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liington, Fe-b. . 6.—Juatlcd
Jsmin N. C»rdo2o, ol tbe Sn-
prame court, is" showing definite
progrese toward recovery from a
Mrlous heart ailment, his pby>
Brians eald today.
GRAHAM MAY RUN
ut RalaUh. Fob. 6.—Capital lis
teners who hare no better way
of hearing than anybody else
does, expect to ge*. the word this
week that former Lieut. Gov. A.
H. Graham, of Hillsboro, will an
nounce this week for Congrees to
eneceed William B. Umstead, of
KILLED IN JUMP
Warrenton, Ga., Feb. 6.
Charles L. Richardson, connected
^ . with the United States depart
ment of labor, was killed and Ma
jor W. C. Goldsborough, army
flier of Langley Field, Va., was
slightly injured when they bailed
■ '*■ tmt of a Florida-bound plane nine
miles from here today.
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Send Children To
Schools h Wilkes
School Atteadance Law
Must Ba,Enforced Says
County Welfare Officer
SEVERAL IRREGULAR
TO PASS FARM BILL
Washington, Peh. 6.—^The new
crop control bill will come up in
Congress this week under press
ure from the agricultural depart
ment for early enactment, legisla
tors said tonight. AAA officials
have advised congressional lead
ers that the measure must be ap
proved quickly if it is to be effec
tive for this year’s, cotton crop.
SYPHILIS GAINING
Raleigh. Feb. 6.—The number
of syphilis cases reported in
North Carolina tbe week ending
January liO was 385, compared
with 272 the previous week, the
division of epidemiology report
ed today. Tlie number of whdop-
Ing cough cases rose from 326
Bu 419 in the same period, chick-
eniK>x from 214 to 258 and meas
les from 797 to 976.
TREE FATAL SPOT
Wilmington, Feb. 5. — Ellen
Louise Williams, 18. companion
of Neal B. Murray, Jr., of Bur-
gaw, on his death ride Thursday
night when an automobile he was
driving crashed into a tree near
here, died In James Walker Me-
' raorltJ hospital here this morn
ing. Her death was the fourth
bronglit about by automobile ac
cidents in which vehicles have
• craehed into the same tree.
Average Daily Attendance
Not High Compared With
Present Enrollment
Twelve parents i n Wilkes
county have been prosecuted this
year for failure to send their
children tot school in accordance
with the compulsory school at
tendance law, it was learned to
day from Charles McNeill, coun
ty welfare officer.
Mr. McNeill said that prosecu
tions have been resorted to be
cause of the seeming indifference
to the law on the part of many
Sam Jolly Succumbs From Bullet Wound
Said To Have Been Inflicted Tuesday By
Clyde Holleman at Moonshine Plant
Sam Jolly, resident of Somers
township in southeastern Wilkes,
died Sunday morning in a States
ville hospital from a gunshot
wound said to have been infllct-
»Quiz NLRB R^koe,
to
parents who wilfully refuse
keep their children In school.
Irregular school attendance Is
said to be one of the biggest
problems of principals and teach
ers in the county and the average,
daily attendance is considered
under par in comparison with en
rollment.
Mr. McNeill said that the law
must be observed, that the
schools are maintained for the
benefit of the children and that
In many cases prosecution seems
the only logical way to force the
parents to have their children
take advantage of the education
al opportunities afforded.
A number of trials are schedul
ed Saturday morning of this
week before a Justice of the
peace.
Practically All
Famu Checked
CHILD IMPRISONED
Unlontown, Pa.. Feb. 5.—
Emaciated and crippled, five-
year-old Alice Harris responded
slowly tonight to the gentle treat
ment of attendants at the county
home where she was taken from'
a dark storage room of an old I
farm house—her home, humane j
;ents charged, since infancy,
hie tot’s only semblance to nor
mal expression was a lusty wait
when given a tub bath.
Lawrence MtltfSr, clerk of the
Wilkes county soil conservation
association, said today that all
farms participating the the soil
program for 1937 will be check
ed by February 12.
Any farmer who has not been
visited by a supervisor is asked
to call at the office of the coun
ty agent.
Applications for payment will
be forwarded soon. In the mean
time the signup for 1938 is pro
gressing satisfactorily and it is
expected that more than 4,000
farms will be included this year,
as compared with 2,040 for 1937
HENDERSON MENTIONED! and 1,000 in 1936.
With the Republican biennial
state convention little more than
a month away, the gathering be
ing scheduled for March 16 in
Charlotte, one of the chief topics
of conversation among party stal
warts in North Carolina is that
of the Republican state chair
manship for the ensuing two
years, and in such talk the name
of Worth D. Henderson is being
heard with audibility so clear
that it may be found to have a
prophetic ring, political observers
in this section believe.—Greens-
j^borj^aily News.
' KEEPS PLANS SECRET
Toklo, Feb. 6.—A conference
of Japan’s highest naval officials
was reported to have decided to
day the empire’s naval building
program would not be disclosed
to the United Statee and Great
Britain. The two powers—Ja
pan’s only superiors—^In Identical
notee presented ye»t>rday de-
Btanded .iJapan make know by
February 20 any plans to build
monster battleships exceeding the
JB,000-ton limit set by the 1936
Ixindon naval treaty.
‘Lord^s Acre' Plan
Subject of Lecture
Dr. Dumont Clark to Lecture
at Moravian Falls On
Thursday Night
|r’» j-
Cfige Tourney At
ICMida Announced
Dr. Dumont Clark will deliver
a lecture and show a moving pic
ture explaining the Lord’s Acre
Plan, at the Moravian Falls Meth
odist church on Thursday night.
The following announcement was
issued by the pastor. Rev. J. C.
Gentry:
‘‘There will be a moving pic
ture lecture given by Dr. Dumont
Clark in the Moravian Falls
Methodist church Thursday night,
Feb. 10. Dr. Clark is assisting all
denominations withi this Scrip
tural method of spiritualizing
our support of the church.
“The officials of the Moravian
Falls circuit are urged to attend
this lecture. ’The membership of
all denominations are cordially
invited to be present to hear and
see the message that Dr. Clark
shall bring. No admission charge.
Time 7:30.’’
Is ’ For Schools of Three
Counties; Tourney Will
,y. Begin Febmary 15th
.., An" invitational basketball
for SChools of
f:^5MUSM»ent
Yadkin
and Surry coun-
,at Ronda school
.yi^iPeferwary 15.
jot tbe tonroa-
^aadp by K R.
~da ^igh school prin-
North Wilkesboro
P.-T. A. Will Meet
The regular monthly meeting
of the North Wilkesboro Parent-
Teacher association will be held
in the school auditorium at 3:45
p. m. Thursday. Rev. W. A. Jenk
ins, of Elkin, will speak at that
time.
the win-
and ilrla sod that 16
-Sccevted tbe invita-
W i^Aba tournament,
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Posta*' Receipts Show
Gain Here In January
Postal receipts here for the
nomth of January, 19S8, show
a gain of g^a.OS over Jan
uary, 1987, according to a
statement given oat by Post
master J. O. Retns.
WASHINGTON ... A Senate -sub
committee of the Judiciary Com
mittee opens hearings on a resolu
tion for a Senate investigation of
the administration of the National
Labor Relations Act by the NLRB
Senator M. M. Neely (D. iW. Va.)
subcommittee chairman, lends an
attentive ear to J. Wan-en Mad
den, NLRB chairman (right) be
tween hearings.
Congratulates
^ools of City
Pet^nsyJvania \ Police Coii^
uiiasioner Says Need for
Driving Schools Acute
Ferey W. Poofe, former" high
naval officer and now police com-
misdoner for the state of Penn-
sylvrmia, is a native of Wilkes
county. The editor of The
Journal-Patriot has received from
him an interesting letter relative
to the driving course which was
held several days ago in the
North Wilkesboro city schools.
The text of his letter follows:
“I noticed in your paper. The
Journal-Patriot, under dates of
January 20th and 24th the two
articles a'bout the training cours
es established in. tho North M’il-
kesboro high school for training
drivers of ainomobiles and ra-:-
tor vehicles.
“I wish to express my congrat
ulations to Mr. W. D. Halfacre,
the Superintendent of the schools,
for his part in this splendid work.
I have beem stressing the need of
training schools for the proper
training of drivers of motor ve
hicles here in Pennsylvania, and
was quite interested to learn that
my own home county has estab
lished such training In their
school.’’
Liquor Cars Are
Takeu By Officer
Patrolman Ingle Gets Mor-
ganton and Lenoir Men
With Loads of Liquor
Corporal Carlyle Ingle, of the
state highway patrol, caught two
alleged bootleggers Friday.
Hayes Dale, resident of Mor-
ganton, was captured after a
merry chase about five miles this
side of Morganton on highway
18. hi his car were 34 cases of
stamped liquor which he said he
purchased in Middlesboro, Ky.
Near Boomer in Wilkes county
Corporal Ingle caught Shuford
Scott, of Lenoir. His cargo con
sisted of five gallons of moon
shine liquor.
Colored People
Injured In Wreck
Six colored people were only
slightly Injured Sunday when a
car driven by Gwyn Cundlff was
alspost totally demolished in an
accident at Fairplains.
tTbe automobile hit a tree^
then a post‘and oyerturned one
or more times.
’The injured were Oundiff, Rob
Brown, Hanse Barher, James Lo
max, Paul Denny and Leonard:
KorUm. " The car, a late modji
ntfillc^' beloazed to NUUi.-n)rar
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ed by Clyde Holleman at a still
Tuesday.
The ballet hit Jolly in the ab
domen and penetrated his liver.
Little hope had been held for his
recovery.
Following the shooting Holle
man was arrested and placed
under bond of $2,000. On Sunday
following Jolly’s death ho was a-
gain taken Into custody and the
bond was raised to $5,000.
Funeral service for Jolly will
be held Tuesday, 2:30, at Sweet
Home church.
Statements made to officers by
witnesses to the shooting were to
the effect that he men were not
quarreling and that Holleman
apparently shot at Jolly In a
playful manner.
According to a statement
the injured man after ho reach
ed the hospital, Holleman fired
the shot in an effort to scare
him but that there had been no
quarrel or fight. Witnesses to the
affair, Jolly said. Included D.
W'eatherman, Carl Morris and
Cally Gregory, and three others
whose names he did not recall.
Sheriff C. T. Doughton, Deputy
Odell Whittington and federal
alcohol tax unit officers received
report of the shooting and de
stroyed the still, a 200-gallon
outfit, together with 1,500 gal
lons of beer ready for distiUatlon.
Two of the operators of the still
surrendered to federal officers
and were placed under oend for
trial in the May term of federal
court.
Jolly is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac M. Jolly, who live near
Union Grove. Besides his parents,
he leaves several brothers and
sisters.
Son eft Might
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TOYKO . . , Emperor Hirohito, mounted on his favorite horse, Shira-
yuki, (White Snow), condocte his annual military revii^ while 17||)()0
crack troops parade. At almost the sany time a grave Nipponqge-
American incidt ‘ ,
angrily slapped the face of American representative John M. Alligoh,
lent was happening in NanBng when a jIapaiKse s^try
,. 1 the face of American rep:
(inset) who sought to enter a house under Japanehe guard. Allison,
a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, is reported to have accepted a “local”
apology, tendered in the name of the Japanese Ebiperor.
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Meet With Ladies
State Specialist Will Be With
Wilkes Home Agent For
3 Days This Week
Miss Harriet McGoogan, who
began her duties as .home demon
stration agent in Wilkes last
week, will conduct three meetings
this week and aH ladies are in
vited.
Miss McGoogan will be accom
panied by Miss Pauline Gordon,
state specialist In home making
and house furnishings.
The meetings will be held as
follows:
Ronda—Ronda school build
ing, Tuesday, February 8, at 2
o’clock.
Mountain View — Mountain
View Teacherage, Wednesday,
February 9, at 2' o’clock.
Ferguson — Ferguson school,
Thursday, February 19, at 2 o’
clock.
Urges Farmers To
Plant Lespedeza
O. F. McCrary, district exten
sion agent, was in Wilkes Thurs
day and he said that he was
pleased to learn that many
Wilkes farmers will devote much
acreage this year to lespedeca,
tho legume which grows freely
on almost any kind of soil. The
seed are low In price, he said, and
farmers could choose no wiser
course than to sow lespedeza
freely this year.
Thirty-Two Cases
In Municipal Court
session of city court before May
or R. T. McNiel this morning con
tained 32 cases.
With but few exceptions tho
cases involved liquor and a groat
majority of tho defendants were
charged with drunkenness.
RESIDENT OF IREDEIL
DIES FROM SHORT FALL
Statesville, Feb. 4.—A head
injury receirJd in a fall from a
chair resulted In tho death of
Roy Henry Lowranco, ,28, of
yaU^wn township. The .cytwir on
which the young man was sit
ting toppled over backward> the
baqk 01 h|B‘:head striking : i,iho
flO^ with ngeb force as to tbigse
oOMOBfliOa -oX the hNUn-
wtnteCqlMo
Tax Foreclosure Suits Under Way
. For County Taxes Due Prior to 1935
;ar Miller Again
'irst To Enroll
In Red Cross Roll
Edgar MUlIer, of Wilkesboro,
has again headed the list for
the 1038 BoU Call, WUkes
cisnhfy diopter, American Red
Cross. Mr. Miller was the first
to join the 1087 Roll Call and
again heads tbe list for 1038.
The) Wilkes county chapter
gratefully appreciates this loy
alty as shown by Mr. Miller.
Scout Program
Before Kiwanis
A Scx>ut program including a
demonstration of tbe Court of
Honor In session featured the Ki-
wanis program Friday.
PronSv Chairman Georgs
K3m^r fi^troducsd:
ers Effner Eller of Troop 35 and
Gordon Ffnlhy of Troop 36, who
spoke brioGy, then requested the
North Wilkesboro Court of Hon
or to assemble and give a demon
stration of a regular monthly
meeting. T. E. Story, chairman
of the Court of Honor, and P. W.
Eshelman, deputy Scout commis
sioner for this district, with J.
B. McCoy, E. G, Finley and A. F.
Kilby, members of the court, as
sembled in regular form for a
monthly meeting. Present for the
meeting else were the above
named scoutmasters and George
Campbell, Jr., and Wayne Cau
dill, of Troop 35, and Carl Cof
fey, Bob McCoy, Paul Haigwood
and Joe McCoy, Jr., of Troop 36.
Paul Haigwood and Joe McCoy,
Jr., extended greetings to the
club by signaling, using the
Morse code. Each of the other
boys passed work for the merit
badges.
Lieutenant Governor A r m-
strong spoke briefly, compliment
ing the program and also the
good work of the club. Following
the luncheon he held a meeting
with the board of directors and
committee chairmen. At this
meeting he urged the committees
to function and also that the
club send a delegate to the In
ternational convention at San
Frandsco next summer. He stat
ed that in bis opinion it would
be possible for a delegate to go
to tbe convention for the sum of
$300.
J. B. Williams, chairman of the
Under-Privileged Child commit
tee, reported that he had raised
$230.00 of the $300.00 which the
club proposed to raise for the
health office.
Robert Morehouse was a guest
of his father, H. H. Morehouse;
Gordon Forester was a guest of
R^v. Watt Cooper and Dr. C. W.
Any Who Wish to Redeem
Properly May Save Part
of Cost by Action Now
Gets Rrst C^ck
Delivered B^
U. C. C. Offidalt
a
m
First Check For
ance to Apply On UnJUbt-
edness On His
RECIPIENT PLEASED
Rule of Delivery of Check*
Only On Report Days
Is S^pended
Tax foreclosure suits for
Wilkes county taxes for 1934
and prior years have been insti
tuted and will be carried to con
clusion according to law, it was
learned today from W. P. Kelly,
county accountant.
People who have property on
which taxes for those years have
not been paid could yet save a
part of the cost and additional
interest by paying now. Although
the land sale cost and part of
the foreclosure costs have al
ready been added, further inter
est and a part of the court cost
could be saved.
Those who have not paid taxes
for 1935 and 1936 would save
substantial amounts by paving
the tixes before foreclosure suits
are commenced.
fe a Da^
Keeps Dr. Away
Research Findings at Medi
cal School Find Truth
In Old Axiom
Research findings of Dr. Ira
Manville of the University of
Oregon Medical School and other
investigators form the basis of
the new health story:
“No one can avoid swallowing
bacteria (germs) that can lead to
certain kinds of colds and diar
rheas common ia winter. So na
ture has provided your body with
defense mechanisms to kill dan
gerous bacteria which enter your
stomach and intestines. In the
stomach these defense mechan
isms are the natural stomach
acids. These kill bacteria here.
The fruit acids in apples help
strengthen these stomach acids.
"Science has made another im
portant finding: The regular eat
ing of fresh apples aids the body
in controlling disease - causing
bacteria in the large intestine
Many of us know from experience
that our winter time upsets are
linked with trouble in the intes
tine. We can build up our de
fense mechanism in the intes
tines by eating at least two me
dium size apples every day. This
habit in winter is the ounce of
prevention that so often is worth
a pound of cure.”
Tho first check daUvaradjungaF
the unemployment edht^unatloB
act hege Friday waa--to. fSisraac*
Talmage Myers, an unmploy^
carpenter who lives at Hay*.'
Checks were late arriving at
the local office and the rule that
applicants could re^ve check*
only on regular rftlWrt Ifcfys vrtir
suspended by the state office.
Charles Pearson, UCC representa
tive, said that any who are doe
checks may call for them at any
time but should continue their
regular weekly reports if they
have not found employment
Mr. Myers, who is 29 years of
age, has a wife and three chil-
drer., said “I’d rather be at work,
but this check will come in.
mighty handy. I sure do appreci
ate it.”
He received steady employment
throughout 193V and was em
ployed by C. II. Smlthey, building
contractor. He last worked on
December 22 and has not been
able to locate suitable employ
ment since that time. He will re
ceive $7.25 weekly until the sum
of $78.76 Is drawn if he does not
find W'ork or if the employment
service is unable to piaffe him.
Mr. Myers did not object t>
being questioned about what h*
is going to c.o with his Job In
surance check. He said he owed,
some oq his home and that tha
check was going to apply on tli*
indebtedness.
The check was delivered to Mr.
to have been delivered Monday
but did not arrive In time.
Mr. Pearson said that all who
were due to have received check*
from Monday through Thursday
may call for them at any time
now.
The employment service has
filed many claims for people ia
Ashe and Alleghany counties. A-
bout 400 made applications at
Jefferson and about half that
number at Sparta. A great ma
jority of claimants were those
who worked for parkway con
tractors who completed their
projects in the latter months of
1937.
The opinion has often been
expressed that unemployment in
surance will act as a cushion ia
times of business slump and may
prevent recurrent depressions.
Armstrong, lieutenant governor
Docket for the regular Mondi^ pf Kiwanis division 3, was a
'gU^ of the clnb.
:-vv
^GaUoii Still
Located Sunday
She^i£F and Federal Officer*
' Get Large Plant Near
Traphill Sunday
Federal Officers C. S. Felts
and W. A. Jones, Sheriff C. T.
Doughton and Oscar Felts de
stroyed a^ 2e0-gallon still near
Tra^ill Sunday.
The'raid prevented the distil
lation of * large qnantlty of li
quor. totaling 2,600 gallons
aywi 'pppflMOtly ready for. nann-
Tax Collections
Good Last Month
Sheriff C. T. Doughton, tax col
lector for Wilkee county, report
ed good tax collections during the
month of January.
Although the amount of taxes
collected during the month did
not exceed the amount collected
In January a year ago, the total
would have been greater If the
Southern Railway company had
pedd la January this year as they
Sid in 1937. The company is one
of the largeet taxpayers.
Accident Toll
In Wilkes County
During Past Wedk
DtimED
Meetings of Fruit
Growers Planned
Dan Holler, Wilkes farm agent,
has announced three demonstra
tions and meetings for fruit
growers. The announcement*
were made in the followine let
ter Lssued by Mr. Holler and sent
to the growers:
“On February 9th Mr. Nis-
wonger. Extension Horticulturist,
will be in the county to conduct
two pruning demonstrations ia
the orchards. You are cordially
invited to attend the demonstra
tion nearest you or both if yo*
prefer.
‘‘One demonstration, beginning
at 9:00 o’clock a. m., will be held
in the orchard of Mr. E. P. Lowe^
of Pores Knob. In the afternoo*
a demonstration will be held at
1:30 in the orchard of Mr. M.
V. Robinson of Gilreath.
“In the past these pruning
demonstrations have proven very
helpful to the fruit growers and
I am sure you will get some valu
able information which will be of
service to you.
“On Wednesday night of Feb
ruary 9th, there will be a meet
ing held at the Courthouse of all
interested growers to disenss tt*
spray program for this year. This
meeting will also be in charge oC:
Mr. Niswonger. ,,
"I am hoping that you can at
tend one of the two dentoustm-
tions and the meeting at th»
(Tonrthonse.'’^
You Ar* Invited
The Parent-Teaete^att^ elaa*
meets TliundaT-'- *1
8:00 o’clock in JH
room. Be on' tisad-^vAinmnw