French seek
rv Jolit s'ninrer to Hitler’s demands
f}' on CaochoeWTakla in lengthy con-
fereneoi; worahtppers throughout
oaaptro pn^ tor peace; police
oontrol anti-Nazi demonstrators.
Trleete — Mussol’nl declares
Italy’s place “is alraady chosen”
if general war breahs out: de
mands pleblsrltos for Czecho-
flloragla’s minorities; defends
new racial poUcv.
Selb„ Germany—Sudeten Ger
man "free corps” attacks Czecho-
elovsk frontier ^uard®, wounding
one; sortie described as first of
Ties “to harass Csechoslovaks."
Prague-^podza rejects plebs-
e as solution of minority prob
lem; goTernment announces two
officials wounded in border raid
hy “more than 100 men In civil
ian dress whj came from Ger
many.’’
Pills—Rx-Premier Leon Blum,
others appeal to President Roose-
Telt to save peace in Europe:
Sunday press wage.s “peace at any
price” campaign.
Berlin -— Hitler watches Eu
ropean crisis t r 0 m Bavarian
mountain retreat; need for speed
seen in reaching solution of dis
pute over Czechoslovakia; refu
gee*! from Czechoslo’iakia listed
at S4,000.
Rabat, Preach Morocco—Sul-
n Sidl Mohammed pledges sup
port of Moroccan natives for
Prance :f Eurouean war breaks
I out.
Saigon French Indo-China—
Emneror Bao Dai of Annam
messages loyally to France.
Warsaw—Government party or
gan demands that Czech Silesia
be ceded to Poland.
Budapest — Hungarian Nazis
demonstrate. sho'U'ng "down
with the Czechs ’’
J. Curtis Absher Is Crushed
By Truck While Working
On Roed Project
J. Curtis Absher, 43-year-old
WPA worker, was fatally hurt
Friday afternoon while working
on a road project between Dock
ery and Abshers.
WPA officials who Investigat
ed the accident learned from eye
witnesses and from Garland Dur
ham, project foreman, that Ab
sher was helping to unload a
dumo truck when annarently his
foot caught under the wheel as
the truck started forward. He
tell to the ground and the wheel
of the truck passed over his body.
He died about 11 o’clock Friday
night at the Wilkes hospital.
The truck which crushed .Ab-
sher’s body was hired by the
WP.A and wa.s driven by Sydney
Anderson. Jr.
.Ah.'her was n resident of Roar
ing River and i« survived hy his
wife. Mrs. Etha Absher. and the
I following children: Zeno, Ber
nice. .Ann Lee, Honi.ie, Manie and
Roy .Absher.
Funeral serv'’o was held Sun
day morning at Charity church.
Ijynchburg, S. C. . ■ • Sena
tor E. D. SrnUh, (lean of Sen
ate Democrats, who scored a
victory over the “Neiv Deal
Purge” in the receait South
Carolina primary, finds relax
ation frrni the vexations of tlic
campaign which he said was
the “dirtiest I’ve ever been
called to endure,” b.v hauling
up a cool drink from the well
Of his old plantation.
Said He Shot Men Because
They Were Trying to
Run Him Off Road
ChickenPickers
And Bean Pickers
Boost Placements
^ifty
Nine Apply
For Tenant Loans
In Wilkes County
Many Seeking Government
Money For Purchasing
Farms In County -
Case Worker Is
Added to Force
Miss Clara Colvard Begins
Duties With County
Welfare Office
iW. Bryan Oliver. North Wll-
boro, cOuntv supervisor for the
rra Security administration,
said today that 5!) tenant farm
ers In Wilkes ct, intv have applied
for the FSA loans with which to
purchase farms with government
money at a low rate of interest.
Throughout the United States
more than 2.t'fl0 loans ranging
from $3,000 to $5,000 were made
last year under the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937.
4 rom the $25 000,ooo set aside
If this purpfMp for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1!I3S, the
Farm Security administration ex
pects to make mot-• than 7.000
loans which wil! sr-aad over 700
designated cou'.’iifs and allow for
an avera.ge of : t'ou* in loans per
county.
“Applicants a’\-> given a wide
choice in seli-v'vig the family
fllzed farms they wa^-t to buy. The
price of the property must be in
keeping with 'ta value as deter
mined by the Counlv Committee
And the FS.A,” Mr niivi r .said.
_g=Jhe three-farm-r committee for
'Rilkes county *.s composed of J.
M. German, of Boomer: Thomas
W. Ferguson, of Ferguson, and
Lonnte G. Billings. Dockery.
No loans are made to persons
who can obtain adequate credit
from other souices.
Miss C'ara Colvard, until a few
days ago a member of the Millers
Creek school faculty, has been
added to the staff of the welfare
officer as a ca.se worker, Charles
MrN“ill, county weUare officer,
said today.
Mr. McNeill explained that a
big rush oU WPA applicants dur
ing fhe past few months had
made it impossiUe for the regular
staff of case wer’i-ers to keep up
with the work and that the WPA
had agreed to add a case worker
to the staff and pay her salary.
Those who do case work now are
Miss Marv MacNeal. Mrs. Inez
Bowles, Miss Leora German, child
welfare workj” and Miss Col
vard.
•Miss Colvard is especially fit-
tened hy training and e.xperience
for social work the welfare of-
I fleer said. Sh° attended Mars
I Hill college and .graduated from
j Meredith in 1936, where she ma-
Ijorel in sociology and received
I practical training with .Associated
Cha'-irie.! in Raleigh.
Employment Service Puts
556 People to Work In
Alleghany Fields
' Accidents In State
Lower For Month
Assignment of p-*eule on iolis
as bean pickers and chicken pick
ers boosted the told ivim'’^r of
placements hy the North Wilkes-
boro office of the N. C. State
Employment service for the
month of August to a new record
of 773, 6S9 of which were class
ed a.s private placements and 84
on public works projects.
Strange as it may seem, 566
people were given jobs picking
beans in Alleghany county—and
the beans went by truck to Flor
ida. Six truck farms in the little
mountain county called on the of
fice for the big number of bean
plckirs and th« requisition was
filled from registrants at the
office at npart-n, a branch from
the. office here.
Other private placements In
cluded 78 which were assigned to
picking chickens at E. E. Eller
Produce compa"y b»re, six fac
tory workers. 14 building and
construction. 2 1 housekeepers
and tour in cafe work. All private
placements were In Alleghany and
Wilkes counties. Other counties
served bv tho office are Ashe,
Watauga and Alexander.
Registration for the month to
taled 700 and for the first time
wer" lower than the total place
ments. B. G. Genirv. manager of
the North W'lkesboro branch,
said.
Rocky Mount, Greenville, Kin
ston and Winston-Salem were the
only offices in the state with a
larger number of private place
ments than N'-rlb Wilkesboro
during the month of August, the
report sent out by state head
quarters of the NCSES disclosed.
Two men were shot, probably
with the same bullel., and serious
ly iniured in an affray which
took place lata Friday night one
mile west of this city on highway
421.
George Vannoy, driver of an
old model car which a bullet from
a revolver struck on the wind
shield just above the steering
wheel, received an ugly wound
where the bullet went through
his upper lip and glanced oft his
upper jaw. He also received se-
! veral cuts from .glass fra.gments.
Carl Minton, who was seated
next to Vannnv, was more ser-
innsl,/ injured, a bullet having
several the ma'n artery in his left
arm. R'ood transfusions 'cave i
been given at the M’i'kes hospital, j
where he went for treatment. I
Dewey Pn.rchelte, third occupant
of the cur, was not hit.
Cecil Pierce, resident of the
Reddies River section, who had
been quoted as saying that he
shot the men because they were
trying to run him off the road,
was picked up by an officer In
MMlkesboro Saturday afternoon.
He said he was on his way to the
jail to give up.
Police Chief J. E. Walker In
vestigated the affair soon after
It happened. He was called by
Jim Williams, who told the of
ficer that Vannoy Minton and
Burchette quarreled with Pierce
at his service station and that he
ran them off. A short while later
he heard shot^ abont 200 yards
fiom Ills place on the highway
and the car d^tyen hy Vannoy
passed on the way toward town.
Pierce then drove up, stopped,
said he had shot them because
they were trying to run him off
the road and that he was going
to give up to officers.
More than one shot was heard,
although there wa.s only one
hole in the windshield. In all
probabiliiv the shot which went
through the wmdshiald wounded
both Vannoy and Minton. Min
ton’s condition was described as
.serious. Ho hid lost much blood
before reaching the hospital.
Saturday Crowd
Another RecfMfd
Breaker at Fair
All Deparmenta of the Fair
Measure Up to Expeefa-
tions For Year
Deaths in North Carolina from
! preventable ac-'dents totaled 125
Ashe Champions
Defeat Cricket
Pitcher Hits Two Homers;
Second Game Series to
Be Here Wednesday
icket and Grassy Creek,
iplons of V 'lkcs and Ashe in
Mean Legion junior baseball,
play the second game of the
:ountv championship series
le fairgroiind« Wednesday
noon, three o'clock,
assy Creek em°’-ged victor in
Irst game ef the series pla.ved
test Jefferson Saturday 6 to
rhe -Ashe hoys outhit the
:ets but the big damage was
by Grass;: Creek’s pitcher,
addition to a good mound
-gsajaco smashed out two
drove in five of the
BBS pitched in his usual
style for Cricket hut was
for several hits. Cricket
were practically handcuff-
(ygybes’-’a fast ball except
or tliree Innings.
■e cotmty fishemien,
Bring failure in the
lys, have turned to
a fluans of, livU-
1. -
in A-.igus
with Ic
monih a
Board of Healili’s Vital Statistics
Division, of which Dr. R. T.
Stimpsoii is the Director, has
annf.'inced. This wa.s a decrease
of 31 for the month Death.s from
automobile accidents, primary,
dropped from 87 to 75, while no
fatalities due to automobile and
railroad collisions were reported.
Railroad accidents claimed 11
victims, as compared with 12 In
August. 1937, while drownings
dropped from 33 to 25.
The total number of deaths in
the State last month was 2',703,
as compared with 2.578 in Au
gust. 1937. while births last
month showed an Increase over
August. 1937, with a total of
6.937, as compared with 6.747
the corresponding month last
year.
Cancer deaths for the month
numbered 1S7. this in comparison
with 1 fi 0 the corresponding
month in 1937 while deaths of
infants under one vear of age in-
cren.'-cd from 414 to 463. and ma
ternal deaths from 21 to 45.
Suicides were up. There were
34 ia.st month, comnared with 26
in Angu=t. 1937, T»r. Stimpson’s
report shewed.
New Growers Report
Wheal Acreage To
. this vear. as compared
6 the County Agent’s Office
year ago. the State
The County Agent’s office an
nounces today that in 1939 there
will be allotments for growing
wheal. Every producer who grows
wheat must have an allotment.
Those who have beon on the Ag
ricultural Adjustment program
since 1936 who have grown wheat
during any of these years will
not havp to make application to
the county agent’s office for
wheat allotments, but all new
growers or producers who will
grow wheat In 1939 for fhe first
time are requested to notify the
county agant's office the number
of .acres of wheat that they have
planted this fall for harvest in
1939.
L.ARGE ENROLLMENT
GREENSBORO COLLEGE
Green.sboro College is making
its debut into this ■"oming second
century of progres.s with an In
crease of 150 new students mak
ing a total eniollment of 400,
according to Pr“sidont Luther L.
Gobbel. With 40 more resident
students this vear than last, all
dormitory space Is filled includ
ing the new south wing of Main
New Enrollment
0fC.C.C.Boys
Here October 13
Ninety-Seven Will Be Ac
cepted From This Ter
ritory Next Month
Meeting Of 33rd
District Masons
The 33rd D'rtricr of Masons,
.A. F. A. M. wIM hold its annual
meeling with Liberty Lodge No.
4 5 ?.i Wilkesboro, N. C. on Fri
day afternoon and night, Septem
ber 23, 1938. The Grand Master
.and other Grand Lodge officers
will be present for the mestlng.
All e'ecti’m officers of the lodges
in the district are ur,ged and ex-
pee'ed to attend, and any other
members will be welcomed.
Dinner will be seived for all
the elective who attend.
Raleigh.-—Requisition for 1.-
118 iiinior CGC enrollees of
whom 970 are to h"- white and
148 negro hoys has been received
by T. L. Grier, state CCC selec
tion sup-rvisor from W. Frank
Persons of the labor department
at Washington it was announced
today.
D.'te of the enrollment has
been set between October 7 and
15 for seven North Carolina ci
ties, Grier said
Quotas and enrolling places
and dates are: Wilmington 120,
Oct. 7; Washington 198, Opt. 8;
Raleigh 256, Oct. 10: Greensboro
128. Oct. 11: Charlotte 1.37, Oct.
12; .North AViikesbnro 97, Oct.
13; .end Asheville 182, Oct. 15.
\TL.ANTIC CITY, N. J. . . . This is no arrest, just protection for
the world’s most expensive bathing suit, valued at $^(1,000. MIm
Atlantic City of .1938 (Miss Eileen MaeSherry) modeled the sujt
made of platinum, pearls, rubies, and diamonds on the Steel Pier,
while acting as hostess to the 50 priceless beauties who competM
for the title of Miss America. This costly suit was designed by
Harold A. Brand.
Hauser Returns
$4,000 Worth Of
Customer’s Rii^s
Manager Cleaning Works
Returns Valuable Rings
Found In Pockets
Committees To
Review Tobacco
Quotas Formed
Will Msdee Corrections In
Quotas Where Errors
Have Been Made
Jim Hauser, manager of Qual
ity Cleaners, returned a small
fortune f-'und hy one of his em
ployes, Bevo Kaymcr, in a suit of
clothes Saturday morning.
While making ready for clean
ing .1 suit from T. F. Bohannon,
of Oklahoma Ciiy, who was stop
ping at Hotel Wilkes. Mr. Raymer
found two diamond rings. He
turned them over to Mr. Hauser
and when he returned them to
Mr. Bohannon he said they were
worth $2,000 each. He thanked
Mr. Hauser prcfiisclv but did not
give a reward.
Bonannon, who .-,aid ho was an
attorney for Ringling Brothers,
spent tho week here, where he
had interest in some of the shows
on the midwav at the Great
Northwestern Fair. He and his
wife, he said, grew tired of wear
ing the rings Friday night and
he placed them in his pocket,
where they were found next day.
Kiwanians Soon
To Name Officers
D. J. Carter Nominated For
President; Other Offi
cers Nominated
The nominating committee for
the North, Wilkesboro Klwanis
club has submitted, a ticket of of
ficers for>the eoming year.
The nominations are as fol
lows- D. J. Carter, nresident; P.
W. Eshelman, rice president; A.
H. C.hsey, past president; T. E.
Story, treasurer: C. G. Day, S.
B. Richardson, E. E. Eller, A. A.
Cashion and R. G. Finley, direc
tors.
The nominating committee was
The October enrollment will co„p„ged of J. B. McCoy, J. C.
bring the national strength of the
corps to 300,000 men of whom
Juniors will total 278,800 while
27,200 will be war veterans who
are admitted to the corps in re
stricted numhers.
The number of men desirous of
being selected for the CCC con
tinues very large in proportion
to the numher of vacancies,”
Grier said.
"Only about one-third of the
applicants seeking enrollment
will be offered the opportunity of
joining during October,’’
QuarterlyConference
Ferguson P.-T. A.
Meets Wednesday
The Ferguson Parent-Teacher
association will meet on Wednes
day evening at 7:30 o’clock. At
tendance of all meiBhers' bt'ide-
Rev. J C. Gentry, pastor, has
announced that the fourth quar
terly conference of the Moravian
Falls charge will be held at Mo
ravian Falls Sundav afternoon,
three o’clock. Presiding Rider,
, J. W. Hoyle, will preaefe and
ph^llo la -liivitwt.- -
Reins, F. C. Hubbard, Genlo
Cardwell and E. G. Finley.
In the meeting Friday noon it
was agreed that, the North Wll-
kesboro club will meet with the
Lenoir club on Friday evening,
Sept-imber 30.
For the prog-am FYIday E. G.
(Finley p.-esented Rev. W. A.
Jenkins, of E'kin, who made a
most Interesting talk on “As
tronomy.” He Informed the club
that he had been asked to talk
about a subject that had reality
and .about which .some facts
could be given. He Indicated that
his subject was a big one and one
which only a mere approach to
Its vastness cotld be made. His
talk left members asking ques
tions when the gong sounded for
the meeting to adjburn.
■ Mexican note^,r^ects4 de^
, manda iw iouiiddiate payment for
ifyigptopffatod foiefga
Committees made up of tamp
ers to hear applications for re
view of cotton and flue-cured to
bacco marketing quotas in North
Carolina have been announced
by E. Y. Floyd. AAA executive
officer at State College.
The committees, appointed by
the Secretary of Agriculture, are
comnosed of a chairman, vice
chairman, one other member and
an alternate. Each committee
will serve a county.
The establishment of review
committees is authorized under
the marketing quota provisions
of the Agricultural .Adjustment
Act of 19.38. It will be their duty
to nass on applications for re
view of cotton and flue-cured to
bacco marketing quotas, when
properly presented, and to make
correction in accordance with the
Act should an “rror be found in
the quota originaliv established
for a farm.
T i> e review committee 1 n
Wilkes county ’s composed of
William H. Hardy, Piloam, chair
man: Dolphuc M. Brendle, Boon-
ville. vice chairman; Robert S.
Burrus, Rockford, member: and
William T. Steelman. Yadkinville,
alternate.
Committees for scljoining coun
ties are as follows:
Alexander: C. A. Bowman, R.
1. Granite Falls, Chairman; H.
C. Roberts. C.vcle, vice chairman;
J. A. Poplin. Ronds, member; G.
E. Poovey, R. 1, Granite Falls,
alternate
C.aldwcll: S. C. Bennett, R. 1,
Morganton, chairman; J. A. Pop
lin, Ronda, vice chairman; C. G.
Hicks, R. 4, Morganton, member;
and .Abel C. le.nrd, R. 2, Hickory,
alternate.
Davie: E. J. Troutman, R. 3,
Statesville, chairman; George H.
Lackey, R. 2, Hiddenite, vice
chairman; Abel C. Icard, R. 2.
Hickory, member, and John F.
Long, R. 1, Statesville, alternate.
Iredell.- George H. Lackey, R.
2. Hiddenite, chairman: C. A.
Bowman. R. 1. Granite Falls,
vice chairman: Abel C. Icard, R.
2. Hickory, member: and G. E.
Poovey, R. 1, Granite Falls, al-
♦c—'ete.
Surry: Dolphus M. Brendle,
Boonvillo, chairman; J. Moir
Hawkins, Sandy Ridge, vice
chairman: John L. Christian,
PIntiacle, member; and William
T. Steelman, Yadkinville, alter
nate.
Yadkin: J. Molr Hawkins,
Sandy Ridge, chairman; J. Clay
Idol, R. 1, Kernersvllle, vice
chairman; John L. Christian,
Pinnacle, member; and A. C.
Rayne, Rural Hall, alternate. -
EXHIBITS PRAISED
Best Collection Ever Assem
bled; Apples SubjMt of
the Highest Praise
The Great Northwestern Fair
closed a succesrful ffve-day expo
sition here Saturday night.
The final afternoon and night
of the fair was largely attended
hy a second record breaking-
crowd which eclipsed the chil
dren’s day crowd on opening day,
Tuesday.
Although lar.gest crowds in the
history of fairs here enjoyed the
fair Tuesday end Saturday, tho
total attendance for the fair was
slightly under last year, due en
tirely to the fact that rain on
Thursday and Friday evenings
kept many fair visitors away.
All departments of the fair
were well enjoyed. The exhibits
were the subject of high praise
and the consensus of opinion was
that the exhibits composed the
best collection ever assembled
here and would compare very
favorably with exhibits at tha
larger fairs In the state. The ap
ple exhibit was especially praised.
On tho midway West World’s
Wonder chows provided varied
»9tocUin?B«nt. The new featarea,
and especially the rides which
had never before been here, were
very popular. One show which at
tracted much Interest was tho
animal circus, vhich is maintain
ed bv Charlie Pmithey, a native
of the Oakwoods community In
Wilkes county. His trained ani
mals performed to perfection.
The grandstand acts were well
received and the Pollyanna Re
vue, despite the fact that it was
playing its second year here,
rounded out a good stage show
under direction of Mickey Norton
and Miss Pearl Haines, of Read
ing, Pa.‘The revue was supple
mented bv acrobatic acts by the
Moreen Thoupe and the Dali sis
ters in a balancing and trapeze
act. Fireworks each night ex
ceeded former display in splen
dor.
On Saturday night -the fair as-
i sociation gave awav a new Ply
mouth car, which went to Mrs.
Mollie Bishop, a widow who
lives in this vicinity and is em
ployed on a relief project. She
said she was going to sell the
car and from the money received-/
would give $50 to Alma Smithey,
a small Tirl from a large family
of fatherless children, who did
the drawing.
Plan Distribution
Of Purebred Pigs
Pig Donated By the Kiwanu
Club Is Starting Point
For Club Project
: Levier, winner, and Chester, sec-
ond, exceed 260 m. p. U . ••
le air race'ht Jboini6«in«htM&
A purebred .Berkshire pig pur
chased by the North Wilkesboro
Klwanis club and donated to the
4-H clubs in th° county, ^as been
assigned to Pa-’l Ed Church, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Church, of
North Wilkesboro route 2, Jesse
Giles, assistant county agent, said
today.
Mr. Giles explained that the
boy’s father will purchase a pure
bred Berkshire male pig to mate
with the pig donated by the club
and that Paul Ed has agreed to
give the two host female pigs to
some other 4-H club boy, who in
turn will give the best two fe
male pigs to eome other mem
ber.
Joines Reunion
A11 descendants of JaeUe
Joines and wife are cordially
vlted to a family renniOQ.
held at the old Wealq
1toaie,^near Walnut"
KnoJIt. .K. ,C., on Oot
ajiid