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- • 't*i-^.. \ - >■■ Mi.:.-i,
T|^P6TstQT^s In th© tftmous
-Mt.ot th* Brashy Monn>
tatai^nin true to tom this morn-
^ and littla If any damage yrvt
*^P®f4©d to the future aj^le crop
now in 4>eautitul full bloom stage.
Tbermometers in the valleys
this morning registered as low as
thirty, two degrees below freez
ing, and there was a heavy frost
which did great damage to fruit
crop prospects.
But It was different weather
on the Brusbies. The warm air
pushed up out of the valleys by
. tfeo odd air blanketed the Brush-
iee throughout the night and the
tstoporature did not drop belo-w
forty. There was no frost in the
main fruit belt.
However, the temperature on
the Brushies Sunday morning
dropped to 34 in high winds but
there was no frost. It is expected
that the chill did some damage
to the bloom and may cause some
few of the apples to fall off but
orehardists say that no serious
dfim^e has been done by the
weather so far.
flfe. John R. Jones
^ TfJeen By Death;
i^-lweral Tuesday
^;dely Known Local Resi
dent Waa Rofniblican Na
tional Committeewoman
do;
„ p.hBBt>;tM.»d.y. iaa^&aaiiw- ■ OTiag-wansmoRo, N. c. MONDAY, APRIL 11 Am
fSTAI
Lai^ Circulation
Features W i 1 ke s
Public Library In
First Year In City
Circulation For First Year
Over Thirteen and One-
Half Thousand
NOW HAVE 1,494 BQQ|^
Public Institution Is Result
Cooperative Elffort And
Contributions
Mrs. Rose McNeill Jones, wife
of Solicitor John R. Jones, died
at nine o’clock this morning at
The Wilkes Hospital.
Mrs. Jones had been in ill
health for the past few months.
Last week she suffered a relapse
from a ser'ous illne.ss and return
ed to the hospital here after be
ing at her home for several days.
Funeral service will 'be held at
W''ilke8boro Baptist church Tues
day afternoon, three o’clock. Rev.
Howard J. Ford, pastor, will be
assisted bv Rev. J. M. Hayes, of
Meredith College, and Rev. S. L.
Blevins, of /lays. The body will
lie in state from two o’clock un
til the hour of the funeral. Burial
will be in Mountain Park ceme
tery in Wilkesboro.
Mrs. Jones was one of the most
highly esteemed women in North
western North Carolina. She serv
ed as Republican National Com
mitteewoman for North Carolina
since 1936.
She was a member of one of
this section’s best known families,
being a daughter of the late R©'’.
Milton McNeill and Mrs. Martha
iarlow McNeill. Her father was
>a beloved Baptist minister and
served as pastor of churches in
all parts of Wilkes county. Ho
also took a prominent part in
public life in the county, beinn
a former sheriff and tor several
years was clerk of federal court
at Wilkesboro. Mrs. Jones was a
granddaughter of the late George
McNeill, a pioneer minister and
head of the McNeill family in
this part of the state.
After her marriage to Mr.
Jones, at that time a young mem
ber of the W'ilkes bar, she served
as secretary to the law firm com
posed of her husband and John
son J. Hayes, who was solicitor
of the 17th judicial district. Mr.
Jdnes was elected to succeed .Mr.
{Continued on page five)
Jack Spainhour
Is Dye Foreman
At State College
* Jack Spainhour. son of Mr. and
W- J. E. Spainhour. of this city,
is Woing foreman in the textile
•chool at North Carolina State
k College.
The State College textile school
is considered one of the best in
tie country and will hold Us an-
HBtol exposition and style show
April 21.
■ -r—: r-
The Wilkes County Public Li
brary, a project of the council of
social agencies composed of rep
resentatives from civic bodies and
instllwtlons. has reached it« first
annivlWskry-And the librarian,
Misf'Mable Hpttser. reported a
successful year.
From a beginning at the zero
point a little more than a year
ago the library has grown to have
I, 494 volumes and the year’s
circulation was 13,526.
In addition to the central li
brary here, the library this year
has furnished books to 17 .«chools
in the county and during the
summer months will place books
in the hands of responsible par-
tie* in sever«-l conimunilies for
free and convenient use by the
public.
The most rapid growth iu the
library has been since January 1.
During the past three months 84 3
books have been added to the li
brary. These were donated by the
“Save Your Children Fund” and
the public library of Newark, N.
J. The circulation since January
1 has been over 2,000.
The library has been aided ma
terially by the WPA library pro
ject, which mended books with
out cost, and by the N\A. which
constructed shelves, ciuarters for
the library have been furnished
by Reins-Sturdivant.
Fifteen books, are now on the
rental shelf which is maintained
to get funds for the purchase of
new and popular fid ion and for
incidentals, .•\monv the n e w
books now on the rental shelf ar»
“Shadows Slant North ’’ by Mary
Bledsoe, aud “Hoiis'-.s of i’eace.”
by Ernest ,\1. Eller. The latter
was donated b}' the author's fath
er. E. E. Eller, of this city.
P.-T. A. Meeting
Date I.s Changed
Aid To Aged And
Children Will Cost
More During 1938
m _
Number EI4[ibles
Doubles Original
County Estimates
Home?
>1
London . . . Again persistent
rumors are heard that the Lind
berghs plan an early return to
the United States. One of the rea-
son.s cited is the recent overhaul
ing given the Lindbergh homo at
Hopewell. N. J.. indicating that
the now deserted house, scene of
the tragic kidnapping, may once
more become occupied. Neitiier
Mr. nor Mrs. Lindbergh would af
firm or deny the reports.
Hosier Speaks
Tentative Allotment of State
And Federal Funds Are
Inadequate
COUNTY SHARES COST
If estimates of the Wilkes
county hoard of welfare are ac
curate there will not be sufficient
funds to provide old age assist
ance and aid to dependent chil
dren as provided by the state so
cial security act to all eligibles in
Wilkes county.
This week the board of welfare
submitted to the county board of
commissioners the estimates for
the next fiscal year. The esti
mates were also forwarded to the
state board of charities and pub
lic welfare.
Charles McNeill, welfare offi
cer, in his report stated that 335
hive already been approved for
old age assistance. This number
e.xceeds the original estimates of
315 by 20 cases and hundreds
are yet to be investigated and
rws n 1 i At I passed upon by the board of wel
To School Groups
f8^
Bet^r Fir
Poor Is ObjedHp
Welfare Pruje^
SPAIN . . . Crushing all Loyalist resistance, the mighty Rebel war
machine composed of Moors, Italians and GeriMBk pushes relentlessly
toward the Mediterranean and toward a spee^ end of Spain’s bloody
Civil War, now in its second year. Hen, Geoeroliasimo Francisco ! mini r
Franco (left foreground), with his staff, inspeicts the terrain over' homes more comfortable and Hv-
which his troops will advance in drive to the seacoast, a few miles -
a Way. '
Disc&rded And Broken
niture To Be Renovated
For Unfortunate
APPEAL IS MADE
Trucks Will Call For Dom^
lions Of Furniture Te
Be Repaired
The Junior Woman’s Club of
North Wilkesboro has launched a
major welfare project ip coopera
tion with the Wilkes county wel
fare department.
“If the citizens oi our city and
county could see ho-w the other
half live a plea for discarded fur
niture that would make poor
Four Legged Chick
Is Exhibited Here
Bruce Combs brouid>t to. The
Jounud-Pntriot offin one day
last week a Siamese twin chick-
eo. The chick, hatched- on the
famv of L. W. Curry, of North
Wilkesboro route B, had two
heads and four legs. It lived
only a fow minutes.
total number of aged eligible to
receive aid Is 690 or more than
j receive
Safety Director Of Carolina double the estimate last year be-
Motor Club Pleads For
Safety
-Noiioc is given llnil
Wilkesboro I’nreiu-Tput'lior Asso
ciation will meet Wednesci.-iy of
this week instead of Tbnrsdny.
The meeting will In' '■eld a'. '’,:ie.
The study eoiiise will meet at
three o’clock and Uev. Kname
Olive will lead the disci
th.' s.ihject. ’Livin.'.
lianidly ill til ■ Home.''
Waller Y. Hosier, safety direc
tor of the Carolina Motor Club,
will conduct a series of safety
talks with the students of the
schools of North ..Wilkes
ginning at 12:55 p. m. Tue.sdav.'
Th^se safety talks are being made
in conjunction with Gov. Hoey’s
saf-ety movement to cut highway
fatalities in the state. North Car
olina was one of the ten highest
stales in the union for highway
accidents in 1937. and the co-
oreration of all aiitoniohile ope
rators in the state is reqnested
to make 193.'i a safer year.
If aiilomobile o|ierators will
ii.-e the same amount of courtesy
j on the highways as tiicy do in
j tile average home, then many of
the -North ; onr accidents can lie prevented.
Slid .Mr. Hosier to Tiie Jourual-
: Hairiiil today. “lull it would
s. c n. that most drivers seem all
p.uuied up and like to take it out
f u n heliiiid tile stcaring wheel
OI their automobile. Remember,
iie continued, tins is tlie time of
lie- year when automobile fatali-
(Continued on page eight)
ed.l'li of
Blind Man Successful In Business Endeavors
fore the program began
State authorities, Mr. McNeill
said, insist that the average
monthly grant to aged be $8 and
oil the basis of the estimate of
number of elij^bles that phaw of
the sociaL..^ “
^'l6,Sf»^woFUld be the county’s
part.
On the basis of the estimates
compiled from number of appli
cants and reasonable expectations
as to eligibility, 148 families
with 474 children would be eligi
ble for aid to dependent children.
With an average grant of ?4 per
month for each child the total
cost for a year would be $22,-
752, of which the county would
pay $7,584.
Aid is now being given 234
cliildren and according to the al-
Promote Safety
On Hie Parkway
Urges Children
Be Immunized To
D^hdieria Now
Deaths From Diphtheria
Could Be Prevented,
Health Officer Says
A grief stricken mother walk
ed Into the office of Dr. A. J. El-
,ler, Wilkes oonaty health officer,
{recently and said to a nurse, "I
[feel like I murdered my little
Cross Roads Eliminated By girl.
Overpluses; Property
Owners Are Warned
Her curly-haired daughter, the
pride of the home, had died a tew
days before of dlptitheria and the
_■ [wotiiiM: had fofe:«rtriiad th* child
Se^'eral deaths occured 1 n
sary crop* .oads, side/’oads and oe,ciai ucaiuo
other accident hazards, parkway -wilkes last year from diphtheria.
officials said today in the
Ridge Parkway news.
Blue
Mrs. Bertha
boulevard in North Carolina and
■Virginia.
In order to eliminate these
hazards the government is con
structing overpasses where the
parkway crosses hi.ghways and
has a limited number of entranc-
|es to the parkway.
lotment of state and federal | Where the parkway grade has
funds to Wilkes only .334 can he ; disturbed existing roads the park
helped even if the county can' -service arranged for the roads to
raise its share of the cost. This | be rebuilt but said: “W-e do not
would mean. Mr. McNeill said,, ‘bat the individual owner al-
that only 100 more children can so needs a private entrance to
be given aid although applica-' the parkway. Accordingly, we
tions for aid to about 200 are 1 have discouraged private roads to
pending iu addition to the 231, the parkway . . . and we have
already approved. The original a«bcd that you enter the park
Bell, county nurse,
_ a monthly B^id today, ‘‘and if the parents
publication issued by the Roa
noke, Va., office and distributed
to landowners along the scenic
estimate of number of eligibles
last year was 280.
Under tlic state allotment the
limit for number of aged to be
helped in Wilkes under the pro
jram at
way from the nearest public ac
cess provided. The Parkw'ay is
not a local road. It is a national
road.” ^
Parkway rangers have been
WiiKes uiiuei lue pru- -
an average of $8 per i asked to warn adjoining property
Mr McNeill' owners not to cross parkway
month would be 449, ..... .......v..., .... u
I lands where no right of way has
According to estimates of the [boon granted,
welfare board the social .security, R- Caniipbell is Parkway
program would cost Wilkes coun- i ranso>’ from the Virginia line to
ly approximately $30,o6o, which I laurel Springs and has head-
woiild represent the county’s part j quarters in North Wilkesboro. K
in financing old age assistance; | Hale, with headquarters %t
aid to dependent childron, aid to RR'sville, Va., will cover the ter*
blind and administrative ex-■ ritory from Ruggles Gap to ’
pense.
I North Carolina line.
''tX'
Wat
ilkesboro P.-T. A.
To Meet Thursday
•? — '■
■Wilkesboro Parent-Teacher as-
Rociation will hold the last meet-
Irg of the school year in the
school auditorium on Thursday
3:15. Every school pa-
\ Is iDTlted tp attend. An in-
ItlBg presra® bas been pre-
iVe'd. , .
he »tu4y ocufsa.vill nifet at.
i.WUh ilre. A, R. Ogllvle in
fiSpd Sale Friday
^OArdner Circle of the
t b Wilkesboro Methodist
Hsth will sponsor a Food Sale
store Friday, April 16.
“ ft* at 3r80 o’clock. Oakes,
-A|r|rfl aad AH^ferent klnds^
Wilkes Man, Blind, Is Successful
Merchant and Dealer In Livestock
Despite blindness, the most
dreaded physical handicap, A. T.
(Turner) Nichols, has earned a
comfortable living for himself
and his family at his nlaco of
business eight miles from North
Wilkesboro in the Pleasapt Home
communitv of Wilkes county.
when hp was only ten years old.
A muzzle loading gun cap ex
ploded and put one eye ©I't ®f
commission. The other was so
badly damaged that he could not
take care of it because he could
not see very well and be los^ it
when a harness rack struck him
And his success has been in j in the' face.
linos of business in which many Ho entered the school for the .—
people blessed with all senses; .blind at Raleigh and before he to make a clean sweep of
have failed—operating a country j would give much information a- honors Friday in the district
,101- and dealing in used automo- bout his school life he made this conducted at'Gran-
reporter promise to give full
rUllUlLCl yiuuiioc VW o-"' _ ..
credit to W. A. Bullis, a proml-
nent citizen and former mayor of - * ,T.' , fironR® Falla
The girls glee club In competl-
biles, horses, mules and cattle
'I have never been to a relief
or welfare office for anything ex
cept help for unfortunate neigh-j North wiiKesDoro M,^on ”and 'TaylorsvIlU high
bors,’’ Turner told thl» Inquiring! said, is responsible for bis edu-
Reporter who' managed to put cation. Ho encouraged the blind highest “’’“r
forward a few questions as the youth to enter school and carried ^‘be^fghMt
blind man; went about his busi
ness of waiting-on customers.
And be has not ^pnly. JeOPt^ him
self out «f. the relief Office but
during bis; lifetime has supported
h4s fathewtet mothert. now-dead,
hirtr at his own expense to
from the institution.
able would not go unheeded,’’ the
club said in making annoiini^
ment of the drive to secure brok
en or discarded furniture which
will be repaired and renovated
and distributed by the welfare de
partment to the most needy
homes.
The appeal for support of the
project follows: “Have you a
broken or discarded piece of fur
niture in your home? If so, the
Junior Woman’s Club asks you to
contribute same to the county
welfare project wjjere the furni
ture donated wHl ' he reFafred.
stained or painted and placed In
the homes of the less fortunate
In Wilkes county who have no
furniture.
‘‘If you have a table, bed,
chair or other article of furni
ture, broken or for other reason
discarded, which you will be glad
to contribute for betterment of
homes in your community and
,cen&ty, please call any member
W. k. Sturdivant, Mrs." ndfSathy-”
Carter,or Mrs. Rachel Absher. A
truck will call for the furniture
and your contributions will he
greatly appreciated.”
of those children could talk to all
parents in the county we would
not need to per-suade any of them
to have their children immuniz- i
ed.” !
Dr. Eller, health officer, said
that all children over six month,
of age should be immunized and Juniors of the seventh dis-
he explained that a few months trict. composed of Wilke.,. .Sdf-
are necessary after the vaccina-|ry and Yadkin cotinties. will con-
tioji before the child becomes im-|diict a class initiation with Elkin
mtine to the disease. Therefore, it j council number 96 on Friday eve
Class Initiation
Of Juniors Friday
is important, he said, that chil
dren he vaccinated now in order
to ill' i imiine to the disease be
fore 111,! beginning of the next
school lerni.
Because no funds for that pur
pose is provided, the county
(Continued on page eight)
ning, .iVpril 1.5. beginning at 7:3(>,
Junior Order leaders said liere
today.
Several candidates will take
degrees and an enjovable meet
ing i.s anticipated. The North Wil-
keshoro degree team will confer
degrees.
Continued Neglect May Result In
Prosecution Number of Dog Owners
“Not a week passes wilhoiit at | tially the most dangerous dog
least one mad dog being found | when it goes mail.’’ the health of-
In Wilkes county.” Dr. A. J. | ficer said, and went on to explain
Eller county health officer, said’that the “no count dog which the
today in a statement warning
dog owners to have their dogs
immunized or face prosecution in
the courts for failure to comply
with a state law which he describ
ed as being for the protection of
all the people.
“No one knows where bis dog
goes if it is not confined and no
one knows what kind of dogs
visit his dogs. Therefore, it is
most essential that all dogs be
immunized against rabies.”
Eller said.
owner says is not worth Usting
and for whom there is ik| ac
claimed owner can become very-
dangerous as a rabies carrier.”
Dr. Eller said that prosei;ntion8
must follow continued neglect to
have dogs immunized and that ho
iis determined that the people
comply with the law for the pro
tection of themselves and espec
ially the children who are inno
cent victims of the neglect of
Dr. 'dog owners who faii to hav,? their
I dogs vaccinated as the law re-
“That harmless pet is poten-^ quires.
North Wilkesboro Wins Top Honors
At District Music Contest Friday
North Wilkesboro school by
the narrow margin of one place
rating
and given a contestant from
North IVilkeoboro school.
ever
the
Will
7i tX Snt he cea«d talking,The Wisp” was the number
about himself to say that som«-, ren^e^ . . . .
Unio ^hfett he can find'time he la Q^dolyn H^ard won first
ItStog to Write a
■9-tit
Gwendolyn Hubbard, Mary Tioutee
Clements and Burchie St John
won first in competition with
iMarion, Granite Falls and Tay
lorsville.
m^ry Louise Clements won sec
ond placet with a piano solo in
competition with entries from
Marion, Taylorsville and Granite
Falls. ' . , : -
By virtue of their ivlctofiee in
the district contest, the North'
Wilkesboro 'high, school entries
will compete In. tee state cogteirt
to be held-on Apyk ^
an’s College^ in
’Wilkesboro wlU
class B sehoo.lv -eptei;
MiteolatLipHhr. a
roUmsnt of less tean
ifo. North
vriteteiR
Cl««s B.
rvpall
Mi