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lUeich, Oct. 29.—'Attbntet' Gen-
ecai AJL roted today
dial the la^tt^yaant compensa
tion cOBuidadtaiiC^ioaU bngin die
paytamt of ^ biiiidBa JaMary 1,
19^, «MT soon tiwreaft» as ap
plications may be beard and deter
mined.
LAMBETH RETURNS
New York, Oct. 29.—Confident
there will be no European war in
the near future, Representative J.
Walter Lambeth, of North Caro
lina, reinmed today from Europe,
whne he was a dele^te for the
dedication of war memcwials. Lam
beth traveled through 12 European
countries. While admitting the sit
uation there is tense, he said “it
is not as bad as it was two months
ago."
PROJECT ON SCREEN
' Lenoir, Oct. 29.—^The story of
rural electrification in ■Caldwell
coonty will be placed on the screen
of the nation by the federal Rural
electrification administration,
Managrer G. F. Hessick, of the local
project stated yesterday. Joseph
Ro^rs of the publicity division of
the federal REA, has been assign
ed to write the story of Caldwell
county's rural electrification move
ment and its development.
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VOL. XXXU NO. 6 Published Mondays and Thursdays..
NOBfH WILKBSBORO, N. C., SlONDAt.' NOV.
I '“TTil - ■ ' -
11.60:
LOO OUT'
AmnudRed Cross
R(A CaO Begins
On Noyember 11;
Organize ForCdl
Committees Cither This
Week To Perfect Roll
Call Organization
EXPECT MANY MEMBERS
Wilkim Asserts Lost Fli^ Snrdye
Counting On Wilkes For
Usual Large Number of
Red Cross Members
THREE ARE KILLED
Hot Spring?, Oct. 29.^—Two men
and a woman were killed here this
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock ■when a
west-bound .Southern railway
freight train struck a lumber truck
at a crosisng. The dead are: Jack-
Rice, 60, prominent farmer of i
White Rock, in the Big Laurel sec. I
tion of Madison county; Hunter'
Hipps, young man of White Rock."!. |
and Grady Cutshaw, also of
White Rock.
FAIR BIG SUCCESS
Raleigh, Oct. 29.—State Auditor
George Ross Pou reported today |
that gross receipts of the state,
fair, held the week of October 11, j
would approximate |66,822. P^g
ures on expenditures were not
xe-
Wllkes chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross Is making plans
for the annual roll call to begin
on Thursday, November 11.
The chapter will 'perfect the
organization this week and an
nouncement will be mad© of the
various officers for the mem
bership campaign.
During the past several years
WSlkes people have responded
liberally to the call for Red Cross
members and In special drives
for funds tor the greatest human
itarian organization in the world.
The people now are aware of
the fact that the Red Cross is the
on© organization which stands
ready at all times to alleviate
distressed conditions and to re
lieve suffering.
It is expected that Wilkes peo
ple, fortunate in not being vic
tims of disaster, will respond
liberally to the membership drive
and do their part in building up
the national fund so that the or
ganization will be ready in times
of disaster anywhere in the na
tion.
.A part of the Red Cross funds
will be used in Wilkes county for
relief of the needy and destitute.
5^.'
Agods
HtUHmToPkui
&tenmii Activity
Extension Specialists, Coun
ty Agents and Assistants
. Gather Here -
YEAR’S WORK PLANNED
BROOKLYN . . . Lost amid Arctic wastes since .^igust 12, Sir Hubert
Wilkins, explorer, is confident the six ground^ Russian aviatore still
live, though probably stranded hundr^s rf milM fiom himan halut^
tion. Here Wilkins.is shown beside U.S.S.i^ pl^e tn which he and
party will wing ntHsflkMrd in second rescue flight.
Wmdy Gap Maa [General Shakeiqi
In NCSES Office
Here AimMiKed
Victim Of
Elzie Roberts Succumbs To
Injuries Received Wed
nesday Afternoon
i Changes Result Fram Merit
Examin^ons Taken Few
Months Ago
Kiwanians Lijoy
District Meeting
Elzie Roberts, 71-year-old res-1
ident of North Wllkesboro route |
3, died eaf*k. Sunday iu the; , .
Wilkes bosM trom injuries re-j A general shakeup resulting
ceived on Waanesday afternoon j from the merit examinations Uk-
when he is said to have stepped, en a few ramths ap
to the path of a car driven by a j nounced he» tdday in the branch
Mr. Johnson near his homo. | office of th©. Nortl f.aroliua Em-
He'Js survived by his -wite,' ^^^ice. All changes are
Mm^duie Roberts, and the fol-; effective
lowiXir'children: B. H. Roberts,, James M,;
of Cycle; Odell Roberts, of Jojes- head of tl
boro, 'I'enn,; Mrs. Jessie Ander- branch off!
son, of North Wilkeeboro route leghany,
3; Mrs. Ernest McCarter, of Un-jties.
ion Grove; and Mrs. Howard i R. L.
BlackweldM’, of Pores Knob. j wlt^the o|
Funeiuiii-aorvlce was held today la*
ih..
nderson remains as
North Wllkesboro
lerving Wilke.s, Al-
,ond Wataug.a coun-
.T'Who. has been
ee here since its es-
Ved
Plaimkig Meeting Is Aimnal
Affair Here For North
western District
Extension specialists, county
farm demonstration agents, as
sistant farm agents, home demon
stration agents and other exten
sion workers of the nortirtrestern
North Carolina district, composed
of 23 counties, gathered at Ho
tel Wilkes In this city Thursday
and Friday for their annual meet
ing.
The meeting is held annually
for the purpose of planning the
extension work for the coming
year in each county which has a
farm agent or home demonstra
tion agent.
District Agent Altman presided
ovor the general meeting, which
was followed by a series of con
ferences in which the agent and
assistant from each county con
ferred separately with each ex
tension specialist in order to dis
cuss the work needed tor each
county in each particular line.
Fourteen extension specialist
representing all the major types
of agriculture and horticulture
were here for the meeting. whBe
the county farm agents, assist
ants and home demonstration a-
gents numbered about fifty.
Agricultural authorities are
unanimous in their opinion rela
tive to the value of these plan
ning conferences because it gives
eMh county worker an opportun-
Wr to plan extension work in
every phase for the coming year.
L^pon Will M«et
On Friday Ni
Wllkaz putt’ Jkmertcan
Legloa, now in' tllV Amt ot the
annual memb«^^'''^rlT», ; wlQ
hold ita Nprember meting on
Friday night, November 8, 7:>0
o’clock at the Legion znd Auxil
iary clnbhouae. ;
The poet now has 62 members
and expects to reach its quota by
November 11. Every ex-senrlce
man in the coqKty is urged to
join the post.
November Term
Saperior Court
Now Under Way
V ,
Convened In Wilkeboro
This Morning With Judge
J. H. Clement Presiding
The November term of Wilkes
superior court convened in Wilkes-
boro this morning with Judge J. H.
Clement, of Winston-Salem, on the
bench.
The tert]f will continue for two
weeks with trial of civil cases.
Under the law it is permissable
to try both civil at criminal ac
tions at the November term bat
S^icitor John R. Jones deemed it
advisable to try civil cases only
because the civil calender is more
congested. Trying civil cases only
saves the county cost of a grand
jury.
Mrs. C. H. Somers
Claimed By Death
Funeral Service for Widely
Known Wiikesboro Resi
dent Tuesday, 10:30
Laimdies
Safety
h Wiflees Cfli
Comma' Wilw
Makes Fnblic Annovnetj^'
ment of CgmpidtgmL ^
STRESSES
EpUCAtlC^^
Safety Literature fFo.
Placed In Hands of-
Studenta, Workera
Mrs. Lunda Qtagham Somers,
Wiikesboro resent and a mem
ber of one of • Wilkes county’s
most prominent families, died
Sunday afternoon at the.Wllke3
$56,242.12. The state department
of agriculture operated the fair
this year. I.,ast year it was under
lease.
nual Gathering
JURY TEST CASE
Convicted of murder Friday!
in Guilford Superior court and sen-1
■fenced to death, Ben Sims, local
negro hotel manager, has hope of.
gaining a new trial becau-tie wo-^
men were excluded from the juryj
which found him guilty of first-1
degree murder. Judge William F.
Harding .sentenced the 48-year-old |
negro to die in the gas chamber j
at Raleigh December 17 for the ]
fatal shooting last September 6 of
Toy Shell, another negro. The jury
deliberated two hours and 35 min
utes before returning its verdict.
Delegates from the North
Wiikesboro Kiwanis club thorough
ly enjoyed the district convention
of Kiwanians from North and
(Continued on j)age eight)
Sflver Tea lihursiJky
|gl^ll9®who'SaB beei
'in tif© office here for
The Gardner Circle of the tbe^^fcwelv^ months, was ap-
North Wiikesboro Methodist PolntedYJunlor. interviewer for
church will sponsor a tea. to be ^^e Airy office,
given iu the home of Mrs. Bdd F. i Mrs. '^latherine A. Lott, who
(Continued ou page eight) (Coi^nued on page eight)
KVSnf T and was
ChnrclF here,* ^a'ch^'= for the j seriously ifl for several'days,
first time to the local congrega- j She was born in Watauga
tion Sunday morning. Dr. Tern- county, a daughter of the late
pleton will move Tuesday to Major Harvey and Nancy Anne
llutherfordton, where he was as- Miller Bingham. When she was
signed by the conference. I (Continued on page eight)
At a meeting ot tbo exefiutlv*
committee of the w likes .County.
Post No. 125, American X/eqloa
held last Thursday night, it WU
decided to Initiate a "Puhll*
Safety’’ Campaign in North Wll
kesboro and Wilkes county* diOS»
ing the week of November 3th to'
14th.
During t h e meeting, M f.
Frank E. Johnson, Commander of
the local Post, emphasized th*
large number o t automobfto
deaths and injuries 'W'hich hum
occurred in the United Stats*
during the past few years, total
ing 36,800 deaths in 1986, with
a possibility of the total reaching
38,000 this year. “1,026 men,
women and children were killed
on the highways of North Caro
lina and a large number of them
in our own Wilkes county. Added
to these are the thousands in
tie state and mure than a million
in the country who have been In
jured by automobiles.” He stat
ed that records of automobUo ac
cidents showed that only a smntl
percentage were due to mechani
cal defects, but that most of the
accidents occurred because of In
competent^ and unskilful driving.
This might be due to JnexperiMie*
and lack of training of the op*,
rator or it might result I>eca«a*
a good driver momentarily fatibd
to give proper attention to the
operation and control of his car.
Although the strlrt enforent^
ment of rules and
^"znmenfj
driving ddPSBdn tnrg
'koflal Interest In the matter and
a desire to excel in the “art of
driving.” To encourage this ton
terest in North Wllkesboro and
Wilkes county, the American L*
glon has sponsored this edno*
(Continued on page eight)
ODD FACTS IN CAROLINA
MISS STARNES HURT
Statesville, Oct. 29.—Miss Mabel
Starnes, associate secretary of the
Baptist Training union of the stab'’
mbsion board, Raleigh, who was
recently injured in an automobile
wreck, is a patient at the Davis
hospital here, suffering with a
fractured vertebra. Miss Starnes
was at work in this section of the
state, October 18, when the auto
mobile in which she was riding
■wrecked near Mocksville. The pre
liminary examination did not re.
veal any broken bones, but later
developments showed a fractured
■vertebra ■which hospital attendants
ehpect to keep Miss Starnes con
fined for six or eight weeks longer.
Home Agents Are
Kiwanis Speakers
Interesting Program Put On
At Meeting of Local
Kiwanis Club
An Interesting program featur-
g addresses by home deraonstra-
>n agents was carried out Frl-
y In the meeting of the North
llkesboro Kiwanis club.
n*i Holler, Wilkes county
agent, directed the pro-
im, which Included addresses
^rs. Willis, southwe^enl .die-
let home agent "Who talked -a-
>ttt home demonstraflon Wort in
irth Carolina: Miss Frances
BOregory, assistant 4-H club
rector, who discussed 4-H club
>rk: and Miss Verna Stanton,
irry cour ’ y home demonstra-
m agent. She discussed the
>me demonstration work In Sur-
connty.
speftkera were In the city
•Idw attending the annnal dla-
Ict planning meeting held here
Beginning with this issue
The Journal-Patriot pre
sents to its readers one of
the most popular features
appearing in Carolina news
papers.
“Odd Facts In Carolina,”
gathered and drawn by Carl
Spencer, of Salisbury, hag
proven especially popular in
the newspapers which have
used it since the feature was
inaugurated.
The Journal-Patriot was
fortunate in being ablp to se
cure this feature, which will
appear on Thursday each
week.
This feature is a collection
of interesting oddities from
all parts of North Carolina
and is assembled by contri
butions of readers of news
papers in which it appears.
Every reader of the Jour
nal-Patriot has an open invi
tation to submit oddities to
appear in the cartoon and to
give the feature added local
interest it is urged that ev
ery reader be on the lookout
for such odd facts as would
prove interesting.
Bring or mail your inter
esting and odd fact to this
newspaper but be able to
back up statements by posi
tive proof and a photograph
will, be helpful but not al
ways essential. Let Ug hear
from you. Who will be first?
Every contribution will be
turned over promptly to Mr.
Spencer in order that he
may place it in the weekly
cartoon if he deems it wor
thy.
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Funeral Service For Ag«d
Wiikesboro Citizen Held
Saturday Afternoon
Thomas S. Miller, for more than
half a century a prominent cithwa
of Wiikesboro, succumbed early
Friday morning in a hospital at
Sylva. He had suffered a stroke o£
naralysis a few days prior to hia
death.
He was 80 years of age. Bon
on July 2 , 1867, he was a .apn lot
the late Luther and ktzry^ Aim
Miller. ' A
During the latter part of his‘Rfe
he was traveling representative for
f he Herb Medicine company, of ;
Springfield, Ohio, and in that con- d
nection gained the friendship of ■
many people in varioas parts of
North Carolina and adjoining ;
states. .i
Through his life he took an ae- J
tive interest in public and civic'zf- 1!
fairs in his commanity. >/(-
He was married to Miss Ctan^
Rousseau, who preceded hnityllf
death. The children are as rd»y
lows:
Mrs. C. H. Pugh,' Gairtnras; W.
W. Miller, Wiikesboro; Mrs. P Jik
Shields, Scotland Neck; ’ Mr*. J,
W. Davis, Greenville, S. C.;- Krt.
W. E. Clark, €9iapel HIH# Jfiw.
T. C. Parker, Winston-SslOm^ Mn.
K. M. Clement, MocVsv'Pe; Mr*, .
1 Mack Clement, Gastonia; T. flL
iililler, Jr.; John W. Mfllev- Hen- j
Person; Mrs/ Marvin A.
Greensboro. Also sinviv^
two brothers and two sist^:
T. H. Leekie, Wiikesboro; Mr*. J.
F. Ward. Moeksville; L. L. MOIav
Mocksville and W. L. USier,
ston-Salem.
Rev. A. W. Lynch, Methodist,
nastor, condnothd .
service Saturdar atteriooit^
burtzl wu, to Ifoovtiitn
cwnetery. (3 '' ■
Pall hoMMcs were
derinan, N/Sipitlu^ - RL
Pharr, H. A. Ctoabr^, W.
Jndge Johnson J. L.
gamer, and B. J. Kwasdy.