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At thetlira^SiodM
State Anthorit’es to Explain
ProTuions of 1938
Farm Program
tWCH INTEREST SHOWN
At Meetings Held nroagh-
ont the County During
the Past Two Weeks
Gayly
%nt Christm^ HMys
Street HoEday
lights May Be
h Use Tuesday
Fights Aatu
gent
■j'f' ^
IHQS Seals
cReuujcs
CrlVOCtR,
livSTr nlW
T
farm
aide me
farm^
the eos
Saturday,
As a ellmax to an educational
gram to acquaint fanners with
of the goTernraent
for 1938, a county
to which every
tTited will be held at
bnse in Wllkeeboro on
December 11, begin
ntnrat ten o’clock a. m.
Daring the Past two weeks
County Agent Dan Holler and L.
W. IfUlart^ clerk of the soil con
serration association, have been
fining appointments in various
communities in order to let the
fanners know wks^io expect in
wny of government aid lor
coming year.
Mr. Holler said that attendance
many of the meetings have
»n beyohd expectations, indicat
ing a maximum of interest in the
program the government has to
offer for the coming year. They
have shosm an active Interest, he
said, and'4id not hesitate to ask
questions'relative to any provis
ion they did not thoroughly un
derstand;
3Hie meeting to be held at the
courthouse Saturday morning will
be along the same',lines but there
will be state authorities present
to gjve a>ithorltaf!ve information
ahot^ the new program* which is
designed to afford greeter. heno-
4.V;
Decorated Stores and At“
tractire Window Displays
Add to Holiday Spirit
program whl^ wflit en-
a'tinner to plan^hls opera-
tldos many months in advance
and manage his farm to secure
the maximum in cash benefits
•‘and incidentally to bring • about
greater improvements in the soil.
The opinion has been freely
expressed that Wilkes farmers
should cooperate fully wi’b the
program.
MOM Wins TO
r' SHOP
Mrs. Lonnie Kflby
Succumbs; Result
Of Wreck hjuries
Vannoy Resident Victim of
Wreck Three Weeks Ago
On Highway No. 16
Funeral service was held Fri
day for Mrs. Grace Kilby, wife of
Lonnie Kilby, of Vannoy.
She died' Wednesday niglit In
the hospital here from injuries
received in an automobile wreck
three weeks ago on highway 16
near Millers Creek.
She was 21 years of age, a
daughter of Ed and Dora Darnell
Dancy, of Vannoy. Surviving are
her parents and husband.
Funeral service was held at
the church near Vannoy and the
Roe Chhreh, who was said to'
Through the cooperation a-
mong the business people of the
city, North Wllkesboro streets
are rapidly taking on a gay holi
day appearance and it is expect-
j ed that the street decorations will
I be completed and the lights may
I be ready to turn on Tuesday.
The value of adequate holiday
decorations is not to be denied
and the merchants and other
hnsinees men of the city who
made street decorations possible
have accomplished something that
will be appreciated by local peo
ple and the thousands who will
visit the city during the holiday
S^A30H>
And while the spirit of Chrlst-
nas is beginning to permeate the
atmosphere and thoughts turn to
the most joyous holidays of the
year, North Wllkesboro merch
ants have prepared to serve the
people of the rapidly expanding
trade territory as never before
and amidst a holiday atmosphere.
Many North Wllkesboro stores
have already made the holiday
decorations and several windows
reflect talent In arranging hol'-
day displays.
The wide variety of merchan
dise now ready for the holiday
trade which Is expected to get in
full swing this week htw van-
sa^alkers on the Public S]agxfrliiin are remind-
he rad flag shown above they. I‘mi|^t’’ dart across
CLEVELAND . ^ , *
ed that by using the „ ,
'the street agamst traffic lights. It’s all a part* of a traffip safety
campaign to reduce the mounting number of attfo dCathe.
Public Weased Wmi
Traffic Light System
POSTAL REClam GAIN
Lenoir, Dee. 3.—Postal receipts
for the first 11 months of 1937
ara showing a gain of |2,S07.04
over the corresponding period of
1936, Postmaster N. H. Owya
stated, t^ay. Postal reraipts .for
the^ii£rat 11 months of tbe year
yl^iptailed $37,886.77 as compared
‘ SHlh $33,687. 73 for 1936.
AmericanL^on {Went Into Use
District Meeting' Here Saturday
Will Be Held Wednesday
Night at Taylorsville;
Aaxilis^7 to Meet
The annual conference of the.
15th district of the American Le
gion, which, comprises the posts
of MooresvillS, Statesyllle, Tay-.
lorsvllle. North Wllkesboro, West
Jefferson and Sparta, will he held
at the .itiexander SMM gt Tay^
lorsvilie Wednesday.^lght, De^
Pedestr'ans Urged to Walk
With Lights; Vitdators
Wni Be Given Tickets
The newly installed traffic
light control system went into
use in North Wllkesboro Satur
day- ,
The lights were turned on at
two IntersectlpBS on D ^street Prt-
and on t^isrday the'corner
Latl'^wsOf.
Staht.^Na^
Toll-Briefly
CAPT. BRISTOL 101
Morganton, Dec. 8.—Capt.'W.
Bristol celebrated his lOlst
birthday here this afternoon and
filled in high spirits before a
eri>wd of 20O Drho attended a par
ty given la his honor by th*
United Daughters of the Coated-
erecy.
EFFINGER GIVES UP
Lima, O.; Deo. 8.—Portly Vir-
gll F. ‘‘Bert’* Efflnger, 67-year-
old accused head of the Black le
gion, surrendered here today to
tiglit charges of criminal syndl«
calism filed against him in Mich
igan. The f»ld former electrical
contractor tku; ended a 15-month
period' of triteness since he
waUfc^ ",.out'> of an extradition
hearing in CoWmbus oh August
26, tfkf;,! and disappeared.
NORT^f? CAROLINA IITH
WaShWgton, Dec. 3. — Pive
states improved, their population
ranking lu the last yeadi^-jthe cen
sus he^a roiled to^. the
bareao*d'estimate'of population
Ezteiuion SA#vteft O? #««.•-
~ Home
COST
For CamOj^
Paid br Slim*
oral GovpntBMNIIp^
,1'j
Wllkes county bomnl'hi ^
missloners in December sessKte
today paved the wvd^or a JtOB|a
demonstration agent tor .WiHMt
county. - **
Under an agreement with
state extension service tbe ^eiim-
missioners agreed to ap]||ropiMa
$600 as 'the county's part of ^
cost for the fisesl^yesr to beite.
on July 1, 1938.
It Is understood that the Sk*
tension service offered a horn*
demonstration agent to t^Ukea
without cost to the comty.nntQ
July 1 provided the county ooik-
mlssloners would give assurance
that an appropriation of . $600
would he made for the next fis
cal year. In other wordsJthe homa
demonstration agent would he
furnished to the. county fdr it
months for $600, ' ^
Since It becamo known a few
days ago that the services of a
home demonstration agent could
be available at such low cost and
for six months at no cost the Po
mona Orange, Parent-Teacher as-
Bociatlona and other civic organ-
igatlbna eadarsed.. the pvqpoaal
on Pl»e^ Hos^ commisrioa-
have been drinking and was the
driver of the car which collided
with the one driven by Kilby,
was arrested by State Highway
Patrolman Carlyle Ingle and is
being held o n manslaughter
charges.
large
North Wllkesboro has a trad
ing territory with population
equal to that of many of the
larger cities and in order to jus
tify this trade expansion the
merchants have prepared to fill
the demands of all the customers.
Two Are Injured
In Auto Accident
^Millard Johnson and Charles
:;iiii^eui. Jr., of Ashe county, were
Apple Recipes
-Now Available
The United States department
of agriculture is aiding in the
movement to publicize apples and
painfully injured Sunday when to boost the demand for the king
Iheir car left highway 16 near
Jumping Off place and crashed
into a tree .about 140 f^t off
the roadway 1»n the side of the
mountain.
Johnson and McNeill were
brought to the Wilkes hospital,
where they are receiving treat
ment for their injuries.
rs Homes Burn
Lt Moravian Falls
Residences of R. Don and S.
R. Laws Destroyed By
Fire Last Friday
of fruits throughout the nation.
It is a part of a national drive
to make people “apple conscious’’
and Wilkes county Being one of
the leading apple producing cent
ers in the nation it is expected
that local residents will show con
siderable Interest.
In fact it is hoped that they
will show interest to such an ex
tent that local consumption of
apples will show a marked in
crease.
And in order to facilitate this
apple publicity the bureau of
home economics In the nation’s
capital has issued an attractive
booklet of apple recipes which
tells how to use apples in dozens
of delicious dishes.
These booklets are available at
the office of the county agent or
. by writing to Bureau of Home
j Economics, U. S. Department of
! Agriculture, Washingrton, D. C.
Fire late Friday afternoon de
stroyed the homes of R. Don
Lews and Sbafter R. Laws and
-threatoaed the destruction of the
entire village of Moravian Falls.
Tt -was the second time in
three years that the home of Mr.
Laws, publisher of the national-
known Tellow Jack'/t, has been
•troyed by fire.
f|P6!; v'** discovered about
;80 and had gained much head-
IW- under the roof. Defective
'wring'was thought to have been
.0»e cause.
A wind fanned the
lirom the home of the eld-
r Mr. Laws to the home of his
'and efforts to keep the fire. ^ , v,
Veetra«;||^^, reeidence.a rnember ot a trio whdeh consplr-
'^re In valm^^wfed also carried
m Ura to the roof ta tb» Baptist
'Ahtth hat people of^th^. com-
yjsr'e'aUe to extinguish
"010 ^ the'sparks
d1^ roof
Foil Plans For a
Moonshine Run
Officers Cut Up Large Out
fit Near ja County Road
Before Liquor Is Made
Sheriff C. T. Doughton and
Deputy Odell Whittington foiled
plans of moonshiners for manu
facture of holiday liquor one
day recently near Shepherd’s
Cross Roads.
The still, a modern outfit for
manufacture of illicit beverages,
was located within 20 steps of a
much traveled road in that vicin
ity but was well hidden by under
growth.
Four operators fled from the
scene when the officers approach
ed but there were no indications
that liquor had been made. Ap
parently they were well prepared
for extensive operations, having
made excavation for 12 mash
boxes (boxes are placed in the
ground to prevent freezing 1.
T.'A. Finley, of this city. Many
state, officials of the T.,egiott,
Auxiha^ and the 40 and 8 will
be in attendance at these meet
ings and Interesting programs
have beeq arranged.
The banquet will be at the ho
tel dining room for the thrae or-
ganizatjions, and will he follo-srad
by a program which will feature
an address—by. .the State Com
mander Hector Blackwell, of Fay
etteville. Many liegionnalres and
Auxiliary memVera. ot this place
expect to attend this meeting.
The 15th DistrIcC, according to
the District Commander P. G.
Wright, of West Jefferson, is
leading the state in percentage
of membership.
All Legionnaires and Auxiliary
members who expect to attend
this banquet and meeting should
notify Adjutant John Hall. Phone
223, not later than Tuesday aft
ernoon, so that reservations can
be made for the local delegation.
'be >Iae(^ Ji' w today.
Altliongh“f»fflO;' lights were
new to North Wilheshoro and to
many-who nee the streets, little
confurion result^ and apparent
ly the lights ^Ined the approval
of all coneerned.
Mlemhers pf the police force
were stationed'at the principal in
tersections and, found it necessary
to stop but few drivers for wlo-
latlon of the signals.
Police Chief J. B. Walker said
today that he hoped that pedra-
trians would more generally walk
with the lights. It was apparent
Saturday that d' great many walk
ers disregarded the lights. Chief
Walker sdld that the lights were
for the safety, and convenience of
walkers as well as motorists and
urged that people refrain from
"Jay Walking.”
He warned that tickets will be
given drivers who violate th©
traffic signals and'that they will
be cited to court
Comity Welfare Officer Cdminends
W. P. A. House Keeping Aid Project
The Wilkes county house-keep- th© project get started. Any one
who has anything to loan nr do
nate that will help furnish a
kitchen, Jiving room, breakfast
room or bed room, will please call
-Mrs. Pearl Rhode* telephone 170,
Have your (^stmas Seals been ^^liig for children In ' sickn.
ing aid project Is set up for the
P’urpose of giving work to women
eligible for WPA employment
who can b© better housekeepers, ^
coarws In farnfUrfe of tlie project, or lie
tacked away in some nook or
cranny? Why not get them out
and pay for them and 'aae them?
‘DIAMOND BOB’S’ HELPER GETS
TWO YEARS ON FORGERY COUNT
Wyatt Pleads Guilty to Forgery Charge In
Davidson County and Implicates Bob
Vannoy and Odell Key
Odell 'Wyatt, who said he was
ed to print and forge over $1,000
! worth of checks on Montgomery
. Ward & Company, was sentenced
in Davidson county court at Lex-
* ington Friday to two years in the
of the home furnishings''P**^
e of R- Don I-awa on‘
his car brought about his arrest.
Wilkes officers aided in the
search for "Diamond Bob" an^
Key bnt they have not been lo-! from a physician
and In. health, bedsMe care, feed
ing the family,.and all problems
consacted with the rufinlng and
management of thh homo.
Housekeeping aids will have at
least two weeks training before
they are sent out to give free
traihlBg’and service to nrady
famlllea' certified for relief by
the p.nblic xielfare department,
where Illness, hllndnees, death or
infirmity make it impossible for
the housewife to e«xi7 o® the
work of the home ^thout extra
help. HousekeejHng aids Trill not
attempt to handle health prob
lems withouL.written instructions
Virginia each jumped a numfidr
to 26th .and 2.6th, wUne Kansaa
feR from 26th to 27th.
KILLED IN CRASH
Banner Elk, Dec. 8.—One man
was killed and two others seri
ously injured early tonight when
a truck and light coupe crashed
head-on between Cranberry and
Newland. Lum Sluder, 30, of
Newland, driver of the coupe, was
killed Instantly. His two com
panions, Coy Calhoun and Gurney
Calhoun, both of Newland, were
hkdly hurt. They wer© brought to
Grace Hospital here.
F. D. R.’s GUM SORE
Miami, Fla., Dec. 3.—President
Roosevelt decided to cut three
days from his vacation schedule
today and to start for Washing
ton tomorrow due to what he de
scribed as delayed healing of his
gum. 'The chief executive had an
infected tooth extracted Novem
ber 18. Ho absorbed much poison
from the doable pocket left by
the extraction and one of these
openings still was draining some
when he left Washington Novem
ber 27 on his fishing cruise on
which he hoped to regain
strength.
rimr provided Uie 
Stratton agmit's - kfniiio
satisfactory dvripA^ thej
mo'hths’ period.' ' ' • .
County Farm Demonstratloit
Agent Dan Holler commsitted ffeT-
orably on the action of the corn-
missioners today, saying that
apppintment should rasnlU
more complete extension seryiije
for the county. ^ ' ;
The proposal yyns offered * thA
county by Miss Armelia Arant.
district home agent, who was In
Wilkes a feif days ago.-
’The appointment has not beau
made hut it is expected that  lift -
eztmislon service will make .
pointment before January 1.
City Auto Tags
Are Now On Sale
City License for 1938 Sold
At License Bureau
Mrs. H. C Land on '
s
tele-
Public Welfare Department,
Thone 340.
Legally consUtsted agencies
sponsoring the'house keeping aid
project are as follows: the de
partment of public wpjfare, the
public health) dwartment, the
board of ronnty commissioners.
City offIclals and local civic clubs
are requested to act as co-spon-
sors.
The house keeping aid' project
will reach homes In Wilkes coun
ty where the training given wlU
help to raise :0ie standard .of Jfyi
la^, th»^ vork^; T^l ;t«»ch ,,' tliA
ben^ts of ciewnlliiew aad'bwtar
the
rf^lt floor were saved and all
.farnlshings of the home of
SOB wdra carried out 1b time.
t>^ damage amounted to
tboasand doUara.
.sinaU. fire track of the
difiett
to tifi Tb
the'
scheme.
Wyatt said that he and Odell
Key. also of th© Vannoy section
of Wilkes, had the task of pass
ing the checks while th© leader of
the gang. Bob Vannoy of the dla-
moBd^deal notoriety, had charge
■ot th(t chedk printing.
’Vfildi'Antoraft a plea of gnU^
gl^Bervlce station attendant
Ucense nnmber Vunoy and Key.
cated.
After Wyatt was taken and
before he made a confession im-
.pllcating Vannoy and Key offi
cers from cities where the checks
had been cashed went Immedi
ately into the Vannoy commun
ity. Incidentally they met "Dia
mond B(d>”, Who was not at that
time under suspicion, and asked
him at length abont who might
j>e cashing the forged checlu.
K^tmliy lesumed notl^ag.,
offlcera h«XB»! hUMLdo)
bpeh UMwgpeufnl fB tHslr efforts €hidn, i
The housekeeping aid pre ject is
designed to further- community
welfare by giving IntMUgemt con
structive training and. Service'?^ to
thora’ who'ara not phjU^ly or
finandaHy able to ttsip- ’ them-
selyee.^and its «i^8 M depend
ent’msjulnre on com-
support,
he. loeid;#d fii jJWtihack the
tits
CONFERENCE FAILS
, Washington. Dec. 3.—Confer
ences seeking to end labor’s two-
year internal war apparently col
lapsed tonight with the failure of
WHlUm Oreen, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
and John L. Lewis, bead of the^
Committee for Industrial Organ- the automobile and track
ization, to reach an agreement in
the second face-to-face meeting.
No plans for further conferences
between Lewis and Green or be
tween subcommittees of a group
named by each organisation to
attempt to negotiate a trace have
been scheduled.
‘CALDWELL HEARD
...Washington, Dec. 8. —The
^gsd adjourned until Monday to-
Aakcln the middle of the tohaceo
North Wilkeeboro resident aU-,
tomobile license tags are now OB
sale at the license bureau Ib
charge of Mrs. Henry Landon..'.
For the convenience of the
torists contract for sal© of Mia
city tags was awarded to theJUc-.?
ense bureau. The buyer may pw^/
chase the city tag alobg with .sU)^
tags which are^now ob. ssla aijjl
this means quite a eoBvenisuea-ia:.
ers. . r ...,. ?"
The city license plates are-of
the same color as tbw,. 19,38. sfi|la.,
license and the cost is one ' dot*.
lar for each antomobile or tru^
The law reqhlrss-tBai idl eai(
trucks owned hf sity
display the 1988 pit?
January 1.
^ Rslnrtvo to this section 8
HriHg, motheif so traln*4 wffl number of' perfecting ' amend
able. to train ttelT children ^ h» have already boon adopted
better cltlxoni^tkq .houra .keep-1 ^ Instance of ReprMentetiTe
Jng aid Wojeot.tt ) Mancoek. Harry B. Caldwan, ipao-
mnnlty welfare endeaviy^lt tar of the 8late'Oranga,.retnriia#
reaching Influanea, aad ««6|^ ‘!to Wta4»lngtoB today and con^ap-
the suirport' ot an Pnl)l^ M^ Hance^ and with
cltlsens who are , Intereste^^^ln jj,,, cooloy. ? a member /ot ' fto
community hbttormsnt;
1
iHo ''Wfettoborov; Wrimt-
Mn. Mo^
Edi^^ Wmif
v-rV
■tp*:
Sveeceeds W. R. CraR as
parviMT
Him in'Ti^'tkifmtleg
—- ■'
Mrs.
ag|^ltnra commlttaai ragarding dent «d' tl^«l0ii|:j|« Rim
the tobacco yrav^on. snporvlspr^of «dnlt .aad'
Is'Supporting this, prov^on;, but
not in Iripopathy wlUi dlf thW
i^Sl^OhwiseoMatton wiU hold Its prtnclphw whloh afford Ua baois
spSca *^haa * raraiar, mop^iy meeting. Thurs- of th* b%'8acratara-'W;al-.
ndnoafioa,^ lA - Wta^Md
aa^ asaatlos, ' . tt
. Mm. litoore-SRssaeds.
led to
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