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BOY LOSES EYE
Maxwell Smith, 18, who had
one eye removed at Winston-
Salem Sunday night after a
firacracker exploded in his face,
win recover from the injury, hos
pital attaches though today.
Researdi: Statioii
Near Cnii^^oi^
Froit Growth To
Meet On Monday
TO FIGHT IN JUNE
Now York.—Don’t breathe it
to a Bonl, but Chicago has the
Inside track on the championship
brawl between Max Schmellng
and Joe Lewis next June, with
Detroit running a spirted second.
3T MILE
on City, Mo.—Missouri’s
gas chamber claimed
btim last night—a 100-
iig. rae pig died in three
ihuiutes. The state legislature
last spring substituted asphyxia
tion for hanging as capital pun
ishment.
LANDMARK BURNS
Snkin, Dec. H.—^Another old
landmark,, the ancieBt James
Oreenwoed home place, just west
of,/onesirtlle,■w^BS^ thdnced to
ashes this morning. ‘ The origin
e the Ore which quickly con-
^I'ootned the two-story frame struc
ture could not bo determined
since the residence had been va
cant some time. The property
had passed from the Greenwood
fan^ily having been owned for
some time by J. G. Ray, of
Jonesville.
Head Of Horticulture Divis
ion of State,College Will
Attend Meeting
ON HIGHWAY SIXTEEN
Is State Institution Estab
lished From Appropria
tion This Year *
/
TO ABANDON ROAD
Washington. — An examiner’s
report to the Interstate Com
merce Commission today recom
mended approval of a plan of
the Carolina and Northwestern
Railway to abandon 23.5 miles of
line from Lenoir to Edgemont In
Caldwell county. The present and
ra .future volums,,-. of
faseffMent to snurvMt-'
sued operation of the road,
examiner found.
FIRED IN DEFENSE
Shanghai. — Three American
p% survivors of the Panay bombing
arriving here today declared the
United States gunboat vigorous
ly returned the Japanese aircraft
fire and that the Panay was
plainly marked with American
flags. The survivors, two of them
Imdly wounded and the third suf-
f^ng from shock to such an ex-
he could not tell of his ex-
ence, were brought here by a
^anese plane from Wuhu.
Brushy Mountain Fruit Grow
ers will celebrate the completion
of the state research station and
laboratory at Kilby's Gap on
highway 16- with a meeting there
on Monday, December 20, two
o’clock, it was announced today
by Dan Holler, county agent.
Carl E. Van Deman, formerly
of New York and Vermont, was
placed in Charge of the station by
State College and the extension
service.
The station was erected and
will be maintained by the state
out of a $10,000 appropriation
for the biennium. Land on which
the laboratory was constructed
was donated by Caney Lowe, of
Pores Knob, and fruit growers
have raised funds for furnishing
the building In order that more
of the appropriation by the state
will be available for actual re
search work.
Arrangements for the meeting
opening the laboratory were
made jointly by Dan Holler,
Wilkes county agent, J. P. Le-
gans, Alexander county agent,
and the fruit growers associ
ation.
It is hoped that all members
of the association, non-member
fruit growers and all others in
terested will be present at the
meeting. Refreshments will be
served.
M. E. Gardner, head of the
huctMAMuiw, 4epa*$meat at
CCHbgb;
ing Monday.
The 1938 Soil Consetwatlon
program offers orchard men a
particular advantage and any
questions concerning this
gram will be answered at
meeting.
u -..-r
Can Sdll taugn
Washington . . . Secretary of
Agriculture Henry A. Wallace
doesn’t seem troubled about ru
mors that the new 27,000-word
Crop Control Bill is slated for a
Roman holiday in the Congres
sional arena. Meanwhile, as Con
gress lays plans for an orgy of
speechmaking, rapidly rocketing
retail food prices threaten to
bring on a virtual consumer’s
strike and Mr. Wallace’s Depart
ment publishes figures that less
than half of food-bbyer’s dollar
actually goes to producers.
4-H Club Members
To Meet Saturday
At the Courthouse
TS"
One Hour l^arlang
Limit priUnan^
Is Now In Erfitet
X h e .orA«i«|U9 recently
pflrr-ed byi the..bo«ca of dty
oonunlssloners llmltltig pac
ing on B street from Tmth to
Eighth streete Is »ow In effect.
pHlce Obitet f » E. WaUxT
today said tbat. idi cars wfao
violate the paridag mdinaiioe
will be g^ven tideeto. Paiktaf
iimita on other streets affected „
by the ordinance remains atT
two hoius.
Town' Or^iiaiiU^ '' Foriiicls
DangM’ons Prnctico On
Stroots ol’Citj ~
Takes USSR Post
(.911o.ptlBS ,ot firecrackers, al-
.wi^ a dangerous pjractice, will
tolerated ih.North Wllketk
«Oxb this holiday season, it was
learned today from .Police Chief
j. E.,-Walker. • . .
liiere'' is a eity ordinance
which makes if UBlawtnl to shoot
firecrackers and the pdtee has
served notice that the ordinance
will be enforced.
■Xa- \
0^' To J F/NL
Until Giri&b^
..--it
Local Stores Make-SRhoppinc
Center Claim''JttsHfiMl
In This Soetkn i" ^
STOCKS - COMPLETE
Street Decoratioaa ai»#.Wb-
dow D^idajrs Add to'Hol- ^ ,
idaj Appearafteaa
County
Mentis As^ed
To WiHies County
After leading the Southern
buster against the Antl-Lyuching
Bill, Texas Senator Tom Connal-
ly became the target of critics
who demanded , that Congress
“atop stalling on minor mattsn-
and do something” to arrest the
threatened "New Deal” Depres
sion.
Jease Giles, of Archdale»
Begins Wtark This Week
For Extension Service
Five Confederate
Veterans Survive
Com Show, Luncheon And
Movie Wfll Round Out
Achievement Day
Four-H club members in
Wilkes county will gather at the
courthouse in Wllkesboro on Fri
day, December 17, ten o’clock to
c^ebrate the annual Achievement
Moscow . . . Mme.' Pauline
Zhemchuzhina, wife of Premier
Molotov, and former head of the
perfume trust, who has been ap
pointed Vice Commissar for Food
Industries in the Soviet Union,
first woman in history of present
government to attain cabinet
rank.
Jesse Giles, whose home is in
Arcbdale and who completed his
course at State College Tuesday,
•has begun work as assistant
county farm demonstration agent
in Wilkes county.
He will be assistant to Dan T.
Holler, young man who was ele
vated from assistant agent to
agent following the death of
County Agent A. Q, Hendren.,
Mr. Holler said that Mr. ohes
has a good scholastic record and
came to Wilkes well recommend
ed by the college and the exten
sion service.
A home demonstration ageni;
for , Wilkes coWnty will be ^ap-
Grey Line In Wilkes Rapid
ly Thinning; Pensions
Checks Arrive
pro-
thls
BAD ADVERTISING
Raleigh, Dec. 14.—Governor
Hoey told members of the state
advertising committee today that
North Carolina should not seek
to attract new industries by
stressing "cheap labor.” “You
cannot build a great state on
pauper labor,” the Governor said.
“In the past, we have probably
gvited industries to our state be-
of our advertisements of
leap labor, but that is the type
of industry we do not want.
Making 2 Lines
Hot This Week
Pension checks to the rapidly
diminishing line of men who
wore the grey have arrived at the
efflce of C. C. Hayes, Wilkes
clerk of court, for distribution to
the five remaining Confederate
veterans.
The five survivors of the con
flict and the many - intervening
years are I. M. Crouch, of New
Life; R. F. Jarvfs, of the Adley
community: Ralplt O. Holbr^k.
of ftapklHr Rlcharjd «,
The holiday shopplnr season
is now in full swing and peopl*
of Northwest North Carolina uw
finding North Wllkesboro to - aa
ideal place to trade.
To more tboronghly Jnattty
the claim of “shopping ceatav cC
northwest North Carolina*' Jh«a
stores have stocked heavily .^(or
the holiday season with a wlAa
variety of merchandise to ffl|
the needs and demands of a largo
clientele.
And in order to be of maxi
mum service and to make shop
ping more pleasant and convea-
ient during the holiday rush the
Merchants Association memben
have decided to remain open un
til nine o’clock beginning Mon
day, December 20, and continu
ing through December 24.
, An invitation is extended, to
everybody in the trading terrt-
tory of this city to visit Nbrth
Wllkesboro and its bnslneao
houses before Christmas.^ ,
Attractive street demratiooa
and beautiful window and Inter
ior displays in various stons add
much to the holiday atmospheva
shd aid in. Disking the Chrtotmafs
Line To Caldwell County
And East on Boone Trail
Are Now Completed
BLAMES ROOSEVELT
Chicago. — Tom M. Girdler,
chairman of the Republic Steel
Corporation, tossed the cause of
the current business recession
back to the federal government
today with a| denial that capital
is sti0ifisg a sltdown strike a-
gainat "Its policies. In a sqieech
before 2,000 industrialists at the
annnni banquet of the Illinois
Mamnfactur^’ Association, Gird
ler declared American business
is ready and willing to start up
the road to prosperity again if
’ assured it will be let alone.
M. G. Butner, manager of the
North Wllkesboro branch of the
Duke Power company, said to
day that electricity is being turn
ed on two rural lines in Wilkes
county for the first time this
week.
The “juice” is now lighting
homes on the line extension from
Boomer to the Caldwell county
line On highway 18 and the line
on the Boone Trail east of Wil-
kesboro is completed for a dist
ance of about ten miles to Rob
erts’ mill. That part of the line
will be turned on this week.
Meanwhile work is progressing
on the line to extend to the
Clingman community and into
Windy Gap and will serve many
customers.
Another major extension to get
under way is the line from Moun
tain View to Traphlll. People of
th^ Traphill community are
meeting today to hear a rural
electrification specialist from
State College discuss farm home
wiring.
bave something to celeWiito. 5*111*
year one of the oatstandlng
achievements was winning two of
th© three first prizes offered at
the State Fair for county displays
of corn and a number of coveted
individual prizes.
In connection with the A-
chievement Day, which L. R.
Harrill. state 4-H club leader,
and O. F. McCrary, district agent,
will attend, will be a corn show
with prize.s offered for the best
individual exhibits.
There will also be prizes for
the best individual records for
the past year and the cash prizes
are being given by the North
Wllkesboro Kiwanis club.
Following the meeting at the
courthouse the club members
will be guests of the Kiwanis
club at a luncheon at Hotel
Wilkes and in the afternoon will
be guests of the Orpheum The
atre at the matinee show.
Achievement Day for Wilkes
county club members was inaug
urated several years ago by the
late A. G. Hendren, county agent
who .showed much interest in
club work, and will he carried on
by County Agent Dan Holler.
Thoma* E. Winn On In*pec-
tion of Government Agen
cy In This Area
. Thomas E. Winn, of Raleigh,
state field engineer representa
tive for the Works Progress ad
ministration, completed his in
spection of WPA in this area yes
terday.
Mr. Winn said that the WPA
in this area has a very fine rec
ord and has been doing some
exceptionally good work.
This, he said, is due in part to
officials and to a very good
corps of foremen who are ac
quainted with the type of work
to be accomplished and who are
able to handle relief labor.
At' Methodist Cfittrch
Four Jumbo Policy
Owners Of Life
Insurance Here
STACY APPOINTED
.Rslelgh, Dec. 14.—Governor
Hoey today appointed Senator J.
Benton Stacy, of Ruffin, to suc
ceed Oapus M. Waynick as direc
tor of the division of purchase
■’>. and contract. He will receive a
:^-«alary of $8,600 a year. Waynick,
who also was receiving $6,600.
d«eotIVe totaorrow
- ip acflwt »D eweathro - editorial
. ooeltioa with The SBgh Point
'iTtetorpgtoe. B^ore becoming pni^
ehnse and cpmract director, Way-
iilalt was chairman of the Righ-
nnd Public Works Commls-
Traffic S^als
Being Observed
InfSnt Dies
John Edward Mayberry, infant
of, tor. and Mrs. JBmest May-
.(j/iras born on December 2
OB Deeem *f ti. Funor-
was lelS at Shady
Police Chief J. E. Walker com
mented today on the splendid
manner in which local people and
visitors to North Wllkesboro
have been observing the traffic
light system installed a few
weeks ago.
The system was installed at
much expense to the city and of
ficials desire that people use and
observe them lor the sake of saf
ety and to facilitate traffic.
Chief Whlker explained that
there had been some confusion
relative to when to make right
turns. The law, he said says go
on a green light and that is the
Four residents of North Wll-
kesboro are jumbo policyowners
of life insurance, each owning
$50,000 or more, according to an
analysis made by The Lincoln
National Life Insurance Company
of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The a-
mount of insurance held by the
local owners of large life insur
ance estates totals $310,000.
These snbstahtlal policyowners
were reported in the prominent
patrons number of the Spectator,
Arthur F. Hall, president of The
Lincoln National Ufe said.
"The owners of these large
policies are, for the most part,
the business leaders of their com-
mnaity,” said Mr. Hall. “This in
surance guards the business in
terests not only of the policyown
ers but also of employees who
know that the sudden death of
their business heads would not
seriously affect the establishment
from which they gain their live
lihood.”
Sebastian ChiM Dies
Patty Sebaatian. five-year-old
regulations here. Rad means stop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. UrtU
he ,said, and no motortot shonld Sebastian, r dlad Tuesday and
nuAe a. turn when, the light Is.neral wha-hsM .Wednesday, aC
s^digfyd'etoafeli-Jfou sy-
red.
Welcome Home Baptist church. .
ChrUtii^’Carol
At First Baptist
In response to many requests
Rev. Eugene Olive, pastor of the
On next Sunday aftenioon at
five o’clock, the choir of the First
Methodist church will present
their annual Christmas program
of choral music. It Is th© desire
of the choir this year, as It was
last, to make this a quiet, wor
shipful period of devotion In the
midst of the celebrations of th©
Christmas season. Because of the
nature of this short service and
the music chosen for it, it is
earnestly hoped that all who will
come, shall be in their places well
before the hour, as the church
I doors will be closed when the
I candle lighting begins at five o’
clock.
The program is as follows:
Organ prelude—Cantlqne De
Noel. A French Carol.
Call to Prayer—The Lord’s
Prayer, Gregorian Chant.
■In Dulce Jubilo—14th Century
German Melody, Choir.
Th© Song th© Angels. Sang—
Stults—John Kermlt Blackburn.
Slumber Song of the Infant
Jesus—Carol from Franco.
Lo, How A Rose—A Carol
vetomw t&ere
widow* to' receive $150 each, two
class B widows to receive $50
eaebi and one colored servant to
be paid $100. The total for th«
six-months’ period In Wilkes
county is $6,062.50-.
Laurel Springs
Man Is Wounded
John Msrer* Shot In Abdo
men at Hi* Service Sta
tion; Taylor Hunted
First Baptist church, will read | from Germany, Womens Chorus.
"A Christmas Carol,’’ by Charles
Dickens, at the evening service
Sunday at 7:30.
Special Christmas music will
supplement the program. The
public is cordially invited.
Whence Com© Ye?—Italian
Folk Song, Quartette.
Gesu Bambino—Pietro Yon—
Women’s Chorus and Choir.
The Prophecy—Isaiah.
Choral Amen.
John Myers, citizen of Laurel
Springs, was shot and seriously
wounded at his service station on
highway 18 Saturday evening.
Alleghany county officers are
looking for John Taylor, alleged
assailant.
Taylor is said to have fired
two or more shots through the
window of the station and then
started in. When Myers appeared
he shot him, the ballet striking
the front of his abdomen and
ranging out toward his side.
Myers was brought to the
Wilkes hospital where his condi-
tioni is Improving. He has many
relatives in Wilkes who hope for
him a speedy recovery.
urged for the sake of their owfC
convenience to shop before, thw'
last minute rush. ’
And as the curtain falia on tha
old year in the holiday season
people of this great nation look
forward with bright hopes for a
good year in 1938 and the ad
vent of a prosperous era with
more force of stability than at
any time in recent history.
Few Accidents In
Wilkes Despite The
Sleet On Highways
Notwithstanding the fact that
a solid surface of ice placed roads
and highways in a most treach
erous condition Tuesday momiag
only minor accidents were re
ported in Wilkes.
Early Tuesday morning high
way forces scattered sand on
some of the curves and no doubt
this accomplished something In
prevention of accidents.
Chains were resorted to by
many motorists as a safety meas
ure while others without chsdns
showed good judgment by travel
ing very slowly over the ice.
Dented fenders were about the
worst casualties of the day.
Commissioners In Resolution Pay
Beautiful Tribute to A. G. Hendren
Wilkes county board of com
missioners in December meeting
unanimously passed the follow
ing. resolution of respect for the
life and services of th© late A.
G. Hendren:
“ “Resolvedf'’rhat we, the board
of county --.commissioners, al-
thounb. tacdjkJn. j^ing expression
to our thbi^ts and sentiments,
are neverthalee* deeply grieved
at the recent passing to the great
bOfoiiid efficient former
county agen^ A. Hendren, and
we take thft- opportunity to ex
press and'i^|peadr on these min
utes our. rvi^tod and nppreefation
for his goo&^'work in hto'^ds^rt-
ment over itjong period .of time.
Grant, ^ as
known'hr
and aeqi
those q:
sessefb.^
was, afte^ibiMtely
hosts of friends
icea, was. a man of
that ato only pos-
of the 'pnre in
^ .mons^SvaUe to
Mme in
and
agricultural opportunities for
Wilkes. In his passing we have
lost a noble and faithful worker
whose place will be hard to fill.
His energetic and diligent efforts
have wrought wonders in Wilkes
and will live long after him and
be a monument to his memory,
far better than any of stone or
granite. Above all, he was a no
ble, gentle, sympathetic Christ^:
Ian man whose life was so lived'
that his reward in the world be-'
yond is assured. ■'
“Resolved: further that a cer-
tiflM copy of these resolutions
be ttail^ by the cl^ of' this
board to his family.”
A resolntlon whs also adopted
as^g all county (rfflciato to re
frain (run irorUng.. at night It
possible. The jrea4^on was to^
the sake>f economy and fire pre-,
ventlon.
Carolina Blw Prtntora were a-'
warded eontiMt'for i^hoto^tliig,
indenln& and htadlng qll utopa In
the regtotor-crf dded’e oftlee' at
a eoat fttd. ■' ,
^ je
Local People In
Successful Hunt
Venison should be plentiful in
at least four homes following a
successful deer hunt near Fort
Bragg.
Beech Blankenship, Birse Bow
ers, Roscoe Nichols, Grady Hold
er and Ernest Eller returned
from the hunt Monday night with
four deer. The largest dressed
175 pounds.
Public Library
Hours Changed
J. The Wilkes County Public Li
brary is now observing the fol-
tqwlttg open hours: 11 a. nt. to
one P. m.; two p. m. to 5 p. m.
, The library is open five days
pM week and to closed on Wed
nesdays andThoradays.
gseftit'MairiSKeB
to iw^ iherb ' toan^
the past few days by Reg-
toth^L Deeds Old WUes to the
tol&ftmSbt P r an k 1 In., CandOL
Lawhi Springi^ and 5^ ' BI1-;
Ungh, MoGtoad)^
ton,' Nhsr Hopii and-^Pi
Otireath: B. J. ' Jdnnlnga 4bS
Kagglf BnteUioa, both of NWtil
WIHcMboro. . %
Lightiiig Contest
Judges Selected
Outdoor Lighting Conteit to
Be Staged Here; Wom
an's Club Sponsor '
Mrs. B. S. Call, Mrs. A-'-^R.
Gray and Mrs. L. B. Dula havw
been selected as judges for Uft
outdoor lighting contest - .Wng
staged in North WllkehborO' .ttg-
der sponsorship of.* the''. '.QjrillK.
Deipartment of the Woniah's ClilK
The contest is open to wftEWft >
and the homes ’Will -
the evMlng of December'ttiCilf’
the Judgosv -
A toUl of $16 in' e«|A: jniwB ' *
was furnished by the local hfaiMli
of the DiAo Power conuUBlg and
the priaea wBl far ftaCt
IJS.OO for second ami $$•$$ for
third. ' “v-j,
Mrs. C. 6t McNlei la sha$$aiaw ,
of the conUfst oommttlaa
be dad tofnrdib^-rphainiiatg
centaJntodlll^Atoil'.tqd^^’
outdoor 1ti^ dt'Mjpto.:Whd
dow dtoi^ %M liil£ idv
noao. who
booled aiU'-'
totoiihom 1ft.
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