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!|R0WNS IN LikKE
Albemarle, May 3.—X,ee Al-
I ^^jiond, 48, Stanly county native.
Norwood lake,
E^v'; ^ near here this atternoon about
‘^4:30 o’clock. Almond started to
^^ewlm atross a cove In the lake
about 60 feet wide and sank be-
3 tore members of his party could
■ ^come to his rescue.
ADot Punds For
Gymnasiums At
2 Wilkes Schools
. MEASURE SHELVED
Washington, May 3.—I^egisla-
’ to impose rigid governmental
fcstrlctions on bank bolding com-
alee—requested by President
irRooaevelt—was virtually a dead
> subject tonight, so far as this ses-
f sion of Congress was concerned.
' A Senate banking subcommittee
headed by Senator Glass, Demo
crat of Virginia, shelved the is
sue, in spite of the President’s
recommendation last week for
quick action.
CONTROL SQUABBLE
' Washington. May 3.—The ad
ministration’s new crop control
program encountered a flurry of
- criticism on the Senate floor to-
: ^ day during* an attempt to alter
w the division of cotton acreage a-
mong growers. Senator Thomas,
Democrat of Oklahoma, asked im-
consideration of an a-
^SenTment to the Agricultural
Adjustment act of 1938 to permit
unused cotton acreage on indivi
dual farms within a state to be
divided among other cotton grow
ers.
LIQUOR COMING IN
Raleigh, May 3.—Cutlar Moore,
chairman of the State ABC com-
I mission, made public today a re-
-^port by the United States Treas
ury department indicating that
thousands of cases of liquor are
shipped monthly into dry North
Carolina counties. The confiden
tial report covered the sales of
only one wholesale liquor com
pany. It contained the names of
alleged customers of the com
pany, some of whom were listed
as buying whiskey in thousand
case lots during March.
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another marker
Raleigh, May 3.—An historical
marker will be erected at the
burial place of Squire and Sarah
Boone, parents of Daniel Boone,
the State Department of Conser
vation and Development announc
ed today. The marker will bo
placed 00 State Highway 601. a
mile northwest of Mocksville, in
front of the .Toppa cemetery. It
will carry this inscription; “Dan
iel Boone's parents—Squire and
larah Boone—are buried here.
Daniel Boone, 1734-1820,^ lived
many years in this region.
COLVARD ELECTED
West Jefferson, May 3.—In a
spirited and hotly contested elec
tion here today, Rufus IV. Col-
vard, gasoline distributor, was
elected mayor of West Jefferson
while all of t.ie old members of
the board of aldermen were de
feated except one. Colvard won
out by a margin of 46 votes over
H. C. Tucker. He received 170
votes and Tucker, 124 votes, and
Hudler, 22. W. E. Vannoy was
the only member of the old board
-jllLof aldermen to be re-elected. He
^^feceived 196 votes. The other
four members are Dr. R. C. Ray.
■who led the ticket with 223
votes; J. U. Segraves. 194; Dean
McMillan. 184, and Carl Colvard,
171, Vance Woodie was low with
97.
Hopkins Assures
Frooloni At Poll
To WPA Workers
Washington, May 4.—Adminis
trator Harry L. Hopkins told the
2.600,000 WPA workers and
their bosses today not to be in
fluenced by promises of rewards
or threats or reprisal from politi
cal candidates.
“No one will lose his job be-
■ cause of his vote in any election
or his failure to contribute to any
campaign funds,’’ he said in let
ters to bo Inserted in the next
pay envelope of every person en
rolled by the works progress ad-
minlstraticn.
“What’s more, I want you to
let me know if anybody tries to
tell you anything different.’’
Hlal action, Hopkins said, re-
^ suited from charges that primary
mndidatee some states were
xtrz>k wnrlrera to f
’coercing WPA workers to support
their candidacies..,^
Pi* Supper
Work Will Befin Soon
Buildings at Millers
Creek-Mtn. View
two
has
the
has
Allocation of funds for
projects In Wilkes county
been announced by state authori
ties of the Works Progress ad
ministration.
The two projects, almost iden
tical, call for construction of
physical education buildings at
Mountain View and Millers Creek
school and for landscaping and
improvement of grounds at
two schools.
The sum of $16,184.95
been alloted for each project.
C. M. Crutchfield, area super
visor for the WPA in this dis
trict, said that the projects will
get under way during the latter
part of this month. Both projects
call for salvaging old buildings
and that part of the work will be
undertaken first.
The projects are sponsored by
the communities, which will
bear about one-half the cost.
Meanwhile, workers have been
busily engaged in raising funds
for the schools and the funds so
licited and raised by other means
will be used as the requiied sup
plement to materials on hand to
make up the sponsors' contribu
tions.
Vacancies For
10 Wilkes Boys
Universally accepted as the sjunbol of
Portrait of His Mother, painted by James McNeill Whistler. ^t shown
at the Royal Academy in 1872 and now hanging in the Louvre,
Committee Will
Greet Visitors
On Wav to Boone Nathan CaH pisappears
* From Home In Call
Celebratifin Planned There
In Observance of First
Through Bus Line
Opportunity Offered to Get
Free Training In C. M.
T. C For Month
J. B. McCoy ar.d .1. C. Reins
were appointed as a committee by
the Klwanis club to greet people
jfrom Raleigh and the ea.stern
part of the state on their way to
Boone Friday to attend the cele
bration of the opening of a
through bus route to Raleigh.
Governor Hooy will be among
those who will go to Boone for
the celebration and will be a pas-
The procurement campaign for - - - •—
enrollment of trainees for attend- genger on a bus back to Raleigh.
_x AAidlMTici MlHfarw _ . .. .
ance at the Cttliens Military
Training Camp to be held at Fort
Bregg, N. C„ from June 16th to
July 15th, 1938, is progressing
very satisfactorily so far as the
total quota is concerned but It is
the desire of the Government to
open this training to youths of
the smaller communities as well
as tile larger ones. The following
young men of Wilkes county have
already qualified for attendance
at this years camp; Leonard Lee
Parsons, Boomer: Warren Hunt
er Pardue. Ronda: George Greene
Pardue, Ronda; Arnold Gorden
Pruitt, Wilkesboro.
There are still ten vacancies in
Wilkes county to be tilled. It is
urged that young men between
the ages of seventeen and twenty-
nine desiring attendance at this
years camp send in their applica
tions without delay. Joe B. Mc
Coy. of North Wilkesboro, who is
county chairman for this county,
will render all assistance neces
sary to expedite applications and
the following physicians have
volunteered to examine prospec
tive trainees free of charge; Dr.
H. B. Smith, North Wilkesboro,
Dr. G. T. Mitchell, Wilkesboro.
Information and application
blanks may also be obtained by
correspondence direct with The
0. M. T. C. Officer. Fort Bragg,
N. C.
Stone From Blast
Injures Workman
William Rogers Is Knocked
Unconscious When Rock
Falls Through Roof
Wiiliam Rogers, local man em
ployed on construction of high
way 115 in the vicinity of Hunt
ing Creek, was seriously injured
Tuesday morning by a falling
stone following a dynamite blast.
Before the blast Rogers ran
under a shelter but a piece of
stone of several pounds weight
crashed through the roof and
struck him on the head, inflicting
laceration of about two inches
in length. He was unconscious lor
several minutes and was brought
to this city for treatment. jy.
Fisk-Fry Enjoyed
■ .Thewe will he a pie supper at
Mountain Vailed church Saturday
' May-7. bogimaing at, 7: 45
gho a«r
is to
The employees of the Gaddy
Motor Co., their families and
friends,'enjoyed a fish fry at
Cain’s Park near Moravian Falls
Tuesday alght. The occasion was
At the Friday meeting of the
club J. R. Finley brought to the
club’s attention that there are no
street markers at intersections in
North Wilkesboro and he was ap
pointed by the club’s president to
interview the city commissioners
concerning the matter.
The secretary was asked to
send greetings to the Lions Club.
J. C. Reins was program chair
man and in obersvance of the
16th anniversary of -he club he
presented 11 of the 57 charter
members of the club. They re
sponded with short talks on the
subject. The Kiwanis Cluh and I.’’
The charter members present
were Genio Cardwell, J. B. Wil
liams, E. G. Finley, J. B. McCoy,
R. G. Finley, Pr. F. C. Hubbard,
J. R. Hix. T. B. Finley, J. O.
Moore. J. R- Finley and H. H.
Morehouse.
Legion To Meet
In The City Hall
Announcement was made today
that the May meeting of the
American Legion will be held on
Friday night, 7:30, at the city
hall instead of the Legion and
Auxiliary clubhouse as formerly
announced. The change was made
in order that the clubhouse might
be available for the Dokies’ ban
quet.
All managers of junior baseball
teams for the coming season are
asked to attend the meeting. Oth
er important matters will be be
fore the post, including plans for
the annual Memorial Day service.
quested to be present.
Wilkes Citizen
Missing 7 Days
Section Thursday
Nathan Call, elderly citizen of
the Call section of Wilkes county,
has been missing from his home
for a week, it was learned today
from Wilkes officers who have
been aiding in the search.
He left home on Thursday of
last week and all efforts to lo
cate him have proved futile so
far. Relatives fear that he has fell
victim to a heart attack or stroke.
Wilkesboro Church
Rjgvival .^nnouiyed
A r-''vlvnl will begin at Wilkes
boro Methodist church on Sunday,
May 8. >
Announcement of the revival
was made by Rev. A. W. Lynch,
pastor of the Wilkesboro charge,
who will do the preaching.
Music will be under direction
of the choir committee..
Services will be held twice
daily, morning and evening, and
the public has a cordial invitation
to attend.
“Where’s Grandma’
At Mount Pleasant
“Where’s Grandma,’’ a three
act comedy, is to he given at the
Mount Pleasant high school au
ditorium on Saturday night, Mr
7, at 7:30 o’clock. The public Is
cordially Invited to attend. It has
been successfully given at a num
ber of places with large and ap
preclative audiences. “Don’t miss
this opportunity of seeing one of
the best plays of the season. Ad
mission 10 and 25 cents,’ the
announcement said.
Buys Ties Here
Mr. Albert Watson, of Watauga
county, has been in the city buy
ing crossties for the E. T. Rail
way Company. Mr. Watson stat
ed that he purchased 2,600 ties
for his company which had been
turned down by the Southern
these being
Railway Company
carried across the mountain to be
used on the East Tennessee Rail-
All Legionnaires are urgently re- way Company s lines.
Ads. get attention—and resaltol colds.
Only Apes and humans catch
“Not Over Fifty” Drivers Club
To Be Formed In Wilkes County
Following up the safety cam
paign climaxed Tuesday night
with a county-wide meeting, a
movement has been started to se
cure pledges, of drivers not to
operate motor vehicles at more
titan fifty miles per hour on the
highways.
Organization of the club which
,as it*-major'purpose educa
tion of drivers to dangers of
speeding is another cooperative
efforts launched by The Journal-
Patriot and the Carolina Motor
club.
All who are willing—In the in
terest of safety—to limit their
driving speed to fifty miles per
hour are encouraged to sign the
pledge below and to mail or bring
it to The Journal-Patriot office.
Names of members in the "Not
Over Fifty’’ club will be publish
ed in The Journal-Patriot on M^y
30:
a most. enJojTible^pne for all prea-
enl.'-By count .ft' was decided that
^ with -'"■LToyii
.close'*0^
I declare that I am eligible for membership in the “Not qf
Ov^r JFHfty” club of Wilkes county and I hereby pledge
t^an fifty miles per hour.
V ‘ ■ > Name-v
Addresa
of
Discorery of a nnggrt
pure gold weighing one and a
fraction onnres and valned at
more than gSS on a sand bar
On a small rre^ in northern
Wilkes was repotted here to
day.
Tlie nugget was picked up
several daj’s ago but few peo
ple learned that such a valu
able hunk of the precious metal
had been found for soveral
days after the discovery.
The nugget was found on a
small stream on lands belong
ing to Trealy Caudill near the
line between Mulberry and
W.alnnt Grove townships.
mie nugget was found on a
strip of magnetic sand 100
yards long and where gold In
small quantities has been fonnd
over a period of 75 years by
the panning process.
Since discovery of the nug
get, it was learned here today,
Mr. Caudill and Calloway Shu
mate have constructed a sluice
trough and have panned thous-
and.s of small particles of gold
from the sand. The particles
were said to have ranged fi'om
infintesimaj to the size of a
wheat grain.
Older citizens in that com-
mnnicy, located In the footliilLs
of the Blue Ridge a few miles
northeast of highway 18 and
about 15 miles from this city,
say that the same jMtiperty has
been worked at Intervals as
gold bearing sand and was
once operated b y Captain
Ward, an Englishman who was
interested 1 n some mining
properties in .4she county.
The nugget, it is understood,
was given the acid test here
and found to be pure and bas
been forwarded for official
assays.
Slams Moronic Radio
Monday Was Bad
Day For Drunks
Alleged Drunken Driver
Wanted By Federal
Court Officers
The week-end is usually the
busy times lor officers picking up
drunks but on Monday of this
week the headche seekers outdid
themselves.
After midnight Monday night
the sheriff’s office had a call to
the home of Wade Ashley on the
Moravian Falls highway. Mr. Ash
ley had told the officers that
someone was on .his porch and
was making so much noise that
he could not sleep.
Deputies Odell Whittington and
R. C. Jennings proceeded to Ash
ley’s home and there found a man
by the name of Price whose home
is at Taylorsville. Price, the offi
cers said, was staging a one man
party on the! porch and nearby
were two empty whisky bottles.
Ashley expressed relief at be
ing rid of his uninvited and noisy
^U6St.
On Monday Deputy Whitting
ton received a call that a road
ster was on its way through Wil-
kesboro and that it was occupy
ing all sides of the road. He
stopped the roadster near the Cub
Creek bridge and found that John
Johnson, wanted by federal offi
cers for violation of parole, was
the driver and was drunk. Two
other men In the car, also from
Iredell county, faced charges of
drunkenness.
Plan To Form Club
Young Republicans
On Tuesday Night
A Young Republicans club for
Wilkes county will be formed in
„ meeting to be hold at the
courthouse in Wllkeoboro Tues
day night. May 10, eight o’clock,
was announced today by G. 0.
leaders here.
J. Bennett Riddle, of Morgan-
ton, state chairman of Young Re-
publicans, will be ,the •- feature
speaker and announcement of
nan Woodie, ot me aucruuou ^
7~. • . , i anrlngs- Ben-Woodie, of nioiiBlst of singing ui^
'Jpera^-moVor veiicle, on 'the highwaj^ at iore “ ““ '
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Safety Meetmg.
HeM Tueoday;
Horier Spedeer,
25 Certificates Awardi^ t«h
Persons With Longest
Safety Reeces ' -
INTERESTING SPEECH
Horrors of Auto Accidenfa
Portrayed by Safety .
Director of AAA
Chicago . . . Federal Communi
cations Commissioner George
HenVy Payne scores radio pro
grams “addressed to an Intelli
gence of a child of 12.’’ Said Com
missioner Payne, “An intelligence
of a child of 12 is a beautiful
thing in a child of 12 but not in
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a child of 30. Radio must be pre- bile drivers with the longest reo-
vented from stopping growth of ords of safe driving. Each of the
' ’ 25 selected were awarded certlft
the American mind.”
Commissioners
In Quiet Session
On First Monday
Routine Matters Get Atten
tion of County Board
In May Meeting
Wilkes county board of com
missioners with R. G. Finley. recun
chairman, and Leet .JPoijy§*jt^ driving without an aceJdhtyt;
ent heWrr qnict session on Mon- _ _ . .
day.
Routine matters composed prac
tically all of the business trans
acted and but few delegations
and claimants appeared.
It was ordered that Dr. A. J.
Eller, county health officer, ad
minister rabies vaccine to Birdie
Minton, alleged to have been bit
ten by a mad dog, and that the
health officer collect cost ot the
medicine from the owner of the
dog if possible.
Mitch Reeves, who operates a
service station west ot this city
on highway 421, was released
from beer license because of par
tial blindness. Mr. Reeves has al
so been released from beer license
by the state. It is understood.
Claims were audited and the
board received reports from the
various county officers.
A recess meeting will be held
later this month, at which time a
jury will be drawn for the June
term ot superior court.
NumberH^hways
To Get Treatment
Highway 421 to the Yadkin
County Line Be Treated
Within a Few Days
A number of highway sections
in this vicinity are on the pro
gram tor surface treatments this
summer, it was learned today
from the eighth highway division
office here.
Work of treating highway 21
north of Elkin to Roaring Gap
has been completed. Highway
421 east of Wilkesboro to the
Yadkin county line is scheduled
for Immediate attention and ten
tative plans call for completion
of fhe work by May 20.
Highway 18 between Laurel
treat^ soon, engineers said.
Mrs. Laura Woodie
Claimed By Death
at
Funeral service was held today
Peak Creek for Mrs. Laura
bars of the party, young and old. noon at her home near Lanre
sr”ori.ur iniw 1.1» nsr
.mou!!. Ihe Min PurpM, rt
the meeting will bd organization
Young RepublicSM.
Surviving are the
chfidfAh; Arthur, - Walter,
Bfil,
(HMlttiOII* »4S****«»y , vv-.--—.
Dhirlle and Herman Woodto
{fnd-. Mrs. . Hazel
of North ^keisbow.
pie is -
What Will a Man Give In Ex
change For His Life’’ was the
subject of an address by Walter
Y. Hosier, safety director of the
Carolina Motor club, before a
county-wide safety meeting held
at the courthouse in Wtlkesboro
Tuesday night.
The meeting climaxed a safety
campaign conducted Jointly by
the club and 'The Journal-Patriot
to select the twenty-five antomo-
cates from the Gold Star Drivers
of America.
W. B. Beamon, of North Wil-
keeboro route 1, led the list with
33 years. He said the first car he
drove was a high-wheel Interna
tional.
R. Don Laws, publisher of the
Yellow Jacket at Moravian Falls,
the first car owner In Wilkes
county, was a close second with
31 years of safe dilving. Other
winners ranged downward to 23
years. Mrs. R. C. Jennings and
Mrs. John Tevepaugh were the
ladies among tbe winners and
each had records of .23 years ot
J. F. Jordan, mayor of Wilke*-
boro, presided over the meeting.
Rev. A. W. Lynch, pastor of the
Wilkesboro Methodist church,
opened the meeting with devo
tional and with remarks concern
ing the high regard placed upon
human life by the Creator.
Following Die address by Mr.
Hosier T. E. Story, principal ot
Wilkesboro high school, present
ed the 25 honor certificates to
the following winners: W. B.
Beamon. R. Don Laws: W. H.
Horton and W. G. Harrison. 26
years: J. L. Garwood,-.25;.James
B. Barlow, J. B. Calloway and
Rev. Eugene Olive, 25: Annie V.
Jennings, Mrs. John J. Tevo-
paugh and M. C. Jones, 23: Jim
Byrd, John Ambrose Reeves,
Dana W. Sale. R. R. Crater.- M.
G. Butner, H. H. Morehouse, C.
C. Smitherman, W. M. Day. T.
E. Cain, Jay H. Johnson. E. G.
Finley and Ransom Staley, with
22 years of safe driving each.
Those among the above list of
25 winners who were not present
at the meeting Tuesday night may
receive their certificates at The
Journal-Patriot office.
Mr. Hosier declared in his ad
dress that responsibility for care
and protection of the body, tem
ple of the soul, is second in Im
portance to salvation of the soul.
“Beer, wine, whisky and
speed,” he said, “are the four
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Singing at New
Hope May 2^
Next sessioq of the Blue Ridge
Singing associaOon, which em-
-- braces parts of Wilkes, Ashe and
Sprints"and* Whitehead will be Watauga counties, will be.hMd
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Program For Next Meetuajj
Blue Ridge Association
Is Outlined
with New Hope Baptist ctewli
near Purlear on Sunday, May 8#.,
Announcement of the ..siaglagt
was made by J. C. McNelii,'ishafr-
man, who outlined the followl^-
program: H) a. m.—devotional
by Rev. A. 'V. Eller, pastor;' wel* -i
come. Lass Church: response %
response, Gus Eller, of Asha
county; 10:30, classes and
teta assemble for one fonad.'
each; 11:80, sermon by Rev. ,4*
following B.,Whtt8, of ■Paylorsvllle.
lunch. .V.,. A™
The afternoon' pro^am wlu
An invitation is