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>:ViiL. XXXI, NO. 104~4>g^li^ jto:
’^4 Apple Week to Be
Observed Oct. 31
,TfrNovember-5tb
vitiJP stattetics reported today
“ " ^hat aatomoblle wrecks killed 83
peiaoas In North Carolina last
month, compared with HT in Sep-
^•mber, 1#27. - I^mre were 2,412
deaths last month, compared with
the 2,488 total for September a
year a(o, the bureau said. Last
month’s death rate was 8.2 where
as for the same month last year it
was 8.9.
' Apple Growers Cooperative*
ly’iiepe to Publicize the
Merits Of the Fruit
19 HURT IN WRECK
Asheville, Oct. 14. — Nineteen
persons' were injured when a bus,
bound from Atlanta to Asheville,
and a truck collided head-on, on
the Ashavilla-Oanton higrhway near
Candler this afternoon. Three
persons in the two vehicles es
caped injury. Four others, who
had been standing up in the bus,
bad left the vehicle just a few
hundred yards west of the scene
of the accident.
SCHOOL DE?TROYE^)
Leaksville, Oct. 14. — Douglas
high school, for negroes, was to
tally destroyed by fire this morn
ing between 1 and 2 o’clock. How
the fire started has not yet been
determined. The building was, lo
cated in West Leaksville outside
the corporate limits where the wa
ter supply was inadequate for
fighting fire. The institution was
erected about 12 years ago at an
estimated cost of $50,000 and was
fully covered by insurance.
$5,000 TO COLLEGE
Salisbury, Oct. 14.—L. A. Mey-
ran, retired business man of Pitts- appie is a r*«i
burgh, Pa., has presented Catewba ^ cheer It brings health, hap-
tc nivi in . . .
"Apple Week" will be observed
thronghont the nation this year
from October 3’ to November 6.
It Is a national event for the
purpose of stliiinlatlng consump
tion of apples nnd one of the
many efforts being put forth co
operatively by apple growers and
marketers in efforts to recapture
their share of the horticulture
market.
The event Is of particular In
terest to people of this section
and expecially those who grow
fruit for the commercial market.
Upon efforts to advertise and
publicize apples rests the future
of the apple market, is the es
sence of opinions frequei\tly ex
pressed by heads of various or
ganizations directly interested In
the sale of apples.
Following are excerpts taken
from a bulletin released by R. G.
Phillips, secretary ot the Interna
tional Apple Association, from
the associstion’s offices in Ro
chester, N. Y.:
“We know that if the apple
eating hnbit is encouraged, It
means a more he.althv people, and
the more healthy the people are.
the more they enjoy life, so that
the apple is a real source of joy
Primary Contest' Eighth District
In Supreme Court! Medical Society
Will Meet Here
piness and good cheer. We want
eolloge with a gift of $6,000 in
stocks, it -was announced today by ,,, ceif.brate
‘‘The apple is closely associat
ed with the well-being ot man
kind. Its development is a record
Dr. Howard Oniwake, president.
This is Mr. Meyran’s second sub
stantial gift to the college. In .
making the present gift he placed Qf service wherein the workers
no restrictions on it and left it knew no personal reward other
with the college authorities to use than the feeling of a life work
the dividends as they see fit, and vrell done
until such time 'as they desire to
use the principal.
Raleigh. Oct, l.'v—The setting
for one of the bitlerest election
disputes in North Carolina's his
tory shifted again lo the Supreme
.conn this week, when the
SEIZE UQUOR trucks
ville, Va., Oct. 14. — Two
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Danville,
large truckloads of high class h-
QUM', seized last midnight as they
passed over the Virginia line on
the Reidsvillc road, remained to
day in the hands of North Caro
lina officers who were engaged in
Mtimating its value and trying to
fbii out where the liquor came
,'fkom and where it was going.
GIVEN 14 YEARS
Pekin, 111., Oct. 14.—James VV.
Crabb, 22-year-old son of a Del-
avan, HI., banker, was sentenced
^today to serve 1 to 14 years in
ifpriaon for perjury in connection
^vi$h a coroner’s investigation of
tha'lutal shooting of his bride of
five weeks. Circuit Judge Henry
Ingram fixed the penalty and re
leased Crabb on $17,500 bond
pending the outcome of an appeal
to the state Supreme court from
the perjury conviction October 1.
“We ar» heirs to an inheritance
of human effort, ohe magnitude
of which is hidden,
“It fs our privilege to dlspenae'
the apple‘' and share them and
Apple Week i« the week of
Thanksgiving md ol service.
Dedication of New
Hope Church-23rd
AH Day Program Planned;
Attorney R. H. McNeill
"Will Make Address
TYPHOID IS FATAL
TO THREE CHILDREN
Forest City, Oct. 14.—Two chil-
^^l^dren have died, and throe others
are critically ill here from illness
that has been diagnosed as ty
phoid fever. They are the chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. George Mor
row, who have been living on a
farm on route one.
‘The children became ill last
week. Laura, 4, wUs taken to a
Sp«rt8Bbnrg hospital, where she
died Saturday morning. Two oth
ers were taken to the hospital at
Rutherfordton, where another,
Rafcy. 17, died Tuesday morning.
Tiw other child is still at the hos
pital, and the two others are in
Forest City. All three are critic-
ally ill. ,,
Tho children became ill after
chewing some oane while helping
their parents on the farm, as they
inada molasses.
-V Specimens sent to the state lab-
-riiiWitory in Raleigh showed the
!^hSir«n had typhoid,
i Funeral services for both chil-
’ v'-^dten who died were held at the
it8te Line Baptist church. Funer-
? jM-vices for Laura were held on
morning, while final rites
fag Baby were held Wednesday
Bominff kt 11 o’clock.
a To Be Built
Harmony
AM Union Grove
Llehiiuy «*uglneer was here Wed
to survey the proposed re-
,tj.uetlon of Highway 901 be-
ve.nw'i
liiiUding in an all-day
service lo l)c held on Sunday, Oc- g] election.
tobe
The (lav’s program will
I uc VIH* * av/biv-s
at ten o’clock with Sunday school, ration that returns signed Sep
.\t 10:4-') devotional will he
mon will t>e at 11 o’clock by Rev.
will
Farmers Will Name
Their Committees
that nieet’ngs w'll he held at the
following plac“s and dates men
tioned for the puri-ose of electing
county and community commit
tees for the Wilkes Soil Conser-
vatioi Association:
Monday, October 24, Mt. Pleas
ant high school. 4 p. m.. Jobs
Cabin, T/e^wls Fork and Stanton.
T’.issday, October 25, Mulber
ry school house, 4 p. m., Reddies
River, Mulberry. Union.
Wednesday, October 26. Moun
tain Vie’iv 7 p. m., Rock Creek,
Norti Wilkesboro and Walnut
Grove.
Thursday, October 27, Somers
schoolhoose, 4 p. m., Antioch,
Lovelace. New Castle and Somers.
Thursday, October 27, Benham
schoolhouce. 7:00 p. m., Edwards
and Traphlll.
Friday, Oc*ober 28, Court-
NEWARK, N. J. . . . Deputy Mayor William Fox of Newark greets
Clifford J. MacGregor, commander of the MacGregor Arctic Expedi
tion, and bearded members of the expedition, iqion the. party s ar
rival at Port Newark aboard the schooner General A. W. Greely.
The exp^ition departed from Reindeer Point, Greenland, the base
camp of the party, July 7.
Counsel Have Motions For
Certification; May Be
Heard Tuesday
Tuesday, October 25, Is Date
Gathering of Physicians
In 'This City
J. R. Pouseoau, chairman of
the Wilkes county Democratic
executive committee, announced
this morning that a number of
Democratic rallies will be held I
in several townahlps during the ^
next two week*.
He said that county candidates
and other speakers will be pres
ent lor each precinct meeting
scheduled and issued a cordial
invitation to everybody to attend,
ladies being especially Invited.
The schedule of meetings, each
of wnlch will be held at 7:.30 p.
m., was announced as follows:
Tuesday October 18, Mountain
View school In Rock Creek town
ship.
Wednesday, October 19, Mount
Pleasant schoo' in Lewis Fork
townihip.
Wednesday, October 19. Harry
Green’s store at Clingman in
New Castle township.
Thursday, October 20, joint
meeting of Elk 1 and 2 and Beav
er Creek township at Ferguson.
Friday, October 21, Cane Creek
school in Mulberry township.
Friday, October 21, Yellow Hill
-1.,^ The eighth district medical so
tri- ciety will hold Its next meeting school in Jobs Cabin township.
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bunal received rross-naotions ask- at Hotel Wilkes in this city on
ing for the certification of each
of the principals—C. B. Deane,
of Rockina’ham. and W. O. Bur-
gin, of Lexington
Tuesday, October 25.
Announcement of the meeting
has been sent out to all members
by Dr. J. H. McNeill, president
B.o'.h Deane and Burgln claim and Dr. F. C. Hubbard, secretary-
t h e Democratic congressional treasurer.
The society will meet in the
nomlnatton In the eighth district. , —
In a petition fjled wjlh the Su- afterooug at two o’clock and the
b'rfelne coiiff todsi^’’6urgIn cdun^^dlnnet meetine _wU1 be held at
Now Hope Hnpt'st church, one
of t.ae largest and most influen
tial rura’ churches in this sec- ....■ --
tino, will dedicate its new brick eight;) district conatessional can-
sel asked dismissal of a motion
filed yesterday by the state board
of elcctiors. which is seeking an
order directing Superior Judge
W. C. H.arrisj to allow the certi-
ficatUm of Deane.
The petition al*c demanded
that. In the event the high tri
bunal “assumes jurisdiction’’ ot
the case, it order Judge Harris
to allow certification ot Bnrgln.
Slay Be Heard Tuesday
Bo’.h motions mav be heard
and decided Tuesdav, concluding
the dispute which ha.s raged since
the run-off primary of July 2.
Unless the contest is settled soon,
the Democrats mav have no
didate in the November S gener-
Biirgin counsel, in t.he counter-
open actio.I today, reiterated the decla-
tember 27 by Chairman J. David
i. V . -I S*' I.C4Z4V’-* " • •-’•f
conducted and the morning ser- gjah gnd Ford M. Meyers, of the
Davidson board of elections, were
A. W. Eller, pastor, to be follow- {^e only "legal’’ returns from
Davidson countv.
The returns would have given
Burgln a majority in the district.
ed by the dedication prayer.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes
speak briefly at 11:45. ,—.
The afternoen service will be- j,),t [he state board maintained
git; at ono o’clock with devotion- [hat they were based partially on
al by Rev. Vernon Eller. ...
At'orncy Robert H. McNeill, of
Washington, D. C., whose father,
fraudulent absentee ballots.
Ousted By Board
Consequently the state board
Rev. Milton McNeill, served the ousted Sink and Meyers, and
namt d a new Davidson board.
church a.s pastor for many years
will be the feature speaker in The new hoard approved returns,
the afternoon. Remarks by for- accepted by the state board,
mer pastors present will conclude ^
the program.
The church is now more than —. —
100 vears old having observed returns, the Burgln petition said,
the centennial mark a few years jg
ago.
^hlci'c gpve Deane the majority
in the district.
Rejections of the Slnk-Meyers
"arbitrary and ill^al on Its
face. ’ The new returns were
termed the “reenlts of force, com
pulsion, and arbitrariness.’’
Earlier this week, the case
came before Judge Harris for
‘fins.l’’ settlemetft. When Burgin
.\nnourcement has been made forces brought new charges of
arbitcarinces against the state
board, however. Judge Harris an
nounced that he believed the dis
pute j’aould be settled by a jury.
Both s'des have expressed the
opinion that a jurv trial would
delac determination ot a candi
date until well after the gooeral
election.
Hurmdny and Union Grov^ h£>use”~4’ p. m., Beaver Creek.
•“•..“SS I »«>■:«, Mo,.U.n F.U. Wll
I®. VAfihi-kro.
uroJ««t will kesboro.
a* #na ; iMrned
Cuptadn ESyston raced 846 miles
au hettf upaed ,r4do*d
North Wilkesboro
Democrats To Meet
A,.meeting of Democrats of
Nortii Wilkesboro township will
be held Thursday evening, 7:30
o’clock, at Democratic headquart
ers over Landtr, Tire and Acces
sories store on C etreet. All ara
invited to attend.
six o'clock, at which time the
speaker will be Dr. P. P. McCain,
president of the North Carolina
Sanitorium. It is .also expected
that Dr. Sirtbury. president of the
State Society, will be present to
talk on “State Medh'.ine.”
Wives and guests are invited
to the meeting. Thev will be en
tertained locally during the after
noon and all will attend the din
ner meeting.
Th'i counties in the eighth dis
trict are Avery. Alleghany, For
syth, Gui'ford, Randolph, Rock
ingham, .‘Jfokes Surry, Yadkin
and Wilkes.
Monday. October 24, Parson-
ville school in Stanton township.
Monday, October 24. Parker
school in Brushy Mountain town
ship.
Tuesday, October 25, Lovelace
school In Somers township.
Wednesday, October 26, Whit
tington pchool In Union . town
ship. ~ '
Friday, October 28, Roaring
Gap school In Traphlll township.
The Human Touch
Is Lecture Subject
Kiwaniuns Hear and See An
Interesting Program;
Banquet Discussed
Members of the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis club were treated
to in illustrated lecture entitled
“The Human Touch’’ as the fea
ture of the program for Friday,
noon’s meeting. C. O. McNlel gave
the lecture, which was received
with much interest
The lecture dealt with sales
manship and stressed four points:
be friendly, sell the customer’s
needs, don't argue, give extra
service.
Rev. Watt Cooper chafman of
Boys and Girls committee, stated
that an excellent program for
Father-Son night to be held on
the evening of October 28 at the
American Legion Hut had b^n
arranged. He made a motion
which was carried that the noon
day "luncheon on that day be
ommitted. The matte: was furth
er discussed by W. D. Halfacre,
member of the committee, who
stated that a father and son
would be able to be served twd
plates for 85 cents ,
attention to the Klwanls festival ^ _ oilreath
to be here In the near future, E. M. Long, . >
stating that the same feetlval J. _Eug^ Yvette Miss y
also being giv^n
noon.
in
Evangelistic Meeting At
Courthouse Tir ’
0. C. Hokomb
Last Rites Hel:'
Funeral service was conducted
Friday afternoon at the North
Wilkasboro Methodist church for
O. C. Holcomb, who died Thurs
day morning following an illness
of several weeks.
The service was conducted by
the pastor, Rev. A. L. Aycock, in
the presence of a Large crowd,
there being many relatives and
friends present from nearby
towns and communities and from
distant pcinU.
The active pall bearers were
his former associates at the
SoutLern Railway depot here,
where ’ he spent 3’.- years as
freight clerk and retired under
the railway retirement act on
September 1. 1937. They were W.
C. Moore J- O. Emerson, Bryan
Gilreath, H. F. Bouknight, W. E.
Jones, Carl Crejvs and Pete
Moore.
Special music was rendered
during the service by the church
choir and by Mrs. Gordon Fin
ley^ who sang “When They Ring
The Golden Bells.’’ ,
Honorary pall bearers were F.
C. Tomlinson, 0. O. McNlel, C. B.
Eller. Ira D. Payne, J. B. Norris,
A. P. Kilby, Glenn Greene, D. J.
Carter, J C. Reins, J. M. Craw
ford. J. P Williams. Dr. James
Davis Dr. E. M Hutchens, W. A.
McNlel, Walter Colvard and W.
D. Halfacre
and «is a fitting
teem In which Mr. Holcomb was
held, were carried by Miss Ruby
Pearson, Miss Mary Finley, Mrs.
Lee Hemohlll, Mrs. R. M. Brame,
Mrs. Frank Tomlinson, Mrs. E.
E. Eller. Miss Mamie Sockwell,
Mrs. W. P. Jones. Mrs. Joe Pear-
ites tor 8b cents , Marlow Mrs J
P,„ld..t A. H. CM “S ” Mr,:
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V. ^ “St
San Francisco. CaJIf. . . .
James P. Young and his wife,
Ellzab^h, pedaled across the
Golden Gate Bridge here to
complete what they claim is
the longest bike trip ever made
on a tandem bicycle in the
United States. Tliey rode 7.100
miles.
Superior Court
Ended Saturday
If. V'.
Four Divorces Grsmted and representative
courthouse In Wilkesboro
night In a rally sponsored by tlt»
Young Republican Clubs ot W!L
kesboro. North Wilkesboro soA
Moravian Falls township. ’c
L. L. Wall, prominent Winstosp-
Salem attorney, was the featu*
speaker of the evening and hfiS-.
address which discussed national
Issues and vigorously attnekaU
the policies ot the present nstioa-
al ad.mliiistrat’on, was enthuslaa*
tlcally received
What was deecrlbed as one of
the 'nrge't crowds of RepublL
cans gathered in Wilkes county
In many years attended the meet
ing and more than filled the
courtroom.
Paul Osborne presided and in
addition to the fea’.ure address
by Attorney Wall. talUa were
madi by C. G. Poindexter, 04tn-
didate for sheriff: C. C. Hayea,
candidate for clerk of court: and
D. C. Sebastian, candidate for
Many Civil Cases Settled
During the Term
October term of Wilkes super
ior court for trial of civil cases
adjourned Saturday.
With Judge J. A. Rousseau, of
this city, on the bench many
cases were disposed of during the
term, inoludinir several cases In
which consent j’Jdgtgngjit;!,. were
entered, of|isirTJY'JWt'tf
many by the non-snlt route.
There were fow ca.ses of public
interest tried, a majority of the
actions involving comparatively
.small corslderatlons. There were
four divorce cases as follows, all
on g’.’ounds ot two years’ separa
tion' John A. Arroes versus Lou
Ellen Armes, Robert Warren ver
sus l.eona Warren, Virginia Rey
nolds versus Frank Reynolds,
Claude G’lreath versus Ruby Gll-
reath.
In the case of Wilburn Adams
versus H I. Shoemaker the is
sues were answered in favor of
the defendant.
Meadows MvH company was
awarded judgement in the sum
of $482.4.3 against W. E. Minton.
Democratic Club
Plans a Fish Fry
North Wilkesboro Township
Club Sponsors Rally At
Armory On Tuesday
The Young Democratic club of
NorLi Wilkesboro township will
sponsor a rally and fish fry to be
held at the armory hall in this
city on Tuesday, October 18,
6:30 p. m.
All Democrats are cordially in
vited.
Democratic nominees will speak
at the meeting.
To Collect Toys
October 20,27th
Halfacre. score mar was utnu ».*iw
Flowers, beautiful in profusion ^ . Cherryvllle eleven, one of th*
d as a fitting token of the es- Two More Dates aet In W teams in the Weetsaa
der'fb Give All Oppor
tunity to Contribute
Grwnsbord Finley, Mrs. John Rhodes Miss
Anno Duncan, Mrs. C. K. Jenkins,
Sr., Mrs. J. O Emewn, Miw wtlch Scouts called I" , ^ wnt nmw
Mn,. W«l.r Si
Etta Turner,
, _
ly vard. Mrs. L. A. Hauser, Miw C. ^y
■ t>- L. Sockwell and Mrs. W. > H. .
Mr. Holcomb, who had, set In order to give
_ - tM A3 »«ars. wa*'"5*52^
Alarmed by a serlo'ts outbre|^
of hog cholera, farmers of Cur
rituck county vaccinated 1,100
hogs last week. With fat hogs
selling for over-nine cents a
pound, the owners are not lor
tending to suffer losses from th
wbicn the psdlUb'
dial: !nvfiaUaa.jtQ
- Halifax Cotejj^ 4-;
bers that «anti»:P „
>n Cp^ty
I'hot-:
potr^ai# thfi# brtU-
iM JMuiada
Republicans today announced a
full schedule of meetings in vari
ous precincts this week, at which
candidates and other prominent
speakers will be present.
Bach of the following meetings
win be hold s’: seven o’clock p.
m. at the places and on the dates
deslgiiated. A cordial Invitation
is extended all to attend:
Tuesday. Oct^ 18.
Wednesday,'
hart school In Walnut Grova
township, C. H. Cowles speaker.
TTiursdav, October 20, Mulber
ry schoolhoiise.
Thursday. October 20, Millers
Creek school In Reddiee River
township!
Thursday. October 20, Roaring
Gap school in Traphlll township.
Thursday. October 20, Rufus
Johnson’s store in Somers town
ship.
Friday. October 21, Hendrix
school in Elk township.
Friday October 21, Shepherd’s
Cross Roads in Edwards town
ship, R. Don I,aws speaker.
Friday, October 21, Buck
school in Reddies River township.
Friday. October 21, Estep
schoolhoiise in Brusuy Mountain
township.
Saturday. October 22, Mins
Ridgy school in Tranhill towa-
ship.
I i
Lions Play Well
In Home Contest
Hold Cherryville to Score, of
27; Taylorsville Beats
Wilkesboro 12-0
North Wilkesboro Mountain Li
ons showed plenty of fight and
determination here Friday after
noon against a much strongnr
footbftll team from Cherryville. ‘
The Lions tought well through
the first quarter but were unable
to hold Cherryville in check dur
ing the second and the^ visitors
won 27 to 0, which was a smallnr
score thar was expected from the
strongest teams in the
Conference
North Wilkesboro will play »l-
kln on Thursday, 3:30 p. m. have
Wilkesboro Loses
Wilkesboro apparently/ let
up
The Norik Wilkesboro Dokles “’■*^**
club, which is suonsoring a “HF sobeduled.
Christmas Cheer project with tho
.gAin b, ebiibctrt «b.«»
In the Wllkesboros on Thursday
October 20, and on
October 27.
Hcursday of last week was the 6“^“,
and the Alexander team scortMl
■Thureday; two touchdowns, which rep^
sented al' the scoring in thp
1
Wilkesboro made several
arioaely threatened. as ’CW-
^ork”and thellors^m® tightly. Wllkge-
two o'tier boro will play this week’s gam^
was good hut two other
school. , ■
opportunity to give. Those
.not find It convenient to
ready for the Scouts
tee mentioned are asked
rrJiieir .'LL- ■-. :■ mentioned are asked
CBOf Chief J. B. Walker.
, ■ ■" ■.““ Olay, Route 4. Cod£6rd,
LI iSs iihiiS&isaed s purebred Be**’’' oocnrrthf in tho ' Honed State*
188,000 F»RB8
Twenty an hour—one every
three minutes—tbat yua ^ the>
avMTig*” number of . f^oes^ tffSe
^Mit.yesr. .R, 'W,:?ieeb«. «ts«K
(sion. IbMeter at
.JUtt-a total
orak 8l.$$9.>» rtm.