North Carolina Newspapers

Fi" 4 ^««lW'-*!*®^^^'^;;-v.*?-|f*'>l* - - "K,- '■ *> • ;r*‘. i^g- "AtPATRIGT HiS "ffljvZED THE THAirtaf CAL WS -k%. .(Vi': ‘ 'Wj M>l|Ittt .WaltM 'Rmerson spent the . . ftlt-end w^tl^ frtenrts In Mooree- Lvl!l«. 4,. .jt ^'■■'^Wr. jhhd Mrs. George Laxton, ■ictnitB CrenK, TteUed Mr. and R; C.' Meadows at Pores »b funday. L. c. Swanson, citizen of Booner community, was in tiJa city today looking after biia- .I'HiMa matters. Miss Rioise Watson, of Boone, spent the week-end in this city .with her sister. Mrs. T. R. Grav- Boa. VOL. XXXII, NO. 2 Hubliahed Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WTIL. MONDAY, OCT. 24, 1988 . -. ' - TvV.Ui'i^e-V?' ' ' ■‘'V tZ ■Baasd^MMNNesM&siqaasSHiaMifiaeBS^^ 41.60 JK otri^br* •VA2rfF5 ' Vog cei^. North Cl sM ;; Bt'Jer J. R. Wilson will preach at Reddies RiTer church Thurs day, NoTomber 3. at 7:30 p. m. The Public is cordiapy invited. T Attorneys Eugene Trivette and Allle Hayes were among those attending the Dnk°-Wake Forest loothall game in Winston-Salem. Sam Whittineton enlored. was ihit by a car near Foiester's Nu- Way Service station Saturday and wan painfully injured. He is a patient at the tVilk'^s 1 ospital. Mr. and Mrs. E. T.,. among those from tliis vicinity attending the Duke-Wake Forest football game in Winston-Salem Saturday. Mr. W. A. Builis said he picked the last dahlias from his hills Friday. From .Tune 1 f> until Oc tober 21 he had picked a total of 1.333 flowers from the plants. ■ M* and Mrs. Harold Burke an nounce the birth of a daughter, Judith, at the Baptist hospital in Win-'on-Salem o n Wednesday morning October 19 Mr. Gms McN'eill. ef Bina. was among those from a distance at tending the dedication service at New Hope Barest church near Pnrlear Siindav Mr Ir-.'in M:'rtin. of Danville, Va., who was a renreseotative of the Southwestern Bible romnany here this summer, was a visitor in the cltv over the week-end. North Wilkesbbro NCSESOfficeNear Top In Placements Put 601 to Work During September; Only 5 Offices Place More Workers New Sensation North Wilkesboro office of the North Carolina State Employment i office was for the month of Sep-1 temVr again among the leaders, in the branches of the service in job placements, according to the report of State Director R. Mayne ^ Allbvight received here today. l The North Wilkesboro office' had a to‘al of 491 private place ments for the month and was ex ceeded only by offices in the largest cities, namely: Charlotte, 6,a": Greensboro. 5.‘’r>: Rocky Moiitit. 536: Kinston. R34: and /Wilson with 7S3. Many place- Green were i ments in those cities were due to Co^pttee , l^^edto Primary Begin Work Today On Ar bitration of Deane-Bur^in Vote Controversy HiledWI For City Hall City Will Ask For Bids On PWA Project Soon; Total Cost Will Be $33,000 mm Heads Teil|EieH l:,: V, offic,e place- 1 seasonal ac'.ivitv in handling leaf toBacco. The Nf-rth tVilkesboro had a total of 110 puhlic menfs during the month. B. G. Gentry, mana.ger of the offica here. ''rnlnitUMl Dot u greaat mcny of the private place ments were assignments on a.gri. cultural cbs in the mountain counties of .\ll“ghanv, Ashe and IVataiiga in helping to gather vegetables for the fall market. He sail that the office is able to fill calls for almost any type lalior p.vcept colored domestic help. Several calls for colored oook.s and hotis^keepers have not jbeen filled because, of .scarcity of applicants for that type work, he said. Mr. Gentry aiso stated that the number of persons filing claims for unemployment insurance is steadily decreasing. Port Worth Tex. . . . IJtfle Davey O’Brien, lb- new leader of Texa.s (’hri.stian l.iiiversity s famed aerial circus cliarges in to tile current football picture a.s the latest gridiron sensation. Iiittle Daxey is a 150-poiinder from Diilla-s. Will Be^ WoA On H^hway Structure Contractor Calls For 30 Men; Teer Is to Begin Work Soon Raleigh, Oct. 23.—Three prom inent Democratic lawyers who re side lutside of the eighth con- i gressional district will start work at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to determine which man shall be the eighth Democratic nominee, C, B. Deane of Rockingham or W. O, Burgin of Dcxing'on. Attorneys involved in the case said they did rot know any de tails about when the referees would take up tho matter but Charles G. Rose S9i«i at Fayette ville that he expected to meet the other arbitrators on the third floor of the supremo court build ing at 1^’clock. Pipicedarp Unknown DetailiTof what procedure will be followed by Rose, H. Gardner Hiidscn of jWinstoii-Salem and tv: Mrs. R. W. Hunter, of Raleigh, | the forner Mi^s .\uraro Church, of North Wilkesboro was a guest last week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph TTuncan. ' Moesrs. John Gaither, Pressley M:-ers. Harold Bumgarner. >1!!- bert Wendland and Ril! Cranor attended i''c l.enoir-Rhyne-Guil ford foothall gu me iu Hickory. Friday night. D. A. R. to Unveil Markers at Graves Graves of John Brown and George Gordon Will Be Marked October 31 Mr. and Mr^ \'.' K Guiiher and son, .Tohn \V . attended the M'-t'tc.disf amin-il cntu'crcnce at Cha>-lotte Stind.ty. They were ac companied by Messrs. Btll Cranor and Gilbert W-tidland. Attorney and Mr.s, Robert H. IcNcill, of Washinetoii. D | pent the week-end with rela tives in Wilkes and attended the | dedic.'ition servuv at New Hope church Sunda.v (>u Oet' iier 31. the Rendezvous Moniilaiii Chapter D. A. R. will niiv.'il morkt'fs at the grave of .loltn Hiowti. 'vlio is buried in i the old Rro’vn graveyard at TSrown’.s Ford and George Gor- tlou. wiiii i.s ii""icd o!i the hill ji:s: west nf '.’is cilv, between i Higli'vay fJt and the road to [Grier (’nl'nii VGHs. The puiilic is ^ ^eordi'illy inviled to ihe l■\('l■ci.sl's. ■ The iitarfu it .lohu Brown’s [ grav,. wi'! lie unveiled first, tit .3: :Pt o'c'oek p. m. and Rev. B. IM I ackov will assist with the I prograrti. Imniedia'.elv following Diiye.s. of [ the i.iivei'iug Iho e.icevcises will he week-end ; coneliuieil :it th ■ grave of George Miss Liicv Finlev and Contractors are making reqiii- sitions for labor in constnictioi of about ten miles of highway 2G8 lietween I’vs city and Roar ing River B. G Gentry, TlRttwiger of Hie North Wilkesboro Itrancli of the s'.nte employment service, said todav. Kiker and Yount, Reidsville firm wlio hoids contract for bridges and culverts, has asked the •mployment service for a crew of 30 men and the order has been filled Nello Teer. pronitnent Durham contractor has the contract for grading and surfacing and Is ex pected to begin work within the next few days. The project will complete high way 2B8 between North Wilkes boro and Elkin, the road having lieen constructed westward to Roaiing River some time ago. The contract calls for entrance i ito highway IS lust north of this ity .and another entrance in to this city by way nf Second street to Main slrcct in tlie east ern end of the city Mr. and Mrs- Shi'dev Basset. Va,. sji.’itt 'he with Mr. ai'l Mc=. Kenneth Gordon. Brooks. of N'ofth Wilkesboro i Mrs W. Gri r ick'iig part on route 1. ■•■nd woli his parents, program. Rev. and Mrs, \. B. Hayes, of! This is the fi’sl time the D. A. View I U.'s have unveil' d markers at the ;raves of Revolutionary soldiers it is hoped that many inter ested people will attend the ex- October 2 7, Mountain Thursday ev“’iing, ,Jb the date set for the Hallowe’en . ince which is being sponsored v. u . by the Wilkesboro .fiinior M'nm-1 short, all’s club and tri be gtven at the j “ Communitv cltiiiiiotis-.'. .-Vdnii.ssion j 2.7 cents The Rev. Roliert 5. Moore re turned the latter pert of the week to his home in Providence. Rhode Island, after 11 Jons Outplay Visitors But weeks’ vacation at the home of ■ • i ' i his daughter, Mrs. Robert More : Scoring Breaks Result house, on the Bnishies. | Their Defeat Mrs. W W Ashiv who has , bean visiting her granddaughter, Xorth Wilkesboro’s Mountain Miss Elizabeth Barber for the j,i„ns outplayed and outsmarted past few week- Ip''' Monday for ^ str.-ng team from Elkin here Goldsboro, ,V, (’.. where she "'iH j Yhitrsday afternoon but lost the Elkin Defeats Lions 13 to 7 / t for where she will visit relatives ttefore returning to her home in W-ashington. D. C. Mr. and Mrs .Tttlitt“ C. Hiilibard and children. Nell. Buddie, and John, and Mrs. E D. Hemphill motored to Asheville. Waynes- Tille. Cherokee Indian Reserva tion, and Newfound Gap In the Smoky Mountains National Park, Sunday. Messrs. J. B. Carter. J. O. Em- ■' erson, Stokes Hunt. Quincy aras. Spencei 'Abshe.r, Buster Blair. Jr. and tended a DoHes ceremonial in Win non-Salem if 7 eal candidates initiated were Edd Oarlner, George Kennedy. Paul s -^nreh. Herbert Forester and VanDeman. Jack Grinton, colored, of Wil- £ke£Sn.i has joined the many Ble who have discovered sec- Lrowth of’apple® of trees In Wkv this fall. A few days handed The Jounial- pfiren-formed June ^ee. , and alao a seoond- xrtiloh wn* Ai- Richardson. F/lll Foi ester, Fr^tik Henry Moore at- guin*' 13 to 7. KP iu ’ll the second period in ter-' pted a pass and ran 40 yards lo in:i flu ball in scoring position and they scored again in the third. The L'niis bogged down on each scoring threat until the fin al period when Hudson threw a 2 0-yard nass to Steelman and he scampered another 30 yards for touchdown. Harri.son and Steelman played an alert game on the end posi tions for North Wilkesboro while Pearson end Hudson were out standing in the backfield. The I ions this week have an open date unle'S'’ a game is sche duled some time this week. They are scheduled to play Morganton here on Tuesday afternoon. Wilkesboro Beats Maiden Hi School Ramblers Find It Easy to Win Game By Score 32 to 0; Dennis Hurt ,Iam-‘s G. Merrimon of Asheville deciding a nominee' have not been revealed. It was believed, however, the attorneys would be asked to reach their determina- G’on liased on matters of law. Burgin and Deane agreed to siibni’t their contest to the ref erees yesterday after state and national Democratic leaders had asked for a quick compromise so that a Democrat might be placed on the ballot for the November 8 election. Otherwis.e John Jones, veteran Republican solici tor of the 17th judicial district, would be elected to Congress by default. T/ong Controversy The Diirgln-Deane controversy has been in and out of the courts in an unprecedented manner since the run-off primary of July 2 in which they ran neck-and- iieck, Burgin was slightly ahead on first repQtts Vp;^ft*r a state elections - 'fioard/piM^jpgA D^iie went ln*’the T?!|«Din'id the case went to the coi’Vts. Any agreement reached by the referees must be submitted to Judge tv. C. Harris in Wake sii- peri'ir court and gel his approval as the case is in h’s hands under two supreme ceiirt opinions de manding it. Deane and Burgin announced in a joint stalemeuf that they would abide hy the decision of the referees in the unprecedented metliud chosen to end the matter. Architects are working on the final detailed plans and specifica tions for the North Wilkesboro city liall and bids will be callec^ for at an early date, it was learn ed t:)day from city officials. The building, to be erected on Eighth Street location facing the soutii side of Main street, will be a Public Works project with the federal government furnishing 45 per cent of the cost. The PWA grant which has been approved will be J 14,850 and the total cost will be $33,000. A -epresentafive of the firm of Benton- and Benton, of Wilson, is expected here in a few days with final detailed plans and speciti- catioiis to be approved by the city board and forwarded to the re gional PWA office at Atlanta for approval .Yfter that bids will be asked in time to get the project under way within the ■ deadline. The building will be 45 feet wide by »5 feet long and there will be a space of 7 1-2 feet on each side of the building. The lo cation of the building is already property of the city, that section of Eighth street having been con demned bv an act of the special session of the legislature. The ground floor will house R. I the jolice department and Jail, water department and warehouse. On ’the street floor will be the clerk 3 office, fire department and county public library. The top floor Tvll! be the courtroom and auditorium witn a seating ca pacity of 300. r. E. story, »n|»erinteindent of \VilkeslH)ro schools, who on Friday wa.s elected president of the Xorlh\ve,stem District Teachers’ Association. Tlie dl.s- trlc: Is composed of 15 coun- tiew. Mother Of T. H. Settle Succumbs Wilkesboro high school’s foot ball Ramblers found themselves on ihe winning end of a score Friday afternoon for the first time when they scored with case over a team from a Maiden high school on Wilkesboro field .32 to 0. Br.ucliellc and I,enderinan were outsrandi"g in WilVeshnro’s ef- fecti'.e a'tack. While Wilkesboro team tasted victo.'y the occasion for them was i Cool marred tiv serious injury to James .'Mbert Deniiis, a member of tha team and a son of Mrs. A. C. Denni--. He sustained a broken leg. 'Ine bone in his left leg was broken, 'he other bone fractured and his .'’ukln 'vas dislocated. He is now a pati°nt at the Wilkes hospi'al. PROFITS PROM BEANS T. A. Bateman of the Kyle secti'Dn, Cherokee county, reports a net profit of *91.08 from eight- tenths of an acre of snap beans. He produced and sold 190 bush els at 67 c^ta a bushel for a grooo income of $127.30. His ex pense* were I36.2-2. Annual Fiddlers Convention 31st At Millers Creek; Many Ex pected to Enter For the Prizes In Contest The annual Fiddlers Conven tion will be held at Millers Creek school on Hallowe’.-n night. Mon day, Oct 31, at 8’00 p. m. Cash prizes will be awa”ded the musicians receiving the great est applause. All musicians talking part in the program will be admitted free. The public is cordially invited to attend the program. This is your chance tor a full evening of real entertainment on Hallowe’en night, so get your fiddle or your best frierd and come on out to convention headquarters and en joy a fine program of music and fun, the announcement said. The crowd last year numbered over a thoosapd, and provision is being made to - accommodate a larger audJeaoe tfil* year. - .M'S. .T'llia Settle Eid'on, age 80. died Friday morning, three o’clock, in the Wilkes hospital. Mrs. FIdson, who made her home with her son. T. H. Settle, near this city, was twice mar ried and was o-receded in death many years ago hy her first hus band, Mr. Settle and by her sec ond hiisbond, Oren O. Eidson, about 20 years a.co. There are four surviving children: Mrs. Taither Rhodes. Darlington. S. C.: T. H. Settle. North Wilkes boro' N. M. Settle. Biiion. Iowa; .1. T. Settle. Caldwell. Idaho. Funera! service ivas held at SprMigs church Sunday 11 a. m. Rev. Isom 'Vi.istal and Rev. Johnnie ruiffmnn were in charge of the se’wice. Scout Troop 35 Enjoys An Outing Effner Eller feted the Boy Scout troop miniher 35 to an out ing in Finley Bark Friday eve ning. Mr. Ell"r prepared a meal over an open fii-e and served it to 15 hoys in a c.arefiillv planned out door kituhin, constructed by him with aid of other members of the troop. This was the first of a series of outings plannegi for the fall and winter months. Trivette Heads . IW of Qis^t Seventeenth District Attorn eys In Meeting at Wilkes boro On Saturday Th..' tiar as.soeiatic;> of the 17th judicial district, composed of Wilkes. Yadkir, Duvie, Avery and -Mitchell comities, held 3 meet ing at th(» courthouse in Wilkes boro Saturday afternoon. Jacob Stewart, of Mocksville, vice presi.ient. presided in the ab- senco of President Charles Hughes, of Newtand. J, H. Whick er. of this city, acted as secretary in the absence of Daid Kelly, of Yadkinviiie. A. Turner Grant, of Mocks ville, wa.s unanimously elected counselor and Eugene Trivette, of this city, was elected president. Other officers were named as fol lows' Jacob Stewart, of Mocks ville. first vice president: George Greene, of Bakersville, second vice president : J. V. Bowers, of Newland. third vice president: Kyle Hayes, of thi« city, secre tary: Dai id Kelly, of Yadkinville, assistant :ecretary. Headoffiimi^Y t Wilkesboro Principal Elect ed to Higb Post By the Teachers 15 Counties Local Man Dies Of Bullet Wound On September 16 Carl Minton Passes at Hos pital Here;; Cecil Pierce Held For In the Case Funeral service was held Sat urday a t 'Woodlawn Baptist church for Cari Minton, age 26, who died Friday as the result of a bmlet wound received on Sep tember 'i6 in an altercation one mile west of this city cn high way 421. A bullet allegedly fired liy Ce cil Pierce thrcrugh the windshield of a car in which Minton wa» rid ing severed an artery In Minton’s arm. Thf» wound -was'drhssed at the hospital here hut he had lost mucti blood aftd his condi tion at thqt time fas critical. ■\fter be had apparently regained much of his sTrene'.h the wound began tilecding several weeks lat er and all efforts to save liis life proved futile. Pierce, a rer.ideiit of the Red dies River section, ha-; lieen jail ed on a warrant chareing first degree iriirder and no hearing has been held to determine whether be shall lie allowed free dom under bond. 1 Following the shooting Pierce j w'as quoted as saying that he fired into the ca- driven by George Vaniiov and in which Min ton was riding because they were trying lo crowd his car off the highway He was arrested the follo'.ving day in Wilkesboro, at which tini.; he i« said to have told officers that i'e was on his way to the jail to surrender. Minton was a, son of A. W. and Eva WysH Minton, oi North Wil- kosboro. T, E. Ytory, superintendent •( Wilkesboro district schools, highly honored Friday when 1l4 was elected president of th*. Northwestern District Teach^ 'i association at the closing sestdpa of the 16fh annual conventljJlS' held in Greensboro, >' { .Mr. Strry, who succeeds T. 'K. Cash, superintendent of Forsj^- county schools was accorded th* presidency over Charles F. C*r- roll, superintendent o f Hlg4 Point schools. TJiey were nomi nated during the morning ses sion and the election of officer*, was in the evening. Wilkes county was well repre sented in the district meetings hy a large number of teachers frdte all parts of tbs county. North Wilkesboro teachers also attend ed 'he convention. Another recognition to Wilke* was tlie election of Miss H*lw Bostic. Wilkesboro high school teacher, as secretary of the mod ern languages group. Miss Etta Spier, of Woman’s college, was ebicted vice preel- dent’ Miss E'he.l Perkins, of Lexington, secretary, and Claude .Toyner, of Winston-Salem, dis trict represents.tlve on the board of directors of the North Caro lina Education association. Miss Perkins and Mr Jryner were un opposed. Sam Gentry of Snrry county had been nominated as a candidate for tre vice prealdency. Serving as members of the elec tions committee were Albert Mar tin. of Boonville, chairman: Mias Ruth Ford, of Winston-Salem: A. D. Early, of Stokesdale; A. J. Sim°on. of High Point: J. C. Car- son, of Germanton. and Frank Johnson, of Greensboro. ' ATmotmeenreTit of the new of ficers was the final event on the program of the convention, which brought approximately 3.006 schml superintendents, principals and teachers from the 15 countie* of the d'-trict and several well known educators from this and other .stales to Greensboro for am all-day program. ,\ iplendid prognini was car ried out. featuring tlie theme of a "Balanced ediicatinn program for a tialanced slate.’’ Man’s Back Broken While Crankini? Car' Concord George Fisher, 45- yeai'-'dd .esider' of the Brown Mill '.ecHon. snifored a broken back yesterday morning when his autoii’.obiie wh'ch he was crank ing .I'amped forward and crushed his body between the machine and A. P Furr’s grocery store near the Hartsell Mill. At Cabarrus nospital early yes terday afternoon attaches report ed that X-ray pictures showed the i injured man had a broken back but uo other appprent Injuries. His condition was described as “fair," and he was also being treated for severe shock. The brtken back caused Fish er’s body to b'i completely para lyzed from the waist down, at- tachp'i said. REFUSED The Supreme Court has refused a rehearing of its decision last Spring, holding that employes of the Port of New York Authority were subject to Federal income tax laws. This case caused con siderable discussion throughout the nation as many employees of vaiious State agencies feared that an effort might be made to collect taxes for previous years. The general idea, however, i# that this will not be attempted. - Mrs. O. G. Holcomb and daugh ter, Mrs. J. B. Fowler, spent the w«^-«nd In BlMn visttini^ In hom^ of lteMim. ManhiUl Rnit& Holcomb, mss of iir*. ‘'voBti; ■. - •bv.,’:/: McNeill Speaks At Dedication Ne-w Hope Baptist Church Dedicated In All-Day Service on Sunday STATE GETS MANY new INDUSTRIES During the first eight months of 1938 there wer-i 86 new in dustries reported • and 52 addi tions to e.xisting industrial lilants. The industrial expansion since January 1st represents a capital Investment of approximately $9.- 000,000. The report indicates that hosiery mills continue the most active growth In the State. Of the 85 new plants, 25 of them are hosiery mills, and of the ad ditions, 29, or more than half, were undertaken by hosiery man ufacturers. Food and kindred pro ducts account for 17 new, plants. Six cotton yarn factories . found H dsrutfiiirT tr expand during 'the •t' S.'v — A” ■ New Hop-:' Baptist church near Piir'.ear, wa^ dedicated in an all-day service Sunday. S;inday school was held at the iisiiHl hour, follow-d by dedica tion seimoii and address by Judge Jolmsoii J. Haves. A sumn'tuoiis pinner was serv ed on a long table at noon and in the afternoon program Robert H. McNeill, prominc’it M’a.shing- ton, D. C’. attornev, delivered an inspiring addiess or the subject of '‘Shall the church live, if not. why?’’ He paid gmat tribute to the church and predicted contin ued progress. During the coarse of his addres.s be reviewed the history of New Hope church and paid tribute to those who have led the church in the 103 years of its history. . Trogdon Park Interested readers are asked to watuh Thursday’s Tournal-Patrlot for an article telling of tho de velopment and open'ng of Trog don Memorial Park. first shipment first shipment of cotton Into North Carolina wrapped In the ‘AAA's new cotton baling mar teflj|l and bound with cotton lut^-waa received by a HSea^ert soavi’.le mllL, . Proclaims Navy Day October 27 tVhereris. Navy Dav was inaug urated ir. 1 922 by the Navy l.a'a.gtie of the T'nit”d States, and its obseiwance is sponsored an- nualU- by the I.eague. and where as. it is ‘’itting that tliis day be observed ity all the people, as a iribiire to tlie Navv and it's per sonal. ai tho first line of de fense of the nation, now there fore. I. K. T. .McNiel, .Mayor of Nort'i Wilkesboro, N. C . do liereiiy proclaim Thursday. Oc tober 27th 1938, -a.s ".Navy Day’’ and do i.ree. all onr citizens to observe this d'jy bv the arrange ment. of programs, the display of flags, and in other possible man ner 'Which will bring to the gen eral public the vital me.ssage of what the Navv means to our country and the necessity of its adeq.iate maintenance as a Na tional defense. D'liie in office at North Wil- kesb-'i'o, N. C. Ill's the 24tli day of October. 1938. Conference in Session The M'lthodis' -inference in*^ Charlott." todav is expected to re turn Rev A. D. Avcock to the North Wilkesboro church and Rev. .A. W. Lynch to the Wilkee- boro charge. The hoard of stew ards ’•eque'ted the return of Rev. Mr. Lynch for his fourth year. ’ “SHARP RISE” The Federal Reserve Bulletin notes a “sharp rise” in industrial production as ■activity inerpases.^^ Banks are overburdened wlth’w-* used credits because commercial, industrial and agrricaltural loans have not shown the gro"*th that osually occurs at this time of the year. SEEDS grazing CWOPS. Henry Creech of OreeniBr ’Bounty has planted two a«re* of pa*tttri» to a mlxt'ire of ryW-^mpon cl^. er, red clover aB4.|lliif7. He says he . will use this tor tnidng' hOd HurlllS 7 thV •ad sdlac.