North Carolina Newspapers

mi -4jc5 J mm^ ^ Qik, l6tKk IS.-—Heary k*Tl^ td^itht Wr Daar- V ••W ha iataaded Ho C4 PMdaettoB as sooa aa pos-, oa a aow lov-co«t • tmetor: 3_ farm V XPO«T TRADE UP *&■• ■"J ..^^MWafton, March 26.—The 3'- irond poar^ I99,«48,000 lato AiB^eaa pockeU la February, the wMBlaerce (J*part5»eat report- ad today. Foreifa deoaand for ^^ed States soods reached the ‘highest pofat in several years and thus tended to streagthen aa- tlMial purchasing po»er at a tlaie whu officials and business i men alike were groping for a re- ■ceesloh cure. ko.%J a> t'- w r»' .ir^ ?mym cdbtir (^ifh CEaisiQa*. V &A.' -i iM*r' l^AHS STAY PUT , r» Koealgsberfc Germany, Marcfl * 9‘5-—Adolf HUler tonight notified the world that when Germany takes posseesion the nasi (lag sUys put. “This I swear, and so ■do all of us: What we once pos sess we will never under any clr- « u mstaaces surrender,’’ the f Tflehsfuehrer passionately assur- ,?-ed some 16,000 wildly cheering ' 5ast Pruesiaas in the opening speech of his plebiscite tour of greater Germany. ^ ANOTHER LONG OUT ta, March 5.—A brother of the late Senator Huey Long may become governor of Louis iana. The possibility developed in political speculation today over gubernatorial campaigns in the -V south already marked by a Dem ocratic feud in Tennessee and a ^^uth Carolina race crowded by 'Beven winter-booh entries. Earl .^^^Long Is the man of the hour at [ wR, the Baton Rouge statehouse built Irfil the Kingfish’s administration. ■ Me is lieutenant governor. WILL PROBE TVA Washington, March 26.—The oongressional inve3tigatlon de manded by Arthur E. Morgan, prosldentlally-removed chairman of the Tennessee Valley authority, was near realization tonight. The senate approved an investigation he conducted by 'five senators rsprsddKattveg into vlr- every aspect of the new power agency and efforts of ^•#I1vat© power companies to de- fast its program. SEARCH FUTILE New York, March 25.—Sir Hu- art Wilkins, the explorer, re turned tonight from a seven- ‘ month search of the Arctic for six ;Mntsian flyers missing since they apted to fly over the North August. Wilkins, with pfioiT' Robert Hollick-Ken- 1," or Toronto, and A1 Dyne, a mechanic,-la'n^lod their bl-motor- Sd monoplane at Floyd Bennett airport after a flight from Win nipeg. He said the plaue would be crated for shipment to Russia. It is owned by the soviet govern ment. lection fifflirdtAiipomted l^onghout State F. D. Fortoler, F. C. Johnson and J. C. Grayson On Wilkes Board The state board of elections has appointed elections boards for all couhtles in the state. 'iTie Wilkes county board of elections is no.w composed of F. D. Forester, of this city, F. C. Johnson, of North Wllkesboro rout'j 2', and J. C. Grayson, of this city, the last named being the Republican member and the only Incumbent on the board. Following are the appoint ments for counties adjoining Wilkes:' Alexander—A. C. Payne. Tay lorsville, V,’. S. Robinette, Tay lorsville; Plato E. Carson, Tay lorsville. Alleghany— Amos Wagoner, Sparta: Jesse Moxley, Sparta; T. W. Landreth, Piney Creek. Ashe — Coleman M. Payne, West Jefferson; Bruce Dent. Jef ferson; Edward Osborne, Pig. Caldwell—J. L. Cottrell, Le noir; Elisha S. Harris, Lenoir; W. M. Crewg, Lenoir. Iredell — Hugh G. Mitchell, StatesviHe; i. W. Sharpe, Har mony; R. V. Tharpe, Statesville. Surry—-Robert A. Freeman, Dobson; T. N. Woodruff, Fair Gap; E. M. Jackson, Dobson. Watauga — A. D. Wilson, Boone; James T. Gross, .\dams; J. E. Holshouser, Boone. Yadkin—T. H. Poindexter. Ca na: J. M. Myers, Jonesville; C. G. ReavIs, Yadkinville. BuyandVse Easter Seais-Hsip Ori^MCMirm ITTIil kUFB St y l-VVi' L./ I nV/.'I Mount Pleasant Dbtrict Finals Friday, April 15 Literary Program and Field Day Will Compose the Program For the Day SUiaDE PACT New York, March >5.—A 16- The Mount Pleasant district commencement for the element ary grades will be held at Mount Pleasant high school on April 15, beginning at ten o’clock a. m. In announcing the program the program committee said they felt fortunate in securing Dr. Amos Abrams, professor of English at A. S. T. C.. Boone, to address the assembly. Every school in the distnct is asked to take part in the' fdli'ow- ing program: “Ho For Carolina,” by audience; welcome address by Charles Elledge; response by D. C. Whittington; devotional by Lloyd Hendrix; introduction of speaker by principal, E. M. Mat thews; address. Dr. W. Amos year-old high school boy charged j Abl’ams; school chorus; recita- with killing his blonde young ’ ----- ’ sweetheart in what was to nave been a suicide pact heard her Hither tell police today sadly. “Harming the boy will not bring my girl back.’’ The youth, Donald ,v|^srroIl, Jr., son of a retired ^Army lieutenant, trembled so vio lently when he appeared In police lineup that he was not asked to repeat hla version of shooting the fHl, Charlotte Matthleken, an tapectant mother, through the b^t yeeterday. ?W. R. ODELL ^ I ^''Concord, March 25.—W. R. r Odell, 82, one of the outetanding lesdera in Cabarrus county if.^Bd widely known ovjr the south ‘as a manufacturer, educator and dmrehman, died ehortly after aeon today at his home on North Jaion street Although he had en In 111 health for some time suffered a A^ntt^s^efc Jaat ^t It was not genendly known St his conditi^fa ^wM regard^ eritibaf, and announcement of death came as a distinct shock the community. PantJI Seyeirfli Mrath yoU ’for WUkee couu» tool ayat«n, totoUng |S9,(W0„-w«?t oat ftoa , ^ thi^conBty board of for serrUm for the month. ly aB aekt«ola la a« • ^ Li the tion contest, elementary girls; declamation contest, elementary boys; spelling contest, boys and girls. Prizes will be awarded. • There will bp the usual field day exercises in which contest ants will compete for individual honors: standing high jump, sep arate contests for boys and girls; running broad jump, separate contest for boys and girls; sack race, boys and girls; rainy day race, girls; three-leg race, boys; balloon race, boys and girls: wheelbarrow race, boys On Wednesday evenltg, March 30, Mrs. Ferguson will present her pupils in a music recital. On April 17, two o’clock p. m.. Rev. J. C. Kanipe, pastor of the First Baptist church at Boone, will deliver the commencement sermon. Graduation exercises will be held April 23 at two o’clock p. m. The high school, under direc tion 'of Charles Elledge, will present t.hrbe plays as follows: senior play, April 2; sophomore play, April 9; junior play, April 16. The plays will be at eight o’ clock PA m. The public is invited to all programs. Aged Resident Of Wilbar Stricken •.'? > V. S^erit, Wfvlce was held Fri day at Union church lor Phiilip IBlsri SO-yeii^r-old resident of the .VRlmr community... w h.o die4 ’TOmday «k his home. Rev. Ed. Haynn oondheted the last rites. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Awes Staley Eller, and one son, Isaac Eller. ■v'r Rc/D'odui.^ii front Tfis 1 M: Easter Seals for Benefit Of Crippled Children Will Go On Sale Throi^hout Wilkes April 1 Robert McNeill Is Featured In Detective Story Robert McNeill, a highway pa trolman and a sOn of I. H. Mc Neill, of this city, is frequently mentioned in “Breathing Death,” a detective story of the chase and capture of Bill Payne and Wash Turner in the current issue of ‘American Detective.’’ McNeill’s activities in chasing the two desperadoes near Aahfe- ville after they had killed High way Patrolman Penn is interest ingly told and the magazine car ries a splendid picture of McNeill. McElwee Seeku^ Solicitor’s Post Will Be Democratic Candi date for Office In No vember Election W. H. McElwee, prominent young member of the Wilkes county bar, has filed with the state board of elections as Dem ocratic candidate for nomination for solicitor in the 17th judicial district. Because no one else in his par ty has filed as a candidate he aur tomatically will become the par ty’s nominee in the fall elections. Mr. McElwee has been attor ney for Wilkes county during the past year. Wilkesboro Higb To Play Woodleaf Wilkesboro high school base ball team will play their second game of the season Tuesday aft ernoon, 3:15, against Woodleaf high school on Wilkesboro’s field. The Wilkesboro team, which fumbled away a game to Boone 10 to 8 in the first game of the season, is expected to become one of the outstanding high school teams in the western part of the state before the end of the term. W. D. Halfacre Is County Chairman; AH Taachers Asked to Cooperate W. D. Halfacre, superintendent of North Wilkesboro schools, has been designated Wilkes county chairman for the sale of Easter seals to raise funds for the bene fit of crippled children in Wilkes county. Due to the fact that the mon ey will be used to aid school children, schools have been se lected as the selling'* agency for the seals, Mr. Halfacre said. C. B. Eller, county superintendent of schools, iai cooperating and each teacher has been asked to be responsible for the sale of 100 seals at one cent each. Mr. Halfacre explained that 90 per cent of all funds derived from sale of seals will be used to aid crippled children in Wilkes county through the purchase of braces, special shoes and other needed articles. For every dollar raised the federal government will add a dollar. Thus for every dollar’s worth of seals used $1.80 will be realized for use in the county. Only $156 was realized from the sale of Easter seals last year, $76 of which was raised by Rhe North Wilkesboro schools. The money is for county-wide use und a movement is on foot to have all school children to take a part in the campaign this year. For the campaign the North Wilkesboro schools have been di vided into three groups—pri mary, intermediate and high school. To the student in each group selling the most Easter seals the Orpheum Theatre will donate six movie passes. The seals will go on sale Fri day, April 1. Episcopal Lenten Service Evening prayer and sermon at St. Paul’s Episcopal church Thursday evening, March Slst, at half past seven o’clock. Rev. B. M. Lackey, rector, in charge. Friends and visitors are invited to attend this service. F^e 'Sopk Nomunafipn For . CoofTM .A complete list of ean^datM who'fiaVeT fll&‘^Abtlce of canU- dacy with the state board’of elec- . • * -V • '*■* tlons for state offices shows fjve in the race for the eighth district congress seat to be vacated by Representative Walter Lambeth. , The list of candidates reveals that there will bo only one prl' mary contest for Republican nomi* Ination to state office, two candi dates having filed for the nomi nation for solicitor in this (17th) Judicial district. The candidates are J,. P. Jordan, of Wilkesboro and Avalon E. Hall, of Yadkln- vllle. Following is the list of candi dates for U. S. senate and con gress by districts: United States senate—Robert R. Reynolds, of Asheville, ID. in cumbent); Frank Hancock, of Oxford (D): -Charles A. .Tona.s, of Llncolnton (R). Representatives in Congress, by districts: First—Lindsay C. Warren, of Washington (D. incumbent). Second—John H. Kerr, of War- renton (D) incumbent, Troy T. Barnes, of Wilson (D). Third—Graham A. Barden, of New Bern (D), incumbent, Charles L. Abernethy, Jr., of New Bern (D). Fourth—Harold D. Cooley, of Nashville (D), incumbent, Willis G. Briggs, of Raleigh (R). Fifth—George Fulp, of Leaks- ville (D), Marshall C. Kurfees, of Winston-Salem fD), A. D. Polg- ej, of Mt. Airy (D), John W. Kurfees, Jr., of Winston-Salem (R). Sixth — George Penny, of Greensboro (D). J. O. Atkinson, Jr., of Greensboro (D), Bruce H. Carraway, of High Point (D), Barnie P. Jones, of Burlington (D), Oscar G. Barker, of Dur ham (D), Edney Ridge, of Greensboro (D), Lewis B. Teague, of High Point (D), R. H. Watkins, of Durham (D). Seventh—J. Bayard Clark, of Fayetteville, (D), incumbent, B. C. Geddie, of Erwin (R). Eighth—George R. Ross, of Jackson Springs (D), John R. J6nes, of North Wilkesboro (R), Roland F. Beasley, of Monroe (Continued on page eight) , '-j NEW YORK CITY . Feminine lides Boften*tb» manbiMt style of tho long singlcKbreasted coat in this bhlc outbt S is of navy blue woolen with a wfdo, white hairlina ■tripe. The navy Mck ondemesth is of a plain sheer woolen witlz a trim white oollas. A stnmr Hrilor with visa oompUtes thin iprlBg oasembie. EEBiybody hvited Tp Hear Caldwell llursday N i g h t State Master Will Address Open Meeting of Grange At the Courthouse - Harry B. Caldwell, of Greens boro, master of the North Caro lina State Grange, will return to Wilkes where he organized the first Grange in North Carolina, to address an open meeting to be held at the courthouse on 'Thurs day evening, March 31, at 7:30. Because many people not mem bers of the Grange expressed a desire to hear Mr. Caldwell, who has earned quite a reputation as a public speaker,. Grgnge leaders decided to open the meeting to the public and invite everybody to attend. Through the Pomona Master, T. W. Ferguson, an invitation was extended the North Wilkes boro Kiwanis club Friday to at tend the meeting. For half a century, the planet Uranus was credited with s i x moons—two more than it actually has. Legion Binyo Partv For Benefit Junior Baseball to Begin Tuesday Wilkes post of the American Legion, now planning to launch the second season of junior base ball in Wilkes county, will open a bingo party Tuesday evening in the building until recently oc cupied by Absher’s clothing store on B street. The Bingo party will continue each evening and ni.ght through Saturday night with a gala col lection of prizes. A grand door prize—a $25 chair—will be given away Saturday night. The bingo party sponsored by the Legion several weeks ago re sulted in much entertainment for patrons and a profit which was used to clear a great part of the indebtedness incurred in main taining the junior league last summer. Unlike the last bingo party which was put on by a profes sional, the party this week will be operated by Legionnaires and the Legion will use all the prof its to promote junior baseball this year. Junior baseball proved to be very popular last year and peo ple in various communities who are interested i n organizing teams for the 1938 season are asked to get in touch with W. J. Bason, active manager of the baseball project for the Legion, or Frank E. Johnson, Legion post commander. It has been announced that the Wilkes post will hot meet on Fri day night of this week but will meet on Friday, April 7. The meeting has been postponed in order that attention may be giv en the Bingo party which will be in progress through Saturday night. Seventeen Boxing Bouts at Wilkesboro School ThriUs Crowd On Friday Night A. vtpwon divgced from tho^ more ♦knn • and'a “thiltljng Senior class of WilkMboro high school sponsored a boxing show In the school auditorium Friday night, the first public ex hibition of the sport ever staged by a school in this secjlon. Seyenteen bouts with children ranging from only 52 pounds to 164 were carried out on the stage of the auditorium before an appreciative audience. The pri mary and grammar grade chil dren fought three one-nilnute rounds each while the high school boys had three one and -one-half minute. rounds -- each. In the. main bout Russel (K. O.) Brookshire and Boyd (Slug ger) Cooke fought to a draw in a contest that offered plenty of thrills but the primary and gram mar grade boys afforded much entertafiimeat. 'r V The program' was put on unde^^ direction of Paul Fergnson, professional boxer who served as referee. Thomas Dula and Charles B. Hulcher were the judges. The results of the hoqta fol low: Bobby Story over Tony Em erson; Harold Dancy over James Wyatt: C. V. Bridges, Jr., and Ray Miller, draw; Billy Whitting ton over Daniel Linney; Hubert Dancy over Junior Rachel; Silas Minton and Junior Prevette, draw; Fred Haynes over Clifford Minton; Jnnlor Dula and Doug las Bettor, draw% Junior Wilson over Tom Parfons; John Henry Clark over William. Moore; Mc Kinley Moore ovw Darrell Min ton; Eddie.! Adleman over Ray Stroud;, Tom Lenderman and Arnold Pruitt, dfaw; Bill Pruitt over Clanda.IfeWSli^: James Al bert D«ml8i,.4]^:SJ«mes Hwapr tiiU:,DlU I^aw, d Try To Solve Farm Bill Puzzle .ATLh&rk Gal, don't I?, ponders Ri 4qt iiz’tbe election hel :eontrdl .veavwi^' ■nr-’ i;^''coftton - OB jm Rnak In C4tr Halfacre Anaomices For Commancameat'i^ of Citjr SntKiotg^ . Thad Eure, North Carolina UM- retary of state, has accepted tba Invitation to deliver an'ad||Mea at the finals of North ’VflkM* boro high school on TufMay, May 31. Annonneement of jire> liminary plans for the commence ment were made today by W. D. Halfacre, city schools superlnteu* dent. Dr. P. E. Monroe, president of Lenofr-Rhyne College, Hielury, will deliver the commenceiiient sermon on Sunday, May 29.' The class day exercises will take place on the afternoon ot May 30, according to present plans. 3 Debating Teams Compete Friday Schools of Wflkeaboro Meet Rivals in Triangles On April 1st High schools of North Wilkes boro and Wilkesboro will partici pate in the annual triangular de bates sponsored by the extension djlvision of the university ot North Carolina. North Wilkesboro is placed in the triangle ^itl* Hanes high in Winston-Salem and Harding high in Charlotte. Wilkesboro’s com petitors are Elkin and Mount Airy. The query is “Resolved: That the sevei^I states should adopt a unicameral system of legislation’’ and the date is April 1. North Wlkesboro affirmative, composed of Alice Wells and Ralph Bowman, will debate Hanes negative here, two o’clock p. m., and the local negative team of Mary Frances Pardue and Corinne Paw will debate Hard ing’s affirmative in Charlotte. The students’ council here will entertain the visiting debaters at an informal tea. Wilkesboro’s affirmative, Bax ter Davis and Flake Steelman, will debate Mount Airy’s nega tive at Elkin; the negative team, Jean Laws and‘AHiwinia Jtiller, will debate Elltln’s affirmative at Mount Airy. Elkin negative and Mount Airy affirmative will de bate at Wllkesboro at 1:30 p. m. Five Stills Taken Durii^[ Past Several Communities Visited By Sheriff In Raids In Wilkes County Sheriff C. T. Doughton and Chief Deputy Odell Whittington experienced a busy week raiding stills. Five illicit outfits were de stroyed during the week. One outfit was taken Friday afternoon in Reddies River town ship four miles wes’ of this city and about one-half mile from highway 421. 'The still was not in operation but 2,400 gallons of beer ready for distillation was destroyed. One still was destroyed in the Pattons Ridge vicinity on the Blue Ridge. Over 1.000 gallons of beer was cut down. A 100-galIon still and boxes with a capacity of 2,000 gallons were destroyed a short distance from highway 421 north of the Advent church'in Lewis Pork township. One large outfit and 1,000 gal lons of beer were cut down 1* Somers township and a small 69- gallon still was destroyed neak Boomer. Tax Penalty to Attemtion ta t^led to the *a«t that an additfdhsl penalty of on* per cent wOl be added - to all - paid county and city taxee if not paid on. or before April .1, > * Tlie penalty'will bei th.ree per cen.t attCT 'lYlday of this #' Thia riwMee to WiUteabOTO OF^Uo i^boro." fl&y- dno ofe 'wn-. - Xi>~: