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National Graiwe Says At Plitfil
HOLE YALHaBLE
_ p^nrvK. July IS.-^WllHam H.
Pile, 16, was saved by the hole
|;^ln n t« token today. He wae holib-
Jns, the token under hla Up . to
pr%b a nosebleed when It slipped
E«nd lodged, in Ms throat. Physici
ans ssdd It blocked the passage
way blit be could breathe through
^^the hole.
Mayor McNiel, Ralph Dun-
* caur And T. S. Kenerly
To Secure OpHotns
“Famier Bob” In
Thin.City .TowlAy
llvWOULD ISSUE BONDS
Funds Now Used To Pay
Rents Would Pay Bond
Intei^t, Principal
Phllat
en-pound dwy, deecrlbed by bis
father as ^“beautiful.” was born
at the Pennsylvania hospital to
day to Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt, Jr., wife of the President’s
third son. The blushing father
personallv announced to reporters
that both mother and child were
. “finis’’ He said he and his wife,
the farmer Ethel d\j Pont, had
^ not -leclded on a name for their
, tlrst-born. the President’s eichth
^_^grandchlld.
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SUCCUMBS
ngton, July 19.—John
ny Wu^, 747-pound professional
fat maai, died today In his quart
ers aih carnival here. Physicians
said idgth was due to disorders
arising ffom his excessive weight.
Webli,:lrho was 32, had traveled
wlth^’aifc ises and carnivals since
the age of three when he weighed
150 pounds. He was a native of
Altoona, Pa. His great girth ne-
K (»ces3ltated construction of a spe-
I^SWclal coffin, five feet wide.
New Tork . . . Miss EUzabeth
Fay,-*Kj^,.,y«rii social regfl^er-
Ito^’we^Bg- ihe ftrsf East In-
d^' fatehwt^ gold'dress made
in .Arnica.'It Was designed by
Muriel KiUser of the Traphag-
en School of Fashion here. 'The
material, native- woven sari
with gold threads, has been
produced exelnsively for F.ast
Indian consumption for three
hundred years and was recent
ly imported to America from
Benares by Sirdar Kumar .Tag-
“illt Singh.
Absentee Vote
Fraud Charges
Be Aired
TURN I.OOSE MONEY
Raleigh. July 19.—The works
progress administration today
turned loose an additional $222,-
312.23 In federal and sponsors’
funds for 13 new relief projects
In North Carolina. The projects,
George W. Coan, Jr., WPA admin
istrator, said, will give employ
ment to 589 needy persons. Eight
projects call for Improvements of
school building? or grounds. The
largest allotment was $93,983 for
Improving farm-to-market roads
In Cleveland county. The work
will provide jobs for 185 men.
INTANGIBLES REVENUE
Raleigh. July 19.—North Car
olina municipalities and counties
will receive $424,224 of the
6,424.224 of the $904,633.33 col
lected during the 1937-38 fiscal
year under the new state tax on
Jtotanglbles. the board of assess
ments announced today. The state
government also will
6434,224. The remainder, $36,-
185.33, will be used to defray ex
penses of collecting the 'evy.
Payments to counties and munici-
palUles range from $28,437.86
for Charlotte to 44 cents for Or-
rum.
R,aleigh, July 20. — Charges
that “de.ad men” went to the
polls and that live men stayed
home and cast phsentee ballots by
the bunch will be aired Friday
when the state board of elections
meets here to continue its investi
gation of the recent North Caro
lina primaries.
■omnthAr the board finally will
certify returns of the run-off pri
mary of July 2 remained in doubt
tonight. Raymond C. Maxwell,
secretary, said he doubted that
the investigation would be com
pleted unless the board decided
to remain in session for seTeral
Observers ssM there was little
chance that the returns would be
declared bfficial until all of the
fraud charges were considered.
Assault riiarges Wait
Maxwell said the board would
not Investigate charges that work
ers for candidates were assault
ed while gathering evidence of
alleged irregularities.
Mayor R. T. McNiel and the
city board of commissioners met
In cpecial session Tuesday night
to discuss the proposal to erect a
municipal building.
After going into the proposed
plan to erect a city hall as a
,WPA project with the cost shared
between the city as sponsor and
the federal government a commit
tee was appointed to inspect a-
vailable lots and to secure op
tions.
With Mayor McNiel Commis
sioners Ralph Duncan and T. S.
Kenerly were named on the com
mittee.
Mayor McNiel said today that
the members of the committee
wish to confer with any person
who has a suitable lot for sale
at a reasonable price.
In discussion of the proposal
it was pointed out that the city
is now paying rent In the amount
of $1,920 for quarters which
would bo contained in a munici
pal building.
Quarters which are now being
leased include the city hall, fire
department, WPA quarters and
warehouse.
The plan as now being consid
ered would call for Issuing city
bonds in amount sufficient to
cover the sponsor’s contribution
to the building. The amount now
being paid yearly for rents would
pay Interest and principal on the
bonds, Mayor McNiel said.
Congressman R. L. “^amef
Bob” Dpughton, of the Ninth Dis
trict/ was oyer ?rpm his home at
Laurel, Springs today ahakiag
ba^ds witfi 'lMvBda. and looking
after business matters." " —
' Congressman Doughton, srho'
recently" underwent an operation
^ in Washington, D. C., apparently
has, Regained his former health
and activity, his many friends
throughout this section will be
^lad to learn.
State Master Ai4i
Secretary Speak'
Wilkes Graiica.
WISDOM IS
NEEDED '
State Master Caldwell List*
. ObjectiTes Of S^e ^
> Orgiuiixatioii
NEW YORK CITY . . . Hardit Singh Malik, L C. S„ 0. R B. newly
appointed Jry the Government of India as its trade commissioner for
North America, is shown with his wife and two children as they ar
rived here recently. The Indian government hopes to increase
trade relations between the two conintries by this commissionship.
Parkway Surface
Being Applied On
58 Miles of Route
Club Secretary
Gives Account Of
Interesting Trip|J
People Urged To
Pay County Taxes
Work Will Be Completed
Late This Summer, Offi
cials Announce
T. E. Story Returns From
Convention of Kiwanis
International
Red Cross to Give
Swim Instructions
Red Cross Aquatic Schools
Offer Opportunity to
Water Lovers
woiiIjD sell town
^§ollVi^>od July 19.-The once
booming mining town of Tomb
stone. Arlz., i« willing to sell
Itself, lock, Block and barrel to
the movie Industry for $75,000.
, Producer Harry Sherman, who
"has been on location there, refer
red the offer to Paramount stu
dios He said Walter H. Cole, hdi-
Tombstone’s famous news
paper, “EplUph.” canvMsed he
town and found the people willing
to sell Back In 1902 Tombstone
was a teeming town of 7.000 pe^
sonsl the population today is ap
proximately 800.
Biuion Services In
Three Churches
Pastors Wai Alternate In
UnioA Service «t Church-
es In City
Sua&y nlghTTnion se^^
will be held for six weeks be^n-
nlng July 31 with the P^^^Jer-
lan, Methodist and Baptist
ehurches partlclpaUng. Each
the pastors will preach
two tf-^e Bervioes. and t
® 0 services held In each
M churches. ’The choir
I. whern the service
for
of
In
there
'* of where the service
j J J^will be wponslble for
***« a schedule agreed
lythe pastors and church-
k. L. Aycock at
Rev. watt M. Coo^-
Rev.
61 A. L. Aycock
at Watt M. Coop- ^ rnited Slates. His
aeoed him a »150 redlo
Ray. Bapeoe
Make Progress On
School Building
Wilkes county chapter of the
American Red f.Toss will sponsor
a swimming school at Hollywood
Lake near Pores Knob, beginning
Thursday afternoon. July 28.
The swimmers will be supervis
ed bv Isaac Duncan, youth of this
city who is Red Cross life saving
examiner for this district.
The courses are outlined as fol
lows.
Non-swimmO’’s: For those who
would like to learn to swim by
the easiest methods developed by
Mav Complete Wilkesboro the Red Cross aquatic schools
- - xr«.»rio oTxylmTnpra' in
Unit In Time For School
Opening
Workmen are busily engaged in
finish work on the new Wilkes
boro school building in an effort
to heve the building ready for
use when schools open on Au
gust 29, it was learned today
from the office of
Novis swimmers: For those
lacking coordination in their
strokes, and desire to learn the
proper movements for each desig
nated stroke.
Swimmers; For those possess
ing good swimming ability, and
know the proper movements des
ignated under novis: and for
those who are interested in speed
swimming, junior and senior life
T. E. Story, secretary of the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club,
returned Friday from San Fran
cisco, where he attended the an
nual convention of Kiwanis In
ternational as a delegate of the
! North Wilkesboro club.
At the request of The Journal-
Patriot Mr. Story gave the fol
lowing brief report of his inter
esting trip:
Those making trip: T. E. Story,
Don Story, V. E. Jennings and
^ra Sih^ak^. -j. r
Date left: Monday. June l3."
Returned; Thursday, July 14.
Thirty-two days for trip.
Traveled 8,810 miles and used
465 gallons of gas.
.Average cost of gas nineteen
cents per gallon.
We passed through twenty-
three states, and also spent a few
hours in each of Old Mexico and
Britijh Columbia.
We visited the following Na
tional Parks: Carlsbad Caverns,
N. Mex.: Grand Canyon, Ariz.;
Zion National Park, Utah; Bould
er Dam. Ariz.; Yosemite, Calif.;
and Yellowstone National Park,
Wyo. Passed through or near
numerous other parks and inter
esting areas.
Drove more than two hundred
miles up the Pacific Coast In
California, and was detained for
a day on the coast of upper
California while steam shovels re
moved a sliding mountain off the
highway.
Attended International Kiwan
is Convention four days, and
heard many interesting address
es, most of which were concerning
International Good Will. Seven
thousand Kiwanians were In at
tendance at this convention. It
followed the Rotary Convention
(Continued on page eight!
Attention is again called to the
fact that penaitv on county taxes
for 1937 not paid on or before
ugust I will be 5 1-2 per cent
and that advertising cost will also
be added to taxes not paid on or
before that date. Levy and gar
nishee proceedings will be insti
tuted for collection of personal
property and poll taxes from
those who listed no real estate.
.Attention is also called to the
fact that a discount of 2 1-2 per
cent is allowed on 1938 taxes paid
on or before August 1.
Singing Planned
For Fifth Sunday
Baptist Home, Stony Fork
Andf Beaver Creek Will -
Have Singing Meets
the county saving and water games.
In making announcement of
board of education. ... .
Tiro building, which contains the courses Red Cross officials
ten classrooms, is being erected said: “If you would like to swim,
as a WP.A project to relieve
crowded conditions at the school.
or to he a better swimmer, the
Red Cross otters you an excellent
“Hell Drivers” To
Pei*lonn At Fair
The fifth Sunday. July 31, will
be toe occasion for singing con
ventions at a number of points in
Wilkes and adjoining counties.
Stone Mountain union singing
will be held ?t Baptist Home
church north of this city on high
way 19. The day’s prografti will
begin at ten o’clock with devo
tional by the pastor. Rev. S. L.
Blevins. All gospel singers are
invited and a successful singing
is expected, the chairman said in
ann.ouncement of the convention.
Southside Slngiug association
will he held in Beaver Creek’s
new church. Attorney F. J. Mc
Duffie, chairman, said that the
program will begin at ten o’clock
and continue through the dy. A
lasket dinner picnic style will be
spread at noon.
Blue R’dge Sinelng association
■U'ill be held at Stony Fork Bap
tist .
tauga line and noar’hivhwav 421.
The na7’« program will begin at
ten (.’dock and the singing will
be iuppJemented by an address
bv .Tiidge .Tohn’ori J. Hayes about
11:1:( a. m. Rev. Vilas Minton,
pastor, will fcnduct the devotion
al. R. L.
visitors and A. M. McNee^wlll re
spond to the address of welcome.
J. C. McNeill, chairman of the
association, made announcement
Workmen are proceeding as
fast 33 the wea’her will permit on
the task of surfacing 58 miles of
the .Blue Ridge parkway from the
Virginia line southward to Deep
Gap, park service officials sail
today.
They explained, however, that
three treatmen’s will be applied
to the road surface and that the
work will be in progress at some
point or other along the route
practically all summer.
The work was begun at Deep
Gap and the contractor has ap
plied the penetrating coat of oil
and lar on about half of the
route. The second treatment is
known as the sealing coat and the
third will be the finishing coat,
which may be applied about Sep
tember 1.
The work necessitate closing
the parkway vffcere the^Suriface'Is
being applied and for a few days
after it is put down.
A dry roadbed is essential to
progress in surfacing of this type
and the time the work is com
pleted will be determined by the
amount and frequency cf r?in-.
park ?-r’ cc or’ic’c'-! snirl. I
Aftev *’-c ip-k ■ 1? ’-adel
a 3Ui)Stantial surface of crushed
stone was applied as a base for
the bituminous treatment. Travel
by sighteers resulted in the base
becoming thoroughly settled and _
in good condition for application i passed.
Declaring that sQliUlo
plexlng farm proWflffis Rfl'
more intelligence than ever T>®-
fore, Harry A'. Caton, of .Oosho^
ton, Ohio, secertary of the NatlpOr
al Grange, addressed the anniul
picnic of Wilkes county Pomona
Grange held Tuesday evening.
Despite inclement weather
which necessitated removal of the
picnic from outdoor grounds near
Moravian Fails to the Wilkesboro
school building at the last mo
ment, all Granges in the county
were represented In the meeting
and a sump’uous dinner was
spread in the home economics
rooms of the building.
T. E. Ferguson, Pomona mas
ter, called the meeting to order
and presented Harry B. Caldwell,
of Greensboro, master of the
State Grange. Using as a theme.
“Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom,” the state
master in his usual eloquent style
delivered an inspirational mes
sage to the Grange. He said that
In solution of national and inter
national problems wisdom i a
greatly needed. . ’
Mr. Caldwell reviewed last
year’s legislative objectives, say
ing that all except homestead ex
emptions were enacted by the leg
islature in the state. He said th®
state Grange favors addition of
the 12th grade to the state school
system, more improvement on
secondary roads, rural electrifi
cation expansion and honesty la
elections.
In the outset of his address Na
tional Secretary Caton said that
in the old days farmers who faced
problems pulled out and left
them, going west to territory and
soil which had not been exploited.
Tbet is ro longer possible, he
said and other solutions requiring .
more diligenc'' and 'utPlBaence
nre souglit. H'> as
highly important liie constant.,
search for new uses of farm
products, saying that hope for
sale of great quantities of f.Arm
products in foreign markets ha*
of the surface treatment.
'Those who desire to motor over
any part of the parkway could
probably save time by first com
municating with the park service
offlc.} in Wilkesboro to learn
what sections are closed for sur
facing.
Two small elementary schools in opportunity at this time througn
. . 4«« t_ . .. t9
the district will be added to
Wilkesbco central school this
year.
King Frank Siinto
its aquatic courses.”
James Ritchie, proprietor of
Hollywood Lake, has kindly con
sented to admit those free on
Thursday afternoon who take
swimming courses under M r.
Duncan.
This Is the first time that a
I swimming course has been offer-
led as a Red Cross project here
I and Jt Is expected that many will
take advantage of the opportunl-
I ties afforded.
To Begin Revival
At Roaring River
Saturday Night
.Wildwood, N. J. . . . Frank
Santo, 18 ysiMrs old, son of an
nneanidoyed miner of Thpoop,
Pa. was crowned the marWee
Rev. A. W. Lynch, pastor, has
announced that a revival will be
gin at Roaring River Methodist
church Saturday night, July 23.
He will be assisted during the
revival by Mrs. C. L. Steldlev, of
High Point, evangelist who has
met with unusual success. Servic
es will i)6 held each day and eve
ning. The evening services will
begin at 7:30 and hour of the
day services will be announced.
Mr. W. B. Somers is having an
attractive residence conatracM
vlctorjr
tieC and • wrtot Trateli.
oh hla lot In Wilkesboro Just
of the high school Ibtttidttif.'
Famous Attraction Secured
For One Day Northwest
ern Fair
Official.? of the Northwestern
Fair, which plans a big exposition
here during the week beginning
September 12, ?aid today that
contract had bSfen signed for a
performance by Martin C. Wil
son’s “Hell Drivers” for one day
during the fair.
The famous act, which has
been widely acclaimed as the
most thrilling outdoor perform
ance, Is scheduled for Thursday,
September 15.
Meanwhile plans for a well
rounded program of attractions
are going forward and grand
stand attractions for each after
noon and night of the fire-day
exposition have been secured
through Hamid Attractions, Inc.,
w'hlch control practically all of
the leading outdoor attractions.
Premium list? have been In
process of distribution during the
past month. Premiums were sub
stantially Incretced to total |2,-
000, the largest „mount ever of
fered at a fair here, ^neral In-
oroMOB were made thrdughont the
^(*'wUh predominating additions
premium* for apples, gad lo .the
makars department.
U. S. Buys Surplus Wheat
Voi-e than S.OOO.OtJO bushels of
■hureh near the Wilkes-Wa- surplus wheat will he utilized in
Pour an-d eereal bniiant hy tnc
Federal Surplus Commodities
Corppraticn through otters from
millers accepted this week, the
Agricultural Adlustment Admin
istration announced.
The tlnur and cereal are to be
Wagoner will welcome distributed to the nation’s needy.
Pat chases of wheat products
are being made to help farmers
move info consumption a supply
of vheat whlc’a for this year is
reported to be greatly in excess
He aeclared that farmers need
and must have a greater share of
the national income, which last
year was $67,000,000,000 with
only seven billions received by
farm people representing one-
fourth of the population of the
country. A more equitable distri
bution of the f.arm income is one
of the major objectives of the
Grange, ne said.
of the . singing and invited all
Ul klic . --r,. ^
singers to be present and take of normal requirements.
part in the day’s program. Those
attending are asked to carry bas
kets for the picnic style dinner.
Fr(?sh vegetables as well as
600,000 pounds o f American
cheese will be purchased.
In The Good Old Summer Time
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. . Cel^eting ita
this summer, the, Atlf*tk Cit^ted ^ ^
A t gA I ■?A# iliA adiiaahrtrri iHflilMU • s •
iinicr* A%i*nwv •
stsgiiig g 4G-ye«r t*vM*r ct wfait wHtAf the Meshm fsmogs
bauu^ skirl^hloeaeri, stock
latest meden
hklt year’s
inf, and bathing dioei t»f the gay ’90s up tp.t--. ——-
jSk virt byp Mba Ate Repp (««ter), Mte Atitetk fSty
Pool Will Open
Here This Wwk
Incessant Rains Have Pre
vented Completioft ■
Necessary Repairs
The Lions club plans to oben
the Riverside swimming pool Fri
day afternodn, one o’clock, pro
vided weather conditions permit
completion of repair wprk.
Opening of the pool has .beea
held up a few days this week be- ^
cause rainy ^/eather did not poN- -
mlt tar patching work.
Bill Crews, who has qualified
as a Red Cross life guard, will be
in charge of the pool and there
will be one assistant.
The pool will be open# every
day except Sunday. The hours
will be 10 a. m. to 12 and from
1 p. m. until dark.
G. S. O’Dell, Wilkes county
sanitarian, has assisted In work ,
of preparing the pool for use %nd;,-
the pool will meet all sanltaHott
requirements, officials of the club
said.
The pool, which was construct
ed several years ago by private In
terests and operated for only one
season, will be operated by the
Blons as a non-profit project. A
small admission charge of ten
cents for children and 20 cents
for adults will be made to defrv -
cost of repairs 4nd operation of
the pool. No bathing'suits-will
be rented and each person muik .
furnish his of her oWn suit
While North Cisniha prodneed
a 45 million' dollar crop of cbm in
1987, the state sold onlyittM0,iM
worth, reports Chief S*wtki«X;
W. H. Rhodes,'of the Sthte De
partment of AgrkMitteeu
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