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SetBCT YADKIN SITE
-• *nifrT>olnt, Dec. 16—The itlgh
PeiOt elty eomicll In special ses-
ston tonishl selected a site near
IieiwlsTlNe on the Yadkin river
lor Its J6,500,000 hydroe.lectric
development, approved P W A
i wage scale which calls for a min
imum of 35 cents an hour for
common labor and authorized the
4^ letting of contracts for first work
on the project.
VOL. XXXU, NO. 17 Published Mondays aod Thursdays.
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Contractor Here
To Begin Work On
City Hall Building
BIG TOBACCO CROP
Washington, Dec. 16.—Agri
cultural adjustment officials pre
dicted today one of the largest
Jne-cured tobacco crops in his-
•wonld be produced next year
Abee Asks EmpIo3mient
Service Office For Lab
orers Begin Tuesday
Kilb Record Porker
M. C. -Ahoe, meml^er of the
firm of Abee-Bckerd, of Icard.
arrived here today to begin con
struction on North Wilkesboro’s
city hall.
He reported at the North Car-
result of refusal of growers! olina State Employment Service
td'approve quotas for the 1939
crop. Flue-cured growers reject
ed the quota program in a ref
erendum held December 10. Al-1
though 56.9 per cent of those
office and asked that a small
number of laborers be assigned
to the job Tuesday liiomlng. when
work will begin on tbe excavation
for the building. Today workmen
who voted favored the quota i were clearing the lot in prcpar-
plan, approval of twcvthirds was | alirn for construction work,
required before the plan could be Aboe-Eckerd were the low bid-
put into effect. The vote tliat put ders on the building In the .sum
the quota on the 1938 crop was , of .?2,8.212 and W'ere awarded
86 per cent. ! contract by the commissioners in
! meeting Thursday afternoon.
COSTER SrinDE ! ■Tcnkiiis Hardware company, of
New York. Dec. 16. F. rion- '^»^ '^'‘s awarded contract
for plumbing and heating, the low
bid being $2,87.2.77.
who wiped out his earlier iden-j According to term.s of Mic • ;.n-
tlty as Convict Philip Mnsicn (^n I tract, the building must iio c.i.uj-
become bead of an $27.noo,OiK' ’’’''''■‘I within 150 calendar days.
' The city hall will contain three
floors and will be located on
Sid Coster, an incredible dual per-
""’^vronality of evil financial genius.
drug firm, killed himself today,
at his Fairfield (Conn.) country t‘°ors anci will ue located on a
estate. He fired a bullet into his i Porlion of Eighth street fronting
head at the very moment a snuad i street. A portion of Eighth
of federal authorities was knock-1 was condemn
ing on his ornate door to re-ar-' by act of the Special session
rest him in the investigation of Pf the legislature in order
a great financial scandal involv- j P'p* niight be used b\
ing his firm—McKos.son and Rob-jp'‘y for gilding purposes,
bins, incorporated.
Poindexw Gets
Account^’s Job;
Setdemift^ Made
. C.. MONDAY, DEC. 19, 1938 ?1.60 If THE STATB-42,00 OU^
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S. M. Shumate Succeeds
Clinard Jones As Keep
er cf County Home
SHERIFF HAS TAX BOOKS
Same Charge As Last Year
Is Made On Lsuid Sale
CertiHcates I'or 1937
Northwestern Bank
ansion
Greetu^j Cai^c
ToTheMotcH^
New Accountant
that
the
PREDICTS CONFLICT
Washington. Dec. 16.—Joseph
ijf Kennedy, United States ambas-
oldor to London, paid a flying
Tfsit her© today to report to Pres
ident Roosevelt that he thinks
the poBsdbility of war In Europe
within a few months is very
great. He brought a pessimistic
view of^ political developments
ta thie, .Y^ita House and to
'state tedartment officials whom
-,1»» saw during a hesy dght-hour
here. Swift-moving develop-
centerlng around Germany
jjpermost in his mind.
mei
^ LOWER BARRIERS
Uma, Peru. Dec. 16—The Pan-
Asnerlcan conference tonight
adopted unanimously a United
States resolution for reduction
of international trade barriers.
Speedy formal acceptance came
after the United States delegation
obtained unanimous consent a-
mong the delegates of the 20 oth
er nations represented. Another
d jVlljposed declaration — for the
^^lidarity of the Aineric^is a-
gainst any foreign war threat—
appeared a.-isured. On the solidar
ity measure. Secretary of State
Hull, head of the Washington
Over 60 Stills
Raided In Week
Revenue Agents Take To
Air to Locate Moonshine
Plants In The County
A total of between 60 and 70
iStUls have been -d^Poyisff in
Wilkes county during the post
week as the result of airplane
scouting trips by alcohol tax unit
investigators, it was learned to
day from unofficial, but reliable,
sources.
But while the airplane has been
of much help to the officers in
locating the illicit plants, it acts
as a warning to the operators,
who make haste in leaving the
scene after a plane swoops down
near the tree top.s jnst overhead.
I..ess than a half dozen arrests
have been made to date as the
result of the raids, it was leariu'd
here unofficially.
Even brush arlror.s erected over
the stills in the ravines have fail
ed to thwart tiie efforts of the
raiders, who chart suspicious
looking places and make a note
to visit them on foot at the ear-
farl S. I?mii.giirncr, local
minister and hlaclisinith, prob
ably set a new rcconl for pi rk-
ers here. The hog shown aiiove
wttich .Mr. IJuingarner liad kill
ed last week. netted 7!).”>
|Minnds of pork and weighed
9tt) pounds iK'tore it was
dresstxl but after it liail hli-d.
It measuri*l inotv tl(^n eight
feet from the tip of it.s’ nose to
its hind feet lianging up as
t^own bore. It wtis of IJcrk-
sliirv treed and was 28 intmths
old. (Photo courtesy Win.slon-
Salem Journal).
Special Meeting
Of Junior
On Tuesday Night
A .special meeting of the
North Wilkesboro co.uncil of the
junior orde..r will be held on Tues
day night, at w'hioh time a full
attendance of members is much
desired.
A moving picture will be shown
and there will be .side degree
work. Attention is also called to
the fact that a Chri.stmas offering
will be taken for the children at
the Lexington home. .\ny who
are unable to attend the meeting
are asked to hand donaliiuis for
the children in the home Jo ('. G.
Day or C. A, Canter, si'cretarles
of the council.
group, was said to be convinced ijest possible moment.
that all could agree on a “dynam
ic draft of a declaration."
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Mountain Lions
Given a Banquet
Stores Are Open
Until Nine P. M.
Here This Week
Prizes For Best
Lighted Grounds
C. G. Poindexter, local business
man who was defeated by Sheriff
C. T. Doughton, Democrat, by a
margin of 85 votes in the Novem
ber election, has been appointed
Wilke.s county accountant and
has assumed his duties, succeed
ing W. P. Kelly, Democrat, who
las served in that capacHy during
the past two years.
The order of the hoard stipu
lated (hat bis salary is to he $2.-
400 per year I)Ut that he is to
make th" (ax books without ad
ditional pay. Heretofore, the
making of he tax book.s has l)cen
done by the register of deeds for
$160 ytvarly. Mr. Kelly’s salary
was $2,400 yearly.
!=!, M. Shumate, well known citi
zen of the Hays community, was
anpointed keeper of tliie county |
home for the aged and infirm. He
succeeds Clinard Jones, Demo
crat, who has been superinten
dent of the institution during the
past two years. The salary will
remain at $1,200 yearly.
Sheriff C. T. Doughton has
made settlement with the county
!)oard of commissioners for the
1937 taxes and now^ I’M the 1938
hooks for collection. Taxpayers
are urged to pay now before pen
alties are added.
Sheriff Dougihton charged 55
cents as costs on; each la|id sale
certificate, the same B« l||i| year
The law allows a feie
[Taylorsville Bank
Added To System
, Organized In 1937
1,000 Cards Drf{^ Cotqs*-
ration by Driving, Walk- '
ing Safely Given Here i
Northwestern Bank Opened
Branch In Taylorsville;
Personnel Retained
RESOURCES INCREASED
; Now Well Over $3,500,00^^
Total Capital Structure
Is Now $300,000
■_r, 1. Poi!i(I'xt‘r, who was
ai)po:ii(cl I»y (’be county eoin-
mi.ssioni’is as county accoiiiil-
ant, succcetling W. V. Kelly.
One Wounded In
Fight On Sunday
of the bank
branch of the
already been
Sam Segraves In Hospital
W’th Punctured Lung;
Ernest Yates Sought
Sam Segraves, young man of
the Roaring River route 2 com-
munity, was seriously wounded in
an altercation, which oconred
Sunday night near old Call poet-
offfee.
Officers searched last night a|id
t Northwestern Bank, with
offices her© and branches
3ral northwe.stern North
la towns, today took over
tlj^'Ierchants and Farmers Bank
in Taylorsville.
The purchase of the Taylors
ville hank was announced today
by bank officials simultaneously
wtUh the opening
there as another
Northwestern.
The move had
approved by stockholders of the
Northwestern Bank and the
Merchants and Farmers bank had
Merchants and Farmers bank and
had been given approval by the
state commissioner of banks,
bank officials said.
In the transaction the North
western Bank took over all assets
of the Taylorsville institution and
assumed all liabilities.
The deal increased the assets
of the Northweatem Bank to well
over three and one-halt million
dollars and the capital stock is
6180,000, which with surplus of
0,0(10,,
On highways leading into this
city state highway patrolmOft
stopped a thousand cars Sunday.,.
Drivers, some of then| nofTOW
because they thought the officers
saw something wrong with their
cars, stopped gingerly ’but in such
a manner that they would display
the smooth effectiveness of their
brakes.
But they did not get a "bawling
out”. Instead the officers handed
the driver a card, not a ticket.
The card wa.s Christmas greet
ings from the state highway pa
trol and cnntninm! the following
message:
“Your cooperation in driving
and walking, safely so that you
.and others may have a Merry
Christmas and a safe and happy
new year for 1939 is hereby re
quested in the interest of human
ity.—Highway Safety Divlsiom,
Revenue Department. Raleigh. N.
C.“
The motorists thus greeted
elicited pleasant surprise and In
sisted on pausing long enough oV
the highway to thank the offi
cers and express their delight ov
er the printed message of good
will from the highways’ law ©•-
forcing body.
Corporal Carl.vl© Ingle, regular
ly stationed here, was assisted in
handing out the 1,000 cards het«
Sunday by Patrolman W. C.
Thomas, who is stationed la
Aahe county. They worked. tntor-
nUtt&htly at the Yadkis' brli^
boCween the Wilkesboros and oa
highway 421 at Reddjpa, Rtwr
hridse west of this eU^.t
Seki
iin
.\tteulion of everybody ■within
traveling distance of North Wll-
j kesboro is called to (he fact that
Under sponsorship of the Worn- ' stores in North Wilkesboro will
an’s club, a lighting contest will; remain open until nine o’clock at
Sixteen letters have been a-
warded members of the North
Wilkesboro high school football
team for outstanding perform
ance at their various positions.
The awards were announced by
Coach Bernard Lillen at a ban
quet given the team by a group
of citisens interested in encour
aging athletics in the city schools.
The banquet took place On Thurs
day night at Hotel Wilkes.
The lettermen are: Hudson.
McCoy. Pearson. Slhatley, Harri
son, Steelman, M. Steelman,
Crook, Kiser. Martin, Craven.
Johnson, Haigwood, Call. Kenerly
and Campbell. Other members of
the squad present at the banquet.
were Horton, Hunt, Day. B. Mc
Coy, Foster, Johnson, Coffey,
Clark. Clement, Caudill, Faw.
Kerhaugh, VV. Caudill and Estes.
Present with the football olay-
ors at the banquet were Paul
Cragan, school superintendent,
Coach Lilien. Assistant Coach
Robert Taylor, and officials who
served this year at the games:
H. V./Overcash, John K. Black-
bum, Frank .McNeill, Dwight Hor
ton and J. D. Moore, Jr.
9|)©ak©re for the banquet were
Coach Pat Shores and Assistant
Cor^'h Strasavich, o f Lenoir-
|{hriE^^traaavlch told the group
thwJ^ft saw North Wilkesboro’s
LlOT^Iflay two games this year
«nd was particularly impressed
by the smart and clean play put
op against stronger rivals.
Shores held the atten-
the grpap as he told of
ilMipt » go«4 fc^
.sod.
be held here this year and cash | night al! this week for the hene-
prizes of $7.50. $5.00 and $2.50 j fit and convenience of holiday
will 1)0 aw’arued for the most ef-1 shoppers,
fectively lighted homes andi This move on the part of ti.e
grounds during the holiday sea-j stores will >nahl_e the people to
son. have more time 'in which to se-
The homes will be judged on j lect merchandise during tlio lioH-
Thitirsday evening and all who day rush and will result hi
wish to enter should notify Mrs.' great convenience for those, who
A. H. Casey not later than Tburs-1 would not find time to shop dur-
day noon. ' ing the regular store hours.
New Fishing Sloop for President
Captain Bill McCoy, a Palm Beach bnsiness man, atates that he has
been aafced te anpervise the builcUng ot a mabegany i«»iiny
to be presented to President Boosevett by tl^ fipii^toicum
Abw'fls Ugh regard” for the President. Captain McCsj has
^to^rfa|to which hava been approved by PMsldest BoosevsU, ht «ffl.
lu appreciation of the support
given the school by patrons and
friends. North 'Willkesboi’o city
sohools will give a program of
Christmas entertainment free to
all who will attend on Tuesday
night, December 20, 7:30 o’clock
in the .school auditorium, Paul S.
Cragan. superintendent, said to
day.
There will be no admission
charge and everybody is asked to
attend, Mr. Cragan said.
The program will include a
pageant by the sixth grade, play
and songs by the third grade, and
a cantata entitled “The Music of
Bethlehem,’’ by the girls’ glee
club.
Tile program of entertainment
will represent the school’s Christ
mas gift to parents and friends
ot the school as a token of ap
preciation on the part of the fac
ulty and student body.
Mtn. View Girls
Win Cage Trophy
The Mountain View midget
gills won first honors last v/eek
ill tihe Mountain Park Basketball
Tournament, in which the follow
ing schools from the three neigh
boring counties participated:
Sparta, Traphill, Roaring River,
Uonda, Mountain View. Elkin,
Franklin, Copeland, Mountain
Park, Dobeon and White Plains.
In the first round Mountain
View eliminated Ronda in a keen
ly conteeted game with a score
of 27-28.
2'he semi-finals between Moun
tain View and Roaring River
were played las^ Tuesday night.
Roaring River lost to Mountain
View withi a score of 14-29.
Last Wednesday night the fin
als were played off between
Mountain View and Franklin. The
Midgets fought a hard battle with
Franklin and won with a score
of 22-23, winning a seventeen-
inch trophy.
Billings, guard from Mountain
View received high honors as a
member of the All Tournament
team.
as the man
TrfiO Sogrtveft.
Segraves is a patient at the
Wilkes hospital, where examlna-
tlon disclosed that a knife had
is being retained
at the Northwestern ibrancdi in
Taylorsville. S.'E. Little Is cas'h-
ler and D. V. Deal is assistant
. J „ , Til cashier. It is the only bank In
punctured one of his lung^ His county.
J 'The Northwestern bank was
formed on July 1, 1937. as a con-
condition Is described as serious.
Officers were unable to learn
any details about the affair or
the cause of the tight.
Glee Club Sings
At Kiwanis Meet
Under direction of Miss Hazel
Sherill, public school music
teacher, the North WUlkesboro
high school glee club delighted
members of the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis club Friday noon
with a program of Christmas
music.
The club rendered in an excel
lent way “The Mtisic of Be’hlc-
hem’’ in nine numbers.
Member? of the cast of the
play given Friday aighl l>y Col
lins Festival entertainers were
presented to the club.
C. H. Havely and H. G. Roland
were guests of J. U. Tait at Fri
day’s meeting of the club.
solIdatioD of the Deposit & Rav
ings bank here. Bank of Soarta,
Watauga County Bank at Boone
with, branch at Blowing Rock.
Merchants and Farmers Bank at
RakersvlIIe with branch at Burns
ville. The bank of Ashe was tak
en over as a part of the consoli
dated bank in June. 1938.
With home offices here the
Northwestern Bank now has
branches at Sparta, Jefferson.
Boone. Blowing Rock, Bakers-
ville, Burnsville and Taylorsville.
The expansion to include the
bank at Taylor.sville is a contin
uation of carrying out the origin
al purpose of the consolidation—
a more complete banking service
for the territory .served, liank of
ficials explained.
The transaction to take over
the hank in Alexander county has
been fully approved by the Fed
eral Deposit Ineurance Corpor
ation, of which the Northwestern
Bank is a member.
Ifeui
Officers Of 'Coonty. .Grasito
Elected In Meeting HeM
On Wednesday Niglit
I
Cert.’ips He Shdied Away ' Helpmate
“How “hall 1 account for the j Mr. Nntleigh -lt’» going to he
$10,000 that onr Conner cashier one grand ha’!!" of wits. I tell
skipped out with? .you.
“Charge it to running expen-’ Mr.s. .N’utlelgb—How brave of
geo >’ you, dear, to go unarmed.
Camouflaged Ferry Protects Loyalists
Will Sell House
On Right Of Way
The city of Nortm Wilkesboro
serwal days ago advertised for
bids on a dwelling house located
on the right of way of the south;
entrance of hl^h’way 268 .te ,,;be
constructed Into,
may be obtain^;
eiw
Two Spanish Loyslist
tajtrMs the Serge river la h
liilii KNIte vlsIiHr hihl te—
t tolA^Arepare
a rovised t«^rj rigged BP slfiiMil the brii
r«7ed byttoe ejie^.^y|ei9>H”*teged ^(riliet.lireyenlltthsaB
detectetl
By T. F>. STORY
The Wilkes Pomona GrSnga
held its last meeting of this cal
endar year in the Wllkesbors
school library on Wednesttoy
evening, December 14, with good
attendance. 'The meeting wo#
presided over by worthy Pomona
Master T. W. Ferguson. Follow
ing the opening State Master
Harry B. Caldwell, of Greensboro,
was introduced and- he addressed
the body on the programs of the
recent state and national Grange
conventions he has attended. He
reviewed the program of the
State Convention held at Oxford,
two months a^o. siayias that It-
was the best in our Grange his
tory, A large attendance and s
I'iue :-jpirit of fellows^hip and co
operation was shown throughoat
the convention.- It i.s Mr. Cald
well’s opinion that all our legis
lative program will ■be given moot
serious consideration at the
meeting of the next Ge«neral As
sembly.
Mr. Caldwell’s resume of his
trip to and from the National
Convention at Portland Oregoa
and of the eight days conventioa
there wa.s a most thrilling theme.
In this convention Mr. Caldwell
was the chairman of thie Agricul
tural committee and he foned
himself in constant committee
meeting hearing groups and indi
viduals on proposed plans for bet
tering agriculture. All in all it
was a great convention and he
believe.s it will bp a telling force
in solving our great agricultural
] problem.
' Mr. Caldwell urged the mem
bers to attend the meetings of the
Orange and to keep posted oa
its program.s legislative and oth
erwise. He .statee the next state
convention will be held In Ashe
ville, and he expects this entire
section to make a good showing
when the annual meeting is held.
Election of Officers
The' following officers were
elected for next year: Pomona
Master, T. W. Ferguson; Over
seer, Dan Holler; Secretary, T.
E. Story; Lecturer, Mm. C. F.
Bretholl; Steward, Jesse OUee;
Assistant Steward, Paul, YeetaL'
Lady Assistant Sterwan^- Rosa B.
Church; Treasurer, Mrs. ,.T. W.
Ferguson; Gate K«ep«r, Carl Voa-
Deman; Ceres, Mr#. ’’Oe#- _
man; Pbmon^ LncUe ' Qornu; '
Flora, Mrs. B. ft. Oallii
A. J. Foster; - '
tee for Three' ’Yesnsr
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