield Taylor,
Elk; Martin Long, Walnut
Grove; M. C. Beshears, Jobs
Cabin; T. G. Walters, Edwards;
Reed Royal, Union; R. S. Wil
liams, Boomer; A. F. Whitting
ton, Union; Floyd P. Hendren,
Brushy Mountain.
Flood - Control BBl, M
Dam on YaJSMl
Wilkeaboro '
A dam on the Yadkin
near Wllkesboro as' a flood *o^
trol project was contained
flood control bill passed at--|Si»
last session of congress, it ^j|n
learned here Friday from
M. Bell, U. S. Army engineer
to make a survey of flood,
damage by the Yadkin fTueedajf.
Although local people had
been In the dark concerning tha
proposal. It was learned from
engineer that In 1930 a flood
control survey of the Yadkltt
was made by army engineers and
that a dam near Wilkeeboro waa
considered feasible. However, no
appraprlatioa has been made for
the project, he said.
Mr. Bell was sent her® by Col.
Jarvis G. Bain, district array en-
g;lneer at Charleston, S. C., to
make a survey of the flood dam
age and was Informed by high
way officials, the county farm
agent and others familiar with
the county that the damage by
the flood In Wilkes county alone
probably exceeded a quarter of a
million dollars.
His survey revealed that dam
age to dirt roads was general
throughout the county but there
were no major washouts or block
ed roads.
The damage to the corn crop
was heaviest and the rains Friday
afternoon and night increased
the damage by adding more water
to the corn soaked by the flood
waters Tuesday and Tucfday
night The corn crop alohiK
Yadkin and principal trilM^i^ii
in Wilkes is estimated tot- ; thla^^
year at a million! bushels, much
of which was badly damaged by
the flood.
Four Are
In Auto
-rf 'll
Car Driven By Wayne Yatea-
Crashed Into Rear Of
Truck oin Highway
Mr. O. C. Trlvette, of this city,
is a business visitor to Charlotte
today.
Fiddlers Meeting
At Millers Creek
Saturday, Oct. 30
Hight Profflt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Profflt, of Goshen,,was
th® only witness to the disastrous
crash of "Malnliner” against a
mountain in the Rocky Mount
ains last week.
Young Mr. Profflt left Wilkes
a few years ago to work for his
uncle in Evanston, Wyoming,
during the past several months
he has been herding sheep and
trapping among the Roc.fles,
where h® lives alone In a cabin
15 miles from the nearest neigh
bor.
'The Associated Press on Wed
nesday released Proffit’s d e-
scription of the crash:
Salt Lake City, Oct. 20.—A
monntaineer — only eye-wltnesft
to America's worst airplane dis
aster—told a vivid story today of
a transport pilot flying blindly
through a mountain blizzard,
then a terrific crash which killed
19 persons.
Hight Profflt, trapper from
northeastern Utah’s trackless
wilderness, said he saw the Unit
ed Air Lines 21-passenger “Main-
liner” barely miss towering pines
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ifiiiiiif-Tliiir
in his backyard, Sunday night,
watched the craft’s lights vanish
in the storm, then heard it
plough Into a granite ridge.
Elven as Profflt related his
story, bereaved relatives visited
a small mortuary In southwestern
Wyoming’s Evanston, Identified
and claimed the broken bodies,
shortly after hardened mountain
eers made the hazardous trek to
the scene of the wreck to recov
er the bodies. Relatives continued
to arrive throughout the night. A
United Airlines official said all
bodies will be claimed betare to
morrow.
A county-sponsored Investiga
tion of the accident, conducted
by Joseph Hopkins, coroner of
Summltt county, Utah, where the
crashi occurred, brought an of
ficial verdict that “dsath was by
accident.”
Further and more intensive in
vestigations will come later.
. Proffit’s emde pine-board cab
in sits near Hompy Greek in the
Uinta ^mtpidtaia^ 'If'miles south
of the Cheypnaji-Salt Lake city
air llnek
Sunday night Profflt heard the
hum of airplane motors, saw the
sleek airliner battling a blizzard
and a few minutes later heard It
thud a snow-drifted mountain
peak. He hurried through the
night toward the head of Humpy
canyon, and there lay the bodies
of 16 men and four women, scat
tered about the battered wreck
age of the elaborate transport. .:
Profflt headed for civilization
to report his find, hut by tho
time he reached the nearest
ranch, approximately 15 miles a-
way, searching planes had located
the wreckage and ground parties
were enroute to the scene.
Postal officials probed, about
In the SHOW today for tho few
pieces of mall still missing. Prac
tically all of It was recov#>red
yesterday and ttronght to '^alt
Lake city.
The federal bureau of air com
merce, state aeronautics officials
and the plane’s operator pressed
investigations in an effort to de
termine whether mechanical fail--;
ore or. adverse weather was re-
sponslUe for th® tragedy.
The Millers Creek Fiddlers’
Convention is to he staged Satur
day, October 30, 7:30 p. m.
All amateur and professional
musical talent in Wilkes find ad
joining counties is Invited to take
part In this musical program.
Appropriate prizes will be award
ed winners of first, second and
third places in the amateur con
test. A large number of amateurs
have already registered for the' yates and Osborne sustained mla-
Four persons were painfully
injured and miraculously escaped
death In an automobile-track col
lision about seven o’clock Thurs
day night on highway 421 eight
miles west of this city.
•The injured were Misses Alina
and Lucile Hayes, daughtei-s of
Clerk of Court and Mrs. C. C.
Hayes, of Purlear; Wayne Yates,
also of Purlear; and Archie Iiea
Osborne, of Wllkesboro. *'
A truck loaded with slabs and
driven by L. H. Ashley had hook- ^
ed bumpers with the rear of ik. !
pickup and after the two vehlclea
were untangled and efforts were
being made to start the truck
the car driven by Yates crashed
into the rear of the truck load.
A slab banging over the rear of
the truck crashed through tho
windshield and inflicted painful
injuries on the person of one of
the girls.
The Misses Hayes and the two
young men were brought to tho
hospital here for treatment,
where It was found that tIiei9.'JM-
jurles would not prove serfbnt, ;
although painful. ’They
turned to th^r homes. MMM'.
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convention and many more are ,r Injuries.
expected. Any one who sings,
throws ils voice, whistles, plays
any kind of musical instrument,
or dances well is eligible to enter
the convention. Those desiring to
enter should address a post card
to the principal of the Millers
Creek High School, Millers Creek,
N. C., at once.
A number of the most talented
professional entert a i n e r s of
Wilkes county have already been
hooked for this program, so those
who attend the convention may
expect a full evening of real en
tertainment. All those taking part
in' the .program will bo admitted
free. The public is cordially in-
trited to attend and enjoy this
program. Th® proceeds of the
program will be used to beantlfy
the Millers Creek school grounds.
'- Mrs. J. C. tooot and daughter,
fi. G. Finley, visited Mrs.
:^hoVs danghtMT, Mrs. R. M.
'Poan$ in Charlotte WedModay.
The car, which belonged to Mr.
Yates, was badly damaged.
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ToHoIdSingii^
Bethany Qni^
J
The South side singing associ
ation will he held at Bethany
Baptist church, two miles sontk
of Gilreath postofflce on the
Brushy mountains. The singing
will begin at 11 o'clock a. m. on
Sunday, October 31.
All classes and^ qoartstn in.
Wilkes, Alexander, Ii^B^ an4.
Yadkin conntiss are corai^ In
vited to attend and q^en^he OmT:
with their elaasw and:
in the singing.! Dltthsf ARU he
served on' the grohods nt. Vk:S*
p. m. Evwyone is latKed te ear-
a fllled F. J.
Btttfl® ‘
jrr a fUlec
jMsDtttfl® Is piiis$ilMt oiT'the ae-