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DECLINES BIG JOB
Washin«toa, Feb. 11.—Seldom
does a man turn down a $75,000-
a-year Job but that Is what for
mer governor O. Max Gardner
^ye tod»r"when he wrote a
letter to E. H. H. Simmons chair
man of the New York Stock Ex
change reorganization committee,
stating that be would not accept
the preeldency of the exchange if
ii. le tendered to him.
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BUSINESS HOLDS UP
Raleigh, Feb. 11.—Statistics
January Indicated, a survey
*today showed, that business in
r *ral in North Carolina seemed
hold about on a level with
January, 1937, despite the busi
ness recession. Governor Hoey ex
pressed gratification at "the con
tinuing evidence of satisfactory
business in many fields of ac
tivity’’ and commended employ
ers of labor "generally for main
taining the wage scale.”
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lOBO. N. a
DIE FRIDAY
IPQ*. 11 .—Governor
Roey hM denied the reprieve ap-
^dieatlon of E. Li. Smoak, 39-
year-old New Hanover county
man under sentence to die next
iViday for the poison murder of
his daughter, Parolee Commis
sioner Edwin 6111 announced to
night.
KILLED IN CRASH
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 11.—
Lieut. Richard McCloekey, 27,
Kelly field flying instructor, was
hilled and Lieut. Marvin Stalder
^^icaped injury when their pur-
^alt planes collided In mid-air
near the flying field here today.
Lieutenant McCloskey was born
at Lock Haven, Pa. Lieutenant
Stalder's home is in Riverside,
Calif.
Rev. W. M. Cooper
Cidled As Pastor
Of Presbyterians;
Elected on Sunday
Had Been Associate Pastor
of Presbyterian Church
Here Sinc« July, 1936
Jordan Canddata For
SoKcitor 17th Dirtnci
^ « .1. m I '
Local Attorney
Has Announced
Is A Candidate
GRADUATE OF U. N. C.
and Divinity School at Yale;
Elders and Deacons are
Also Elected
KILLED BY AUTO
Taylorsville, Feb. 11.—D. W.
Fennel, 48, cattle trader, was in
stantly killed early tonight when
he was struck by a car driven
by James Watts, 28, Taylorsville
undertaker. Pennell’s car had run
out of gas and he had started
walking toward Taylorsville. Pen
nell was struck just inside the
city limits.
~ finrit Growers' “
* Show Interest In
Demonstrations
In a congregational meeting
held Sunday morning the North
Wilkesboro Presbyterian church
called Rev. Watt M. Cooper as
pastor^
Since July, 1936, Rev. Mr.
Cooper had been associate pa.stor
with Rev. C. W. Robinson, who
died a few weeks ago. During
that time Rev. Mr. Cooper has
become one of the popular min
isters of the city and has been
active in city and communivy af-
falr.^.
Other business transacted in
the meeting Sunday included
election of M. A. Vickery and
Pat Williams as elders. Deacons
were elected as follows: D. J.
Carter, L. M. Kelson, Lewis Vick
ery, A. .A.. Cashlon and Blair
Gwyn.
Rev. J. W. McFall, of Mount
Airy, was moderator of the meet
ing, he having exchanged pulpits
with Rev. Mr. Cooper for the
morning service.
Rev. Mr. Cooper graduated
from the University of North Car
olina in 1926. For the following
four years he was principal of
Stuart Robinson school in Ken
tucky. For three years he attend
ed the divinity school at Yale
University, completing the course
in 1933. From that date until he
came to North Wilkesboro he
was student pastor at the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
I k
Attorney J. P. Jordan, mayor
of Wilkesboro, is a candidate for
the Republican nomination tor
solicitor.
Home Agent Finds
Ladies Interested;
To Organize Clubs
Meetings Held During Past
Week in 3 Communities
Well Attended
General Meeting Held at the
Courthouse Wednesday
'' Night; Many Attend
N -
'”'Hi»^“Two pruning demonstrations ami
a general meeting of the fruit
grow- rs held in Wilkes this 'veek
were well attended. County Agent
Dan Holler said today.
Demonstrations were held in the
orchards of Caney Lowe and M. V.
Robinson. Attendance at each
place was 16 fruit growers, among
them being some who had not been
attending the demonstrati''ns
The demonstrations were con
ducted by H. R. Niswonger, hor-
ticultur.st specialist of the exten
sion service, acompanied by Carl
VanDeman, specialist in charge of
the research station at Kilby’s
Gap.
On Wednesday night a general
^ meeting of fruit growers held at
jb . the courthouse was well attended.
Mr. Holler said that fruit grower;
may receive without cost spray
charts from his office. These
charts enable the growers to keep
accurate record of number and
of sprays, amount of mate-
. used and the date of raim'all.
1 information will be used with
rec»rds of results obtained in
forming spray programs for fruit
grvwBTs in the Brashies.
May Yet Apply
For Tenant Loan
W. Bryan Oliver, County Sup
ervisor, Farm Security Adminis
tration, anno^pced from his of
fice in North Wilkesboro this
week that those who have tenant
purchase applications in their
pocsession may mail them in, ev-
eif though the cloeing date has
paaaed. He aeked, however, that
all a4>plications be in his hands
bjr February 19th.
A great many applications
were passed out to various peo-
In Wllkee county, and only
ut twenty seven have been re
ed by tiie county committee
_ Tenant Purchase Division,
^great number of the twenty-
A received, for one reason or
>, luye been found ineligl'
imd Mr. OllTer strongly urjp
tlKMo who hard appUea
tbem in order
fkp fiAj Qopta of loan# jaay
Adullt 1 eachers
Meeting On Friday
All adult teachers in Wilkes
county met on Friday at the
courthouse in Wilkesboro. Mrs.
Ethel Moore, supervisor, presided
and an inspiring address was de
livered by C. B. Eller, superinten
dent of Wilkes schools.
Bingo Party Thursday
Wilkesboro Woman’s clnb will
stage a Bingo party Thursday
night, February 17, at the Ila
Holman Community House. The
party will begin at 7:30. Valu
able prizes will be given and a
cordial invitation is extended for
all to attend. A good time is as
sured.
Mis.s Harriett McGoogan,
Wilkes county’s first home dem
onstration agent, has completed
the first week of her job, reporf-c'
Ing that the ladie.s in the varloufT
communities visited are very en
thusiastic about the proposed
program of homo dennonstration
work for 1938.
McGoogan, in company with
Pauline Gordon, state speclailat'
of home making and house fur
nishings, conducted meetings at
Mountain View. Ronda and Fer
guson, widely separated commun-
itlee.
Each meeting was well attend
ed. Miss McGoogan said, and
plans are being formulated for
the organization of a home dem
onstration club in each of the
three cojnmunitie.s.
‘‘Home Making and House Fur
nishings” will be the theme of
home demonstration work this
year, she said.
Reduces Power Rates
Raleigh.—The utilities com
mission announced that the New
River Light and Power company
at Boone had reduced rates an
average of 15 per cent effective
on and after February 1.
Plans Go Forward For Trade Days
Event Friday, Saturday, Monday
Wilkesboro Selects
’38 Debating Teams
Three - Day Merchandising
Event Should Mean Real
Savings to the Public
Twelve Wilkesboro high school
students were in the tryout for
places on the school debating
teams for 1938.
Following the debate on ‘‘Re
solved: That the several states
should adopt a unicameral sys
tem of legislation," the judges
selected the following winners:
affirmative—Baxter Davis and
Flake Steelman; negative—^Vir
ginia Miller and Jean Laws; al
ternates—George Ogilvie and Re
becca Gentry.
The judge.s were Rev. A. L.
Aycock, A. S. Cassel and Mrs.
Kyle.
Other students taking part in
the preliminaries were Gena HIx,
J. B. Brookshire, Elizabeth Well
born, James Hemphill, Joel Bent
ley and Pauline Mathis.
The teams selected will take
part in the annual triangular de
bate to be held within the next
few weeks.
Flag Raising At
Rpajrmg River 20th
Ronda council of Jr. O. U. A.
M. will conduct a flag presenta-
ftion serrlce at Roaring River
johool on Sunday, February 20;
tr30 p. m.
C.. B. Eller, Wilkes superinten-
of selH>^s, will be the tea-
iflie public has
ko attend.
Plans for Trade Days in North
Wilkesboro Friday, Saturday and
Monday, February 18, 19 and 21,
are rapidly taking form.
News that the big merchandis
ing event will be staged will no
doubt be received with much in
terest .by the people of Wilkes
and adjoiningi counties and the
event should he highly successful
and beneficial.
Many of the leading business
houses of the city have already
planned to have a part in the
event which will be held to re
duce stocks.
And to reduce stocks of mer
chandise it is expected that very
substantial price reductions will
be made as an inducement which
will appeal to the thrifty and all
who wish to buy quality merch
andise at low cost.
The event will also have a
trade expansion motive in that
people from adjoining counties
will have a; good opportunity to
learn that they can find their
Ae^s in North Wilkesboro from
wide varieties of stocks purchas
ed to meet varied demands.
Fbirther news of the merchan
dising event and of some of the
oiii^taBcling v^es at local bus-
iBd^ houses wilt be carried in
ITie' Journal-Patriot ‘Thursdi^.
News of the event will prove
all)# profitable as well as ente.
rs in tbe
urlng the World war and
14 Months of that in France and
Germany, flgl^lng for the Liberty
and Freedom of America.
‘‘It I am fortunate enough to
bo nominated and elected to this
office I will endeavor to prose
cute the docket according to the
law and in as fair and just way
as I know how. I will do my best
to see that the law is adminis
tered to the rich as well as to the
poor alike."
Fifty Are Working
On N Y A Projects
Woodworking smd Home
craft Projects Are Main
tained in the County
Fifty young people in Wilkes
and Alexander counties are em
ployed on National Youth admin
istration projects, it was learned
today from W. R. Craft, NYA
supervisor in the two counties.
This number represents young
people not in school, between the
ages of 18 and 25 and who have
been certified as being in need
of employment.
Mr. Craft said that each person
certified is placed on projects
most adaptable for training and
use of the talents and abilities
displayed.
A majority of the boys on NYA
in Wilkes are employed in the
woodworking shop, wjiich is now
engaged in making student desks,
auditorium benches and library
tables and shelves. Their pro
ducts have results in substantial
savings to the county, which fur
nishes cost of materials used.
A home craft unit with 13
girls employed is maintained in
a room of the North Wilkesboro
high school building. A similar
unit with five at work has been
formed in the Blue Ridge coun
try near Summit.
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SOLimOR JOKf
Mttssiaissr-
Wilkesboro Mayor to Make
Active Campaign Over
Entire District
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Avinafil
DaViNiaer
County Has Largeal
sentation, in
Annual Gatiiwtec4f^-
Attorney J. F. Jordan, mayor
of the town of Wilkesboro, today
announced his candidacy for Re
publican nomination for solicitor
in the 17th judicial district, com
posed of Wilkes, Yadkin, Davie,
Avery and Mitchell counties.
Mr. Jordan a'ttended Wake
Forest College, receiving his lic
ense to practice law in 1922.
Since that time he has been prac
ticing in Wilkesboro.
He has taken an active inter
est in public life, being a past
commander of the Wilkes post of
the American Legion, master of
the Masonic lodge in Wilkesboro,
clerk of the Brushy Mountain
Baptist association, and is serv
ing his first termj as mayor of
Wilkesboro.
Discussing his plans. Mayor
Jordan said that he will make
an extensive campaign "from one
end of the district to the other”
and will endeavor to reach as
many citizens as possible.
His announcement of candi
dacy follows:
‘‘I hereby announce myself a
candidate for nomination of the
office of Solicitor for the 17th
judicial district of North Caro
lina, subject to the wishes of the
voters in the Republican primary
June 7th, 1938. I was born and
reared in Wilkes county and I
am a Republican both by birth
and choice.
'•'"I paid my, way through high
school working in the logging
camps in We»tern North Caro
lina, and in the Zinc mines in
Eastern Teiai#^BW, and through
in
ir
Solicitor John R. Jones, who today announced he wiU not be a can
didate to succeed himself. He expressed appreciation for the support
given him in the almost 12 years he has been in officOI
Jones Will Retire at End Of
Term as Solicitor For District
Officer Loses Hat
Listeninsr To G-Man
a rack outside the banquet hall,
disappeared while Edward
Scheldt, special agent in charge
of the Carolinas office of the fed
eral bureau of inveettgation, ,Vaa
addressing the Givl^ club
‘‘Modems;- Law: Entei«ai|ient.’i -li
iunkiaVSiit wjw;
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Charged With Shooting
Fred Gilreafh, Colored
VfoVrMl, coloi^
woman' of Wllkeeboro, was
lodged in Jail Saturday night
by Policemen Arlle Forter and
J. E. Culler, charged with
shooting Fred GUreath, also
bolored. It is alleged that the
woman shot. Fred in the neck
with a ptetol.
The wounded man wa.s car
ried to The Wilkes Hospital
where he is now recovering.
Hunting Season
Closes Tuesday
County Game Protector Is
sues Warning iAgainst
Late Hiinting
When, tomorrow’s day is done
hunters can oil and clean their
guns and put them away for a
long rest. Tuesday closes the
hunting season.
It should mean a rest for dogs
and a .brief respite for quail
which face the task of reproduc
ing the vast number .killed during
the past season.
Homer Brookshire, county
game protector, said today that
he appreciates the cooperation
extended during the season and
added a warning that any "who
persist in bunting after the sea
son is closed will be prosecuted.
The season after tinnorrow will
be closed on all hunting except
fox hunting, and licensed hunters
have a perfect right to keep right
on enjoying the music of the
bounds.
B. & L. Executive
AddreseesKiwanis
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Executive Secretary B. & L.
League Not Enthusiastic
,V ' About FHA La’MTs
Martin F. Gaudian, execntlya
secretary of the North Carotl^^
Build^ & Loan I^eague,
at the North Wilkesboro
Salisbury. — Police Chief R.tcjlub Friday. The subj^
Lee Rankin’s new hat, parked on '^j^Udlng & Loan Associations—
Is Serving Twelfth Year; Is
j Deeply Appreciative
Of Support
John R. "Jones, who is com
pleting his twelfth year as solici
tor of the 17 th judicial district,
said today that he will not be a
candidate to succeed himself.
Solicitor Jones was elected to
the office when Johnson J.
Hayes, who was his law partner,
was appointed judge of the mid
dle North Carolina district by
President Calvin Coolidge. For
many years Mr. Jones has been
recognized as an outstanding
prosecutor and has had the dis
tinction of being the only Repub
lican solicitor in North Carolina.
Mr. Jones said today that at
the end of his present term he
will devote his time to the prac
tice of law here. He is also a
prominent dairyman, being pro
prietor of Meadow Brook daio’-
He will also devote considerable
attention to his dairy farm and
his prized herd of jerseys.
Retiring at the height of his
career as a prosecutor, Mr. Jones
said that he deeply appreciates
the support and cooperation of
all the judges, attorneys and
court officials with whom he has
been in contact and worked with
since he went into office.
The office of solicitor, he said,
is one hard to fill in that its du
ties are streneous and present
difficulties which require much
work and continual Investigation.
During th© many years he has
held the office he has prosecuted
a number of sensational cases, a-
mong them being'several capital
cases in which the convicted re
ceived the death sentence.
The district is now composed
of Wilkes, Yadkin, Davie, Avery
and Mitchell counties, all of
which normally give Republican
majoritiee.
The announced candidates as
successor to Mr. Jones are .\valon
E Hall, "of Yadkinvllle, and J.
P. Jordan, of Wilkesboro. Walter
Berry, Bakersvllle attorney, has
often been mentioned as a solicl-
torial candidate.
Com inanity JMttlartlona,'’
which w stremod the iingq|ri|b^
Mrt thift the J^orth: ’’VmiMgbmo
part" that the
BaUdHig A ’ Loan AaMriakm
the ’urakeoboro Bnildlng * Lmo
have la
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MUCH ENTHUSIASir V
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Representative Fish CrediUb
Blame for ReceMion OB .
the Administration i *
with 115 in attandawx, Wil|^
furnished the largest delegatloa
in the state at the Lincoln, Day
dinner in Greensboro Saturday
night with the possible exceptloa
of Guilford. '.
The Republican meetings dur
ing the day and the dinner at
tended by approximately T,v09
Republicans was described by
representatives of state dalh..a a»
being the most enthusiastic Re
publican rallies held in the state
since 1928. All sections of the
state were represented.
Attorney Silas Casey, of High
Point, a member of a widely
known Wilkes RepnlMlcan family,
was toastmaster at the dinner.
Worth Henderson, of Greensboro,
was chairman of arrangement*
and the speaker was Introduced
by J. Bennett Riddle, of Mor-
ganton, chairman of Young Re
publican clubs In thei state. Mrs.
John R. Jones, of this city, na
tional committeewoman, was a-
mong the honored guests on the
platform and the dinner meeting
w'as concluded by remark.s from
State Chairman W. C. Meekins.
Representative Hamilton Fish,
whose majority in elections in
President Roosevelt’s home dis
trict in New York state has in
creased every successive electloR
since 1920, de.spite landslides to
ward the opposing party, was the
feature speaker and for an hour
and a half held the rapt artentloa
of the assembly.
He was jfteefeff with applausa
at every point in his address
which indicated the president and
the New Deal with sole responsi
bility for the present busine'= re
cession. The depression of 1932
and adjacent years, he said, waa
a natural result of a busines*
boom out of proportion as in con
trast to the present slump Avi ’ch'
he directed blamed upon govern
ment policies.
He said the administration is
steadily bringing ruin to . the
south through its policies toward
cotton. Half the world market
for cotton is gone, he said, and
the remainder is on its: way out
under present policies of trying
to peg cotton prices far above the
world market.
He advocated two prices, a
domestic price and cotton pur
chased by the government dump
ed on the world market at what-
et'er price it will bring in am ef
fort to regain some of the mar
kets now lost.
He compared the president’*
blaming business for the reces
sion to a "baby who has lost hi*
rattle.’’ He. then quoted Preeident
Roosevelt’s declaration of "W#
planned it that way. Don’t let
anyone tell you differently”, two
years ago with reference to im
proved business conditions at
that time.
As a '‘program to restore con
fidence and to stop the depres-
(Continued from page four)
Towerman Breaks
Limb On Ground
V.‘.
^Munectady. — Joe Manglne,
ItMUiy steel worker, for weeks
lias scaled the growing heights
of the new WOT. anteena tower,
Wilkes to bder
Spelling Cont^
Schools Urged to Select the
Champions to Take Part
In County Contest
south Schenectady. .
' ’Bach'day the tower grew high-
#e as a reauK. of Manglne’s un-
Itring and. pei^Bons work. Tester-
- - - dv the towwr^ readied 500' feet
^ W Min^ne oame down.
srtw
U in.
Wilkes county Will enter the
Winston-Salem Jonrhalk ^pelting
contest in a big way.
.C. B. Eller, county superlnton-.
dent of schools, said
every scbiool in tho county is ask
ed to participate. Each gr^e. wtll
have a chaaipioi^ detenajCM.^
a spelling be# and 'olmA
will select its chagt#».
The heat j^^sprilor
school will partiel^^ ^ % ooiHr
ty •contest to,s#MSli|ti*.^>«witT
Champa, to oonapsla iiuJ
contest at Winatca-Salsea on
to. The county champion wt|L-ka
s«lidted^«ii or bcisor* Kariik. >t.
Uia|t th«c# to a
.itowtoaT «t. tb* itady
ia. Uto* pabtie aehot^
t|^ the apDIaob tr
jmord atteatton than It .did
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