PE(
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iCMTSI^jaiNG
^ tsdoiT A*jf. 1*.—An un-
jSMOT^r i^nt told the house
flMintttee os "un-American ac-
today that the nazi
morement la the United States
alms to set" up a "rast spy net
work’’ and "powerful sabotage
maohlne’’ for use In case of war.
TAXES ON UQ1IOR
Raleigh, Aug. 12.—Chairman
Cu^r Moore of the state board
''Sf iilcohollc control reported to
day. that gross liquor sales In 27
coi^ies haring stores amounted
^io $7,Od2,497.49 during the fis
cal year ending June 80. No coun
ty west of Durham has a store
and 73 counties are dry. The
state got 2493.628.17 In taxes
from liquor atoree.
400 aVILIANS KILLED
Haiikow. China, Aug. 12.—
One hundred Japanese war planes
vlrtnally poured bombs into Han
kow and the neighboring cities
of Wuchang and Hanyang today
in one of the Chlnese-Japanese
war’s most disastrous and most
spectacular air raids. The bombs
and the flames that spread in
their wake killed or wounded
clrillans of the tri-city area.
Which lies 600 miles up the
Yangtze river In the heart of
China.
CHEWING GUM GUAGE
New York, Aug. - 12.—Doug
Corrigan’s ‘‘crate,’’ which was
equipped with a Boy Scout com
pass, a pine board seat and a
baling wire latch for its door,
also had a cbewin-gum gas gauge.
When" Corrigan brought the plane
down today after Us first test
since his ocean hop. he brushed
four wads of gum from a win-
"What’s that?’’ someone
’^sked. ‘‘Well,’’ he said, ‘‘on that
flight, whenever a tank ran dry
I had to switch to another in a
hurry. I had to know, too, how
many tanks I had left. So every
time a tank ran out, I’d stick a
wad of gum there. You see, I
don’t have a gas gauge on this
ship."
•■^AR PREPARATTONS
Paris, Aug. 12.—The French
govcrnm’^nt, alarmed by reports
of huge military movements un
derway in Germany, today sought
‘information o n Reichsfuehrer
Hitler’s intentions through
French diplomatic representa
tives abroad. The reports: That
^Hitler's army had requisitioned
private automobiles, trucks, fur
niture vans and even municipal
busses in Bavaria in connection
with forthcoming autumn man
euvers. That more than 1.000.-
040 German reservists had been
'^l^led to the colors. That Ger-
was speeding up construc
tion of fortifications on her
French and Polish frontiers.
These things led to fear that the
nazi-s were greasing their war
machine for use in case they fail
ed to receive quick satisfaction
from Czechoslovakia in the dis
pute over the future status of
^echoslovakia’s 3.500.000 Sude-
Germans minority.
ten
"We Won the War”
-iGnard Men Claim
Company A Returns From
Two Weeks War Maneu
vers In Mississippi
Company A, I05th Engineers
N C N G., returned Sunday
from'the "front" In
after two weeks "defending the
Gulf toast” and claimed a victory.
Under command of Captain R.
R Reins Company A had a big
nart in the war maneuvers and
the 61 men in the company were
put through a real test in the
vicinity of Hattiesburg. Miss., a-
galnst an Imaginary foe attacking
the , -gcgjved its share
Company A receiveu
of the work in building roads
Sowing out bridges and carrying
on other maneuver? calculated to
bring about defeat of the ene-
No casualties were reported
£ company members and
feet was the leading com-
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W. O. Burgin Takes Eighth
District Controversy
To the Courts
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Prominent Citizen ^
* Reddies River Dies
Faieral service was held Sun-
. Comle Miner, 53. promi-
of Reddles River who
in a Cfcarlotte hos-
W. Lu-ke conducted
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GOVERNOR CLYDE R. HOEY
Officials of the Northwestern Fair have announced that Governor
Clyde R. Hony has accepted an invitation to deliver an address on
the opening day of the fair here on September 13, at 11 a. m.
Opening day will be school children’s day and all school children
will be admitted free.
Govenwr Hpex_A£cepts.Invitatian
lo Speak On Opening Day of Fair;
School Children to Get Free Ticket
“SUM JIM” IS ON
BRIEF VACATION
Tlie liot weatlier lias driven
‘‘.Slim .Tim” to the mountains
for a brief vac.ation. He will be
back in the p.aper within a
week or two, howevtr, to de-
llglit the children and grown
ups, too, with his esi'apades
with the Gra-wille Police
Force. Watch for his return in
The Journal-Patriot.
Brain Penetrated
But He Still Lives
Rob Minton In Critical Con
dition From Injury On
Saturday Night
Rob Minion, a resident of near
Wilkesboro, was still living at
noon today, although ho remain
ed in a critical condition from a
wound alleged to have been in
flicted by an ave in the hands of
Gwyn Pierce Saturday night.
Minton is a patient at the hos
pital here. Examination showed
that the axe had penetrated his
skull and brain. Surgical treat
ment, including a delicate opera
tion, was administered in an ef
fort to save bis life.
The fight occured about two
miles west of this city on high
way 4 21 about ten o’clock Sat
urday night. According to reports
of the affair told to officers.
Largest Crowd In History Is
Expected For Opening
Of the 1938 Fair
Clyde R. Hoey, who not only
bears the distinction of governor
of North Carolina but is widely
knov^n as the ‘‘silver tongued ora
tor of the South, has accepted an
invitation to deliver an address
aT the opening of the Great
.Northwestern Fair’s five day ex
position here on Tuesday. Sep
tember IS. W. A. McNiel, secre
tary and general manager of the
fair, said today.
On opening day the fair will
be host to school children, and
free lickets will be-previously dis
tributed to. the 10.000 school
children in' Wilkes county.
The governor’s address and
other features of the fair are ex
pected to attract the largest
crowd in history of the fair here
on opening day. Mr. McNiel said.
A $2,000 cash premium list
should attract -^xhihUs passing all
previous records in number and
pxcellenc? while the entertain
ment program is well ta’ken care
of hy a midway of West World
Wonder Shows and grandstand
attractions through George A.
Hamid, world famous promoter.
There will be an elaborate display
of fireworks each of the five
nights of the fair.
.\s extra added attractions the
fair association has secured Wil
son’s “Hell Drivers’’ and on Sat
urday a promoter with the ap
proval of the national auto racers
association will put on automo-
Loxlngton’s W. O. Burgin Fri
day got another choree to fight
for the eighth district’s Demo-
cratl-c congressional nomination.
Judge W. C. Harris, In Wake
county superior court at Raleigh,
restrained the state board of elec
tions from certifying the election
of C. B. Deane, Rockingham law
yer, v.'ho holds a 23-vote lead ov
er Burgin on the basis of revised
election returns.
Hearing August 17
Judge Harris set August 17 as
the date for hearing of a man
damus action by w'hich Burgin
seeks to force the state board to
certify him as the nominee on
the iiasis of a 100-vote victory he
had on first official returns from
the July 2 run-off primary.
In starting his court fight Bur
gin took two slaps at the state
board of elections:
1. He questioned its authority
to revise official election returns
certified hy county election of-
ficial.s.
2. He charged the state hoard
and Us members with forcing
county election officials to certify
revised figures through “intimi
dation, coercion and demand.’’
I.ucas Accept.s Service
W. A. LucaS: state board chair
man, accepted service of papers
in Burgia’s action and slapped
right back at the Davidson coun
ty lawyer and bis supporters.
“I am glad Mr. Burgin has in-
stitiiled the suit,’’ he said.
“The question of law involved
is a most important one, vita! to
the election machinery of the
state and one that should be set
at rest by an adjudication by the
supreme court.
‘''s^‘What does the law - mean
when it says that the state board
I of elections shall compel the ob
servance of election laws?’’
' .Answers Own Question
I Answering his own question, he
declared:
“The board should see to it
that any official who endeavored
to falsity a return to permit the
commission of some other fraud
should not be permitted to con
summate his purpose and If such
had happened, that the same of
ficial, or his sucL“5Sor, should be
compelled to undo the wrong and
that the wrong should not be per
mitted to endure.
“If the duty of the board is
purely clerical, it should be
aboi’shed and its clerical func
tion transferred to some other de-
(Continued on page eight)
Pay Taxes Now
And Save Costs
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LfCf-,
Land Will Be Sold For Tax- agent.
es By Sheriff On First
Monday, Sept. 5
WILLIAM O. BURGIN
William O. Burgin, of Lexington, who has restrained the state
board of electiims from Icertifying C. B. Ifcane, of Rockingham, as
Democratic nominee for congress in this district. Burgin, who was
ahead before investigation of alleged primary fraud, is seeking by
mandamus action in the courts to compel the state election board
to declare him nominee. ■
4 - HClub Rally
And Picnic Will
Be He!dAug.-20
Enjoyable Occasion Antici
pated By Many Members
Of Wilkes Clubs
First annual rally day picnic
of 4-H club members in Wilkes
county will be held on Saturday,
August 20, probably at Kilby’s
Gap on highway 16, it was an
nounced In a letter today from
the county agent’s office to club
members throughout the county.
Members are asked to wear old
clothes suitable for games and
recreation, and 10 meet at the
courthouse at four o’clock on
Saturday afternoon. Transporta
tion will be furnished to the pic
nic grounds and they will return
to the courthouse at eight o’
clock.
The picnic .and rally is being
planned by Dan Heiler, county
agent, Miss Harriet McGoogau.
home demonstration agent, and
Jesse Giles, assistant county
Dr. i. W. Morris
Added to Staff of
Wilkes Hospital
Member of Surgical Staff as
Assistant to Dr. F. C.
Hubbard
Dr. John W. Morris, a native
of Winston-Saiem, has been add
ed to the surgical staff of the
Wilkes hospital as assistant to
Dr. F. C. Hubbard, chief of staff.
Dr. Morris received his medical
training at the medical school of
the University of Virginia and be
fore coming to North Wilkesboro
was engaged in hospital work in
Richmond, Va.
With six individual clubs with
large enrollments, Wilkes has the
largest number of 4-H clubs in
its history. It is expected that the
Today appears the second ad- pien’e will be largely attended,
j verii'jemfnt of all real estate on 1 —
j which tax for the year 1937 has
not been paid. This advertise-
Mincon had been fighting with | races. Some gr.endstand acts
the father of Gwyn Pierce and t f„rT,ia>,r,ri hv the mid-
Pierce hnd parted them. They be
gan fighting again a few mo-1
ments later and Pierce entered j
the affray with an axe. Minton is I
alleged lo have been drinking.
Pierce was arrested and is now
in Wilkes jail.
Former Wilkesboro
Resident Wins In
Amateur Contest
Pat Johnson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hoyyard K. Johnson, former
ly of ‘Wilkesboro, won first place
In an Amateur Contf^t held re
cently hv the Eastern Star In
Statesville. He played a harmon
ica .solo. Pat is only five years
fld, but playing the harmonica is
an old story to him, he having
learned to plav when he was
^cee joars old He will take part
"n tiia stfte-vrtdo contest to be
In .Shfitember^
will also be furnished hy the mid
way to supplement a varied pro
gram.
In anticipation of record
crowds workmen have already
been engaged in nlacing the
huildlngs and grounds in condi
tion for the exposition and will
have everything In readiness for
opening day.
John H. Anderson
Rites Held Today
Last rites were held today at
Lewis cemetery for John H. An
derson, aged and respected citi
zen of North Wilkesboro route 3
who died at his home Sunday.
He was 80 years 0? age and is
survived by the following chil
dren: Arthur Anderson, of Seat
tle, Washington; ’ Ed Anderson,
of Montana; Mrs. T.! L. Willjame.
of Matooka, W Mt». J-
Williams, of LoyaL.t^. ir'
I men! was placed with The Journ-
;al-Pstriot last week hy Sheriff C.
] T. Doughton in accordance with
an order passed by the Board of
Cou ity Commissioners and in ac
cordance with the law governing
advertising of real estate for de-
I linquent taxes. Sale will be held
on the first Monday in Septem
ber—the 5th.
All persons wanting to keep
their real estate from being sold
on the above mentioned date,
may call at the sheriff’s office
this week and make payment and
only a small sum will be added
to the amount of tax, in addition
to accrued penalty.
Sheriff Doughton is anxious to
make this one of the best tax col
lection years In the history of
the county, and he is anxious that
everyone who possibly can make
payment before the land is sold
as this will Incur additional costs
to every taxpayer who allows his
land to be sold at auction on Sep
tember 5th.
Many of the tax amounts are
small and payment now will
equal a saving. In many instances,
of the amount of the original tax.
Tbs very next time you are in
town drop into the sheriff's of
fice and pay your 1937 taxes and
save all further costs.
Those desiring to pay their
1938 taxes may do so by calling
at the office of County Account
ant W. P, Kelly, and they'.'' •will
I«oelve a discount of 2 par'cent.
»r
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Baseball ^ Club
To Have Meeting
C. C. Sebastian, business man
ager of the North Wilkesboro
baseball club, has called a meet
ing to be held at the city hall on
Wednesday night of this week.
All players and fans are asked to
attend the meeting.
Troop 35 Returns
Home From Camp
Nineteen members of Boy
Scout troop 35 have returned
from Camp La?ater near Wins
ton-Salem. The Scouts were under
direction of Scoutmaster Isaac
Duncan and Assistant Scoutmas
ter Effner Eller.
They carried out a splendid
program and passed 96 Scout
tests while in camp The boys en
joyed a splendid water program,
and every effort was made to
give the boys some real Scouting
experience.
Officials are watching WPA re
lief rolls which they hope will be
reduced by improved business con
ditions. Since last October, the
WPA list has increased every
week until early this month more
than 2,850,000 persons were on its
payrolls.
Darvil Pierce Sentenced to Four to
10 Years For Death Arvil Matherly
Sing lor us ann aisn jneuty
Darvil Pierce. 18-ycar-old resi- that he pay $7.50 for support of drink.—Reported.
, . pbllH ■ ■
dent of Lewis Fork township, was
sentenced In Wilkes court this
morning by Judge J. A. Rousseau
to from four to ten years in the
state penltentiiry.
The jury last week returned a
verdict of manslaughter after
witnesses had said that Pierce In
flicted several knife wounds on
the person of Arvil Matherly In
a fight which occured on April 3.
Pierce had pleaded self defense,
saying thpt Matherly was cutting
him in the fight. , ‘
Defense counsel .today gave no
tice of appeal to the supreme
court and appearance bond was
fixed at. $2,000.
Cases In which Judgment was
entered during the last , two days
of the first week of court fol-
lo^: ^
Kejyta tor noarf^pprt
Lwwi seittOtteeuJn^^—^
on epfrantM
child.
-Former judgment of
months on the roads for David
Nelson in a liquor case was strick
en out and he and Lura Nelson
were given six months each su
spended two years
[All ^ods (hi
County System
'Open Same
85 Schools Hope to Qpienitm/
On Unifortn'Schedule
Throughout Teiin
260 TEACHERS HIRED
Books Will Be Distributed
to Schools During
Coming Week
Wiikes county’s 85 schools, 76
white and nine colored, will open
their doors for the 1938-39 term
on Monday, August 29, C. B. EI-
!fr. superintendent of the county
sy.stem, said tiday.
Recent progi'css on the new
.school building at Wilkesboro
has dispelled fears that Wilkes
boro schools might he delayed a
week or two in opening and
judging from present indications
the new ten-ronm building as ad
dition to the school plant will he
ready for use in tiino to open on
fhc 29th, Mr. Eller said, although
lie explained that the building
will not be entirely finished by
that time.
Preparations for schools open
ing have been going on for some
time and the 2fi0 teachers. 239
white and 21 colored, have been
engaged for th» term.
With 'Chools opening on the
samp, date It is expected that a
uniform schedule will be carried
out over all the county system
durin.g the term and that the
schools will reach the half-way
point by time for adjournment
for Christmas holidays and begin
the second half when schools re
sume work about January 1.
Contracts have been let for
contract bus transportation and
for fuel supplies at the various
schools. Student bus drivers
have been employed for the coun
ty buses and other details have
been looked after, including min
or repairs to buildings.
The term to begin Monday will
be the second in which free text
books will be furnished students
in the elementary grades. The
books will be distributed to the
various schools during the com
ing week and will he ready for
assl.gnments to students on open
ing day.
Aged Father Of^
Twelve Stricken
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Shady Grove church for J.
B. Bullis, age 80. who died Sat
urday at Oakwoods. Rev. Lee
Minton condne’ed the service.
Mr. Bullis was the father of
12 surviving children as follows;
J. W. and J. M Bullis. of Wilkes
boro: J. S. Bullis. of Congo; Sam
Bullis, of Oakwoods: Roby Bnl-
lis, of Piirlear; Richard Bullis,
Mrs. C. C. Church, Mrs. Flolce
Nic.iols, Mrs. John Welsh and
Mrs. Clarence Welsh, of Wilkes
boro; Mrs. Reuben Anderson, of
Pores Knob; Mrs. Alvin Minton,
of North Wilkesboro.
Cheek Clan Will
Meet September 4
The reunion of the Cheek Clan
will he held at the home of C.
L. Cheek one mile north of Lo
max. on the first Sunday in Sep
tember, 1938. All relatives and
friends and all who wish to at
tend are cordially invited to come
and bring well filled baskets and
spend the day together. There
will be speakers and some quar
tets from different churches to
sing for us and also plenty of Ice
To Begin Revival
At Goshen Church
Rev. Isaac Watts, pastor, has
announced that a revival will be*.
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S^couTt directed a verdict of at Goshen ^
Tne conn airecuju a. vmuivv v* o— -- -
not guilty as to Walter Owens, Sunday night He will be
charged with resisting an officer ed In conducting the
and carrying concealed weapon. p™ John
A 60-dsy sentence for Lee Par- ®**bt P- m- pu
ller for assault with deadly weap-
on was suspended two years.
Divorces were granted In the
following cases on grounds
two years separation: Nettle Por- •
ter versus Vernon Porter; Mae of a pie suppor to he held at
Spicer versus Hartsell Spicer; Union Methodist church
Mrs. Ruth Keep versus Roy P. Cricket on FrMsy evening
J'.^ L. Hemphill was tried .v. _ '.m
©mbeialeraent while serving. In event and prftoeetoj aa^
the a* executor of an ee- for the benefit or
‘tat^'«Khpdff failure of,|fe Junf 'au P«Mlc «
to mlstfial wagt^n^ « attend.
which will be held at 11 a. m.
and eight p. m. by Rev T''*'" - *' ■
Higgins. The public has
dial invitation to attend.
o1 Pie Supper Atlinion
Announcement has bwn ■made ,