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PATROL RADIO WORKS
Raleigh, Nov. 9.—There will
be no formal dedication ot the
state’s new highwajr patrol po
lice radio system. A. J. Maxwell,
commissioner of revenue, said to-
diay the five radio transmitters
had been operating suecesstnlly
on a 24-hour day basis for the
. last two weeks.
ONE DEAD; ONE HURT
Windsor, Nov. 9. — Roger
Pritchard, young white man, is
in the Windsor hospital in a seri
ous Condition and his father, Oal-
Pritchard, Is dead after
^h'eck on the Aulapder road, near
Windsor, Sunday night. The eld
er Pritchard died of a fractured
skull after he was brought to
the hospital. The boy has a brok-‘
en collar bone and concussion of
the brain.
FARMER MISSING
Wilson, Nov. 9.—^hief of Po
lice John R. Gurley announced
here today that a search had
been started for 28-year-olrt Leon
Barnes. Kenly farmer, missing
from hls' home the past week.
Barnes, police said, was U.st seen
when ho brought a load o! tobac
co to the local market last Tues-
‘^'dttr'Ne trace of the man has been
Local Landmark
Is Being Razed
Old Frame Hotel Building to
Be Replaced by Modem
Service Station
Old landmarks, old customs
old methods and other things ot
the past vanish in the face of in-
dustriai progress and time
pnarcbes on.
This week on^ of the few land
marks of the days when North
Wilkesboro was a new railroad
terminal town is being razed.
Workmen have almost completed
the task ot tearing down the old
Kensingtdn (Gordon) hotel on B
street.
The spacious frame building
was the principal stopping place
when North Wilkesboro as a town
was a mere struggling infant.
Perhaps if the dirty walls could
talk they would tell interesting
things, some amusing, some tri-
rial and some with such import
ance that they affected the hls-
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VOL.
"xixn,.
NO. 9 PubUfdiMi
and Thttnadaj^^^jt^OB®^
Lawi to Be Tried
b Federal Court
To Begm Nov. 15
i
Judge Hayea To Preside Ov
er Term Beginniag In
Wilkesboro Monday
MANY CASES PENDING
Raids By Federal Officers
Add Large Number To
List of Defendants
Pall term of federal court for
trial of criminal cases originat
ing in Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe
and Watauga counties will con
vene In Wilkesboro on Monday,
November 15, with Judge John
son J. Hayes presiding.
Ninety per cent of the cases on
the usually large docket consist
of alleged violations of the reve
nue lawa and the making or
transportation of illicit liquor.
Few cases involving other crimes
are awaiting trial.
Successful raids by federal of
ficers since the spring term of
federal court in May have result
ed in the capture of many per
sons at stills and several have
been taken in the act ot trans
porting the illicit products of
the moonshine plants.
Althougti the docket contains
in the neighborhood of 100 cases
it Is expected that It will be clear
ed during the term. Only a small
number of civil cases are pending
trial.
Patrol Cooperates
b “Safety Week”
Corporal Carlyle Ingle Sets
Out Five Qualifications
Good Drivers
Corporal Carlyle Ingle, of the
State Highway Patrol, in a letter
to Commander Frank E. Johnson
gave a strong endorsement of the
American Legion’s Safety Cam
paign this week. His letter fol
lows:
“The N- C. State Highway Pa
trol will be more than glad to co
operate with your safety cam
paign. It will be a great help to
the motoring public in making
the highways of N. C. safer for
travel.
“It is a pleasure to do my part
to endorse the campaign and
tliink it will help the people of
0ElveToS^«{^ ;
At Baptist Sbte
CtHivention 17th
Local Pastw To Deliver Ad
dress On “The Church
and Social Wrongs”
Roy, Eugene .Olive, pf»tor of
the First Baptist church of North
Wilkesboro, will deliver an ad
dress on Wednesday afternoon,
November 17, before the , state
Baptist convention in wiltatng-
ton..
The subject of Rev. Mr. Olive’s
address will be “The Church and
Social Wrongs.’’
The convention will open Mon
day with the pastor’s conference
and continue through Thursday
night.
f drive safer and
most thriving little cities in the'
Tarheel state.
the
But like others .of the oldest
buildings in the city it is being
removed to make room for busi
ness progress.
'The property belongs to A. F.
Phillips, prominent local business
man, and he plans the erection
of a modern service station to-be
leased to the Sinclair Refining
company.
save lives and property on
highways.’’
Corporal Ingle stated that
there are five outstanding quali
fications which will always be
found in 'Real Drivers”:
RESPECT: A real driver re
spects human life and looks upon
it as a sacred thing. He has a
horror of injuring or killing any
one, especially a child. He always
_ , .... u fl'ihks of the safety and rights of
The large quantity of rough |
KNOWLEDGE: A real driver
and finished lumber in the old
,.^,b«11ding has been purchased by
Shuba Queen, who will use it in
erection of a number of residenc
es north of the city. Much of the
lumber was said to be of excep
tional quality.
Parole Officer
..Makes Checkup
H^reaentative of Gill’s Of
fice InvQgtigates Each In
dividual Case
Mr. Ferrell, a representative of
knows his machine—knows every
part which, if it goes wrong, will
cause an accident. He knows and
obeys the rules of the road. He
knows the hazards of the road.
He knows human beings and is
prepared for those foolish and
reckless things which others are
likely to do.
CAUTION: The real driver
knows that caution and carefnl
driving always pay under all cir
cumstances. He keeps his mind
on his driving, looking ahead for
danger and always has hls car
under perfect control.
SKILL: The real driver knows
how to control his machine under
the office of Parole Commission-1 eonditlons. In an emergency
mil Urtn KaAT> -In XCnilr^ . . P>V4ALi/
er Gill, has been in Wilkes this
week making Investigation of
each Indlridual on parole, it was
learned today from Charles Mc
Neill. welfare officer.
Mr. McNeill said that those on
parole are i^nlred to report
once each month to the welfare
.office and.that they remain und
er conditions of parole until
*, granted a pardon. There is a mls-
nndesatandlpg, he said, which
leads some people to believe that
.’thei, parole Andh-with.’the e^lra-
iiuntain Lions To
Play Ai Mbi^anton
North Wilkesboro high school
football team^wUI Journey to
■iMorganton Friday- aftertioon for
'their annual clash wl^h the North
Carolina Schorb »saf team, a
menrber of the Weatam cooftfe
.a
he keeps cool, thinks quickly and
acts Instantly.
PiRIDE: ’The real driver takes
pride in driving without acci
dents. He is proud of hls skill in
handling his machine under dif
ficult conditions.
How do you measure up to
these qualifications of a “Real
Driver?”
Wilkesboro To Play
. Maiden High Eleven
■ Wilkesboro high school foot
ball team will be host to the
Alaiden. eleven on Wilkesboro
field Friday- afternoon, three o’
clock. A good game Is anticipat
ed.
. «nes
Some improvement was report
ed today in the condition of Mrs.
M.I. G. Kirkpatrick, who has been
111 in a Statesville hospital during
iS|^ past several days.
Improve Front
Of Hotel Wilkes
Hotel Wilkes, the city’s larg
est building in the business dis
trict, has Just installed a beau
tiful neon marquee, which adds
much to the good appearance of
the front of the building.
Wl.STICE DAYi f9Jt
IN TRE STA;i»^2.60 (
“m. - ■ ■
otimjarTHg ffTi
- %£
St Paid'l
riM
Ch^h
^ Rejr. Robert,E. jOUBMA, BfSiop
of tbA'Diocese of Western. Kdrth
Carbllna, will make his annnal
[..visitation to St. Paul’s obhrpii>
Wilkesboro, on next Sandajr, No
vember 14th. Vesper service will
be held in the afternoon at four
o’clock. Music will bo rendered- by
vested choir and Bishop Orlbbln
will preach, and administer the
rite of confirmation. Members of
the congregation are reanested
to be preeent. Visitors and friends
are most cordially Invited to'at
tend this service.
Ten ti^ousanS sotiiers -WsF. an'ij
tfe snoefw® crosje? m
Tct tfeusamH voices cljarif An
*preseiV6 we 5We nfe or v* aB Iievh 3ie3 in_^in.^
Legion Armistice Day Message
During the World War there
were about 30,000 American sol
diers who lost their lives in ac
tion, and now nineteen years aft
er the signing of the Armistice
there are more folks being killed
on the highways of America In
one year than were killed in the
war of 1917-1918. Last year the
total was 36,700 and for the first
eight months of 1937 the total
exceeds the same period of 1936
by 2,270. On this Armistice Day
shall we declare an armistice on
highway accidents or shall we
fight On to make the highways
safe at all times? Whlchl shall it
be? The following article by Wm.
F. McDermott is most tliiely:
“I Am The Dead”
I am the dead- One year ago I was the sleeping? infant
in arms, the frolicking child, the rolicking youth, t^e lab
orer rushing to his v^ork, the mother at her shoppftg, thB
aged person with faltering step.
Today—37,000 strong—I lie in my grave. c];i]U3he
broken, lifeless. A year from npw, 37,000 will j^n
in the eternal silence of death.
You who opened wMfe4^et.th^#lft-^i5j^;
ingly through the city streets^—went i^-?f>lindlxig
speed across county intersections—who laughed and
shouted before the tire blew or the curve loomed sudden
ly ahead—YOU sent me 37,000 strong to my doom.
You who wove in and out of traffic—You whose brakes
were faulty—You who wove in and out of traffic, the
swine of the highways.
You who passed on a curve or a hill—You who turned
on blinding lights—^You who benumbed your brain with
booze.
I am the dead. To you I cry out from my grave for
mercy to others before they join me. WILL YOU ANSW
ER?
The Wilkes County Post of tho our wish for the people of Wilkes
National Offices
Of WPA Approve
Street Project
Plan to Begin Work When
Sewer Line Project In
City u Completed
Begin Wilkesboro.
School House Job
Monday, Nov. 22d
County Advertises For Bids
For Materials In Ten-
Room Structure
American I^eglon wishes to thank
everyone for their whole hearted
support and co-operation during
our second annual Safety Cam
paign, and on this Armistice Day,
County is “Safety on tho High
ways and Byways” for all time.
FRANK E. JOHNSON.
Commander Wilkes County Post
No. 125, American Legion.
Monday, November 22, has
been set as the date to begin
work on the ten-room school
building as addition to the pres
ent school plant In Wilkesboro,
it was learned here today from T.
D. Heffner, division engineer.
The county board of education
today advertls(.,d for bids for ma-
.erlals to be used in the stmc-
;ure.
Si
oTfgf mtfi
In this sectltm and ,’ . ,
mor*" nearly, .adequate , facllftlee
for the large school.
The ten-room building will be
in the rear of the present build
ing and will front the street
parallel with the west end of the
present building.
The federal government will
furnish approximately two-fifths
of the total estimated cost of
$35,000.
A large crew of WPA workers
will be used to make excavation
for the building.
Notice of approval of a project
calling for Improvements of sev
eral North Wilkesboro streets has
been received from national WPA
headquarters, it was learned here
today from T. D. Heffner, divis
ion engineer.
Included in the project is
widening of Forester Avenue and
crushed stone surface on several
streets in the eastern end of the
city.
The total cost of the project la
approximately $19,000 with the
cost split almost fifty-fifty be
tween North Wilkesboro as spon
sor and the federal government.
Mr. Heffner said that accord
ing to present plana the project
will be undertaken as soon as the
sewer line project In the northern
part of the city Is completed.
Work has been progressing on
the sewer project In the Finley
Park development for about
three weeks.
Horse Found In Drift
Trappers found a good sized
black horse with bridle on in a
drift left by the high waters of
a few weeks ago, near the mouth
of Roaring River.
Man Wbo Shot
Father Taken
Koonce Prevette, Last Of
Jailbreakers, Taken Near
Call Monday Night
Koonce Prevette, last of four
prisoners who escaped from the
Wilkes jail in May, was captured
by Sheriff C. T. Doughton and
deputies at a farm home near
Call Monday night.
Prevette, who fled from jail
before he was tried for shooting
and serioasly wounding his
er, was found in the bed
and offered no resistance. He will
face trial in the March term ot
Wilkes criminal oonri.
Sheriff Doughton was nccom-
panied at the arrest by Chief
Deputy Odell 'Whittington, Depu
ties Winfield Nichols and Rob
Mathis.
It Lodked Like This 19 Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hollar, Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Pardue motored
to Winston-Salem and High Point
Sunday.
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE . . . The first Armistice Day was greet
ed something like this. Today we fw’ Elpt and pauM in homge to
those whose names mark white crosses in Flan«lers Fields. 19 years
ago these Doughboys were glad the War 'To End War was ov^ T^
day new war scares make millions wonder, can all this .happen agsm
Alert Poultryman And Deputy Get
Two Accused of Stealing Many Eggs
Odell Whittington, chief
Wlllkee depnty sheriff, told today
of the arrest of two men alleged
to have been Implicated in whole
sale egg stealing in the vicinity
of Reddies River and in other
communities.
The men w.ho were arrested
near Reddles River.
Eggs in cases were stolen on
two Or more occasions from Mr.
Vannoy’s poultry houses and
after the first theft was discov
ered he began the practice of
writing hls name on the bottom
of each case before he tilled it
were Robert Church, of Cricket, with eggs.
and Robert Bauguess, of near Chief Deputy Whittington was
Wilkesboro. Both deny any con
nections with the loss of eggs
from Fred "Vannoy’s poultry farm
tipped'^ with inforinaUoh which
indlM|^ that the eggs were be
ing smdiiat'Beoite and be went
to a dealer there the day after
the eggs were taken from,;.;,,^to
Vannoy’s and found the ta^to
bearing his name. The sherl^M
Watauga county was askeif W
pick .up the men on their next
trip, which was only a few days
lator.
- It was learned in Boone that
Church and Banguees had soM
-large quantities of produce ’Urere.
Woman’s Club To Ifeet
North 'Wllktoboro senior wom
an’s club will meet Monday aft
ernoon, three o'clock, at the
homo of Mta. J. R- Hlx with Mrs,
A. B, JoUni*in, Mrs. Ralph Dun
can and Mrs. 8. V. Tomlinson as
sociate hostess^.
Niswonger And Gardner
Plan Visit to Apple
Growing Section
M. E. Gardner, head of horti
cultural research, and H. R. Nis
wonger. horticulture specialist
from State College and the ex
tension' service, are expected to
visit Wilkes this week to select
a location for the orchard re
search laboratory to be erected
at some point convenient to
Brushy Mountain orchardlsts.
The 1937 legislature made an
appropriation for establishment
of a laboratory and research sta
tion, with provisions being made
for a capable man to head the
station.
Carl E. "Van Deman, with many
years of orchard management ex
perience in Now York state and
as extension specialist in Ver»
mont, was selected by the exten
sion service to head the station
and has already begun hls duties,
having spent several days In
getting acquainted with local con
ditions affecting the apple indus
try.
Spring Surprise
On Ladies’ N^ht
The program committee has
not divulged any details concern
ing the program planned for Ki-
wanis Ladles’ night Friday, sev
en o’clock, at Hotel Wilkes but a
few hints dropped here and
there indicate that there will be
a surprise in store for club mem
bers and lady guests.
Each club member is asked to
call the secretary of the club, T.
E. Story, and tell him the num
ber of reservations to be made.
Roll Call Canwaaa
To B« Mtiifo..
Than Prewiop|l3f||
CANVASS HERe'^TcS^AY
Everybody In Comnty, fcCbr*-
en Opportnnity Jo.sSl^
tribute Dnring
The annual-Red jl^osjkRoll
Call, with Rev. Eugene OSve aa
General Chairman, baglnec.. today
(Thursday) ..rSurriy there
need for presenting the caiHM and
importance of this ydrtljr:'ergi-
nation to Wilkes Cowtfy flllbea>-
We have had many oppoftanitiea
within the past few yea» to wit
ness the direct benefit to our
people and the relief of distress
and suffering of some of our
folks. May we remember that
fifty percent of every dollar rais
ed for the Red i Cross remains
right here In Wilkes county and
is expended where needed most.
During the past five year*' hun
dreds of school children ■ have
been supplied with life’s necee-
sities and thereby been able to
continue their schooling. The
Roll Call in our county would be
eminently worth while If no other
work were mentioned except that
that has been done for the health
and convenience of the school
children. This Is certainly one
reason why the citizens of the
county, rural and urban, should
cheerfully answer tho Roll Call
this year. It is with pride that
mention Is again made ot the
fact that the first individual in
Wilkes county to answer the
Roll Call this year was Edgar
Miller of the Edgewood commun
ity, The people in toetim
oi theSF
soliciting in this communities.^ It
is felt sure that the respo'nm will
be most gratifying.
The Roll Call began today and
will continue through Thanksgiv
ing Day. During that period of
time many of the citizens will be
solicited for their membership,
but if you are not solicited do not
wait, but see one of the county
teachers if you live in the county,
or one of the committee named
below If you live In one of the
towns, and hand In your mem
bership fee. Mrs. H. B. Smith is
chairman of the house to house
canvasing committee in North
Wilkesboro. She has an able
corps of workers who will make
a thorough canvas of the resi
dential section. Rev. Watt Coop
er is chairman of the business
district of North Wilkesboro. C.
B. Eller is in charge of the can—
vaslng in the county school sys
tem. T. E. Story iS chairman of
the Wilkesboro canvas, including
the school.
The canvas of the industrial
plants will be made this ’ week.
The usual fine cooperative-, spirit
is expected. The Carolina Mirror
Corporation has already made its
canvas and answered the ’ Roll
CJall one hundred percent.' EJvery
employee of that organization bos
a membership card. W^ D. -H(alf-
acre, in charge of the easvas in
North Wilkesboro City ^kools,
has reported that the
have Joined one hundred freest.
Every citizen of the county will
be expected to do his ^rt'1^ Ibis
Roll Call. The American' Red
Cross has very appropriately'beeu
termed the Great Americeft
er, and if the accdmplishinentB'wf
the last twelve month# Me .re
viewed, the truto'ftnd Tbaljl^ Of
this naming of this ofgapizatlon
Is more fully .appreciated.'
Driverless Auto
..Crashes Into House
•A car driven by Donald Grifflp,
employe on the Blue Ridge
Batliw»y, bjt Spencer Rlchard-
ifoa’t car .parked pn D street Wed
nesday night and the crash
caused Richardson’s car[ to roll
down the street, across the inter-
BMtlpn and. crash^ into the
bpme'of Marshal Bauguees, caus-
Itojl considorable damage to the
car and the house. -
Griffin was arrMted and given
a hearing before Magistrate A. S.
Cassel this morning.. He was tax-
l^tBdMg and was fined f5
on * reckless driring charge.
Mr
Si^arlmdf(
B
Of^Ms' Malt* ' SneiM^fnl
Raids In Vicfautjr of 'W'ha-
dy Gap Last Week
Sheriff C. T. 'DdughtOn, Depn^
Odell Whittington and two fede^'
al officeriL' raided^ two lagie. dto-
Ullerlee
the lattorjtolt ot
In a^llloa to^ tSA
plaVits dad-vast ^aandtMd.
to«toh^^the VRIwn - a- to
ed with damages to‘ the car andl^ ^ t|9 gallons; ot Sd^head I
aw i^ng ^ roadside. ' .Nli’ arreata.'-'
treVe^Mde. ,