^te-Natkini
Briefly
XITY SALES TAX
'/Philadelphia, Feh. 8.—A 15 t©
7 TOte of city council today pafia*
pd a S per cent sales tax over
▼•to of Mayor S. Darla 'Wllso)^
Wilson said he would ask the
eonrt to rule the tax unconstitu
tional.
Li.:.
VERDICT SUICIDE
Kinston, Feb. 8.—Shack Cave-
naugh, S8, was found dead from
a shotgun wound in a garage
near his home at Richlands to
day. A gun lay beside the body,
he Onslow county coroner said
was suicide. Oavenough is sur-
▼ired by a family.
NO SECRETS ALLOWED
Washington, Feb. 8.—“The
answer is no.’’ This flat assertion
wafr-Goaretary of State Hull’s re
ply .today to a seriatorial query
whether the United States had
any secret agreement with Great
Britain as to what the two pow
ers should do in' case of war or
the possibility of Tvar.
MAY HEAD LEGION
Asherllle, Feb. 8. — Burgin
Pennell, Asherille attorney, was
Indorsed today for department
commander of the North Caro
lina department of the American
legion by the Asheville and Oteen
posts. His name will be presented
at the state ctyi-eention at "Win-
June.
Jb B« Held Here;
February 18,19,21
Are the Dates Set
Expected to Be One of Out
standing Merchandising
Events of Year Here
BUSINESS STIMULANT
Will
Be Advantageous to
Business Men and Patrons
In Local Trading Area
GIVE 10.000 DIMES
Washington, Feb. 8.—Presi
dent Rooserelt’s infantile paralys
is fund was Increased by $1,000
today when Senator Overton pre
sented a bag of 10,000 dimes.
The coins, donated by persons in
' ^^ntral Louisiana, were left at
White House with Secretary
McIntyre along with another can-
hag containing the names of
the donors.
MORE RELIEF AHEAD
Washington, Feb. 8.—Bigger
andi'better relief measures are
clearly and Inevitably in prospect.
It is, perforce, being planned this
waj’. Deluged with pleas for help
’ hi meeting a new unemployment
crisis. President Roosevelt late
today called government officials
Into conference to work out a
new relief program.
Business firms of North Wil-
kesboro will cooperatively stage
a n outstanding merchandising
event on Friday, Saturday and
Monday, February 18, 19 and 21.
The event w-lll be called Trade
Days and every effort is expected
to be put forth to make the
event comply with Its name.
Trade days will affect all lines
o f mercantile business a n d
should prove beneficial to biisi-
nsss men and to patrons through
out this section of the state, is
the substance of opinions ex
pressed by merchants here.
Perhaps never before in the
history of North Wllkesboro have
mercantile establishments car
ried more complete stocks of de
sirable merchandise than now. In
many cases they have much larg
er stocks than they wisii to car
ry over and will no doul-t make
price concessions that will bring
merchant and consume,- together
to the ultimate benefit of the
latter.
The merchandising event could
very well be called a trale expan
sion project because ic Is expected
that it will attract new pa-trons
tO| North WUkesborn, the logical
shopping center for Xerthwesf
Norhi Carolina.
Here the stores have complete
stocks with the aim in view of
filling varied demands from a
large clientUe. This means sav
ings to the people of" this section
of the state who, because of the
wide variety of merche.ndi.se of
fered here, find it unnecessary to
make expensive trips to larger
cities in the state.
Vadkinville
Candidate For Solicitor
Avalon E. Hall
Enters Race In
The 17th District
Is A Candidate
Was Republican Candidate
For Congress Four Years
Ago in 8th District
Wilkes Team Wins
in Judging Contest
About 150 Customers Being
Served on Line Exten
sion in Eastern Wilkes
FLOWER POT BOMB
Meridian, Miss., Feb. S.—A
dynamite bomb, set in a flo'wer
pot, early today shattered the
front porch of the residence of
Mayor Clint Vinson, of Meridian,
but the noise scarcely disturbed
the slumber of the mayor and his
fsunlly. No one w'as hurt by tbOj ^ turned the juice On its lin
i!t and the mayor estimated | Scores Highest Hon-j tension east of Wilkesboro
^ lage at no more than SlOO.j , as—* hi,rhwav 4“)1 and to out
tayor Vinson said he had receiv-
Avalon E. Hall, prominent Yad
kin county attorney and for many
years a widely known Republican
leader, has announced his candi
dacy for the Republican noroina-l
tion for .solicitor in the 17th ju-j,
diclal district.
His announcement was made |
locally here Tuesday in a state-'
ment to a representative of The
Journal-Patriot.
Mr. Hall Is a son of the late S.
W. Hall, a Baptist minister, and
Mrs. Mattie J. Hall, who lives in
Winston-Salem.
In 1921 he graduated from
Wake Forest College and began
the practice of law the same year.
In 1934 he was the Republi
can candidate for congress in the,
eight congressional district and '
polled a large vote.
In 1936 he was one of North
Carolina’s delegates to the na
tional Republican convention.
The 17th judicial district is
composed of Wilkes, Yadkin,,
Davie, Avery and Mitchell coun
ties. The office of solicitor is now
held by John R- Jones of this
city. Mr. Jones has not made
any statement as to whether or
not he will seek re-nomination.
Mr. Hall has been endorsed by
the Yadkin county bar associ
ation and the chairman of the
Republican executive committee
of Yadkin county. A largo mem
ber of prominent Yadkin county
Republicans have already given
his candidacy their endorsemen’.
Attorney Avalon B- Hall, of
Yadkinville, announces he is a
candidate for the Republican
nomination for solicitor in the
17th judicial district.
Many New Users
Of Electricity
Poultry Short
Course Will Be
Held Feb. 21st
Parrish, Brown, Dearstyne
and Maupin to Conduct
a Poultry Course
A one-day poultry school ■will
be held at the courthouse in Wil
kesboro on Monday, February 21.
Announcement ot the yshort
course was made by County Farm
Agent Dan Holler, who extended
Sirnmtiuipir'rijr pd«ltryrH*»^)fr ■
Wilkes and adjoining counties to
attend.
The course will open at ten
o’clock. Present to lead the dis
cussions will be C. F. Parrish. T.
ed a threatening note demanding
money. Police laid the plot to a
crank.
LIGHTNING’S SPEED
PitUburgh, Feb. 8.—Measure
ment of the speed of lightning,
at 10,000 miles a second, was re
ported to th} American Institute
of Electrical Engineers here to
day by Karl B. McEachron. The
speed was timed at the Empire
State building in the heart of
New York city. This world’s tall
est building is struck oftener
than any other known place on
earth, McEachron said. It acts
Jlk© a needle to draw electricity.
love to Restore
Kisimul Castle
l^Neils Throughout World
^ay Have Part in Castle
Restoration Fund
ors at Lexington Meet
ing on Tuesday
■h
The Clan Macneil Association
of America, of which the McNeill
association in Wilkes is a part,
has started a movement to re
store the Klainvul Castle on the
late of Barra, Scotland.
.The castle was for several cen-
taries the headquarters of the
clan, tl^ known history
of which dates back to about 300
A. D.
The castle for some time was
oBt of the possession of the clan
bat the prwent chief, Macneil of
irr*. XLV, has regained the
and'k fund to restore It
id rwovaTe H is now on foot.
,The Chfefi “Who attended the
Keill reixiaa at Millers Creek
g^tember. In.’a recent litter
O. McNlel, of this city, ex-
th^^llils and satd that it
that e^ery McNlel (the
Tfamlly' name regardless of
•) win have an opportun-
^ntribute some part.
McNlel has some very
^ bedUett fvmlshed by
lu»d wni be f 1^ to give
HbM/C'Aimy aoMabera of fue
1b thtoYau^h will «oa-
JiOWtetd tho
]
.A judging team composed of
John Robert Church, Paul Ed
Church, Charlie Wiles and with'
Claude Billings, Jr., as, alternate
won first honors Tuesday at the
4-H judging contest held at Lex
ington in connection with the
North Carolina Crop Improve
ment association meeting.
The Wilkes team was accom
panied to the show by Jesse
Giles, assistant county farm
agent.
Wilkes boy.s carried off top
honors with 1,735 points while
Gaston county ranked second
with' 1,722 and Rutherford third
with 1.710.
John Robert Church won indi
vidual first place with GGS points
out of a possible 670. Twenty
county teams were represented in
the contests.
Each member of the team will
receive attractive medals and 200
pounds of Arcadian nitrate from
the Barrett company.
Awards w'ere made at a ban
quet 'Tuesday night, .attending
were W. Kerr Scott, state com
missioner of agriculture; Dean I.
O. Schaub of N. C. State College;
W. H. Byrne of th« Virginia Crop
Improvement Association and
other agricultural leaders.
North Wilkesboro branch of
the Duke Power company has
turned the juice On its line ex
on
highway 421 and to outlying
communities.
Thi.s line, w'ith its branches,
placed electricity within reach of
150 lK>mes, M. G. Butner, branch
manager, said today.
The line extends fifteen ihiles
east of Wilkesboroi on the high
way and there are branches to
Clinginan and Windy Gap com
munities.
At the present time workmen
have almost completed another
major extension which will put
electricity within reach of about
100 homes from a point near
Hays to about four miles beyond
Traphill. The total length of the
extension and present rural lines
will reach about 25 miles from
this city. Several branches will
provide electricity for nearby
communities along the' route.
Several short branch lines have
been proposed in southeastern
Wilkes and it they are approved
and constructed will serve prac
tically all the homes in that sec
tion Of the county.
Citizens of Abshers commun
ity in northern Wilkes are show
ing much interest in securing a
line, Mr. Butner said.
T. Brown. R. S. l^rstyne and C. ^
J. Maup.n, poultry specialists ^ c
from State College and the ex- "HKesooro,
tension service.
The opening discu.ssion on
Corn Liquor Still
Destroyed Tuesday
Shetiff C. T. Donghton and
Deputy Odell Wblttington de
stroyed a SO-gallon still in the
Hunting Creek section Tuesday
afternoon.
A small quantity of spe^
mash and beer and 15 gallons
of pure com liquor were dei-
^troyed,- -Oom meal was the
%niu«iial used for liquor man-
ufadti^ atlh© outfit. Two per-
sons were seen at the still by
the officers but they made
their escape.
4^' iChib * members of
DO lo B”,” county have saved enough
bifoMy to start baby beef projeets,
V _k jAv uj^erienced some diffi'
eolty soitaUe
With Poultry
Parrish. Grove; J. W. Snyder, North Wll
The second half hour will he TT«i«.„r/s/vri
, . r/xr 1 s. XV J kesboro J. Halgwood Estep,
devoted to Marke Rrushy Mountain; Q. R. JarVis,
North Carolina. ’ with Mr, Brown i
delivering the He will: ^,i^^,,oro; L. C. Horton North
be followed by Mr_Dearstyne on . ^
“Some Reasons Why Chickens
Die.’’ Mr. Maupin will end the
forenoon program witli an ad
dress on “Suggested Breeding
Program and Some Results Ob
tained.’’
The afternoon session begin
ning at one o’clock will consist of
a round table discussion, disease
clinic and demonstrations in egg
grading. PouUrymen are asked to
carry diseased birds for exami
nation.
Most Craven county farmers
are planting far more tobacco
plant beds than will be needed in
order to insure themselves of suf
ficient plants should blue mold and
insects strike heavily this year.
Wilkes G. O. P. To
Have About 75 At
Lincoln Day Meet
Between 50 and 100 Wilkes
Republicans representing every
township in the county are plan
ning to attend th© Lincoln Day
dinner in Greensboro Saturday
night, it was learned today from
party leaders.
Representative Hamilton Fish,
from President Roosevelt’s home
district in New York state, ■will
be the fekturo speaker. Represeo-
tatlye Fish, whqee majority has
grown with each successive ©lec
tion for three terms, is mention
ed as a potential candidate for
president In 1940. * , •
Tickets for the Lincoln Day
dinner may be obtained from
Spencer Richardson here. Traiis-
portation will be furnished .to
those who do not have means of
transportation and those intOP-
ested are asked
B. Smlthay, KyM
will he led by Mr.
Ktmy for
Sesritm of Coarl^
Pless Is tol^ir^e
About 200 CsMea'oii Do^et
for Tismi to Bci|^ Ota '
Monday, March 7
MANY MINOR CHARGES
CommiMionera Dra'w Jtirora
for Regular Term of
Criminal Court - -
1 -
i The March term of superior
court has a docket of-around 200
cases pending, it was learned to
day from the office of C._ C.
•Hayes, Wilkes clerk of court.
Although the number of cases
pending ■would indicate a con
gested condition, very few felon
ies are charged.
^-Outstanding among the charg
es in the calendar are larceny,
drunkenness and appeals from
magistrates courts.
expected that the docket
be materially reduced if not
cleared during the two-weeks’
term.
'• Jndge J. Will Pless, of Marion,
will preside and Solicitor John
R. Jones will prosecute for the
state.
■The county board of commis
sioners in session Monday drew
the following jurors:
First Week
C. G. Bumgarner, Wilkesboro;
W. A. Ellis, Wilkesboro; G. B.
Dearman, North Wilkesboro;
Grover C. Whittington, ■ Reddies
River; W. S. Miller. Wilkesboro;
A. B. McNeill, North Wilkesboro;
R. C. Wyatt, Union; John Law
rence, Newcastle; Isaac Roten,
Reddies River; John C. Prevette,
Lovelace; Lester Carroll, Jobs
Cabin; B. M. Pardue, Moravian
Falls; J. G. Adams, New Castle;
Emea,t. Pfltplin, Edwards; J. R.
Phillips, Wilkesboro; Carlos
vette, Somers; Allle MoGlamery,
Reddies River; A. A. Finley.
North Wilkesboro; Square Wiles,
Rock Creek; Robert L. Faw, Red
dies River; W. J. Woodruff, Rock
fil
'etUifum
Not A Candidate
J. Gordon Hadcett
JudgeRpusseanh
Niunb^rM^oned
.
J. Walter Lambeth, represen
tative of this district In congress,
announces he will not seek re-
nomination.
E. S. Tugman,
North Wilkesboro; H. G. Green,
New Castle; Charles Howard,
me opening Ui.'ieu.-.sinii uii ur n (JIiTi
^ r.,0 Tr/vr,! North Wilkesboro; W. C. snu-
Getting Off on the Right Foot
maker.
Union;
E 1 Natt Prevette,
John Adams, Walnut
Greer to Speak
To Berean Class
Annual Banquet Will Take
Place at Hotel Wilkes
on Friday Night
I. G. Greer, superintendent of
Mills Home at Thamasville, will
be -the feature speaker on Fri
day night at the annual banaaet,
.of the g}|gii^ tba '’*“"■ •■'
Eighth Distnet: ■ Hm . h|«BT'
Men Available For Of-
fice. Friends Say
POLITICS FLARES
Announcement by Lambeth
Wholly Unexpected;
Field Wide (^>en’
entertaining
speakers in the south.
The banquet will be held
Hotel Wilkes, beginning at seven
o’clock. All members of the class
and their friends are invited to
the banquet.
Conunissioners
In Regular Meet
D. C. Sebas-
North Wilkesboro;
tian, Mulberry.
Second Week
I. W. Pruitt, Traphill; Bartlett
Couch, Edwards; Charlie Steel
man, Wilkesboro; I. L. Shumate,
Mulberry; A. L. Church, Reddies
River; Roby Church, Reddles
River; Luner Benge, Brushy
Mountain; E. B. Parsons, Stan
ton; D. M. Coffey, Rock Creek;
Ned Gentry, Antioch; Simon
Ward, Edwards; Ira Wood. Rock
Creek; L. H. Shumate, Mulberry;
Timothy Elledge, Rock Creek;
M. C. Miller, North Wilkesboro;
J. D. Wyatt. Union; Cyrus Brown,
Moravian Palls; Wilson Wyatt,
Union.
First Electric Fence in Wilkes
County Built by J. M. German
The newest device for use of | down to the prope'r voltage cost
electricity on the farm ia Wilkes 1 about $30. With more extensJ've
county Is the electric fence.
J. M. German, prominent farm
er and dairyman at Boomer, was
the first farmer in Wilkes coun
ty to construct an electric fence,
Dan Holler, county farm a.gent,
said today.
The electric fence is expected
to revolutionize fencing
where electricity is availabie. Mr.
Holler said.
Th© electric fence consists of
one strand of barbed wire which
may be of lighter wrfght than the
wire used without electricity.
The ■wire is stretched about
three feet from the ground on
post spaced three timee as far
gpart as used on three or four
strand fences ■where no current Is
used. And the posts may be
sBialler than the oaae used for
the ordinary fence.
Ib , copatructlng, jsm elwtrlc
fence s^e* mote than
twoHhlrda the cost ef ordinary
fence, Mr. Roller, saU. Sutwtaa-
tlal eartli** we 'al|scted la wire,
to get In touik,
hey, KyW.gaa^k
use this cost may be lower in
the near future, the county agent
explained.
Farmers are warned not to at
tempt electric fencing without
the proper transformer because
voltage commonly used for light
ing and other purposes may kill
livestock.
The cost of current is neglihle
oil a properly constructed electric
f^ce, ranging between 10 and
16 cents per month P®i’ square
mile of fenced acreage. ' '
I Electric fences are very effec
tive, Mr. Holler said. Prom the
first current felt by cattle or otfie
er ll'vestock the fence offers sure
pj|x>/tectton to crops outside and
to. a great-persuader for what is
known as “roguish’' cattle.
Routine Matters Transacted
by Board; Three Admit-
to the County Home
Wilkes county board of com
missioners with all members
present met in regular February
meeting Monday.
The board transacted the regu
lar routine business matters and
drew jurors for the March term
of Wilkes court.
Three persons were admitted
to the county home and one to
the tubercular hospital.
It was ordered that A. H. Cas
ey, former county attorney and
W. H. McElwee, present county
attorney, be paid th© amount of
fees collected and due them
through February 1.
Wilkes County 4-H
Corn Champion Is
Selected For 1937
Citizens from Roaring
corn, UIB asked an addiUon to their school
hours of man labor and building which has become oadly
hdllt« of horse labor was re- ci'owded.
poiii.
User, and 100 pounds of nltnte the dilapidated fraOM’
of soda'^were used. Five dollars thi^.has hoconje Inhdeijdhtji for
• ■ ^ A —W mStVAAl .
Dance FWday Nteht
The Vouhg Woman’si'clnb';^ liJjor. The
.aa -- • ^ ^MaAAbaa. A ■aaJltoa AA-
w’ukMho^ sponsor a .^DOO
at clabhon* In
WllkodIwfb.FHAiir ewatii*:
ot^hdni&^ viQI «e ffteMgA-f
^ ■ dene* ,i
'L-A*.' ■'* ^4. -Calais*
Paul Ed Church, 4-H Club
Member of Wilkes county, be
cause of his outstanding accomp
lishments in corn club work has
been declared the 4-H County
Champion Corn Club Member for
1937, and as a result will be
awarded a championship certifi
cate by the North Carolina Ex
tension Service and a Gold Medal
furnished by the Educational Bu
reau of the Barrett Company.
Paul Ed’s record shows that
he produced 95 bushels of com
on a measured acre of land at a
total cost of $20.60 or a cost of
^l^^l 1-2 cents per bushel. In
'■*■ ' the county champion
corfi, his records show
_ to produce the acre • of
200 pounds of^4-12-4 ferti-
for seed; allowing 16c. per
itow tor iBan' labor, and- 10c
MOf'-im^ntea to„|20.60
to*'" Uie cbm lat-IBc :i>*r hnshel
hw^anade a: nrofttx nl^ .k6Q.d|i-m
for Dtoirlef and Stote hoaon
The announcement Monday in
Washington by Walter Lambeth
saying that he will not be a can
didate to succeed hlmsrff baa
left the firfd wide open and po
litical news has flared up in the
state.
And his announcement has
added incentive to friends of
prominent Wilkes Democrats who
have been mentioned as con
gressional timber.
Among those mentioned are J.
Gordon Hackett, highway com
missioner. His friends point out
that be would 'be a logical can
didate.
Judge J. A. Rousseau and
Judge T. B. Finley were mention
ed as potential candidates in a
news dispatch' from Raleigh by
W. T. Best, Greensboro Dally
News writer.
Others mentioned as reported
by Mr. Boat included; Judge P.
Don Phillips, of Richmond;
Jndge Clawson L. Williams, of
®PSrr*efe.-V*e>M«—- . : ifc'S;'
Omens '"’IdelriJaildhttL
as one of the most entertaining Honor Olive and PhiUlpa
considered the congressional nom-
ination seriously before they
went on the bench. Certainly,
there is every reason for believ
ing that Judge Olive does not
mean to end his political days on
the special bench, and just a-
round the corner from him to
former Solicitor J. Frank Spruill.
There is likewise Maj. Wade H.
Phillips, and if Thomasville wish
es to keep the congressman there
is T. Austin Finch, rich even as
Walter Lambeth, and a whooping
speaker if anybody should ask.
Further down in the district is
J. C. M. Vann, one of the ablest
lawyers in North Carolina, and,
of cour.se, there is Hinton James,
former member, who served the
short unfinished Hammer term.
Walter Lambeth and James were
nominated at the same time and
campaigned together. Another
Scotland county man, neighbor of
James, is Judge Edwin M. Gill,
of Laurinburg, who is just as
much of a bachelor as Lambeth-
Vann is a resident of Monroe,
Union county, and he once had
congressional ambitions as hto
neighbor Roland F. Beasley had.
Beasley would call himself too
old to candidate now, but he nev
er ■will grow up. On the whole
he has been a very loyal Roose
velt man.
The action of the Thomaavill®
congressman followed on the
heels of a similar announcement
by Representative 'William Um-
stead last week that he would re
tire at the end of his present
(Continued on page eight)
3 Communities
Want Buil^i^
Delegations from three com
munities went before tn© Wilkea
connty board of education In Fob-
rnary meeting asking tor ecliooil
buildings and additions.
lUvOT
•i
CUngman- oommunity t^bts &
modem school building tepliuto
was allovred for rent of land and the’ large elemmitarT school,
Cltissiu ofcoamwimK-
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3
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- school.
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