itli
yp. 24 . PiibUdwiK^y^^d
Thursdays.
vMm
7an; 6;i98« iiJ;^
ff ■
tjftid Bn^
mvn
Ralelsh. Jan. 5.—
non resigned today
of the state
BIG DSEBNSE SUM
'Waahlnt^n, Jan^5.—Presi-
dcut Rooeerjit- wUed Congress
tojsgr fqp»^feeerd peacetime na-
"tlnflu^^Iense appropriations of
tMl,300,000, and simultaneous
ly began shaping a request tor
eren greater funds.
ROBBEiD OF $25,000
I Guthrie, Ky., Jan. 6.—Three
mashed men critically ■wounded a
negro postoftice messenger, shot
down the chief of police f nd fled
here late today with a m.ail bag
containing $25,000. The men
drove quietly up as Arthur
Mimms. 42, postoffice messenger,
walked through an open space
ebout too yards from the depot
where the money was to be put
on a train for Louisville.
-T. A. Wil-
as chairman
industrial commis
sion, In accordance with a "gen
tlemen’s agreement” among com-
lion members.
TREE SILLS FARMER
Burlington, Jan. 6.—Caught
1>y a falling tree be was chopping
^^tnrn in the Salem church com
munity this morning, Joseph
TT’’right Thompson, 45, farmer of
'Baw River route 1, met instant
'death.
a*ANY ARE HELPED
..Ralegh, Jan. 6.—Payments of
beOK^ts in connection with two
-salons of 'North Carolina’s so
cial secnrlty program reached a
now high during December when
1868,390.83 was distributed to
8^782 needy aged and 11,998
dependent children, a total of
32,780 recipients.
[ThfiUct
Demonstrator
Order by Board of County
Commufdonera Soys She
Will Bofin February 1
PROVIDE FOR CLOTHES
WANT ROAD FUNDS
Raleigh, Jan. 6. — Governor
io*^ made pnbllc today a letter
to Secretary of Agriculture Hen
ry A. 'Wallace in which he as
serted any curtailment of federal
aid road funds would “very ser
iously interfere with the whole
road program in North Carolina.’’
The governor pointed out that
the 1837 general assembly ap
propriated $3,800,000 in state
inds specifically to match- fed-
>rai''ald road funds during the
,938-39 fiscal year.
BE IN RED BILLION
Washington, Jan. .i.—Presi
dent‘Roosevelt forecast a bilHon-
dollar deficit for the next fiscal
year today, and he warned the
■mtlon that two grave uncertaiu-
tles—foreign troubles and the
relief needs of the unemployed-
may Increase that estimate. 'T
refer si>eclflcally,’’ he said in bis
annual message transmitting the
bndget to Congress, "to the pos
sibility that due to world condi
tions over which this nation has
no control, I may find it neces
sary to request additional appro
priations for national defense.
“Furthermore, the economic sit-
natl(*i may not improve—and if
|-it 1^ not. I expect the approval
of Congress and the public for
additional appropriations if they
become necessary to save thous
ands of American families from
dire need."
aeiHERLAND RETIRES
,. lHa^ngton, Jan. 6.—Associ-
etBj.ifyir**’*'* Ceorge Sutherland
anl^Macfd his retirement from
fttgfwauB court today, giving
yr«rident Roosevelt a long-await-
^ ^opportunity to increase the
MUtls "liberal’’ faction to a de-
yaMabie majorityl Four of the
^^tning members — Stone,
jjly^ideis, Cardozo and Black-
baw habitually espoused a lib
eral interpretation of the constl-
tending to confer wide
powers on the federal govern
ment Instead of restricting them
to the letter “t* that document.
of that
4a «pi^ad to he appoint
ed >y'lb*. Pwldent, who has en-
wgged in'rep^ed battles with
abont the -way In which
'■ffhM. constitutlqn should be Inter-
yrated. This app^fatment would
,\iire tl|* liberal group five of the
'gov’t's nine members. Aside
■ ,theee five, Chief Justice
.and Associate Justice
hnye occasionally sup-
|iie liberal and oeeasional-
ve side. Tboy
uce of power,
gblngton wes it,
the new appolnt-
James Faw Dead
After an Accident
Gwyn McN8^H«M
cident Ci«c; i Hlfh Spb®d
and Drinking Charged
James Faw, 42, resident of
the Mountain VaUey commun
ity on Reddies River, was hit
and killed on highway 421 on
Cotton >1111 Hill west of tliis.
city 'Tuesday night by a car
driven by Gwyn 4High Power)
■MeXeill, of .Millers Creek.
Coroner I. M. Myers investi
gated the accident and the jury
said Uiat Faw was killed by an
automobile driven by >IeXeill
at a high rate of sx>eed and
while lie was under the influ
ence of liquor. He was ortlered
hold for superior court under
bond of JSl.OOO.
According to the evidence,
Faw was walking westward a-
long the highway when he was
hit by the car driven by Mc
Neill, who was alone, and that
the Ciir traveled about 6.5 yards
uphill before it stopped after
t’aw was hit. Death was instan
taneous and his body was bad
ly crushed.
Faw was a World War vet
eran, a son of Mrs. Lottie Faw,
with whom ho made his liome.
Funeral 'ud burial service was
held Thursday, 11 o’clock, at
Mountain Valley churcli.
Incidentally, the car driven
by McNeill was the same car
which hit and killed Mrs. Lon
nie Canter a few months ago
within 400 yards of the place
Faw was killed. However, the
car at that time was driven by
Murray Whittington.
.OOOUTOFTHBj
^T«-L0CAL BRAN£» (ffFlCE
$23^7 More TaJem In On December \31-
Tfaajfi Qta Same l>ate Li^ Y^rCorret^
Increase Other Dates 7
— M INI rii A,-_ >;
Fifty Dollars Appropriated
For Purchase of Clothes
to DoUie the Poor
Miss Harriet McGoogan. ol
St. Paul’s, was appointed home
demonstration agent by the
Wilkes county board of commis
sioners la January meeting. 'The
appointment is subject to ap
proval by state authorities.
In accordance ■with a proposal
by the extension service Wilkes
county was allowed a home dem
onstration agent with all costs
paid by the state and federal gov
ernments until July 1 this year
provided the county commission
ers would agree to appropriate
$60C as the county part for the
next fiscal year beginning at that
time.
Miss ^IcOoogan, according to
the order by the commissioners,
will begin her duties in Wllkes-
boro on February 1.
The board itt meeting Monday
ordered $60 be provided for the
purchase of cloth by the welfare
department. The cloth is to be
used in making clothes for poor
and underprivileged in the coun
ty.
Various routine matters were
transacted by the board, includ
ing reports and auditing of
claims. All members of the board,
R. G. Finley, chairman, M. F.
Absher and Leet Poplin, were
present.
Philo Vance, super-detective,
who has lived on a thousand
screens In the persons of such
noted stars as William Powell,
Warren William and Edmund
Lowe, will solve the Kidnap Mur
der Case for readers of this news
paper in the new serialized ver
sion of the famous "snatch” mys
tery starting In these columns
soon. Above is author S. 3. Van
Dine as he appeared In New York
when the story contract was an
nounced last week.
Stocldiolders Of
The Northwestern
Bank to Meet 11th
Will Hear Report ofi Bank
and Elect Officers For
The Ensuring Year
Automobile and truck license"
tags sold by the Carolina Mo
tor dub UsoKSe bateau here
for 1088 shotr a substantial in
crease in number and revenue
over tbe sales ef tbe same date
last ysur, Mrs. Heniy Taiid«n,
In charge of 'die bureau, said
to^.
The lasgest day’s business
iv:is on December 81 when
$11,008 was cidlected for over
700 Ucense. On the same date
last year the bureau collected
$8,701. This represents an in
crease this year of $2,887 for
one day in spite of the fact
that automobile license were
reduced from 40 to 35 cents
.per hmidredwe*ght and . that.,
there vvas ». flat redactfcm of
$4 eadi on price of pleknp
tags.
Although crowds thronged
the bureau m the 81st sad on
January 1 the bureau accomo
dated the motorists with but
few unable to get their togs
when they called. A preponder
ant number, of titles idowed
operations to some extent but
the lines were rapidly cleared
as they formed ewen on the
busiest day, December 31s^
A similar increase was re-
pMted in the sale of Nortti
WiBtesboro city tags, which
are also being sidd by the Car
olina Motor CInb.
For
I
The first annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Northwestern
Bank, which opened July 1, 1937,
as a merger of the Deposit &
Savings Bank here, banks at,
Sparta, Boone, Blowing Rock,
Ba.kersville and Burnsville, will
be held at the Northwestern
Bank building here on Tuesday,
January 11, 11 a. m.
Announcement of the meeting
was made here today by bank of
ficials. The Stockholders will
hear report of the bank and elect
New Students In
Schools Of City
tv, D. Halfacre, superintendent
of North Wllkesboro city schools,
said yesterday that 18 children
had enrolled for the first time
since schools reopened Monday
following the holidays. This indi-|
cates that new families have j
moved to North tVilkesboro,
The school will reach midterm
on Friday of next week and stu
dents are now looking forward
to midterm examinations on
Wednesday afternoon, Thursday
and Friday.'
Spanish-American
Vets, Auxiliary
To Meet Saturday
A joint meeting of Camp num
ber 13 Spanish American War
Veterans and the Ladies Auxil
iary will be held at the court
house in Wilkesboro on Saturday,
January 8, at 1:30 p. m. Instal
lation of officers and other im
portant business will be carried
out. All eligible men aiid ladies
are urged to attend.
Engineers Propose to Straighten
Ra^oad Cros^ h This City
Tiie proposal to erect an over-l Mayor McNiel and members of
head crossing over the Southern | the board of aldermen have ex-
Rail way at North ' ®*}^->|.essed much interest in the pfWi.
highways 421, 18 Ahd 18 has beeir^- -
“But I didn't raise my boy to
be a pug!" insisted Momma Baer
when reporters called to verify
the news that It was an eight-
pound heir at the Baer home In
Oakland, California. Poppa Baer
seems highly pleased with his job
of hanging out the family wash
and declares that he Is undecided
whether to go into training for a
ring come-back or wait and let
Little Baer take over the crown.
Report of Public
Affairs Group of
Club Interesting
Important Committee of the
Kiwsuiis Club Outlines
Some of Achievements
abandoned
(Ureetar8.-''.Fl»ifeiaA JiH^Rtj»^-tworkli^ie(
g ‘ the directors ..*® by thih Aai
eta meeting . ,
elect officers for the entire baut^
and boards of managers for each
branch. ,
Resources of the bank have
climbed steadily since consolida
tion and have passed the $2,800.-
000 mark. Bank officials said to
day that the business of the
bank is as good as could be ex
pected and is highly satisfactory.
Tbe Northwestern has a capi
tal setup of almost $200,000 and
the services rendered by. each
branch represent an Improvement
and enlarged resources because
of the consolidation. The capital
stock totals $160,000, surplus
$100,000 and undivided profits
0 f approximately $20,000. A
three per cent dividend for the
last six months of 1937 was paid
on December 31.
The task of building an. addi
tion to the bank building here
and remodeling will be completed
in about ten days. Lobby space
has been doubled, a directors
room has been constructed and
modern fixtures designed to fa
cilitate accomodation of custom
ers are being installed.
knU imsig&tly
curve at the #ptrance to the city
will be eliminated, it was learn
ed today from Mayor R. T. Mc
Niel.
' but are awaiting more ssa
yaking any iwffbn diTti
proposal to guarantee the right
of way.
i J. Gordon Hackett, state hlgh-
I way commissioner, said that the
An engineer representing the j crossing here is considered the
federal bureau of roads, which | most hazardous in the eighth
would furnish funds for construe-| *1*^1**®° funds are
tion if the city guarantees the i available for a crossing elunlua-
right of way, and an engineer of ti®n project at the present t.me,
the Southern Railway company, By eliminating the two curves la
PeopW LftidTMr or WflirUNr
Port
Undor tho Sti^ Low
MUST WAIT TWO WEEKS
Payment* Will Be Mode El
igible* If No Woilc I*
Found In That Tune '
have inspected the crossing and
told city officials that by raising
the railroad four feet Tenth
street could be extended in a
straight line across the tracks
and connect with the Yadkin
bridge fill at a point near For
ester’s Service station.
Legion Sponsors
Big Bingo Party
To Raise Funds for Promo
tion of Junior Baseball
In Wilkes County
Marine Recruits
Wanted In South
Raymond EUedge
Is Bound to Court
Local Youth Is Alleged to
Have Forged Phillips'
Name to a Check
Raymond Elledge, young man
whose home is near this city,
was bound over to superior court
from city contt here on a charge
of forgery. It being charged that
he forged the name of A. F.
Phillipe, well known herb buyer
here, to a check for seven dol
lars.
According to the evidence in
the case Elledge tried at several
places to cash the check and sn-
spicions merahante refused to ac
comodate Jiim. He finally cashed
the check at ' Rose’s store. El-
ledga is said to have served a
tisiv some tltBe;sgo on a similar
cho]^ sad has other cases' pend-
Idng ■& Bif^wfof'Couri.’
'.-Safr'
Twenty vacancies for service in
the United States Marine Corps
will be filled from this district
during January, it is announced
by Captain A. C. Small. District
Marine Corps Recruiting Officer,
with Headquarters at Savannah,
Ga.
Young men between the ages
of 18 to 26, not lees than 64
inches or more than 74 inches in
height, white, without depen
dents and of good moral charac
ter will be considered.
Entrance examinations for tbe
Marines. In this district are held
at the Recruiting Station, Post
Office Building, Savannah, ■ Oa.
Applicants who are unable to
apply in peigon will be furnished
application blanks and fhll^ in
formation upon request. Appllcs-
tions received by mail are given
immediate attention.
ment to be' held at the city h^
on Friday night, Y.'jO'o’clbek.
Some important Batters
be taken'^up and attendance ^
every member 'of theYtoparimai^
Is reuaa*t'«d. ,|Yi:^^^.'‘- - - '* ■
■■'-S'
Announcement has been
of a big Bingo party sponsored
by the American Legion. The par
ty will be held in the L. S. Lowe
building on C street Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday.
The event is being sponsored
by the Legion to raise funds for
promotion of junior baseball in
the county, a project that gained
such widespread approval during
the past summer.
The Legion decided upon this
method of entertainment ratber
than soliciting contributions and
it is hoped that the event will he
widely patronized.
Further details will appear in
The Journal-Patriot Monday.
the highway between the north
end of the bridge and the end of
Tenth street many of the cross
ing hazards would bo removed,
engineers said, and the appear
ance of the main entrance to the
city from the south and east
would be greatly enhanced.
Makii^[ Progress
On Power Lines
Clingman Line Made “Hot”
Yesterday; At Work On
New Traphill Branch
the
jjjgjgl Electricity was turned on
i power line extension eastward on
421 a distance of 15
Call Meetiog Of,
Firemen Will Be
'On Friday Nifi^
C. G. Day, North WJIkeebow
tire chief, has tislled s meeting ^ ^
all members of tlm-fire ^ depart- Tibe''ptey is * story about Mil*
‘Who*8-Crazy Now*
At Wilkesboro 7th
The athletic association of
W’llkesboro high school invit
ed Millers Creek teadura;-- who
entertained a large crowd at Mil
lers Creak a few weeks, ago wiHi
presentation of "wad’s :Craiy
Now” te'^vo the playjn:th»W|K
keirfioro sb&del andltorinm .-pap
Friday night, January‘7,7:80
o’clock. ..The admissto charge
srin be: 10 and 88 oente.'
lera Crook ' teschars-' ten ., years
highway 421 a
miles and into the Clingman com
munity Wednesday, M. G. But-
ner, manager of the local branch
of the Duke Power company,
said today.
This major line extension,
which was electrified to abont
ten miles east of Wilkes several
weeks ago, will serve many fam
ilies along the highway and on
the several branches, Including
the Clingman community and in
the vicinity of Windy Gap.
Fonr miles of another long
rural line to extend a distance of
about miles from North WU-
keeboro ir.lo and beyond Traphill
have li'er. c-i'upleted near Dock
ery au.l c ns ruction is progress
ing rapidiy, -Mr. Butner Said.
Some of this line extension will
be electrified within a few days.
TRY 2 FOR MURDER
(Bill)
The annual report of the Pub
lic Affairs committee of the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club
reflects some of the progress of
this section during 1937.
'The report of the committee
composed of S. V. Tomlinson, J.
R. Finley and J. B. McCoy, is In-
i^estlng. It follows:
life' bidding'
P«H
Young Man 1928. Fa-MmiBisroBs-
ing over the past several months
we are pleased to recall.
“The eliminating of the many
bumps in our city streets has
been much appreciated by the
traveling public as well as our
local citizen. It is hoped ' that
other street improvements can
arranged at any early date.
Another important project which
iis Incomplete is the North Wil
kesboro and Elkin highway. It Is
hoped this project will be com
plete at an early date, and con
nect with North Wilkesboro at
the most advantageous point.
“During the past year Gover-
er Hoey, after careful and pains
taking deliberation appointed our
fellow townsman, the Hon. Gor
don Hackett to the important po
sition on the Highway Commis
sion. Mr. Hackett being a public
spirited citizen and loyal to his
home town at once arranged for
the location of the District Office
here. North Wilkesboro is very
grateful to Mr. Hackett tor this
achievement.
"The wonderful program pre
sented by A. H. Casey on ’Apple
Orchards’ in Wilkes county is
very vivid in all our minds. We
should plan an outstanding pro
gram' like this each spring on
this Important subject. This is
along the line of our greatest
money crop and the world is our
market for Wilkes county appiee.
If they only knew the wonderful
flavor which are Incomparable
to the flavor of apples grown in
other sections.
“We menUoned in our May re
port of the building activities in
onr city. We again wish to em
phasize the fact that the com
pletion of many new residences
and business property has added
to the beanty, of our city. The
removal of the Old Kensington
Ho|el is about the last of the old
laiidinarks on tho main thorough-
iBras of our city, in each iBstanco
when an old landmark has been
removed a modern new stiacture
^nds oa the spot. We mIgU
atentlon the Old ^Hastier. Office
■which was a very familiar slgkt
tor many years. It la-bow re-
Approximately' 2M; '’applica
tions for Job insurance under tfc»
state social security act war*
filed Monday and today at tho
branch office of the North Caro
lina State Bmploymeat service,
office officials said.
This number represented in
dustrial workers laid off or
working only part time and sev
eral engaged 1 n construction
work.
Monday was the first day that
applications for job Insurance,
which will pay up to- one-ih*lf
regular wages to persons now out
of jobs and who worked in cov
ered Industries in 1937, were ac
cepted under the law. However,
the applications filed this week ,
will be dated as of January 1,
when the law actually went Into
effect. January 1 was , observed
by the employment service as a
holiday.
After application is filed there
is a waiting period of two weeks
for which no benefits are paid
but if after two weeks the ap
plicant has not resumed work
and no suitable employment has
been found insurance payments
will begin.
The law says that those who
apply for job insurance must re
port weekly to renew their
claims. This means that thoa*
who filed applications on Mon
day must report back at the om-
L eerrice office ob- saV
'csBts arc asked
that they muat n^ort or tte
same day of each week to geiMw
their claims and to ffHd
whether or not the service taa
located suitable employmeat.''
'Those who refuse employmeBt
considered suitable will be pen
alized and may not receive bene
fits.
Charles Pcnr'on is local rep
resentative of tbe Unemploymeat
Compensation Commli»lon and
handles the claims at the em
ployment service office.
Local Boy Makes
Conference Team
Odell Jones Gets Position at
End on Western Confer
ence All Star Group
In order that 'VyiUiam
Pajrao. alias, Bill WeU*» .and Jack
Bord^ alias Wash Tnrow. kmir
oosalAi^ North.Oaroliite’a moat
elttat(id'''l>ed nsB, Biay.hr1*fi$^teis8aoed by Insdon's pteee, oBe of
Buneomhe_. 'RwIrICKf
AsheriiDi^'^at
j£tiuary 24, for the first dllpria
murder of tfiate Wgisway FaftnF
George C. Peon lluh of oqr city gavh
last. Judge a ttl A «To ^e
cities, most beautiful
)| eanlpped bnfldlngs of
ktnd«p ■ Vi*'.:
'J^ring. the taioBth of May .the
Dnited fitateh Distitot OQhrtr
hMtee f^ii showsAheiB.ete^ aQf)tord>]r ratnuwWbrt
:1n RB
iBsaBa .
em^ la gtr/Mitta
ly'-eduCMm
iB8tit«tfth.''tor
an^-
late the
iures lb
the teOeral dordnunoBlr ta
two desperadoes oa ha&)r
Beau^l, Ctoaa aad
CItjr.' 'If w« have nntllST'
forth our jiest.etfttfte for
r
By R.4LPH CRAWFORD
For the second successive year
North Wilkesboro high school
football team, coached by Ralph
Barker, placed a man on the All
Star Western Conference team.
Odell Jones, who plays end on
defense and quarterback on of
fense, gained a position at end.
His defensive work against New
ton, Morganton and Lenoir was
outstanding.
Clint Foster made the team in
1936 bnt this year failed to re
gain his place at tackle, despite
his brilliant work all through
the 1937 schedule.
Lenoir led 1b the nnmber of
men on the team with- Ihrae.
while ChurryvUte, Shelby aad
Forest CRy plased tWo saob oa.
the team. -o '-r-; -
The all-coBfereoce team:
-Bud. Jobss, NorthJWBkssboro:
Bad, Hasulek, JPonjirt
Tackle,'WDaon, lopolr. ’ - y S’
Tackle, ]$lat|ton»' 18Mby.V’: vj' '
Guard. Sumqtefr
Ovard, CMmp,'CbenfiTtflA .1^
^.Ceater, tNrfver, LeaotKvW,
' Quarterback, flaadiix;'lf^on.
Halfback;' Yaaglm. Shathy.,.,^
Halfback, Mal^
nubadc, Oialtib,.
>;.'lllie Annual OeB^^pigteiMt
maaUng Pagirii
OR MoBdar eareBlni^^te
^ aary wIl at 7;M
iuembeia jih argad ,
It
we^haT»: Ba^tad> tefPr Mo* tiapf If
“bha^ .pawitofbdtepoaltkip ^rth wpHa 4mo«*mwt>V^ wfattA’agitatoai
*^^.Yj^|^7-«Jeirtlhaaa oa page eight), ^be«l aiqN^b
OOCy
■i£is£,