New»Of'^
Sbte’Nation
[y/rWLSHER DEAD
:HW I?5Uie4*co, March 4.—The
talfMoaatal liner Pennsylvania
toOMdit bore toward X>os Angeles
the body of Robert P. Scrtpps, 42,
prlaolp^ atocUholder in ^^h e
Seripps-Howard newspaperaH^ho
died aboard bis private yachT off
lower California.
FKH FOR FUTURE
Raleigh, March 4.—Almost 5,-
500,000 trout have been hatched
this season and are darting about
► the five state coldwater hatch-
Iji 'vFiee, John D. Chalk, chief of the
1^ fisblng division of the state de-
partment of conservation and de-
f velopment, said today. The fish
win be held in rearing pools un
til late fall when they wiil be
fingerling size.
ON AN EVEN KEEL
’ Washington, March 4.—Presi
dent ]|oo8evelt today, on his fifth
analTanmry of the new cl.-;!, rct;-
reeented. the akip of state as mov
ing on'an even keel, .inti in a
true" 1 f sometimes circuitous
course, as a-result of an occasion
al 111 wind, and suggested to
-^ewspaper men attending his reg
ular press conference, that they
could not possibly do better than
^ lend their stories with the 15th
S67 ,^med Aid
Daring February
In Wffies'County
Represenfa Number Receiv
ing Cask or Equivalent
For Past Month
Farmers To Vote On
. . . 4
Crop ^Law March 12
EXPLOSION KILLS 3
New York, March 4.—Explos
ions described by wide-eyed wit
nesses as “sounding like an
earthquake” destroyed a brewery
bnilding In upper Manhattan to
day, took at least three lives, in-
15 persons and spread In-j
• Ji^Iahle damage about the
crowded neighborhood. Hundreds
'of stores and apartment bnl'dlngs
in a radius of manv blocks were
left without windows and debris
was strewn about the streets—
and in some instances upon far
away lamp posts and traffic
signs.
People of Wilkes county who
received direct cash or its equiva
lent in assistance during the
month of February totaled 567,
according to a report from
Charles McNeill, county welfare
officer today.
This number, he said, does not
include those who received aid
through the surplus commodities
set-up.
Of the 567 who received aid in
the form of cash 260 were aged
v -r,.,ir. v.'m '—pMved old a"" as-
siaiauce, iiOu children fro’t ihe
to dependent chlldro". ii’mse
; thi' social ‘’ernrity p'-c.g.-ani.
29 blind and 21 who ;wfivod
temporary aid or emersonev aid
from the rounty.
The total e-’tppnditnre for tlie
above item was $3,242.89. With
the exception of the temporary-
aid by the county the remainder
was paid by the federal, state and
county governments cooperating.
The number helped during
March will exceed that in Feb
ruary, due to the fact that more
applications have been approved
for aid to aged, dependent chil
dren and blind.
To Be Attendant
Election To Be
Conducted at 5
Places in County
Election Seven A. M. to Sev
en P. M. Announced
By Authorities
GROWERS ELIGIBLE
or
Selected for her outstanding
charm and beauty. Miss Eliza
beth Johnson, daughter of Mr.
land Mrs. J. H. Johnson, of North
Wllkesboro, will bo an attendant
il. E. SIMPSON DEAD
Hickory, March 6.—Robert E.
P Rimpaom of Hickory, 68-year-old
'*MlifaeA aouMtem railway official,
^ho rose from water boy to gen
eral manager of llnee west dur
ing his 56-year career as a rail
roader, died in a Statesville hos
pital at 6:10 o’clock this morn
ing. Death was not unexpected, as
Mr. Simpson "nad been in declin
ing health since his retirement in
November, 1937, and had been
critically ill for th§ last several
days.
City
Officials
Cooperating In
“Safety Week
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VVllKesDoro, win do an aiceuuani - -
to the May Queen at Woman’s farm act quotas will be s^ if two-
College of the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro.
March Session Of
Court Is Begun
Judge Pless On Benchi
Charge Delivered To
Grand Jury
This Week Designated By
Governor Of North Car
olina as ‘Safety Week’
WAGE BILL
'^Washington. March 6.—Chair
man O’Connor, Democrat, New
York, of the pv/werful house rules
committee, which blocked wage-
hour reglslation last year, ex
pressed belief today that a bill
Increasing minimum wages grad
ually cculd pass the house this ,
session. The New Yorker said he
was in complete* disagreement j
with reports that the house lead- ‘
ei^lp was inclined to let action
on the subject go over until next
year.
YOUTH ELECTROCUTED
Raleigh, March 6.—Dean E. L.
Cloyd, of N. C. State college, said
a ^Uplght he would ask Attorney
^neral A. A. T. Seawell to in
vestigate personally the death of
Philip Edgar Winslow, 21 a
sophomore at the college, whose
tM>dy was found late last night
beneath a high tension telegraph
pole here. Winslow, son of J. E.
Winslow, president of the state
farm bpreau, was electrocuted
■ when he climbed the pole and
tbnehed a wire carrying 4,400
‘ Coroner D. M. Waring an-
i ki^nneed. Waring blamed a col-
-^*e~arinklng party for the elec-
ttoention.
Mayor R. T. McNiel has receiv
ed from Governor Clyde Hoey a
wire asWng-^thatYUff^y officials
cooperate in making "Safety
Week’’ a success.
In speaking of the event May
or McNiel said today that he
hoped that people of this vicinity
will give more thought to safety
and use more caution, especially
in operating automobiles.
He especially urged that mo
torists drive at moderate speeds
and warned automoihile drivers
that they will be prosecuted for
speeding in the city.
Mayor McNiel also called at
tention to the failure on the part
of a great number of pedestrians
it the city to abide by the traf
fic lights on the corners. The
lights aid in promoting safety for
pedestrians as well as motorists
and it is distinctively to their ad
vantage to cross on corners and
in accordance with the traffic
signals.
“We are cooperating and want
“Safety Week” to mean what it
says. It is hoped that people will
become ‘safety conscious’ and
that every week of the year will
be ‘Safety Week’,” Mayor Mc
Niel said.
March term of Wilkes super
ior court for trial of criminal
casee convened in Wilkesboro
this morning with Judge J. Will
Pless, of Marion, presiding.
The term is for two weeks.
The grand jury was drawn fol-
lo*wIng the opening of court this
morning and B. M. Pardue was
named foreman. Judge Pless de
livered an instructive charge.
About 230 cases are now on
the calendar, it was learned this
morning from the office of the
clerk of court. Solicitor John R.
Jones is prosecuting the docket.
Mrs. Fannie Jones
Funeral Tuesday
• Georgia Tries-Again
Funeral service for Mrs. Fan
nie A. Jones, age 75, *who died
Sunday morning at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. R. U. AValsh, of
Purlear, will he held Tuesday,
11a. m., at Mount Pleasant Bap
tist church. The pastor, Rev. A.
B. Watts, will ho assisted by
Rev. Mr. Isabell, of Lenoir.
Mrs. Jones was a member of a
well known family and until re
cently made her home near Fer
guson. She leaves four children:
S. H. and R. L. Walsh, of Fergu
son, Mrs. S. S. Swanson, of High
Point, and Mrs. R. L. Walsh, of
Purlear; also four step-children.
Deputy Marshal W A. Jones, of
Wilkesboro, 0. M. Jones, of Le
noir, J. C. Jones, of North Wil
kesboro, and T. J. Jones, of
Ferguson.
Farmers who grew tobacco
cotton In 1937 are asked to vote
oil Saturday, March 12, and by
their votes say whether or not
marketing quotas for the two
crops will be clamped on the
1938 crop.
Under provisions of the new
thirds of the growers express ap- i
proval. The act provides that
each farmer have a quota and
and that he be penalized it he
sells in excess of his quota.
The penalty on tobacco sold in
cent of the gross receipts or three
excess of quota will be 50 per
cents per pound, whichever is the
greater.
Dan Holler, Wilkes farm agent,
has announced that the election
on March 12 will be held at five
points in Wilkes. The election
will begin at seven o’clock in the
morning and close at the same
hour in the evening. Every farm
er who grew tobacco or cotton
last year is asked to vote his
views.
The election in Wilkes will be
held at Traphill, Benham, Cllng-
man, Somers schoolhouse and
jfSdtetr AcU In
’^inpte Safety
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Coached by a youth hardly older than themselves, Wilkes County the highway on each slda, and
4-H Club boys composinjj the crops judging team,, won out over se- ho. a wo-ht fn .ninro as*
lected teams from 20 other"counties in Lexington reoently. J. F. GJes,
the coach, came to mflUa as assistant farm agent followh,., his
graduation from State College at Christmas. In walking away with ■ ' n'lj-re tn mninva anme
first honors, the team scored 1,736 points out of a possible 2,100. The
seed judging contest was held in connection with the fourth annual ohstru^ctlons, particularly xenc^
meeting and eprposition of the North Carolina Crop Improvement^ A^- »i*o commented
sociation. In awition to scoring higheg&AB a toMa, one of the Wilkes
boys, John Church, captured first place' in individnal scoring. Each
of the team members received a gold medal and a sack of fertilizer.
Left to right, the Wilkes team is asfolhnra: John Church, Charlie
Wiles, Paul Church, Claude Billings, dlbnnate, and J. P. Gilesj coach.
man, diwubio — —. _
wykoahoro. Farjisw, way v>$o-*t. .digCMMd a A
... enasmllnna for eons
the m6st convenient point.
Senatorial G.O.P.
Convention 19th
According To Custom Can
didate To Be Chosen
From Wilkes
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;^LD AID BUSINESS
.'R^hington, March 1.—The
^adliistratlon asked the hanks
»day to help expand small busi-
«BS, and at the same time of-
Idals worked on a program to
Vt b "monopolies.’’ Chairman
ease H. Jones, of the Recon-
tiiietion Finance corporation,
pqaested tbe banks to liberalize
t«dlt terms to stimulate business
-id employment. In a letter
■|Jch he mailed to every bank in
a , country he advocated more
Bh to repay buslnees loans and
• severe collateral require-
Present Two Plays
Wednesday Night
4-1
pesboro P.-T. A.
II Meet Thursday
sboro Parent-Teacher as-
wlH meet Thursday aft-
study group
fiM at - S'80- All members
Hially nartted to attend-
Oficam is beinf
Los Angeles . . . Pretty Georgia
Coleman, former Olympic and
World’s diving champion, who
practically lost the use of her
legs following an Infantile pa
ralysis attack, again takes to the
water for her first workout since
her illness. She predicts that it
won’t be long before she regains
her old form.
The little Theatre Dramatic
club of the city school will pre
sent two one-act plays in tlie
school ' auditorium, Wednesday,
March 9, at 2:30.
’The plays, “Maker of Dreams,”
and ‘‘Elmer,’’ are being directed
by Miss Ann McLaughlin.
The cast for the “Maker of
Dreams” is Henry Landon, Bob
McCoy, and Wanda Kerley. The
cast of ‘‘Elmer*’ includes Nell
Rousseau, Betty Rhodes, Rucher
Turner, Bill Turner, Lorene
Jones, Rufus Miller. Louise Day,
Lassie Minton and Estelle Rey
nolds.
A small admission fee of 10
and 26 cents will be charged.
Everbody is invited to attend.
Mrs. Jane Wyatt
Last Rites Today
Funeral service for Mrs. Jane
Wyatt, age 86, who died Satur
day at her home in Mulberry
township, was held today at Mt.
Zion church and burial was in
the family cemetery at Halls
Mills.
Mrs. Wyatt is survived by the
following children: J. W. Wy
att, of Pocahontas, Va., W. D.
Wyatt, of Halls Mills, Mrs. A. L,
Reece and Mrs. L. H. Shumate;
of Reddies Rlver, and Mrs. W. M.
Ahsb«r of Halls UUIs,
Jir...
W. E. Rutledge, of Yadkin-
ville, chairman of the Republican
executive committee of the 24th
state senatorial district, has call
ed the senatorial convention to
be held at the courthouse in Wil
kesboro on Saturday afternoon,
March 19, two o’clock.
The district is composed of
Wilkes, Yadkin and Davie coun
ties, which normally have Repub
lican majorities.
Attorney B. C. Brock, o f
Mocksvllle, represented the dis
trict as senator in the last legis
lature and according to the cus
tom of selecting candidates
Wilkes is the favored county this
year.
Mr. Rutledge explained that
the senatorial convention will be
on the same date as the 17th ju
dicial convention and that many
of the delegates will be on hand,
Wilkes, Yadkin and Davie being
three of the five counties in the
judicial district. ■
The call issued by Mr. Rut
ledge follows: “To the Republi
can voters of the 24th senatorial
district: Notice is hereby given
that a convention of the Repub
licans of the 24th senatorial dis
trict, composed of the counties
of Wilkes, Yadkin and Davie, will
be hold at the courthouse in
Wilkesboro on Saturday, March
19, 1938^, at two o’clock, p. m.,
for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for the Republican can
didate for senator for the district,
and to transact such other mat
ters as may come before the con
vention.”
Club Protests Against Proposal That
Auto License Bureau Leave This City
The North Wilkesboro Kiwan-
is club ■ in meeting Friday noon
entered a strong protest against
the recent order of the revenue
department to move the auto lic
ense bureau from North Wilkes
boro.
J. B. Williams presented to the
club through the secretary a
statement concerning tbe original
map of North Wilkesboro. It was
stated that the' old copies of the
town map are in, bad condition
and on account of changes and
additions that should b^ made it
seems advisable that a new map
should be made. The matter was
members offei^g sngiraBtfons as
to sources of further information
that could be used in making a
more desriahle map. The matter
was referred to the Public Af
fairs committee for further con
sideration.
J. B. Williams also brought to
the attention of the Club the re
cent order of the Automobile Di
vision of the Revenue Depart
ment to remove the office for
sellliig License tags from North
Wilkesboro. It was contended
that this had been done at the
instance of the Carolina Motor
Club. After considerable discus
sion the Club voted to have a
strong resolution sent to R. R.
McLoughlin of A. j. Maxwell’s of
fice .protesting this move,
The finance committee report
ed that : It bad appropriated
$15.00 tor the SCout Court of
Honor.
For the program. Bev. Eugene
Olive introdneed Walter Beasley,
of Monroe, who has recently an-
for eongreM to til® flMiee mow
occupied by Walter Lambeth. Mr.
Beasley made a very pleasing
short talk. He said the two great
pipblems in this life are: ‘The
problem of making a living and
the problem of living together.
“The world is growing better in
spit© of the present turmoil and
disturbance. Goodwill and Chris
tianity will not fail,’’ he said.
“Coast To Coast”
To Be Presented
Thursday, Friday
Cast Chosen For Comedy-
Drama Sponsored By Lo
cal Fire Dept.
A revival meeting is now in
progress at Pentacostal Holiness
church on Hlnshaw street and
services will continue through
Dealers Will Show Used Cars In
Big Parade Wednesday Afternoon
In observance of National Used
Car Week automobile dealers
here will put on the biggest pa
rade of used cars Wednesday aft
ernoon ever shown in Northwest
ern North Carolina.
In this big event in which all
manufacturers, dealers and oth
ers interested are partlclpaUng-
unusual values are being offer^:
In an effort to reduce st»>ck8 of
used cars and to remove dilapi
dated cars from tbe highways.
AU dealers are cooperatlnr
parade of used cars will start
from the fairgrounds and tohr
North Wilkesboro and Wilkes-
.boro. Police Chief J. E. Walker
and Patrolman Carlyle Ingle will
lead the parade. i- ^
The dealers will meet ton^ht
and perfect plans tor,the pai^e.
nihere will be ample ,eBtHrtain-
ment, Including a number
teresting-stunts. One may be the
sewing of-the “sorriest’'
4« the highest ^dder pri.a,li^
4^
The cast for “Coast to Coast.”
the thrilling drama of the net
works, sponsored by the North
Wilkesboro Fire Department, has
been definitely chosen. ^
Miss Howe and the members
of the casting committee, which
includes C. G. Day, T. H. Waller
and others, have succeeded in
securing the best talent in town
for this production.
The heroine of the show is
Miss Virginia Harris, who takes
the part of "Jean Bosworth,”
owner of a music store. The hero
Is "Don Palmer,” played by Bry
an Higgins, who works in a local
store. His friend and pal is C. C.
Faw, Jr., who takes the part of
“Pete Perkins.” Pete, it seems,
is always being pestered by “’TTlx-
1© Trimble,” portrayed by Mrs.
Fred Burgess. Mildred Erwin be
comes the singing teacher. Mad
am Hycenia, but she doesn’t sing
in this production. And wait un
til you see John Wells, as "Jack
Skinner.” the big shot promoter
and Shelton Brewer as "Louie
Dicker, Jack’s “stoogb.” Charles.
Day, Jr., U “Perclval Snell,”
Titus Pennyback’s nephew. Titus
is played by Paul D. Hutchens.
Andy Shook acquire© a v«ry deep
sun tan, and becomes ‘‘Sampson,’.'
the porter, in the Bosworth Music
store. And what conld be more
fitting than that , Bill Cooper,
owner of a radio store, ahpuld be
"Colonel Rowes,” who aimonncee
the amateur hour in the third
act. ’ J
Popolarity Oontost
Also of great intorrat. Is the
popularity contest wMoltf Is being
staged in connection with tite
showing of "Coart to C^t.” One
cent a vote, and ,who..wlil he the,
two inost popular children
N. N. Perkins, of Burlington.
There will be special singing and
string music. “Everybody is in
vited to this meeting. W© are ex
pecting great things of God,”
Rev. T. R. Howard said in an
announcement issued today.
Has Biggest Yield
Commissioaer Says Obatriaii^*
tions Must Be Rasiiqived '
From Right of Way
J. Gordon Hackett, eight high
way division commissioner, took
action today, the first day of
"Safety Week” as deeiguated bjr
Governor Hoey, to promote saf
ety on the highways.
Mr. Hackett has warned pri-*'
vate individuals that obstree-
tions must rsmpved ’ffbm’’*
highway'Aglil of'ways. “Ogh-
war right of %ayg are 60 , tseib'..
30 feet from the center; bf
Mr. Hackett also commented
on the subject of speeding
through towns. The state main
tains highways through cities and
towns and Mr. Hackett said that
it may become necessary for the
state to set and enforce speed
limits through some towns In
the division If town authorities
do not take necessary steps to
enforce speed limits set locally.
On petition of more than 100
citizens Commissioner Hackett
has placed a 26 mile per hour
speed limit on highway 18 a dist
ance of three miles north of this
city in the Falrplains commun
ity. The petition points out that
that section of the highway Is
densely populated and carries
heavy traffic.
The speed limit was set at 25
miles per hour on highway 421
six miles west of this city to Mil
lers Creek some time ^0) and
citizens in that densely populat
ed area express the opinion that
the lowered speed limit has re
sulted in less speeding and
m , a.', ra'.j IJ.I . i P'Pim
being no serious accident# on
section of highway during the
two months the speed limit
signs have been posted.
Millers Creek And
Ronda Teams Are
CountyChampioBs
Revival In Progress
Pentacostal Church Exciting Games Feature Fin
als Of Goodwill Tourna
ment at City School
By RALPH CRAWFORD
North Wilkesboro high schoolW
March 29 with preaching by Rev. third annual Goodwill tourna-
llortli;. WlttirtbPriit We rtmteetr
Qlits, ike brtwesa .HP*
and are sponsorsd by lead
's (GbntlBned OB'PH*
Mitch Snelson, 17-year-old 4-H
Chib member of BUncombe coun
ty, grew nine times as much corn
on one acre of land in 1937 as
did the average North Carolina
farmer. As a resolt, he has been
declared "Winner of the 4-H corn
growing contest and presented
with a four-year scholawUlp to
State College, announew; L, i.R.
itorUL 4-H Club leader.' Young
'Snsidon’s record sho’A’S that ' he
, prodneed 178 buahels o£ corn w
.la) a nteasui^ acre of .land at a. to-
ment for the county schools end
ed Friday night with Millers
Creek hoys and Ronda girls win
ning over Mt. Pleasant boys and
girls.
Ronda girls won over the Mt.
Pleasant girls in a game that was
closer than the score of 21 to 18
indicated. Mt. Pleasant made
.several shots that rolled all a-
round the rim only to tall out
side. Ronda led by a brilliant
forward in Crater captured the
lead in the opening minutes and
held on to it the rest of the game
to cop the crown by the score of
21 to 13.
The boys gajne, won by Millers
Creek 22 to 20, proved a fitting
climax to the greatest tourna
ment ever held here. The boys
started off in a bang with ML
Pleasant boys jumping into sev
en point lead of 11 to 4 at the
end of the first quarter.
Miller Creek came back strong
on the strength of two success
ive field goals by Miller and a
pair of free shots by Caudill.
Miles of Mt. Pleasant looped one
in just before the half ended and
Lankford garnered a foul shot
for Millers Creek to bring the
halftime score to 13 to 11- In
favor of Mt. Pleasant.
The second half proved jurt
close with Millers Creek cuttlBg'
the 2 point difference at the
half to only one pettrt 17 to 1,$
at the end of the third qtuuier.
Mt. Pleasant matched them bee-
ket for basket In this quarter bat
a foul shot by. Miller of MiUeci
Creek reduced their lead to, W
to 16. ■
With Miller. Caudill and
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