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V 4.. Ala., April 29.—
i^l3Mj^>Btli«ri» Metbodiata To^ad over-
l;.*:wlielia!nslr today lor union with
'.".oUtar braachea of the denomlna-
.i.t!pa, deaplte varninga of ^‘aecas-
?^.v. aipn” by deep south opponents of
afflllaUon wltn northern adher
ents of. the church. The vote In
the 23rd quadrennial conference
of the Methodist lilpiscopal
church. South, was: For unifica
tion, 434; against, 26.
AVIATOR KILLED
i Bonlee, May 1.—Seldon Hunns,
Burlington arlator, was fatally
Injured when the airplane he was
piloting crashed while he was per
forming a series of stunts before
a crowd estimated at about 1,000
persons during an air show at a
landing lield about three miles
west of here this afternoon about
4:30 o’clock. He was unconscious
when taken from the wreckage
of the ship and died en route to
Lee county hospital, fVanford.
HIT PUMP PRIMING
Washington, May 1^—^Abandon
ment of many new deal policies,
including ‘^ump-t>rlming,” and a
return to the “traditional Ameri
can business system” was urged
tonight by 2,500 representatives
-of "business and industry. Assem
bled for the 26th annual meetin.g
of the United States Chamber of
Commerce, opening tomorrow,
tue business leaders drafted a
searing indictqiajit of Roosevel-
tian dbotrlnes jiwlcl*'d the re
sponsibility'of .th'« depression at
the WhlLe House doorstep.
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WANT WAGE BILL
Washington, May 1.—Support
ers of the wage-hour bill, in and
out of Congress are showing no
disposition to take no, for an an
swer. They have no intention,
they say. of acquiescing in the
action of the rules committee in
denying the measure the right-of-
way for consideration in the
house. Those urging the enact
ment of the legislation readily
admit that further consideration
of the bill would probably cause
a disturbance in both the house
> mad •eaato, aaiMjreclude an early
adjonrumeni, but Ife neverthe
less pressing for action.
double shooting
Gastonia, May 1.—Clyde Maun-
ey, 30, was killed and Ralph Hoff
man, 31, was seriously wounded . j , u .
late last night while they sat In tary-treasurer: Richard Johnston,
a parked automobile in front of Lion Tamer; R. A. Manship, Jr
a crossroads store on the Dallas-
Cherryville highway. Sheriff
Clyde Robinson and his deputies
scoured the northern part of the
county for S. A. Tritt, 50. who.
the sheriff quoted Hoffman as
saying.
assailant. The sheriff said he had
been unable to establish a motive
for the double shooting but that
;;nf"ong’:^r;^:ng b^t^Sn^S nicbard Deaus, prank Ri^r. Oor-. licaii Ciubs in
men.
Prizes Awarded To
School Bus Drivers
I, G. Dancy. Wilkes
V .1 announced rence Miller, William Prevette
school bus mechanic, annouiicea „ i.inpnir
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today the winners of two prizes
S'h« ,1,: r.™ whS .“S Turner. 1. H. WHioter.
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Ciiartiir N^ht For
Lions Club Here
On Tbrsday Night;
Hastings Speaker
Newly Organized Civic Or-
ganizp.tion Gets Off
to Good Start
HAS 29 MEMBERS
Double Hous;
Guests Present From Sevei*al
Club's at the Charter
Meeting Here
The newly organized North
Wilkesboro Lions Club observed
charter night Thursday night at
Hotel Wilkes with an inspiring
program.
Dr. H. B. Smith, president, call
ed the meeting to order and un
der leadership of John Kermit
Blackburn the club sang “Star
Spangled Banner.” Invocation by
Watt M. Cooper was followed by
the singing of the “Lions Hymn.”
The charter was presented to
the club by District Governor
Carbis N. Walker, and accepted
by the club president.
The principal address of the
evening was by Judge G. H.
Hastings, of \Onston-Salein, for
many years a prominent leader in
the organization. His address,
which was well received, upheld
the principles of Lionism.
Several visitors were present
from a number/of clubs, includ
ing Winston - Salem, Hickory,
Valdese. Boone and Granite
Falls.
Attorney J. H. Whicker, sub
stituting tor Mayor McNiel,
brought greetings from the city
and Attorney A. H. Casey, presi
dent, spoke in behalf of the Ki-
kanis club. Vocal numbers were
rendered by John Kermit Black
burn, of this city, and Miss
Frances Harris, of Henderson.
Following the .banquet and pro
gram a dance was held at the
armory.
The club has 29 members. The
officers are: H. B. Smith, presi
dent; Z. V. Stewart. F. P. Blair.
Jr., and Lawrence Miller, vice
presidents; Blair Gwyn, secre-
H. McNeill, Jr., and C. E. Jenk-
was charter
ins. Jr., directors.
h. S. Spainhour
night chairman.
The charter members of
lilt —-
he recognized as their club are as follows; brank
SchodsRe-
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IMetyJlkii^g To
Tuesday Ee^
MWix
Gertific^
1^ C^en Dhrivers
With Long Record
Safety Director of Carolina
Motor Club Will De
liver Address
WASHINGTON, D. C. . . . Senator Robert F. Wagner ■etches Nathan
Straus Housing Authority Administrator, sign loan extracts totalling
$36,657,000 for four cities which will provide over 6,500 housing umte
for more than 26,000 slum dwellers. This is more than twice as many
units and dwellers as covered by last month s contract.
Civil Term Of
.Wilkes Superior
Court Under Way
Judge Will Pless Opens
Two-Weeks Term In
Wilkesboro Today
A regular term of Wilkes su
perior court for trial of civil
cases opened in Wilkesboro this
morning with Judge J. Will
Pless, of Marion, on the bench.
In compliance with an order of
Judge Pless at a previous term
of W’ilkes court this year, the
calendar has been made up of all
civil actions instituted prior to
July 1, 1935, and contains about
350 cases.
Judge Pless stated tl^at It will
be his Intention to eWir thw WiHteebom
calendar of many old cases dur
ing the term beginning today
and continuing for two weeks.
Another regular term for trial
of civil cases will be held in
June.
Riddle to Speak
In Wilkes May 10
Allen. W. J. Allen, H. F. Bauk-
night. Frank Blair, Jr., John
Chairman Yj;>ung Republi
can Cluba Will Organize
Unit For Wilkes
L. L. Carpenter. Paul Cashion,
J. Bennett Riddle, of Morgan-
ton. chairman of Young Repub-
North Carolina,
don Forester, N. S
Jesse F. Giles. Blaii
W. Gwyn, Jr.. Charles Jenkins,
Jr.. Richard Johnston, John Hen
ry Johnson, Otis T. Keeling, R.
A. Manship, Jr., Thomas G. Mc-
coanty Laughlin, Hampton McNeill, Law
Dr. Harold B.
painhour, Zeh
Forester, will speak at the courthouse in
Gwyn, R.; Wilkesboro on Tuesday night.
May 10, eight o’clock, and will
assist in the organization of a
Young Republicans’ club, it was
announced here today by G. O. P.
leaders.
^ All Republicans, young and
Smith, IJncoln j old, are invited to attend. Party
V. Stewart, W.' leaders are expecting a large at-
I tendance
Wilkes 4-HBoys
To Be Heard On
Radio May 7th
The extension service of State
College in cooperati6n with ra
dio station WAIR in Winston- applicants will give personal ex-
Salem will broadcast a special 4- pprience as to how they drove
The records, of the 152 signers
of applications for awards for the
greatest number of years of safe
driving in Wilkes county are be
ing checked and the awards will
be made by the awards commit
tee, composed of T. E. Story,
chairman, Paul Cashion, Dwight
Nichols, Blair Gwyn and Frank
B. Johnson. Mayor J. F. Jordan
of Wilkesboro will preside.
Program
Invocation, Rev. A. W. Lynch.
Remarks, Mayor J. F. Jordan.
Safety address: “What will a
man give in exchange, for his
Life?’’, Walter Y. Hosier, Safety
Director, Carolina Motor Club,
Charlotte.
Awards presentation, T. E.
Story, chairman, Paul Cashion,
secretary, Dwight Nichols, Blair
Gwyn, Prank Johnson.
Experience meeting. Successful
H club program on Saturday,
May 7, 12:15 to 12:30 p. m.
The program will be dedicated
to a subject of special interest to
Wilkes county in that the pro
gram will be devoted to a his
tory of the development of the
now well known Wilkes County
White variety of corn. .
The program will be in the
form of a dialogue by..H. D;>Cau-
dill, Jr., of Millers Creek,^, and
John Robert ChuEch, oL Nor.th
It Will be in the form of one
4-H club boy telling another a-
bout the interesting work In the
organization and will give Infor
mation concerning the part the
4-H club ideals played in the de
velopment of the variety of corn
which has so frequently been
judged as superior to other speci
mens shown at county, state and
international expositions.
The program will be under di
rection of Dan Holler, county
agent, and Miss Harriet McGoog-
an. home demonstration agent of
Wilkes county.
K. of P. Lodge
Banquet Meet
Ladietw Nigii>» Qb»erved Fri
day Night at Hotel
Wilkes Here
closed.
Mr. Dancy said that the pr’zes
wero awarded on the basis of
careful driving, care and upkeep
of buses and cleanliness.
The adult prize went to Joe
Smith, operating bus number 28
at Wilkesboro school, and the stu
dent driver prize to Claude Mil
ler, who operated bus number 38
at Millers Creek school.
The two prize winners, Mr.
Dancy said, had excellent records
for the term and no complaints
were voiced against the mannei
in which their buses were ope
rated.
Additional Quota
Allotted to Park
Mr. Sam P. Weems, assistant
Buperiatchdent and acting project
manager for the Blue Ridge
Parkway, said here last -Wednes
day that an additional 100 WPA
men are to be added at once to
the ferae of 300 ijow at work on,
the »m/ParlL projept In Wilkes
and houBtlee, to work
through'luno 3dth.
ThA^sedSEP P*rpllef
bill »woritl*g the expenditure
oB $13 development
Of the nark and allotting the quo-
jta of n»bn to the nbovd conntlea,
means that development of the
^^M^” wlll be speeded to early
eompletlon, Mr. Weems said.
T
L, B. Murray, wpU known
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Officials Named For June 4th
Primary In Wilkes Precincts
The Wilkes county board of
elections in a recent meeting ap
pointed officials for the .Tune
primary and the fall election.
Registration books will open
on May 7, 14 and 21. May 28 will
be challenge day and the primary
will be the following Saturday.
The registrars and judges have
been appointed as follows. The
first named for each precinct is
the registrar, the second named
is the Democratic judge and the
last named Is the Republican
judge:
Antioch, R. G. Mathis, Albert
Curry, Millard Foster.
Beaver Creek: Sam Walsh,
Fred Walsh, J. H. Walker.
Boomer: Don Russell, Seth
Walsh, R. F. Eller.
Brushy Mountain: Coy Park
er, Mansfield Roberson, Mitch
Davis.
j Lewis Fork: Commodore
Walsh. J. M. Shepherd. Albert
4 Triplett.
Lovelace: G. H. Hayes, Andrew
Johnson, J. L. Parker.
Moravian Falls: Walter Reavis,
R. A. Greer, Shatter Laws.
Mulberry No. 1: Muncie- Absh-
er. Bob Hall, Eugene Sebastian.
Mulberry No. 2: Will Brewer.
Morgan Shatley, H. O. Kilby.
New Castle: Rich Purdne, Bob
Calloway, H. C. Roberts.
North Wilkesboro: Hyde Wal
ler, Ben Estes, J. B. Williams.
Reddies River; Tom Eller, Rom
Church, J. F. Hayes.
Rock Creek: Paul Church,
R. M. Johnson.-W, J. Temploton.
Somers: Albert Myers, T. Y. In
score, H. C. Somers.
Stanton: Vernon Eller, Mitch
Shepherd, R. D. Cooper.
Traphlll No 1: Wesley Joines,
Elk No. 1: W. O. Barnette, | Foley Parks, Herman Holbrook.
Philo Blankenship, Colon Foster, j Traphlll No. 2: John Joines,
Elk No. 2: Willie Horton, Ar- Frank Johnson, G. W. Brown.
North Wilkesboro Knights of
Pythias lodge observed Ladies’
Night Friday night with a ban
quet and program of entertain
ment at Hotel Wilkes. More than
100 were In attendance.
Bryan Gilreath, president, pre
sided and L. Vyne, for many
years prominent in K. of P. In
North Carolina, welcomed the
IsdiQS*
J. B. Williams, in his usual en
tertaining manner, was program
chairman and presented a mixed
chorus of 25 voices from the Da
mascus Baptist and Rickard’s
Chapel Methodist churches, col
ored.
Their singing was highly en
joyed and they gracionsly re
sponded with encores. Their pro
gram consisted of six numbers;
Nearer To Thee—Every^ Time I
Feel the Spirit Moving In My
Heart I Pray—Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot—Ain’t Gonna Stifdy War
No More—Happy Am I—Steal
Away To Jesus—When the Saints
Off Marching In—Precious I/Ord,
Take My Hand. ' v;. ,
The remainder of the program
consisted of astrology readings by
Mrs. Lawrence Miller, of Wilkes
boro. Th5^X®«4*^*“ proved to be
perience as to how they drove
safely for the number of years
tor which they were awarded.
Benediction,
The purpose of this safety
meeting, sponsored by The Journ
al-Patriot and the Carolina Mo
tor Club, is a part of a state wide,
county wide safety movement, to
make our streets and highways
safer. This year our state shows
a decrease of approximately 25
per cent in killed and Injured on
our highways ov^lait
all the counties of the sfOTe qwl
further this rfeductlon in loss of
life and Injury.
The applications show 2,271
years of safe driving or an aver
age of 15 years per driver.
The 25 winners of certificates
for the longest records are con
tained in the following list of all
who signed sate driving pledges
during the campaign;
Maurice Hendren. Thomas Au
gustus Finley, J. P. Treadway,
Grover C. Pendry, Lass H.
Church, W. B. Beamon. R. Don
Law.s, W. E. Horton, W. G. Har
rison, J. L. Garwood, James L.
Lowe, Robert Maher, Miss Clyde
Scroggi, Joe Craven, Robert
Glenn Taylor, J. B. Snyder, Wil
liam Leslie Dennis, Otis T. Keet-
ing, Mack Reavis, William C.
Marlow, Thomas Richard Deans.
James B. Marlow, J. B. Callo
way, Rev. Eugene Olive, Annie V.
Jennings. Mrs. John Tevepaugh,
D. B. Swaringen, John V. Wal
lace, Ralph L. Wooten, J. Allie
Hayes, Jack Hadley. Chas. Butler
Hulcher, Clyde W. Baker, Cox A.
Blevins, J. L. Smithey, L. M.
Nelson, Claude E. Warren, Allen
Campbell, Fred E. Caldwell.
C. D. Smithey, M. C. Jones, Jim
Byrd John Ambrose Reeves,
Dana W. Sale, R. R- Crater,
Claude Doughton, E. F. Ca dill.
John Quincy Hutchison, Q- B.
(Continued from page five)
thur Walsh, George Triplett.
. Edwards No. 1: C. A. Burch-
ette, Ernest Edwards, Rob Ed
wards.
Edwards No. 2; Conrad Dur
ham, J. B. Church, Boss Black
burn. *
Ed:wards No. 3: R. L. Spencer,
J. J. 'Myers, Ell Smith.
- jobs Cabin No. 1: Alonzo Be-
4^'ean, ,H. H. Beehenrs, a
MldMaL '
Cabin No. 2: Dopqbtffn
-Trtptott,'
Union: B. F. Staley, Isaac R.
Vannoy, W. T. Wyatt. ‘ -
Walnut Grove No. 1: Willie
Holbrook, Walter Shumate, R. X.
Bidden.
Walnut Grove No. 2: Commo
dore Hall, A. A. Wyatt, Monroe
Blevins.
' Wilkesboro No. 1: W. B. War-
aoE. Gordon Forester, Paul 0*-
borse. ' • ..
Ukeaboro N o. ^
very ehterlateliig aa several la
dles learned what their respective
stars have In store for them.
Announcement was made of a
Dokie ceremonial to be held on
Friday evening. May 6. Candi
dates will register at the armory
hall at four o’clock and parade
and street work will take place
al six o’clock, followed "by the
lodge meeting at the lodge hall.
' Tbe b£Q3bet meeting on Fi^
"dar hlglit >TM h very enJoyaSiW
'J'
lodg%'
To Be Spealcer,
tm
Waiter
rector of
Seven of the eight high sChofftn
in the Wilkes county system bliie
re-elected their present jirlncl*
pais, it was learned^ today from
the office of toe countf^ board of
education.
The re-elected principals are aa
follows: T. E. Story. Wilkesboro;
E. R. Sliruill, Ronda; W. H.
Davis, Roaring River; L. W.
Tdague, Mountain View; R. V.
Y. Hosier, safety dl- Day, Millers Creek; S. B. Mat*
Motor thews. Mount Pleasant: G. B.
the Carollha
Club. He will address a county- Tester, Ferguson. A principal has
wide safety meeting at the court
house in Wilkesboro Tuesday eve
ning. May 3, 7:30 o’cldek.
Farmers Express
Satisfaction. In
Crop Allotments
Tobacco and Cotton Farm
ers Warned Not to Over
plant Acreage
A majority of tobacco farmers
In Wilkes county are well pleased
with their allotments of tobacco
acreage under the new crop con
trol law, Dan Holler, Wilkes
farm agent, 'said today. ■ ^
’s aUoUed uresg®
not been elected at Traphlll.
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools, said today that
a majority of tbe teachers In
the county have already been
elected to succeed themselves and
it is expected that teachers for
all the schools will be employed
tor the 1938-39 term within the
next few weeks.
Practically ail the schools in
the county closed on April 22. A
few schools closed earlier and
three small schools were ono
week behind in the schedule.
The school year was regarded
as successful in the county and
was featured by larger enroll
ments and absence of interrup
tions In schedule due to bad road
and weather conditions.
At a recent principals’ confer
ence the school heads endorsed
the school year schedale used
as compared to the atlbt»entvof
1,427 acres under the old triple
A. In explaining the acreage he
said that the county committee
had recommended the usual acre
age and that a proportionate cut
was made in compliance with the
law. History of tobacco grown in
the past two years was taken in
to consideration. >
Farmers who plant in rxecss of
the allotment will be penalized
on the soil conservation payment,
be said, and cotton farmers who
knowingly overplant will lose all
payments and will not be eli.gible
for a government loan.
Tobacco allotments for new
growers will be mailed in the
next few days, Mr. Holler said.
Legion Will Meet
On Friday Night
Wilkes Post of the American
Legion will meet on Frlda.v night.
May 6. 7:30 at the Legion and
Auxiliary clubhouse. Very im
portant business matters will
gain attention and every member
is asked to be present.
Managers of junior baseball
teams in the post’s league will
be present at the meeting.
Negro Woman SaidSheWaTWaraed
Of Boy’s Death; No Court Proceediiw
Laura Howell, of Wilkesboro,
a colored domestic worker and
grandmother of Willie Howell,
13-year-old boy killed by Police
man C. V. Lloyd a week ago, to
day denied rumors that she had
threatened to bring suit against
the town of North Wilkesboro
and had settled for fifty dollars.
She said: “As I told them that
night, 1 have put the matter In
the, hands of the Lord and when
he gets through it will he no use
for anybody to say this, that or
tother about It ‘cause that will be
final.” ^ ,
The boy was killed in th© §1-
ley at the rear of the Wilkes
Bakery. The officer said that the
boy and two or more others were
trying' to break Into the bakery
and as he was chaklng Howell he
stumbled and his gnn accidental
ly discharged. The coroner’s jury
held that It was an accident and
no action has been taken against
the officer who Is stlll^n the po
lice force.
■ The hiy»- w*>o lacked a few
in ^betagvli'jwts, of,
jhco. HM
anything is going lo nappeu »uu Lexington and Mount Airy
that She was warned on the night at Lexington _ ^
the boy was killed.
She said that she had not, gone
to bed and when she stepped out
on porch she heard screams
and recognized the voice of Wil
lie.. She said she knew that God
was warning her about the boy
and that she could not rest and
immediately set out toward North
Wilkesboro, a mile away, to see
about Willie who had gone to the
show.
time the boy was shot and killed, oau leam ouuwu* - --w—
she decided to go back home and nine here Friday afternoon 17 t*
In a few minutes after she reach-
The woman said that Police Johnson*,
Expected That Schools WlH
Begin Last Week In
August -
1937*1938 TERM CLOSED.
Schools Enjoy^ Sutieessfld
Year With Laigw ' *
Enrollments '
ed for completion of half thp^
school year prior to the Christ
mas holidays.
To carry out the same,plan, it
was tentatively decided that
schools open the last week in Au
gust or near September 1, which
will make it possible to reach th*
mid-term mark lipforp ChristmlX
Eight Stills Cut
During Past W
Sheriff C. T. Doughton, d«9fls-
ties and agents of the alcohol.-ts^
unit raided eight stills in Wilke's
county during the past week.
Six of the stills were located
near Windy Gap. three on one
side of a ridge and three on the
other. No one was found at eith
er place.
At a still near Dehart federal
officers arrested Iredell Watklna
and Vance Handy. Handy is still
in jail while Watkins has h64B»
released under bond for trial in
the May term of federal court.
A large still was found In the
Braisliy Mountain. Beer totaling
2,500 gallons was destroyed.
James Minton Gets
Trip To Capital
James Minton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Spurgeon Minton, of this
city, was on'4 of three carrier
boys awarded trips to Washing
ton, D. C., by the Winston-Salem
Journal-Sentinel.
He received the week’s trip by
virtue of having solicited the
lar^st number of new customers
here and started on the trip ye»*
said that God warns her when ja company with wlnsem
anything is going to happen and “ Mount Airy. ,
Forest Shalout
Visitors 17 to 0
Solve Slants of Two Hurlers
But Find Livingstome
a Tough Pitcher ^
Behind ms'etOTfuT hurling of
But on the way, and about the Lee MulUa Forest Furniture bn^
ball team shutout a Taylorsnw
0. In, addition to pitching a on^
in a l«w miuuteo axLT/g oMcy w. - -
ed home someone arrived and hitter Mullls slammed ono orw
told her of her grandson being left field fence with two on.
Forest scores were made In the*
first early part of the game off Watte
shot and klll^
She said It was hot the ft..-* y ~-/r ,
time that the Lord had. warned and Steward and the local
ed her and that she learns by were held hitless the lasVfhhr
warning from on high of things
before they happMi'.
.// The oni^
hit off iMnllls was a doable by CL
thb tisitors, pop
(ariof Walker brought fifty dol- , -
iara to their home and gave It to aa TaylorsviHOv
a^ttember of the fantOy to pay tUle, in .
boy’a fuaoiral’ «*pe«M«* leagno. Ho««*'if
Id alfiSi thought''tati to« traa not here for, thb game
pay tt ail, .'..-Si-
.kiwt.