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Reiss b Chairman
Tlus'Ci^ Wm One of Ban
ner Spots In First Air
Mail Week Erent
CONTEST ANNOUNCED
Attracttre Prizes 0£Fered
Hi(fa School Students
For Best Essays
National Air Mail Week, which
was Institoted in 1937 and in
which North Wllkeeboro went ov
er the top In a big way. will be
observed this year from May 15
to May 21.
, Postmaster Paul R. Tounts, of
Ohorlotte, is national ehii;^an,
and 4*oatmaster Jas. H. McSshtle,
ot Maiisbury, is state chf^naan.
„ .Ihe state chairman has ap-
pbtoted^J. C. Reins, North Wll-
k^o jiostmaster, as chairman
for Wflkes county.
Following plans used last year,
^ jrtano will stop at the North
Postal
Receipts
Increase
Recession or no recession, re^
celpts at the North Wilkesboro
postoftlce for the first quarter of
1938 show a gain over the same
period la 1937, according to in
formation gained today from
Postmaster J. C. Reins.
The report Indicates that Uncle
Sam's basinees here has continu
ed on the upward trend. Postal
receipts are considered a barom
eter of business in the small va
riety field.
The Increase ot postal receipts
for January, February and March
this year over the same period in
1937 was $135.85. Mr. Reins
said.
Effort!
I
Wllkeeboro airport to pick up air
mail, probably on May 19.
A nation-wide school assay dbn-
tast will be conducted ta connec
tion with air mail week.
Hie essay contest will be con
fined to high school stndents. Tho
flnt prlie in the state contest
will be a round trip to Washing
ton by plane from the nearest
rssnlar airport to th« home of
the winner. The second prise 'will
be a suitable trophy.
Winners of the state contests
will be guests at a banquet in
Waahington, May 15, at which
time one of the state prise essays
wBl he aileeted for the grand
sattcmal prise. If the final win
ner'livee east of the Mississippi,
he or she will get an air trip to
Hollywood, or if the winner lives
U the west the trip will be to
lOami. This trip includes five
-^•aaaad-
dhkkws.^
.Pof^aaster MoKenaie is spad
ing all postmasters In the state a
fuppiy ®f rules for the contest.
Interested students can get these
at their own post offices.
Kitty Hawk, in this state, scene
it the first airplane flight, will
have one of the official cachets
for Air Mall Week. The other will
be issued at Dayton, O., home ot
Orville Wright. The national com-
alttee, headed by Postmaster
"Paul Younts, of Charlotte, is
planning a special plane flight
from Kitty Hawk to Dayton.
Tobacco Crop
Allotments To
Be Mailed Soon
County Agent Also An
nounces That Triple Su
perphosphate Is Ready
taM
K^e Wo|4c
Irgaot Need of
Researdi
iMtter tq J. O. Hack-
ilrway commissioner,
.'head ot the hor-
in of North Caro
cge, thanked Mr.
^ intcif(»t in re
nd fof 1*1* success-
;;tn helping to secure
ion for the apple
on on the Brushies.
which Is self-ex-
fil^ws:
^^apse to^orth Wilkesboro last
r.,Wfht and a part of
smlng visiting Mr.
and the laboratory,
see yon, but under-
i>ti were not in town
s»-take this opportunity
ira in ibehall of the
of Horticulture,
It Yes learned today from
Dan iWlar, county agent, that
blanks are now available at the
office for those participating in
the 1938 soil conservation pro
gram with which to make appli
cation for the triple superphos
phate furnished through the pro
gram for the lands being culti
vated.
Jesse Olles, assistant coun
ty agenc, announced also that one
car of superphiMphate has beeu
distributed free to 21 farmers
who participated in the demon
stration, keeping satisfactory rec
ords during the past y^r.
The present cost of the phos
phate to the farmer will only be
on freight to the nearest Billing,
pmtmlr iks puwkais b»ts* .to JtoN
taken ftvMn hU benefit check
the fall. Meanwhile, the farmer
has the benefit of the soil food
through the yeaf, in addition to
his conservation check.
Lawrence Miller has announc
ed also that his office expects to
have tobacco allotments for par
ticipating farmers In the malls
for them by Saturday of this
week. It will be unnecessary to
call at the office concemiLg
them, as the information will be
passed along as soon as received.
J. G. Haokett, now highi|to
commissioner, has recelied frcijj^ ^Korsd^'
M. B. Gardner, head of the hoAl'{ '
culture department of State GoW ^ _
lege, a letter of appreciation
his successful efforts in heipUto t;,] I
to secure the first direct stzto Yd .tl
appropriation for agricultural riK
search work, referring to the a®| Agricultural Hx-
ple research laboratory on peifsi^^toUon, and State Col-
Brnshles. Mr. Gardner said it Mwonderful support
not too early to begin thiak|W unifh^l^l^tion thbt you have
about the appropriation for getting Started with
next biennium. in the
iFithout your assist-
have been Impos-
make the progress
(’made, beeauw our funds
it for the work are rath
,^|kave reference par
the grading of the
the laboratory
the sprayer.
>n from out of the
th« opportunity to
number of power
inted on trucks,
me last wek, after
Wilkesboro, and
best Joh of mount-
se^ After sec-
week, I agree
ik ifits well
thonTOiigh-
are wkict-
J. C. Reins Nam^^M
For Second Teii|||
Nomination Sent Bf Prii
dent to Senate Taesdayt.:'
Expect Confinnation
Postmaster J. C. Reins
been nominated iby Free!
Roosevelt to succeed
postmaster at North Wltkesboi
His nomination waaato^^ tfle:
senate Tuesday by »» pwgWdni.
along with a numimr' of '♦.oMPf'
nominations. His
followed
Repri
fimidlou by Yhe
pected.
Mr. Reins was
master four years d^O
James M. Andersoi(g;>wil
ptaiiwwr
iv
Tho*. S. Bumgarner
Stricken In Capital
Washington, April S.—Thomas
8. Bumgarner, of Albemarle,
clerk of the hous" ways and
means committee, of which Rep
resentative Doughton Is chair
man, died at Sibley hospital hero
early this afternoon after a brief
illness. Pneumonia was the Im
mediate cause of death.
Funeral service will be con-
' ducted Friday afternoon at First
' Methodist church, at Albemarle.
Mr. Doughton said this after
noon he would go to Albemarle
for the funeral If poeelble.
Surviving relatives are Mrs.
Binagardner, an adopted daugh-
‘5^, his mother and several broth-
usye and sisters, for the most part
“'reuldentB of Taylorsville.
Mr. Bumgardner was a former
■ fwldent of Wilkes. He was secre-
lury to the late Representative R.
" M, Hackott.
^Rose’s Enlarged
. p.|^we_Conqite«d
IFdnDxl Opunin® Will Be
' - Here Frklar Night
tegiie to Nine o’Clock
five, ten and twenty-
'Seat'Stores will celebrate its
evening in enMwg^
da Friday night, eight to
the formal 'opening
i^dtotd will
^ hut no
Favors will be giv-
have doable floor
been enlarged to
formarly oe-
i jmizntle and Pa-
^.otore.^ras demgnr
.(totMfttag .to
Jlfm. toto
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Kin McNeil Is
Writer of Play
“Sal’s Ihe Gal” Will Be Pre-
sented at Berea College
In the Near Future
Berea, Ky., April 4.—Kin Mc
Neil, Berea College junior from
Boomer, North Carolina, has bee i
awarded the McGregor Prize of
$25 fpr an original one-act play|T-
entered in the annual contest
sponsored by the English Depart
ment and the Dramatic Club of
Berea College.
McNeil’s play, under the pres
ent title of “Sal’s The Gal,’’ is a
comedy of mountain life and is
to be produced for the public by
the Dramatic Club at a later date
in the school year. ’The produc
tion will bo under the general di
rection of Dr. James Watt Ralne,
head of the English' department,
who will be assisted by a student
director and the author as critic.
McNeil is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus S. McNeil of Boomer,
and a graduate of the Patterson
high school, Ledgerwood, N. C.
as acting pOstmasUlto'su^SiWi^-
R. E. Walters. Damg his tbrin
/postal receipts -heto, have been
steadily increasing. .
Other nominatloia sent to the
senate ' Tuesday incRtto^ %Hunt.
Gwyn as postmaster at Dstolr
and Carl L. WllUasaito « post
master at Ralel^...*,;^
Planning toAttend
Leas-McRae Meet
North Wilkesboro - Wilkes
boro Schools Are to Be
Represented at Affair
Schools of North' Wilkesboro
liT'.'l Wilkesboro have accented In-
'■ititions to be reipreaented to the
D'lTmal personality contetoppo at
-McRae college at' j^ipiimer
Elk Friday and SaturdaF «-this
Robert Taylor, faculty mem
ber, will accompany fire students
ot the North Wllkeaboto:>Wgh
school to the conferencp .stu
dents are Russel Pearson,'Marior'
ie Gabriel, Mable Johnstto. Ma*T
Prances Pardue and Ri^p^' Bpw-
Wilkesboro students -to- attend
are Jean Laws, Ella Mae Moore,
Joyce Dula, Thomas
and Joel Bentley. ‘Vai.^,^
nings, faculty member^ ituiOw-
company the students.
of
witti yoar
continuddriapport and that of the
fruit growers we hope to expand
the work as rapidly as possible
and, thereby, be in position to
give to the apple growers of the
Brushy Mountains the very best
information available on apple
production problems.
It might not be too early to
togin thinking about appropria
tions for the next biennium, but
will discuss this more in de
tail with, you a little later on
when I hare opportunity to visit
Wilkesboro again and you are
not too busy. North Carolina
needs a larger appropriation for
Agricultural Research and I think
that yOu and the growers in the
Brushies should be proud of the
fact that you were Instrumental
in having the first direct appro
priation ever made for the sup
port ot agricultural research In
North Carolina by the Legisla
ture. We do not want to be sel
fish in our horticultural work,
because we realize that all phas
es of the research program must
be supported, not only by the
fruit and vegetable growers, but
by-all the farming population.
North Carolina is exceeded only
by Texas In farm population and
yet when it comes to funds for
farm' research and experimental
work, forty-four states are ahead
of North Carolina In this respect.
I am passing this information on
to you because I know that you
are intensely interested in our
research program as it affects
agriculture In all ot its phases.
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CKurman WiDcn
EJectii
Lggigiatiire Changed Law
Relative to Filing Time
For Candidates
BOOKS TO OPEN MAY 7
One-Half of One Per Cent
Annual Sklary Is the Re-
Filing Fee
The newly appointed Wilkes
county board of elections, com
posed of F. D. Forestw, of this
city, F. C. Johnson, of Rock
Creek township, and J. C. Gray
son, of this city, met Saturday as
required by law and organized.
Forester was elected chairman
and Grayson, the Re^hllcan
member, was elected secretary.
According to instructions given
the county election board mem
bers by Raymond C. Maxwell,
executive secretary of the state
board of elections, the deadline
for filing by county candidates
will be- six o’clock p. m. on Sat
urday, April 23. The last legis
lature changed the law from the
4th) Saturday before the primary
to the sixth.
The filing fee required of a
county or legislative candidate is
one-half of one per cent of the
annual salary of the office con-i
tested for. The law further pro-
vtidhs that candidates for snrvey-
or,. eoyoher, county commissioner,
bC^rd. to ^ucat|ott...Qr towj^
$i3p' tfrace pity aratw
dollar.
The registration books for the
primary to be held on June 4 will
open on May 7 and close on May
21,
May Establish
Safety Patrols
Walter Y. Hosier, safety direc
tor of the Carolina Motor Club,
Charlotte, will speak on “Safety’’
to the children of the Wilkesboro
school Friday morning. His talks
will be made to the first through
the seventh grades at 8:45 a. m.
and the high school group at nine
forty-five. Mr. Hosier has special
ized on safety in the schools in
the two Carolinas, having spoken
to over 500,OuO school children.
He is very anxious to fully estab
lish school boy patrols to protect
the schools, but this will not be
done until next September, when
he hopes to be able to establish
full patrols in all of the schools
of Wilkesboro and North Wilkes
boro.
I l^'oc Franco
New York City . . . Patrick
Cardinal Hayes of the Archdio
cese of New York told newspap
ermen he was praying General
Franco Would win the Spanish
Civil War because he believes
"the Loyalist side is controlled by
radicals and Communists.’’ This
was his first Interview in six
years, marking the fourteenth an
niversary of his elevation to Col
lege of Cardinaki.
wakes
'V- •.
Civic,
OrgaidxatioiM tn. Jeha
In tb« MornmeaiS-
-ii.ttS'-.i:
Diviskm Meeting
H4[hway Patrol
Held On Friday
Business SoMion and Target
Practice Feature Call
Meeting Here
A call meeting of Division Two,
OT held hero last Friday,
the first meeting to he held here
in the regnlar monthly schedule
of meetings of the pStroI.
A business session was held,
with target practice following at
the local fairgrounds.
The district, composed of
Burke, McDowell, Iredell, Alle
ghany, Ashe, Watauga, Alexander
and Wilkes, was represented by
the following officers: Sergeant
Guy Duncan, Sergeant Lentz, Ser
geant Nail, of the -Asheville sec
tion, Corporal Carlyle Ingle, of
Wilkes, Patrolmen W. C. Thomas,
Beard, Honeycutt, Wheeler, Kir
by, Speas, Kenerly and Jordan.
Mrs. Annie Anderson, of this
city, who is visiting her sister,
Mrs. L. N. Patrick, of Gastonia,
has been confined to her bed for
several days, suffering with sep
tic sore throat.
Youtkeraft To Be
On Exhibit 19th
W. R. Craft, supervisor of Na
tional Youth Administration pro
jects in Wilkes and Alexander
counties, announced today that a
youthcraft exhibit will be shown
on the first floor of the North
Wilkesboro high school building
on April 19, ten a. m. to four p.
m.
The exhibit is sponsored by the
NYA but Mr. Craft said that he
hopes it will be understood that
the exhibit Is open to all youth
regardless of whether or not they
are in NYA work.
Need to Imq>rto« Homew Xri
Be Stren^ Owi^r
the Caaymign ^ ^
Miss HarrierTCcGoogau,‘_tome
demonstration agM^ a»d
county chairman for :the
homes campaign which wBl^.Mig
In observance of “Bottsr HoiQjW
Week" April 24-«, - "ito
nonneed aDPolntmmt of covafF
and dty commnnitieB and com-
munity chairmen.' ^
All civic and community or
ganizations and InstltutionB sra
asked to cooperate by stresstog
the Better Homes theme daring
the remainder of this monrik
The city and cominnBftr
men named by Miss McGoofza
follow: Mrs. C. H. CotoWr
Wilkesboro; Mrs. B. F. PreCRt.
Purlear; Mrs. Mae ^Whittington,
Parsonvllle; Mrs. N. Oentry,
Roaring Gap; Mrs. F. T. lioon,
Ronda; Mrs. S. F. Miller, Fer
guson; Mrs. Glenn Dancy, Moun
tain View; Miss Eva German,
Boomer: Mrs. Doll Harris, Ben-
ham.
'The county committee is com
posed of Miss MoGoogan as chair
man; Dan Holier, county^ term
agent; C. B. Eller, supertoteo-
dent of schools; D^ A. J. Eller,
health officer; J. O. Haokett,
highway commissioner; Ft!' O.
Finley, Leet Poplin and M.' F.
Absher, commissioners; T. E.
Story, an active leader in tha
Grange; Mrs. C. F. Bretholl, seo-
retary of the Fruit Growers «Ho-
ciation; Mrs. Ethel Bf.. Mooi^^'dl-
rector of adult education'; Caci E.
VanDeman. orchard ssMliilMn.,
The North Wilkesboro cdmttiit-
tee, is made up of the - (ol-
lowtog representing various or
ganizations and institutions: Mrs.
F. C. Forester, W. D. Haltecre.
Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant, C. O. Day,
R. T. McNiel, A. H. Casey,. Frank
E. Johnson, Mrs. J.- B. jicCoy.
Mrs. T. A. Finley, Miss Mable
Hauser, P. W. Eshelman, Rev.
Eugene Olive, Rev. A.JU Aycoek,
Rev. W. M. Cooper.
Mrs. C. H. Cowles Is Wilkes
boro chairman and the committee
members represent the civic or
ganizations and institutions of
the town: Mrs. Helen Cashion, J.
F. Jordan, Mrs. B« S. Call, Mrs.
L. B. Dula, Mrs. J. B. Hender
son, Rev. A. W. Lynch, Rev. A.
J. Ford and Rev. B. M. Lackey.
The North Wllkeeboro city
schools will stress the "Better
Homes’’ theme and an effort will
be made to have every stulint
carry out some worthwhile activ
ity toward home-and community
improvement during the week.
Bingo Party Here
Been Called Off
Boards Order That Coimty Home Be
Repaired; Jurors DYawn For Court
Tax Listing Time
Will Soon Be Past
City Schools In
District Contest
At Lenoir Friday
Want &itries
Junior Ba
North Wilkesboro city school
music pupils have entered the dis
trict music contest to be held at
Lenoir Frt iay. The district in
cludes many of the leading high
schools in western North Caro-
llM.
The glee club of 36 members
will take part and Gwendolyn
Hnbbard will render a soprano
iKfiA number. The girls’ trio com
posed of Burchie SUohn, Qwen-
eWyn Hubbard and Mary Louise
Clement, has witered the contest
ahd Mary Lonlse Clement wUl
compete with a plane- solo num
ber.
(abiini hm to logs,
It
The Wilkes post of the,
ican Legion will maintajnuk tott'
lor baseiball league In
gain this year and accoi
present plans the league
dale will begin early in
Communities wishing .tp
r^resented in the league
team this year are asked
tonch with W. J. Bason
mander Frank B. Johnsoafelf*^.^^
Tommie Joines
Attention is called to the* fact
that the days for listing prop
erty for county and town taxes
are upldly passing :by and those
who have not listed are asked to
do so at once and avoid a last
day rash. Penalties are prescrlb-
for those whp do not list for
.to Yoxes In ths tim^ pmeribed.
;4^; ]teny of tbst‘>Hat takers in rur-
id* areas will-Into completed their
en?^totments tbps week.
Holiday At
Begin
, April 14
Tommie Joines, a tor
dent of Wilkesboro tod -
many years carried tbs'-
tween the WUkceboros,-
day to High Point folic
■dlls'- of'’ pnciamo
frltoto-here rsfrst to
.toUkebboro city scboola
, i too itoys ss. Easter
ffalteeri; supef-
f4^weii^4f&,«Ioss to Tboro-
■ " ■ ■ ■
The Wilkes county board of Fork;
commissioners with all members Fallb;
present met in Agtrll session Mon
day and transacted a number of
items of county business.
Pursuant to an order of the
court by Judge J. Will Pleas the
board afithorlzed CHnard Jones,
keeper of the county home, to
make necessary repairs as recom
mended by grand juries at two
terms of court-
The board passed a resolution
to the effect that persons who
sell beer or wine must make ap
plication for license to Register
of Doeds Old Wiles. Beer and
wine Hcense will expire on Ai^I
80 and the law requires that per
sons dealing in either beet or
wine make' application and se
cure license.
Juror* were drawn for the
April tot® 0* which
will cenVeiie on the First Monday
In May. ■ The Jnrors were drnto
as follows:
Ffato-Weefc ,
J. HMtob. O. H. -4nd*toto
J. J. Joines, Moravian
C. T. Couch, Edwards;
Richard Reeves, North Wilkes
boro; Tyra Felts, Edwards; Eu
gene Sheets, Union; G. W.
Brown, TraphlU; P. J. Hartley,
Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro; C. W.
S&lsdge, Mulberry; J. H. Ander
son, Lovelace; Emmett Wilson,
Trapani; J. H. Johnson, Ed
wards; R. H. Burgess, Union; W.
B. Pardue, Edwards; W. A. Clan
ton, Moravian Falls.
Second Week
Fred Robinson, Reddles River;
J. H- Haynes. Mnlberry; J. R.
McBride, Bdwards; Noah C. Ml-
keat^ Jobs Oobin; Harvey Haynes,
Newcastle;. Bmest-Oaithw, Red
dles Rivto; B. :>Mv HOrrold, Rock
Creek; M. J. Pardue, Newcastle;
Albert .Hawkins uid Calloway
Rlehartoon, Walnut Grove; Dave
Wiltoaboro; A. K. fftokett,
Lewis Fork; C. 0. Tatoo,
R.-H. Green, Newtoatle; Roby
Flair, union; Roy J. Low#,
Bjntkr -Monntain; J. H. Lookto
American Legion officials an
nounced today that the Bingo
Party scheduled for Friday and
Saturday nights has been called
off because the location has been
leased for business interests.
A Bingo party was conducted
by the Legion several evenings
last week in tne building former
ly occupied by Abshers’ clothing
store to raise funds for maintain
ing Junior baseball this year. The
party was moderately successful
in that sufficient money was
raised to ^ clear outatandtag to-
debtedness’for last season and a
small balance to apply on the pro
ject this year.
-'J.
Safety Directw To
Address Club Hare
Walter Y. Hosier, safety direc
tor of the CaroUna Motor Club,,
will address the North Wiikeo-
boro Klwanls club Friday on the
subject of ‘'Safety,**
While to the city he will also
speak at the schools. He is ae-
coipitanied here today and tomor
row by Frank B. -Fox, a aptotet
ropreflentatlve of the CarMfta-
Motor Club. It is understood that
he is InveettgaGng the pooribil-
tty of retailing a bnuMh bUto* of
the club here. The OaroHna Ko
tor Club ha* eontroet Xw **1* ^
antomobBe Itetoi* pKtiik; '
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Nine ineeQsCk-
itBUm iot