North Carolina Newspapers

SHOT TO DEATH Sylva, Sept. 25. — Palmer Hance, 29, of rear Willets, Is deed and Fred Cope, 27, Is being held in the Jackson county jail here charged with his murder. Hance died a tew minutes after a load from a shotgun struck him Just above the right hip Saturday night between 11 and 12 o’clock. The shooting occurred on the Asheville highway, nine miles east of Sylva. $136 LARGEST CHECK Fair Officials Express Ap preciation to All Exhibi* tors at Fair Here VOTE ON STRIKE Chicago, Sept. 25.—Expres sions of nearly 1,000,000 railroad employees who voted to decide whether to call a nation-wide strike. Or accept a 15 per cent wage reduction were in the hands of the railroad brotherhoods to day. Canvassers for the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen—rep resenting some 140,000 operat ing workers—-'"“re nearing com pletion of the vote tabulation for their group, and the result was expected to be announced here to morrow afternoon bv F. Whit ney. the brotherhood president. Ballot counting wa.s started by the trainmen Saturday. V RED ( ROSS MOBILIZES Washington Sept. 25.— The International R^d Cross has re quested P.ed Cross societies in 12 countries. Including the United Stales, to outline their views on International co - operation 1 n event of war. 'I’he international organization fi.xed September 30 as the deadline for replying to a detailed questionnaire. The na^ tlon'al organizations have been In vited to meet. October 24 at ■Geneva to poo! their views, and discuss practical measures to be taken in wartime. It Is under stood the United States probably ■will not send a delegate, but will reply in detail to the question naire. READY POHWAR Vlvenza Italy. Sept. 25.—Pre mier Mussolini threatened today to take military measures if oth er nations do pot cease nioziliz- Ing men and warships. Mussolini spoke briefly still holding hope that at least a general war might be averted. The CF. wd he ad dressed jad massed to cheer him on his lour til regions along Italy’s German frontier. It was his seventh brief talk since he re affirmed the strength of the Rome-Beilin av’S and declared last Sunday at Trieste that Italy’s “is already chosen." "Cp to now Italy has not taken the slighteet measui ' of a military character. ’ II fhice said. Secretary of the Great North western Pair, which closed a suc cessful five-day exposition here on September 17, has mailed premium checks lo all exhibitors who won premiums at the fair. A total of 120 checks were mailed from tiie office of W. A. McN:el, secretary and general manager, Friday afternoon The total amount of the checks was $942.75. This sum did not repre sent the total premiums offered, there being several classes in which there were not exhibits to claim all the premiums. The largest cheek mailed was for $136 00 an.d went to Mrs. D, E. Davis who won the $100.00 first prize on -'ommercial display of apples and several prizes for individual apple exhibits. The second largest 'was for $103.50 to D. S. Broyhill who won second on apple display and a number of other fruit prizes. .Next largest check was to H. M. Broyhill for $54.50 in fruit premiums, closely followed by H. H. Morehouse with $53.00. C. B. Settle, who won first on general (arm display, received $52.50, having won a few indi- vldn.U prizes 'u addition to the $50.00 on his display. Several ex hibitors vton over $25.00. Officials of the fair expressed appreciation to all who placed anything on exhibit at the fair and thus helped toward making the exhibit department the most complete and attractive in the history of the falrs^ here. Following Is a ifst of thO suc cessful exhibitors, but Includes only those- who won cash prem iums. The figures with ea"h name represent the total amount won by the exhiblti'r In the va’hrjs departments at d classes; Mrs. ,T. E. Goftys, $1.50. Mrs. J F. Wall. $5,25. (l_’ontinued on page eight) Plainfield, III. . . . Paul Stlcf- boldt, 22, of Naperville, 111., is rewarded with a smile from his wife after winning fllst an nual Plowing Championship held near here recently. Paul defeated two former clianipion.s to win the crown. Christmas Cheer Project Formed By D.O.O.K. Club County Committue Met Fri day Night and ^id Plans For Precinct Meetings PLAN ACTIVE DRIVE Each Precinct to Have Meet ing Weekly Until Date 0.f' the Election Boy Scouts and N. Y, A. Toy and Doll Project In Wilkesboros In Association To Meet This Week The local D. 0. K. K. Club in their last meeting voted to spon sor a project with the co-opera tion of the Boy Scouts of North Wllkosboro and Wilkesboro and the N. Y. A. unit under the sup ervision of W. R. Craft, of Wil kesboro. In this project there will be a canvass made In all the homes of North Wilkesboro and Wilkes boro to ask for discarded and broken toys th»t anyone has to contribute These toys will' be handed to the N. Y. A. work shop where they will be over hauled, repainted, and repaired in general for distribution on Christmas Eve. All donations of toys of any description, or dolls, will be greatly appreciated by the local D. O. K. K. Club. If these toys are -ollected and ready for dis posal before they are called for, the Persons donating them may notify Chief of Police, D. 0. K. K. John Walker. Opening gun of the pemocratlc campaign in Wilkes was fired in a meeting of the county executive committee held in this city Friday nl.ght, at which time plans were laid for an extensive campaign beginning now and con tinuing until the election in No vember. In the county meeting precinct meetings were called to be held ill every precinct in Wilkes coun ty nil Friday n'ght, September 30. beginning at seven o’clock. j p q Gentry, manager, The precinct meetings with the Rock Creek and' I' Hitler*a D«naiils Unreaxmable to Fraaeij ’ “■‘™ SHANGHAI, China . ., Armed Japanese thugs, in a Japuese Amy car, invaded the American Defense Sector and began tearing Chinese, flags from Chinese houses and shops. They were disarmed and ar rested by Ameri^n Marines, after threatening to shoot Gunnery Sergeant Milton O. Mavin, of San Diego, CaL An “army cirlUan employee’* is being hustled into a motor car against his will. Russia to Appeal In Position To Furnish Labor Various Types Employment Service Says Farm Labor Plentiful and Domestic Labor Scarce Surplus Products Help to Many In Month of August Total of 2,676 Perrons In Wilkes Benefit By Dis tribution of Products The local office of the North Carolina State Employment Serv ice K ill position to furni'ih prac- ticailv any type of labor desired, said to- WPA WTLI. DET.p Boston. Srjit 2 5.—wr.4 Ad ministrator Ii-’vry L. Hopkins prepared to as.sume char.ge of Federal rehabilitation work in the disaster-i'dden Northeast to day after a co'ifere'ice with Pres ident Roosevelt at Washin.gton. Even as Hopkins hoarded a Bos ton-bound plane, the death toll from hurricane, tidal wave and ^►-■fiood passed 600; property dam age neared $400,000,000. and homeless numbered 100,000. Hop kins was to confer here tomorrow with Nev’ England governors on reconstruction plans. Efforts will be made to co-ordinate the work of state rehabilitation groups, Amtriean Red Cross units, WPA forces and army engineers. Brier Creek Baptist to Have I 117th Annual Session at j Holly Springs Church Ashe Man 1$ Decapitated Head and Feet of Elza Pow ers Cut Off By Train Near Lansing Elra Powers 4 0-year-old resi dent of Tuckenlale in Ashe coun ty, met InstaPt deeth Saturday when run over by a train near Lansing. Reports of the accident reach- ng this city wm-e to the effect that Powers was walking toward his home along the tracks when last seen before the train ap proached. The train rounded a curve and th« onglv.eer saw the man lying oft the tracks, apparently asleep, with his head on one rail and his feet on the other. There was not enough distance In permit the ,aln to atop and It ran over Powers, cutting oft his head and /unwa! service was held Sun- Jr, at his home and burial was family cemetery. He is by parents, wife and Th' F.’ier Creek Bapti";! Asso ciation w'11 meet in its 117th an nual session with Holly Springs church, near Harmony, Septem ber 29 a"d 30. Rev. N. T. Jarvis is Moderator, end S. G. Crater clerk. The following pro.eram was arraneed by T. J. McNeill, S. F Goforth. and Rev. J. M. Wright. Thursday 11 00. Devotional, R. R. Cra ter. 10:15, Organization, to 30, Sunday school work, J. M. Wright. A. P. Sprinkle. 11:00, Annual sermon, N. T. Jarvis. 15:00, Intermission atd din ner. 1:00 Praise and Worship, J. W. Moore 1: 10. Recognition of visitors. 1-15, Mills Home. R. R. Crater, S. F. Goforth. 1:45, W. M. U. work, Mrs. J. M. Wright. Mrs. Roland Jones. 2:15. Missions, Guss Myers, L. M. Jarvis 2'45, Young People’s Work, J. T. Redding. 3:15 Periodicals, R. C. Sloan, E. A. Wells. 3:10, Miscei'aneoiis. Friday 9:45, Devotional, E. K. Woot en. 10:00, Baptist Hospital, N. T. Jarvis, W. T. Comer. 10:30, Stewardship, S. G. Cra ter. 11 00, Christian Education, J. N. Binkley. 11:30, Sermon, J. M. Wright. 12.15, Intermission and din ner. 1:15, Praise and worship, Ed Foster. 1:30, Pastors’ and Deacons’ Conference, P. C. Parks, J. B. Ray. 1:45, Obituaries, J. P. McCar ter. E. H. Glass 2:00, Time and Place, J. E. Davis, C.' S. Brown. $35,000 Payroll Distributed In School System exception of Traphlll number 1 will-be held at the respective voting places. In Rock Creek the precinct meet ing will be held xt the home of O. C. Pendry and ' In Traphlll number 1 the meeting will be held at Roaring Gap school. In the precinct meetings Friday night general campaign plans will be discussed and an invitation Is extended all party members to attend. Ladles are especially In vited. In the precinct meetings plans will be inade to hold a ^itmstlag once each week until Each precln4 will set Ift *pwn dates and plf^ for Wi Ings. J. R. Rousseau, county chair man of the Democratic executive committee, said today that later in the campaign the county can didates will attend the various precinct meetings. He also announced that at some stage in the campaign a county-wfde rally will be held at the courthoii.'ie in Wilkesboro. at which time some widely known and prominent speaker will be secured to deliver an address. Democratic county candidates seeking election in November are' as follows: sheriff, C. T. Dough-j ton; clerk of court, J. R. Rous-] seau; commi3»'oners, R. G. Fin-i ley, Leet Poplin and N. O. Rmoak; repre.seiitative, John Henry John son: coroner. Dr. E. N. Phillips; surveyor, Harry Dula. He later modified the state ment by excepting domestic help, which he said was very scarce a- mong the number of people regis tered as unemployed and want ing work. During the nast month the of fice has received calls for a num ber of colored women who can cook and keep house. The num ber which can be well recom mended is small, he said, and the service would appreciate more registrations for that type of work. However, he said that the service can furnish almost any type of manual labor and at the Thhbt* jiresent time much farm labor la aTallahle. Laboters can also be assigned for sawmill work, indus trial work, construction work and various other types. He called attention to the fact that the service does not yet wag es and the matter of wages is left entirely up to the employer and the applicant for work. The service has been making a splendid record of private place ments and greater use of the services afforded is desired, Mr. Gentry pointed out. of the Wiikes First payroll school year in went out pron;ptIy to and other emplo.ves on present county teachers Friday afternoon last day of the first month of the term in all the schools on the county system. Tne first month payroll for teachers, truck drivers, janitors and other employes totalled ap- j proximately $35,000. which rep- i resenced a substantial increase i over the previously estimated a-j mount. The Inciease was due to! Asking Everybody To Attend Church Sunday, October 2, Will Be Church Rally Day In North Wilkesboro Sunday. October 2, has been designated by the North Wilkes- To Begin Revival At Hinshaw Street Baptist October 2 earned iiicrease« to teachers’ sal-; boro Methodist church and Sun- j Rev. F. W. Frye, the Trumpet Evangelist, will conduct a scries of revival services, to begin with the evening service Sunday, Oct. 2. at Hinshaw Street Baptist church. The revivf.l is planned as a city-wide meeting embracing all denominations. Rev. Mr. Frye will be assisted by the pastor. Rev. R. F. Dav. of Elkin. Special singing will be rendered each night by visiting quartets and choirs. The singing will be led by George Alexander, assisted by aries. day school as “Church Rally i Mi.ss Snow as pianist. Everybody Day.’' Reports from schools through-, ^ out the county indicate that the object of the movement Is enrollment hac exceeded 10.000 I*" effort to have every body attend a church service j is extended a cordial to attend the services. invitation in the county system and is considerably larger than last term. Reports di.scIose that the school system i s operating smoothly .and that the larger en rollment In some schools is suf ficient to justify an additional teacher. Health Service finds 300,000 of the country’s jobless too ill work if they had a chance. some time during the day. The other churches of the city are co operating and people are urgent ly requested to attend the church of their choice. Porters have been displayed at many .points giving publicity to the movement. Rev. Robert Moore, of Provi- tojdence, Rhode Island, will fill the I pulpit at the Methodist church. TO SHOW PICTURES at FERGUSON SCHOOL J. L. Ferguson, who is station ed at the American Legation In Yugoslovia, is spending a few days with relatives In Wilkes county and on Wednesday night, 7:30, he will show moving pic tures of Yugoslovia at Ferguson scn.aol. The public is cordially In vited to attend LIONS CLUB SPONSORS MILK FUND FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN SCHOOL There were 2.676 persons re ceiving aid from surplus com modity distribution in Wilke.s county during the month of Au gust, A. E. Ixtngston. director of commodity distribution with the State Board of Gharities and Pub lic AVelfare, announced this week. Niiinber of recipients for ad joining counties was as follows: Alexander 1 582; Alleghany, 702; Ashe, 1,090; Avery, 1,27J| Caldwell, 1,727- Iredell, 1,811; Watauga. 1,048: Surry, 1,801; Yadkin, 665. A total of 2,^28,185 pounds of commodities was received In the state during the month, Lang ston said, and included dry beans, 119,201 pounds; cheese, 81,961 pounds; flour. 801,208 pounds; dry milk 42,537 pounds; canned peas, 201.314 pounds; Iijslt po tatoes, 896,690 pounds; prunes, 127,582 pounds; raisins, 10,746 pounds; and rice, 146,966 pounds. Total number in this district who received assistance in the form of foodstuffs and household goods from the warehouses at North Wilkesboro was 34.446 persons composing 7,911 families. A statewide total of 161,166 people were given aid through the eight warehouses in the four North Carolina districts, with the district totals set at: first, 27.- 191; second, 47,491; third, 34,- 446; and fourth, 52,041, Langs ton said. Rev. Robt. Moore Addresses Club Interesting Meeting of North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club Held Friday Noon North Wilkesboro Kiv/anis club held an interesting meeting Fri day toon at Hotel Wilkes, at which time Re’’. Robert Moore, of Providence, R. I., addressed the club. In the business session preced ing the program it was announc ed tliat the directors would meet on Thursday night at Hotel Wilkes and that the local club will meet with Lenoir club on Friday evening, 6:30 o'clock. An inter-cluh meeting with Elkin Kl- wanians to be held at Ronda school was discussed but no ac tion was taaken. H. H. Morehouse introduced his urogram by having the Club sing “Boosters We.” He then pre sented Rev. Robert Moore who addressed I ha Club in a some what reminiscent way. He spoke briefly of the recent storm which had laid waste a part of his home city. He then s."oke of the Inter esting characteristics of the south ern people, paying especial atten tion to the viewpoint of the Georgia Crackers. London. — Czechoelovaicto - Jects Hitler’s terms for union ®f Sudetenland with Germany, au thoritative source declares; Hit ler demands part of Sudeten Ger man region be handed over up-' damaged by October 1 with pl*- blsclte In other districts befor* November 25; French premier, foreign minister fly to London for momentous conference. Paris—Cabinet sneeds Dala- dier, Bonnet to London with un animous vote declaring Hitler’s terms unacceptable without guar antees for new Czechoslovak fron tier: reservists continue to move into positions under partial mobi lization. Be.-lin—Hitler to speak Mon day night: troops pour through German Austria toward Czecho slovak frontier. Vicenza—Mussolini threatens to take military measures if oth- natioT.e continue to mas» (E.litor’s note: The Journal- Patriot readily endorses the fol lowing article by L. L. Carpen ter, president of the North Wil kesboro Lions Club, which Is ad dressed to every citizen of the city of North Wilkesboro.). The Lions Club with and through the cooperation of The Journal-Patriot is now sponsor ing a milk fund for the benefit of the underweight, under-fed, worthy and needy children in our city schools. Wo realize that the need Is great. However, we feel that with every citizen cooperating with us we can do a .great work In bet tering the health of those chil dren who are unable to get proper nourishment. The school au'norlties state that approximately 100 children are dependent with only about 30 of that number receiving prop er nourishment through efforts of the Woman’s Clubs and the D. O. K. K. We hope that you will take ad vantage of the opportunity that you now have to contribute to this very worthy cause. Fifteen cents will take care of one child for one week. Give what you can and watch The Journal-Pa triot every issue for the Ust of donations to the fund. You may leave your contribution at The Journal-Patriot office or with any member of the Lions Club. Friends, this work Is import ant. Help us today—let’s all do our part—let’s see who will be the ’Irst one on the list next Thursday. May God help us to give according to the dictates of our own conscience. Help the un fortunate now—for the little ohlldnn’s sake, t^ret r^’orth Wilkesboro Democrats Will Meet Tuesday, 7:30 Attention is again called to the fact that a discount of 1 1-2 per cent is allowed by law on county taxes paid on or before October 1. This means a worthwhile sav ing to all who have taxes to pay and who can nsy this month. Payments on 1938 tax are made at present to W. P. Kelly, county accountant, at the tax rate which has been fixed for the year and upon this year’s valuations. Thu* a full settlement of 1938 taxes may be made hecanse the rate has 'oeen definitely fixed and all valuations have been set for th» year. A. A'ttentlon is called to the an nouncement of the mass meeting of Democrats of North Wilkes boro township, which will be held at the city hall on Tuesday night, September 27, 7:30 o’clock. County candidates will be pres ent and several prominent party leaders will be in the meeting. All are Invited, and ladles ' are especially requested to be pixsent. Hall Will Speak At Mulberry 29tb ’ er armies. Prague—Authorities announce army ready for any emergency. Asch—Sudeten German force* advance within three-fourths of a mile of Czechoslovak army posts. Geneva—Soviet Foreign Com missar Maxim Litvinoff notifiea British that Russia will appeal to league If London tries to mak* Prague submit to any further concessions. Major Derelopments 1. An unofficial though author itative report that Czechoslovakia bad rejected Hitler’s final terms for handing over ' the Budet^ land. 2. Authoritative disclosure that Hitler had attached a map to his terms sent to Czechoslovakia, marking areas he demanded be ceded outright to Germany. The source disclosin.e this map said the new German frontier would come within 20 miles of Prague, the Czechoslovakia capital. Prance ‘'ay.s “No” 3. Unanimous agreement by th« p-rench cabinet that Hitler’s mem-' orandum was ‘'unacceptable.” 4. A threat hv Premier Musso lini of Italy that he too would take miPtary measures if other nations continue mobilizing their armies and wa' fleets. Clubs Will Meet On Friday Night North Wilkesboro and Wilkes boro Young Republicans will hold meetings on Friday night of thf* week both meetings to begin at 7:30. The North Wilkesboro club will meet in the office of .AMorney Kyle Hayes. The Wilkesboro club will meet at the courthouse. The public has a cordial invitation to both meetings. ^ Discount On 1938 County Taxes Taxpayers Urged to Pay No'w and Take Advantage of Substantial Saving Avalon B. Hall. 17th dtotrk^-i' candidate for solicitor, will sp “ ' at a Republican meeting held at Mulberry scbcfol «a 7 day, September S9, 7:80. A cordla'’in? tended everybody, ttf-j I; (1 'f '■'i A- ti ■4 4 ! !