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ottithe . liiSfeunitlHBai^ ■ tobatiee
market tpday were estimated at
1,00(1,OOr at an average of
^25.07. Ml floors were cleared
and T^rappers were in good de
mand. selling no to *70 per hun
dred.
PRESnJENT COMING
Washington. Oct. 25.—Presi
dent Roosevelt is contemplating
another tour through the Caro-
llnas, it was learned at the White
House today. The ^resident will
arrive at Warm Springs on Xo-
vemhor 22 for his annual Thanks
giving dinner with the infantile
paralysis patients at the (Georgia
Institution. On his way south the
President is consid'-ving stopping
at Chapel Hill to address the Car
olina Polif'cal T'nion.
ACCIDENT ^ATAL
Galax. Va.. Oct. 2 5.—.John T,.
Reeves. C!. promiiv-nt citizfen of
Grayson county died in a hospital
here tonight of injuries received
this afternoon when a team of
horses ran away oc his farm near
here. Mr Reevt»s was hurt at 3
o’clock this afternoon. He suffer
ed a crushed chest and other in
juries which proved fatal at 7 o’
clock tonight He was a giromi-
nent farmer, county Democratic
chairman, director o' tne Grayson
National bank and dhairman of
the Grayson countv school hoard.
VOL. v|rn. ^'NdSTH Wipt|i^EO. N.ic, THUBSDAY, OCT. 2t, 1938 O
i rs-.
October 29
Is Last Day
To Register
Saturday, October 29. will be
the last opportunity to register to
vote in the election to be held on
Tuesday. November S.
Registrars of the 29 precincts
in Wilke' county will he at their
resmetive voting places on Sat
urday, October 29. from nine a.
m. until sunset for 'he purpose
of registp’‘ing persons entitled to
vote.
I Reports from several precincts
indicote a normal registration of
new voters and it is expected that
there will be a larger number on
the ’.ist 'egistratior date.
Siiiurdsy, November a. he
I challenge day p.nd registrars will
be at the voting places for the
purpose of hearing challenges.
The county hoard of eloctions,
composed of Charles Pearson,
Chairman, F. C. Johnson and J.
C. Grayson, will meet soon to
name markers for the election
and to transact such other luisi-
ness as may come before the;
boar].
'■rii ''A'.
Heads Division
.11 » ■ I - ' . I
Engineers Making Survey
For Dam On Yadkin River
I n
Possibilities For
Buildup a Dam
Are Very Good
Informaaon Ga’ned In Sur
vey Will Be Available
To Public Soon
Mrs. Chamberlain — Symbol Of Peace
.\tlofiip_v H. Casey.
GRANGE CONVENTION
O.vford. f)ct. 25. —Problems
hav" arisen from the 195S farm
law Hid rneth'>rts to increase the
price of agrici'ltural commodities
will 'le the principal topics of
dtscii sion dunug the three-day
conv =‘ntif.n of the State Grange
meeting to:uoi”'^w State Master
Harry H, rc.ldweli. nf Greensboro,
said tha' ahotit .50ii members of
the firgat’izatio" probably would
attend the meeting and hear their |
national master. T,. J. Taber, of
Colu'nhu.s, Ohio in au address to
morrow right. The address of
welcome will b" delivered by Ber
K assiter. Oxford recorder's
court judge, with response by
Ben F. Wilson, of Mebane, past
State Grange master.
• FATALI.Y SHOT |
Lenoir. Oct. ‘25.-- \ verdict of |
death by accident or suicide w-a.s
, rendered here this afternoon by [
Coro.ner J R. Swanson in the
death of Edwt" C. Crisp, 34. who
wa.s found dead in the basement
of his bO’jne bee shortly after 11
o’clock. Mr. Crisp, who was secre
tary-treasurer of the Hudson Ve
neer company, was found this
morning by William Bri.stol, ne
gro deliver.T boy, aa he carried a
pack ige into ba.seraent of the
home. About 11 o’clock Mr. Crisp
entered the basement of hi.s home
'*■' after telling th“ maid, Ella Link,
he was going to clean his gun pre
paratory to going hunting in the
afternoon He had been bunting
yesterday afternoon and hail or
dered some oil to be tised in
cleaning the dotible-harrelled 16-
^ guago shotgun The sound of the
. shot was not bmard by the maid,
who was the only eer.sou in the
housd, and hi.s body remained un
discovered unt'l the arrival of
the deli/ery boy. Coroner Swan-
^ son was called to the scene and
after an 'nvestigation announced
the verdict. Tl’c shot entered the
right temple.
Newell, Casey
Will Speak At
Republican Rally
• Big Event In Campaign Will
Be Rally On November 5
at the Courthouse
Republican i''aders today an
nounced that a county-wide rally
and speaking w’ll be held at the
courthou.se in Wilkesboro on Sat
urday, November 5. two o’clock
P. ni. .
Speakers for the occasion will
be Attorney A. H. Casey, former
chairman of iV- Wilkes county
Republican exenitive committee
and for many years county attor
ney, who will be followed on the
program by .Take Newell, of
Charlotte, chairman of the Re-
pubUnm psrty *n North ^*Tolfna^
Oother announcements relative
O' • to the rally will appear later and
a cordial invitation is extended
all to attend, party leaders said.
^ County Republican
Headquarters Open
V. It was ennoniiced today that
I 4^ Republican c • an t y campaign
^ heartauartere have been
. in the Smitney rock building
!ftS.St«*rsection of Tenth street
L ---:2SSSs^
■ I-j-
250,000 lives have been saved in
industry since safety campaigns ^
were launched 25 years ago. I
who
was naiiiod gr.vi'ftior of Divis
ion Tli-cc of Kiw'.iiiis in the
('‘arvliiias’ district roiiveiition
held ill spaiiunhiirg, S. ( this
week.
Casey Now Division
Governor Kiwanis
•
Father And Son I Convention Held
Banquet Will Be . In Spartanburg
On Friday Night
President of Davidson Col
lege Will Be Speaker
For Occasion
‘President of Club Here For
Past Year Honored By
the Convention
Audrc’- H. Casey, presia.iiit of
I the Nortn Wilkesboro KiwaiiLs
Tiv fi-t Father and .Son Ban- Gl«b durmg the past year, was
piiet in "w> history of North Wil-i elected governor o f Division
kesboro will be held on Friday. Three of Kiwanis cliib.s in the
evening. October 28. seven o’clock : Carolinas’ district couventron held
at the American I-egion and Aux-jthe Hrst of thi. week m Spartan-
iliary clubhouse .nonqor ' Mr Ca'ey wWo Is a prominent
Th( o'^.nsion is being sponsor-1 -"r- "o « e
ed bv the North Wilkesboro Kl-| member of the Wilkes bar and
;inis club and other civic organ-1 who is active in_church. and civic
izati.ns.
Dr Wr.'icr tangle, president of
I)av*dson College, will be the
feature 'pcake- of the evening.
Spofors have announced 'hat
plate for father and son will be
avaiinble for 8,5 cents and that
SO iese>-vation' have already
been made. A capacity crowd of
150 is expected for the event.
Rev. 'Vntt C^opei. pastor of
the North tVilkesboro Presbyter
ian church, win lie toastmaster.
The T>'‘OK’'uni will open hy singing
of ‘‘America,’' invocation by Rev.
,\. T-. Aycock. and statenieut of
life of North Wilkesboro. has
served ably as president of the
club during the past year. He was
prominently mentioned for the
post as division governor a year
ago by friends here and at other
clubs in the division. However,
they decided to waif another year
due to the fac' that Mr. Casey
would be more tbornnghly versed
in ‘vork of the organization after
a year as head of the local club.
T'nere “re ten clubs In Division
Three as follows; Asheboro, High
Point, Gi'-ensboro, Lexington, El
kin. Wii'ston-Saleni. Mount Airy
UlU SiiaicniriM vfi
the occasion by;>^ortli Wt'kesboro, Reidsville and
the purpose of
tlie toastinaster
Pnilowing the banquet dinner
will be a song hy the .sons, toast
to the .sons hy H. Casey, presi
dent of the Ktwaiiis Club, song
liy foiiiers, and a toast to fathers
by Henry I,andon. Jr, Blair Gwyn
secri-tary of the North Wilkcs-
horo Lions Clu't, introduce
the speaker. Dr. Lingle.
The banquet is open *o men
who wi.'h to take a son or any
other .youth or bo v as r. guest.
Salisbui'y
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
(‘lull ’.vas repiecented in the dis
trict conveiit’on bv President
Casey. 1). J. ''’artev, pre.sideiit-
elect, and T. K. Story, secretary-
ireasiirei.
“It is said that the advent of
the auto has increased profanity
at least fifty per cent.”
“Maybe, but think how it has
cut dox\Ti horse stealing."
Trogdon Memorial Park Is Ideal
Open Air Theatre; Opened Friday
In North Wilkesboro.
civic organizations and public
.spicited individuals for several
year.i have been unsuccessful in
securing a municipal playground,
the Woman’s Clubs formed them
selves a projeef and have devel
oped a very creditable park,
where at which time Judg'* Johnson J.
Hayes, of Wilkesboro, delivered
the feati're address and several
other prominont people added
word:" of •commendation upon
completion of the project.
Tne park is located in a grove
of stalwart young ti‘e»s with vary
opea a very , .
which it is hoped may be enlarged ing landscape. In the cove is an
to include community center and
spacious playground.
Trogdon Memorial Park was
made* possjible 'by the gBireroslty
of Mrs. C F. Rherr.'ll, of Shelby,
a sister of the late W. F. ’Trog-
don. whose development efforts
in the 90 ® formed the nucleus for
the establishment of North Wil-j
kesbero ns a thriving little city.
Mrs. Sherrill donated the land
between Greenwood cemetery and
FIRST SURVEY IN 1930
Was One of Most Feasible
Projects Among the 308
Streams Surveyed
.A iield unit from the United
States Engineer Office of the
war department is engaged in
a survey of the Yadkin River
Basin from a point near Wilkes-
horo westward about 20 miles to
ascertain possibilities for con
struction of a dam for flood con
trol and power development pur
pose.'.
George E. Campsen, field chief
of .lie. surveying party, said to-
, day 'hat possibilities seem to he
i very good for the construction of
a dam u'Mizlng the stored water
for power and flood control.
He said that in 1930 during
the .idminlstraHon of President
Hoover that a hill was pa.ssed
authorizing the engineering de
partment under the War Depart-
' ment to make surveys and stu
dies of the various streams in
the coun’ry, with a view of de
veloping the water resources of
the country as to drainage power
and flood control.
During that study the upper
part of the Yadkin basin, from I
North Wilkesboro uostream, was
only seamed ‘>ud with but little [
field. work. On the basis of that |
reconnais'ance or scant informa-1
tiou a report was formed in the
Charleston office ana submitted
to the division office of engineers
in Richmond. Va,. and in turn to
the chief of engineers in Wash
ington.
After going over 308 reports
from all over the country the
chief's office selected what was
thought to be the best possibili
ties and issued orders that a fur
ther study and survey be made
of various streams—the upper
Yadkin b-'ing one of those select
ed.
The engineer here today ex
plained that tbe government in
making the present comprehen-
3ive siirA*^v is **ctlnic rs &n &S6n-
oy and turn over information
to the public when completed, or
may through PWA or WPA funds
or a special appropriated, Con
or .a special appropriation, con
struct the dam. Ou the other
haul, he said, the study may be
the end c'f it.
T'le surveying parly is com
posed of Georce K. Campsen, as
sistant engineer (field chief): J.
AV. Witse'l, junior engineer, of
fice man ami draftsman: .1. S-
Wricht, junior engineer and chief
of survey party and the follow
ing siiryev men sut) survey men.
inspector; and rodmen: Joseph
A. Hollowell, lames A. Miley,
Grady F. Smart. Rodney N.
Spriggs, Joseph A. Alien. Stephen
E D'jnbar, Woodrow J. Lepi>art,
John G. Templet and Walter 0.
Hutchisor
The party established office at
206 6lh Streei and began work
on September is. The field chief
today expresseci the opinion that
about two more months will be
necessaiT to complete tbe survey.
The proposed project attracted
renewed ittention :■ year ago
when heavy reins swelled the
Yadkin to flood stage and caused
extensive damage to crops along
the fertile Yadkin for .several
miles weef of Wilkesboro to a-
LONDON, England. . . .Mrs. Neville Chamberlain, the wife of the
Prime Minister, who was acclaimed almost as widely as her husband
in London peace celebrations, after the four-power conference which
avert^ a general European war, still is cheered by throngs when
she appears on the streets. ■
Referee Board
Gives LeniigtoB >
Man Nommatiq|i
Burgin and Deane A|pr**J
to Leave Matter Willr*
Arbitration Board
DEANE WITHDRAWS
Follo’wing Decision of Ref
erees, In Accordance
WYh Agreement
Raleigh. Oct 26—One of the
longest and hitte.r^t electloa dta-
putos in ■Vorth Oacdllna’s
ended today, ■•when the state
board of elections certified W. O.
Burgin, of L“xiiigt.on, as the
Democratic nominee for Congreae
in the eichth district.
T';c board’s .“ction came a fow
minu.es after Siinerior court
Judge \V. C. Ifarris. of Raleigh,
sign’d a non-or.if order clearing
legal l)arrieWi”froT' the path of
certification.
District Medical
Society Meeting
In City Tuesday
Dr. P. P. McCain, superinten
dent of the North Carolina sani-
torium. told members of the
Eighth District Medical Society in
banquet ineetieg here Tuesday
night that tuberculosis control is
possible tiiroiigli eerly diagnosis,
treatmeni, and isolation.
About 75, including 25 guests,
were present for the banquet,
which was. held at Hotel Wilkes
in the evening. The scientific ses
sion, which wa.' held at 2:30 in
the afternoon, wa.s attended by 50
physicians and surgeons.
Dr. J. H. McNeill, of this city,
presided. Those takiu.g part on
the afternoon program were John
W. Morris, of this city: Hugh
Parks, of Elkin: 1,-eroy J. Butler,
of Wtnston-Salem; M. D. Bonner,
of Jamestown; I. P. Rousseau, of
Winston-Salem; Edgar V. Ben-
bow, of Winston-Salem; and J.
Q. Myers, of Oharktte.
Dr. Myers delivered an address
on the s.ibjeot of “The Present
Statu.i of State Medicine.” It was
brought out in the course of his
address that a new department of
the federal government may be
formed with a Secretary of medi
cine add^d to the cabinet and that
some .fund may he established for
care of iudigent ill.
In the evening session the pro
gram consisted of I’eport of Dr.
Roy C. Mitche’t. of Mount Airy,
district councilor, introduction
of speaker by Dr. J. H. .McNeill
and the address of Dr. McCain.
Til the business .sessioii Dr. .1. ^
P. Rousseau, of WiiistoTi-Salem. j
was chosen p'•c^;i(leut for the com-1
and AVinsloii-Salem was
IS pli'cc of next meet-
M. E. Ministers
Are Returned To
Local Churches
J. M.
of the Moravian Falls
Methodist Charge
iu.g vear
selected
Dr; Aviiy. ot Wiuston-Sal
pm, was iecied socia lai'y. treasur-j workers reached
ec and Dr A’ M. Long, of Win- loiai oi
Ln-Salem. was named vice pres-] 3,002 000 on September 10, a j-
ord for fourth consecutive week.
Raleigh, Oct. 25.—C. B. Deane,
of RocklPgham formally with
drew fro"i the eight.h district cob-
gres.slonal race today, leaving the
way clea- for certification of W.
O. Biirgir. of Lexington, as the
Democratic party’s nominee.
Deane’s withdrawal came a
few hours after a three-maa
board of refere’s endowed with
Green Is New Pastor extraerdii.ary rowers - deel^
“as a matter of law that Bur-
gin won the nomination in the
run-off D’tnoc'-afi'- iirimary of
July 2.
Barring an unexpected devel
opment. Burgin will he ce.rtifteU
by ’l.e stEte beard of eleetioB*
tomorrow and ihe iinprecedenteU
elections case will he officiaHy
closed. The certification must b«
preceded, however, by a consent
judgment signed by Su-perior
Court Judge W ('. Harris.
Raleigh.
Hingrecl On .Absentee Votes
Wake Superior court attaches
indicated tonight that Judge Har
ris would sign the iudgment as
soon as it was drawn by the stala
board ot elections and eounijol
for ihe candidates.
The rairatioh Rlspute hlog^
from the start hn thb legality isf
certain absentee bh'llota,.and *»B-
seqiient confusion of elertion »*-
tum«. Reaiilts originally oertHM
by county hoards of electtOB#
gave. Burgin a majority of ap-'
proximately lOfk vote*. Deane and
the rate board of ''lections, how
ever. mai'tained "'at If illegal
absentees were voided. Deaw
would have a majority of at least
2 3 voles.
fter a eries of leeal maneuvers
faiii-l to --adve .’ic oMzzle, and It
Is can that no court
deieimiunliou of a nomine©
would In- lortii'-oining before the
geiie-al election of November 8,
Ihe l anili'lates turned to arbitra
tion and -'greed to accept the de
cision of 'he referees as final.
How 'rhey Vot^l
T.i iiferees i'll Democrats,
lawv.'fs -I'ul non-resident of th©
cighib district tackled the cas©
vest'- day and aiiueunceii their
decision s''ortly after noon ttMiay.
Ttiey voted as follows;
1. Wet'- returns certified by
the oriaiiial Davidson county
board of electron.' legal? (Thes©
reture.s '--suited in a majority in
(Continued on page five)
Rev. A L. .Ayee.'k. pastor of
the North Wi'kesbo'-o Methodist
church, was returnKVfor another
year by the Methodist conference
in sessicii at Charlotte Monday.
Rev. Mr. Aycock has ably led the
church here d'jring the first year
of his pastoreto and his return
meets with the apn>‘oval of the
congregation.
R“v. A. W. Lynch was rtturned
to the M'ilkesboro charge, com
posed of Wllke.sboro, Union and
Roaring River chur'‘hes. His re
turn was requested by the board
of stewards of the AVilkesboro
church.
Rev. J 0. Gentry. .Moravian
Fallr pastor, was ar-signed to the
Hayeaville chai'ge in the extreme
western part of the .state. Rev. J.
M. Green, who had been pastor
at Creston in Aslie county, was
assigned to Moravian Falls.
Assignment'! of n.astora who
have ser-.'od in this vicinity and
which wi'l be read with interest
here are as follows:
Rev. H. Armbrust relumed
to Main Street church in Reids-
viile- Rev. R. B. I'empleton. As-
hury Memorial cliurcli in Ashe
ville district: Kev. R. E. Ward.
Old Foil Rev. W. A. .lenkins.
Kirs; Me'bodis' cluircli in .Marion
'vii'i Rev. P. \V. Tucker, formerly
of Marioi' Kqi'ig to Elkin where
Rev. .Mr. .Icnki'is had l"•PIl Pa-s-
tor.
T'l'' cr;'iferr"’ce was very suc
cessful a n d reports indicated
clinrcli p'-ngress during tlie past
i vea r.
First Crippled Children Clinic (Uonunuea on paKu me
Will Be Held Here November 12 ^ount^iew
ji- tr, ofArtfi it h&s nGC^sssiry s .1..
The fi'st orthopaedic clinic in heretofore it has been necessary
the history of North Wilkesboro. to carry patiei ts from this sec-
lue v/a In T.onolr ni
will be held at the Wilkes Hos
pital on Saturday, November 12,
tion to oPnics held in Lenoir or
to the hospital in Gastonia.
A J. Eller, county health of-i»-^£ there is sufficient response
ideal location for an open air
theatre with the landscape rising
sharply on throe sides, splendid-, - ,
ly tot opW air
Jo’^k^ng‘^u\stanUa^^^^^^^^^^ her©
and stono arc, attractively placed Charleston office to make a re
port on the damagO' and extent of
the high waters.
in the surrounding area.
In the park i.s an excellent ten
nis court, well grn«ded and ade
quately onclos(d.
At the formal o‘,ion ing Friday
Trogdon street to tho club as a | afternoon Mrs Fk C. Forester,
park and during tbe past several I president of the M’oman’s Club,
months th© chib has been carry- [ presided Opening prayer was by
ing on development work on the j Rev. Watt Cooper and Rev. Bu-
park as a place of recreation and i gene Olive led the singing, t
as an open air theatre for out-i Mrs. Forester told briefly ot -Knreh
I gatherings. | the work of the Woman’s Olul) InW wHUJ^ch at
' 'The park was formally opened j esUbUshuig the park and
to the p'iMie on Priday afternoon i (Oontlnaed oa Loeal Page) 'qiaeirt^ W. attend thto sernee.
Services Sunday
Rev." A. W. ivynch, who has
been,returned to the Wilkesboro
charge ff>r his fourth year, will
preach Sunday morning' at the
wniBwboyp'hhiwh at ,; 11 o’clock.
o'clock in the evening
Dr.
fleer, said today.
The clinic, under sponsorship
of the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
club. wil’. be conducted by Dr. 0.
L Miller, ot Charlotte, and Dr.'
Roberts, of tho state orthopaedic
hospital in GaEtonia.
.Th^ clinlCwUl be held^at 9l30.|
a. m. an!! the health department
is asking that all cripples in the
county, rogardlPBs of age, those,
who have hairlip or any bone
malformation, and all who have
been treated at ' the orthopedic
hpspUal be on hand for examine
tion. After examinations
made the examining physicians
will tell of the possibilities for
remedyirg the physical defects
found and advise treatment.
The clinic will be Withoiit cost
to those who ore examined.
The club has been sponsoring
romodlAl work among crippl^
akUdren for aeTMw*
t«r the clinic to be held here on
November 12 and if need of a
clinic here is apparent it may be
come permanent with clinics on
regularly appointed dates, health
officials said.
»' 'rolCiww^His' ;0«ionB;
Home
All Former Students of the
School and Institute Are
Urged to Be Present
Annual home coming of th©
former ■'tuderts 0 f MhnntisW
■View Institute and.-
View high s^iOpi^slll boJSSif.
th'e"'sffibd!~on
—; 1 6. C. B. Eller, superintendent of
An English university professor and chalriaOT 6t
was waiting in the bitter cold for
train to London when the non-
ktop Cornish express astonishing
ly stopped at the station. The
professor promptly got on hoprd.
He had one foot in the carriage
when a railway official cglled
out: “You can’t get on here. sir.
Tho train does not stop.”
'•That’s all right,” said the^ pro
fessor. “If It doesn’t stop, them
I’m rot on H.”
Wilkes .'cboolr. and chaJiripaB hf
the alumni asrocistion, said to
day. ■ •' '■ . .
The day’s p^>gram ’will Opei ht
11 o’clock with an adflrsM \sf ‘
Walter Whittington. , a forc.hr'
student of Mountain^ .View InstF
tute who is now pastor of Ulh _
First Baptist church at Went
ferson. There will be a,
picnic style, af noon and|' jBji,'
afternoon program w.111 -„!>•
formal. All forj^>|^
the instlt'Jrte ajt^llw jMlF
are urgod to he ptiisMit.