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XXXII, NO. 16 Published Mondays and Thprsdays. NORTH WlEElSBORO. N. C.. THURSDAY, DEC. 15, 1938 f 1.60 IN THE STATE-^2.00 OUT OF THE STA^
Secti(im?
tide News Of
State • Nation
Told Briefly
Has 4-Year Term
changes WANTED
Wilson, Dec. 13.—^Atter many
of the^tormiest sesBiom ever held
by s.uc4 a board in the state, the
state board of elections 17111 sing
Its si^an 'song for the year in Ra
leigh next week when it meets to,
njkar a number of recommenda-
for changes in the state
elecHon laws from Chairman W. ]
A. Lucas, of Wilson. I
FOOD COST DOWN |
Washington, Dw;. 13.—The la
bor department reported today
that the retail cost of food de
clined four-tenths of one per cent
between October and November.
The most marked price, decreases
were reported in Cleveland. New
Orleans, Providence and Cleve
land. while increases were re
corded in Richmond and Denver.
Mount Pleasant,
Lincoln Heights
Ask Gynmasidm
Applicat'on Made for WPA
' ■ Projects by Two Sch€>ol8;
County Sponsor
HIRE CASE WORKER
Mrs. Ruby Pendley Named
Case Worker for County
Welfare Department
isoners get candy
Raleigh. Dec. 13.—There’ll be
a pound of candy tor each of
North Carolina’s approximately
10.000 prisoners Christmas day.
For some years, the state has giv
en candy to prisoners, and this
Christmas will be no exception.
’The division of purchase and con
tract has bought 10.500 pounds
of sweets. The candy was made
in Elizabeth City and coat eight
and a quarter cents a pound.
Iredell M. Myers,»WilUcs
county coroner who ha.s ,iust
Ix'gun a four-year tenn. The
term of office for sheriff and
coroner was changed from two
to four years by the constitu
tional amendment passed in
the November election.
Stores to Remain
Open on Evenings
December 19 to 24
COSTLY DIVORCE
Hollywood. Dec. 13.—Clark
Gable said tonight his estrangwl
wif^, Mrs. Rhea Gable, probably
^fcould file suit for divorce as soon
courts legally Interpret their
property settlement that was ef
fected tthgee years ago. The prop
erty settloment is scheduled to
be heard tomorrow. Under terms
of the settlement. It was under
stood, Gable has paid Mrs. Gable,
Will Be Open Until Nine
1 o’clock for Convenience
i of Holiday Shoppers
I28(r;«
^mother gets ufe
r ibattle, Dec. 15.—Mary Elea^
BorSh*ith. 73-year-oId mother
whose silence for 10 years shleld-
*ed her son from murder chargee.
Interrupted her trial with a guil
ty plea today and was given life
Imprisonment for the 1928 slay
ing of James Eugene Bassett. De-
cnsto Earl Mayer, 14, the son and
co-defendant, strangled himself
to death Sunday in the county
Jail. He left a note to “Dearest
Mother’’ that ho was weary of
life, but Prosecutor B. Gray War-
said he did it to cheat the
allows.
test farm statute
Washington. Dec. 13.—A group
of Georgia and Florida tobacco
growers, attacking the constitu
tionality of marketing provisions
of the 1938 agricultural adjust
ment act, appealed today to the
Supreme court They appealed
from a decision of a Georgia fed-
feral court whioh' at the time hivd
yieen hailed by agriculture depart-
itneni officials as a victory for
nbe new farm program and af
fecting all its marketing provis
ions. The growers sought to en
join warehousemen from paying
over to the government as a
penalty one-half the purchase
price of tobacco marketed in ex
cess of quotas fixed under the
act.
Beginning on Monday. Decem
ber 19, North Wilkseboro stores
will remain open evenings until
nine o’clock through Saturday,
December 24, It was decided In
a recent meeting of the Mercht-
Wilkes county board of com
missioners a'u meeting this week
ordered the chairman of the
board to sign WPA projects pro
viding for erection of gymnas
iums at Mount Pleasant high
school at Champion and for Lin
coln Heights colored high school
near Wilkeshoro.
It is understood that the gym
nasiums will he of frame con
struction and that the communi
ties will put up the sponsor’s
share of the cost of each. The
order passed by the commission
ers stipulated that the buildings
would be at no cost to the
county but it is necessary for a
governmental unit to sponsor a
project In order to get \VPA ap
proval.
Mrs. Ruby Pendley, of this city,
who has been working in High
Point in a recreational project
during the past several monthB.
wa.s appointed a case worker for
the county welfare department.
I her duties to begin as soon as.
I she is certified. Mi-s. Pendley took j
a special course in social work a |
few years ago in preparation for
the job.
Blaine Sparks was appointed
constable of Traphill township
and C. H. Dancy was named con
stable for Rock Creek township
in place of Sol Byrd, who was
elected hut declined to serve.
■The full membershlji of the
board, M. F. AtehST
As 76th Congress Prepares to Convene
Liudley G, Beckwortb, left, 25-year-oId Texan, will be the youngest house member in recent yeals when
congress convenes in January, A former school teacher, he unseated Bep. Morgan Sanders, veteran'of 18
years in the house, in the Democratic primaries. Carter Glass of Virginia, center, oldest senator/ will
.celebrate his eighty-fii'st birthday January 4. Sep. Joseph Martin Jr„ right, of Massachusetts, chairman of
the Republican congressional committee, is almost assured of election to the leadership of the minority in
the congressional session. He will succeed Bertrand Snell of New Fork, who did not seek te-elecUom
Abee-Icard.i^Bitt.^
Is Lowei^l^^^
Begin Wo^ Soil
Jnnkins Hardware Cak*^4Dbati 7
Contract For PloiahHV;.,^£.
And Heatn^
TOTAL COST $31,085,77
Publ'c Works Grant of 4
Per Cent Approved Sev
eral Weeks A^o
North Wilkeshoro Collins Festival
^ -'HidVS'^SncBe^i^ of the
merchants will he a great conven
ience U) holiday shoipipers, many
of whom will not find time to do
their sho.pping during regular
hours.
Open evenings will be of speci
al importance to those regularly
employed and who live a consid
erable distance from the city.
IVithi stocks complete and amid
an atmosphere of Yuletide good
will. North Wilkeshoro extends a
hearty welcome to every visitor
during the holiday season.
Community House
Work Under Way
Bonds Taken At A
Low Interest Rate
Refunding Bonds Will Bear
Interest Rate ofi 2 3-4
And 3 Per Cent
Town of Rofthi .WljleshO^ «>imaxin« foor Tfeekly evemk.
den, were prwwmt for tiie reisess
meeting Tuesday.
City Bus Service
to Begin Monday
Wilkes Transportation Com
pany to Stao’t First Bus
On Monday Morning
WPA Workmen Assigned to
Construction of Stone
Building in Park
“The Toy Shop” At
Wilkeshoro School
Students of the elementary
grades of Wllkeoboro school, un
der direction of Miss Dorothy
Lashmlt, will present an operetta
entitled “The Toy Shop’’ at Wil-
kesboro school on Friday night,
December 16. beginning at 7:45.
In addition to the operetta the
program will include singing of
Christmas carols by the high
school chorus.
Second Break Into
l^hool Building
For the second time within one
month, the North Wilkeshoro
school building was entered on
Tuesday nlgiht, Paul S. Cragan,
superintendent, report,ed today.
Ltotrance to the building was
through a window on the
JBjNt story hut several feet above
~ fllOground and over the shrub
bery. The lock to the superinten
dent’s office was broken but
there were signs of little dlsturb-
■wlthln the office. A few
In change whiloh had been
In A desk drawer wers
litnsInfT
to 0* «»•
WPA workmen have begun
work on construction of a com
munity house in Trogdon’s Me
morial park in this city.
The projer't is sponsored by
the North Wilkeshoro Woman's
clubs through the town of North
Wilkeshoro and the total cost of
the building is estimated at S7.-
738.84. of which the sponsor’s
share is $3,562.00.
The building will be beautiful
in design and will be of rock ve
neer construction, the dimensions
being 50 by 42 feet.
The basement will contain a
Scout room and boiler room and
the street floor will consi.st of an
assembly hall, committee room
and kitchen.
P. G. Smithey is supervisor of
the project and 20 men are en
gaged in making the excavation
preliminary to actual construc
tion work. Mr. Smithey .said the
building is to be cx>mpleted with
in four months.
The building is located near
the city water tank and fronts on
Trogdon street. The building plot
is a part of the land donated by
Mrs. C. P. Sherrill and developed
into a park by the Woraan’.s club
in memory of her brother, the
late W. F, Trogdon. often refer
red to as the founder of North
Wilkeshoro.
The park, in which much de
velopment work was accomplish
ed during the past year, was
formally opened to the public
several weeks ago.
Washington. Dec. 14.—C. B.
Dean, unsuccessful candidate to
succeed Representative Walter
I.amh6th, of the eighth North
Carolina district was today ap
pointed by Senator Josiah W.
Bailey as his assistant in the
work of the special Senate com
mittee to Investigate labor con
ditions id the merchants marine.
iTho North Carolina sonator Is
'ehairraan ol 4he committee.
Hus service within the Wilkes-
boros and on four leading high
ways to outlying communities will
he instituted on Monday. Decem
ber 19.
The announcement of the be
ginning of city and community
bus service was made today by
officials of Wilkes Transportation
company, a local corporation
whichi was organized a few
months ago and which obtained
franchise to operate buses within
the Wilkesboros, westward on
4 21 to) Millers Creek, southward
on highways 16 and 18 to Mo
ravian Falls. ea.stward over 421
through Cairo, and northward
over highway 18 to Fairplains.
Tlie company plans to use three,
buses. However, the service will
begin with one bus and continue
with a temporary schedule until
the other buses are ready for use. j
Regular city type buses with all i
modern conveniences will be
used^ company officials said.
The first run on the city bus
service will begin at Millers
Creek on Monday morning at
6:15 a. m. and that day’s .sche
dule will end at Millers Creek at
11 o’clock Monday night.
The company will feature the
«ale of weekly community t3ck-
ets. designed for the especial
benefit of rural people who are
employed in North Wilkeaboro.
A weekly ticket, company offici
als said, entitles the customer to
make aJi unlimited number of
trips between the designated
points.
Sample fares have been an
nounced as follows: Millers Creek
one way 15c, round trip 25c.
weekly $1.50; Moravian Falls
one way 15c, round trip 25c,
weekly $1.50; Wllkeeboro, Crick
et, FaJrplalns, Cairo 10c one way,
weekly $1.00; any scheduled
point within city limits of North
Wilkeshoro 6c.
A complete schedule for all
comrauniUes served and complete
schedule of fares will he an
nounced later.
Located
Where is my wondering boy to-
"T-
No more the parents wonder.
They know he’s out in the family
' . -J
Hitting It np like thnnder.
rate of Interest aw^ag^g leM
than three per cent, it was
learned today from I. H. McNeill,
Jr., city clerk. '
The firm of Lewis and Hall, of
Greensboro and Wachovia Bank
& Trust Co., of Wlnston-Snlem,
bought the entire issue, which
was offered to refund bonds to
mature on January 1.
Half of the bonds, maturing in
1945 and 194 6, were taken at
three per cent while the remain
ing $24,000 maturing In 1947 and
1948 were taken at 2 3-4 per
cent, lowest interest rate the city
has ever been accorded on its
0. bligations.
The $48,000 in bonds refunded
were issued in 1909 for water,
sewer and street construction
and matured on Jaiiuaiy 1, 1939,
beaalng five per cent interest.
The bonds were refunded to
equalize yearly payments on the
city’s debt, which now stands at
even $300,000 and which has
been greltly reduced during the
past ten years, in spite of bonds
1. ssued two years ago to finance
the city’s part of the cost in a
Public Works project to e-nlarge
and improve the water system.
The city bas never defaulted
on payment of principal and in
terest when due and its obllga-
tiions are in dcinaiid. as shown
by the low rate of interest on
the refunding bonds which have
just been sol^.
Play on Friday at
School Building
Final Program Promises To
Be Most Entertaining In
Series Of Four
by four civic organixado'ns in this
city will be glroft Friday night,
December 16, 7:30 o’clock In the
North Wilkeshoro school audi
torium.
TTje program will consist of a
broadway comedy entitled ‘Mary’s
Ot/her Husband’, and written by
Larry E. Johnson. It is described
as a farce comedy reaching a new
high In fun.
The Collins festival has given
a program for the past three Fri
day nights under sponsorship of
the North Wilkeshoro Kiwanis
club. North Wilkeshoro IJons
Club, Junior and Senior Woman's
clubs and the Boy Scouts, the
four organizations slharing equal
ly in the profits.
The program Friday night will
be the most entertaining of the
four and it Is hoped that the au
ditorium will be filled for the
performance.
1st Class Mail
Gets Preference
Greetings With First Class
Postage Will Be Forward
ed If Necessary
Too Rostrici«l
"Why don’t vou advertise?’’
“V.oob here! T know my busi
ness.”
“S'iro! But how ■about letting
othi:- people know it?”
YOUNGEST REFUGEE
The yonagest refugee la the ha^
esnv at Svepravtee. Ciechariayfk-J
Ua, seems very happy.f Aa mi^
bas beea cafablkhM hi a fomer
baaMa WrhfagAM, taamBagOw*
turn him mt iWal Dahiaeratfc
Postmaster J. C. Reins today
urged people to post holiday
mall early in order to be sure that
it will react its destination on
time.
He also called attention to
comment relative t o printed
Christmas greetings as contained
in the November supplement to
the Postal Guide as follows:
Printed Chrlstmaa GreetJnsSi
Large numbers of Christma.s
greetings, mailed in unsealed en
velopes at the third-class rate of
posta.ge, are disposed of as waste
each year because they are unde-
Ilverable as addressed, due to re
moval of the addressee or other
cause. Shch greetings are not en
titled to the free forwarding
privilege accorded those mailed
■in sealed envelopes at the first-
class rate and, consequently, the
senders In many cases never
know that the greetings were not
received by the addressees. This
would not occur if the greetings
were mailed sealed at the first-
class rate.
In view of the foi^oing, post
masters urge mailers to send
their holiday greetings at the
first-class rate, explaining that
when so sent the greeGngs may
be sealed and contain . written
messages not otherwise ipennlt-
ted, therefore ’having a personal
appeal -which Is, of conrse, more
highly appreclate4 by reclpl-
«0|b; that suet greetings are dls-
piAeliaa and ^tvenM Hnt: giwaa
directory eerrlce, and, 11 necee-
(ConUBiied M Pitfe Auv
N.C.S.E.S. Office
Puts 209 To Work
During November
Office Hem Continued Good
Record of Placements;
Jobs Under Way
The North ’Wlkeaboro branch
ie contiavM us
record during the month of No-
veJb.h«’'hy hlacing 127 In privato
Industry and 82’ on public Jobs,
The muniber of private place
ments was not so great as during
the harvest season but the serv
ice was able to find jobs for
many of the applicants, G. B,
Gentry, manager, said today.
Registrations during the month
totaled 479.
Mr. Gentry said that a number
of Public Works jobs are under
way or will be under way soon
in the five counties served by the
office here. The jobs now under
way include the North Wilkes-
boro-Roarlng River section of
highway 268, water and sewer
construction at Blowing Rock,
and construction of a science
building at A. S. T. C. in Boone.
A water and sewer job will be
gin soon in Sparta.
The employment office iiere,
will close for the Christmas holi
days on Friday noon, December
23, and reopen on Tuesday morn
ing. December 27. Those who re
port for unemployment insnrane-i
on isat'Urday.s and Mondays will
please report on Tuesday. Decem
ber 27.
Contract was let today for tha
construction of a city hall for
North Wilkeshoro.
The firm of Abee-B!ekerd, af
Icard, was low bUder for co»-
stniction of the bnlidhig, a Pubitt
Works project, for the sum at
$28,212.
Jenkins Hardware company, of
this city, was low bidder oa
Pluimblng and heating, the fImMr
bid for both being $2,873.77.
Total for the contracts for
construction, plumbing and heat
ing was $31,085.77.
The building will be finianeed
by a PWA grant of 46 per oeat
of the cost, the remaining 65 per
cent to be paid by the city of
North Wilkeshoro.
Application for a PWA grant oi
46 per cent of the cost was ap
proved some time ago.
Six bids were opened by the
board -o f commiBBloners this
morning at ten o’clock. The board
recessed and let contract this
afternoon. C. O. Benton, of Wil
son, consulting arebiteet,. and R.
K. Setier, of Morganton, reaideiii
enslitaer inspector 'were' proamd
with the city fathers whefi th»
were awarded.'
It Is expected that work will
begin within the next tow days..
The building, to he lotted on
a portion of Eighth street front
ing B street between Tomlinson^
Department store ihuilding aatl
Wilkes Pl.'Umbing company, frfn
contain three floors.
The ground floor will house
(he police department, city jafl
and water department.
On the street floor will be the
city clerk's office, public library
and (ire department. The to*
floor will contain the courtroom
and conference rooms.
Learn To Read In
Moonlight Schoid
Students in Adult Classes Se
rious About Business of
Belated Learning
All-Stars To Play
Elkin On Friday
What promised to be one of
the best all star basketball teams
in the history of North Wilkes-
boro is being assemibled by the
Norths Wilkeshoro Athletic associ
ation and will meet its first ma
jor lest of the season on Friday
night of this week against the
fast Elkin team at the North
Wilkeshoro school gymnasium.
A mimber of former college
stars have joined; the group and
the first practice game of the
season was played against Mil
lers Creek, the N. W. A. .A. team
winning 51 to 25.
The team here desires to sche
dule games with other semi-pro
and all-star teams 'in Western
North; Carolina and any teams
wanting games are asked to
write Frank McNeill, box 366,
North Wilkeshoro.
Dr. J. G. Bentley
Returns To Wilkes
,. , Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Bentley have
from Bristol, Tenn., to
fS? 'Aid Bentley home at Pores
which has been renovated
'gntl' rtknodeled.
' It will he recalled that Dr.
Bentley practiced medicine in
Wilkes ibefore going to Bristol
about 30 years ago, where he has
practiced alnce that time.
every gjirl who ornaments
tie parlor is worth very mBok.ttt
tie httehw.
,\diil: srhoolB conducted ie
several Wilkes communities by
unemployed teachers given work
by the WPA have proved the
truth of the old adage that one
“never gets too old to learn.”
These ti'achers report that peo
ple who are nearing the allotted
three score and ten have entered
into the studies with such deter
mination that they have learned"
to re.ad, write and solve simple
arithmetic problems for the first
time.
Among these students there is
no playing “hookey," no student
strike.s and they never give their
teachers a n y insubordination
trouble. They are, ccUectively, «
group determined .to make the
most of the second opportunity •
to learn to read’ and write, hav
ing spurned the first during their
youth.
This is evidence by the follow
ing text of a letter written by
Lewis Adams, of Reddies Riveir'
township, for his teacher. James.
T. Nichols:
“To members of the moonlight '
school:
“I did not try to learn as I
should In my school days, and T
am glad to have another chancel. '’’.
“Mr. J,. T. Niohols asked me to ,
join his class and I am glad I -
did. I drive five miles every weefc^'* ■-
to night school.
"I could not read before tak
ing lessons, but tnowfioaB read '
most all of my Blblb, thanks te ,
Mr. Nichols.”
Mr. Adams not oahr can.. Mad;., 4I
hut he has lean^; 'to h'vrj 41^
most legible ■ha^:.dn. Ich-.;w«!a|4k-.?
be a credit to many ethMatod paa- ^
■1-
pie.
'■ Not every "pi
of ha$r .rwitad
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