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MILUONS PAID OUT
Washington, Jan. 20.—Expen
ditures of the agriculture adjust
ment administration, Including
payments to growers participating
In crop control programs, totalled
$247,761,653 from July 1
through December 31, 1938. The
report said the disbursements In
cluded $114,151,196 in price-
adjustment payments to cotton
growers and $23,996,798 in bene
fit payments to cane and beet
sugar producers.
FRIDAY DUSY DAY
Raleish. -’a'l. 20. —Discussions
of more t' lnor ia>:. two and a
haif cents on stross .saies. to bo
" used in tec -oittg what monster al
cohol is. aiai'iidnienfs to the un
employment coninensation acts of
1936. animilm'Mii' giviii:; the
Supreme coart ib" richt to I're-
scribe rroiaalari' in ali courts of
the state, an r.\.,ise tax on elec
tricity. ami recommitment of the
lost hitch hikers hill made up tho
brief boils,■ .--.ssion V’l-idny inarn-
ing.
VOL, xxxn. NO. 47 PabliBhed Mondayg and ThursdiiyB. NORTH ^TLKiiaSBOHu. N r MONDAY', JAN. 23, 1939
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$1.60 IN THB8jA>l~^00 OTff OP
Home Clubs Planning to
Establish Curb Market
Is Candidate
DEER Hrrs vrTO
Kinston, .1 la. 20,- \t'ii, i' Sim-
gi >ns todav exhibited dents on tlie
wfadiator 0!' his automobile riiade
by a playful deer Tlie deer was
wild, and agile enough to leap
1.5 feet when Simmons kicked at
It. Simmons wasn’l tiuito sure of
a road in Onslow county. Tic
stopped at a farm house, which
appeared to he the only house
wiihin miles, to get his bearings.
Tt wa.s dark, and he left the lights
on his ear burniug. When he re
turned to the car he discoverel
the deer, a buck, butting the ra ^
dlator it paid no attention to the |
lights, but tliey escaped rlamnge. j
The radiator was not materially,
damaged
I Extension Lady
[Says Markets Are
Mutually Helpful
Which Of These Roadsides Look Better to You?
The Dee county post of tlie
linerican Legion is backing
one of its memberet, \V. T.
ibnvd, of Sanford, for the po
sition as Department Coni-
ni.ander this year. Ho lias iM'en
Inuol of the Forty and Kiglit. a
I.egion affiliate organi/..tioii.
and is widely known. Mr. l>owd
is i'nilcil State,. niar.>,|ial for
llie middle VorOi Caiolin i dis
trict, and is well known in
Wilkes eoiinl>.
Proposal Is Advanced In
Meeting of Federation
of Clubs On Friday
' WAR PREDU^ED
Chapel Hill. Jan. 20. -‘'There
is almost unanimous opinion a-
raong informed observers abroad
that war In Europe i. inevitable.’
Weldon James, foreign correspon
dent of the Dnitcd Pre.ss. who
during the past year covered the
war fronts in China and Spain.
• told the No,"th Carolina newsnai'-
er institute in an address here
today. There is a 30-50 opinion
Speed Limit Set
At 35 m.p.h. For
Parkway Road
that
' war will .start next spring, j
Signs, Guard Rails and
Other Safety Devices
Not Yet Erected
and the concensus is that Vmericii
would be drawn into it witUir. I
six months or a vnar. he said ‘
HOEY FOR SALES TAX
Burllnfirton, Jan. 20.—^>ortn
Carolina cannot repeal the sales
without “wrecking” the puh-
fllc school system. Governor tioey
■'** told a group of civic cliitis. the
chamber of commerc.' and
merchant.s association here
For lho.se wtio wish to drive
the parkway at this lime it is
necessary for us to use every
means at our disposal to safe
guard them against acident,’’ of
ficials of the national park serv
ice said :n aiinounciiig that a
speed limit of 3.5 miles per hour
the road.
)0_ I Tlie speed limit is 15 miles per
night. “The sales tax wa.s adopt-1
ed as an emergency measure in
1933,” the ehtef exeeiitive said,
“The .schools were taken over at
that time ami the appropriation
for the piitilic seliool sy.stem was
a little over .? t6.0ii0,00u for the
first year. 1 need tiot tell you that
the emergeiii y still continues
when the app-upriation for
schools is now $^5,000,000. and
t don’t believe any person famil
iar with the facts will say that
We a.re payin.g our school teach
ers toe miirh salary.”
hour llifougli sections where men
.in at work.
The low speed limits are fixed.
Committees will be appointed
to draw up plans for the estab
lishment of a curb market, it was
declared Friday afternoon in a
meeting of the Wilkes Federation
of Home Demoiistration Citilis.
In tho moetiii.g. which was
largely attended liy reproseiita- ^
lives of the clubs in various com-;
muiiities, Mrs. Cornelia C. Morris. |
extension specialist in food pres
ervation and marketing, spoke |
concerning the establishment of,
a curb market for Wilkes and ]
pointed out that sucii a market '
will not only provide additional
income tor rural women but will
also bring more money into circu
lation and provide fund--. witli
which to purchase products not
adaiited to this section.
There were 4 3 markets i>f this
type ill the slate last year and
sales amounted to .$3.37.OPU. Mrs.
Morris said. In one coiiiit,'- with
a comparative'y new market sale.s
amounted lo $x.n(Tn This money
in turn was spent for food and
articles not produced on th'- rerm.
lu'ingiiig iniitiial tieiicfil to rur
al and city liome makers as well
as merchants, .she explained.
Tile proposal to estalilisii a
ciirh market in Wilkes has -net
with enthusiastic response from
club members. In addition to the
committee to form plans for the
project, another committee com
posed of representatives of civic
organizations and home clubs will
lie named in order that the mar
ket may serve all parties concern
ed to the licst advantage.
.\ total of 37 w'omeii attanded
the federation meeting. Moravian
Falls led i i attendance with ten
and Ronda was a close second
with nine present.
Officers who will continue lo
service during the coming year
are: Mrs. C. F. Rretholl, of Mo
ravian Falls, ppresident; Mrs. F.
T. Moore, of Ronda. vice presi
dent; Mrs. T. W. Ferguson, of
Ferguson, secretary-treasurer.
Projects leaders were elected
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Announces Hi
y'A
Contest Wnni^
W. D. LoT’.r, of Ash^^ili^i
Gets $100 For Submitt- ‘ ’
ing the Best Slogan ' i
If you were visiting North Carolina for the first time, which of the above roadside scenes would make
the best impression? The Covernor’s Committee o:i Roadside Control and Development believes that
almost any one can see the difference between the two scenes—and that a majority of people would
prefer the roadside shown at the bottom, with the neat tobacco barns, not marred by any signs and
the well-kept fields extending up to the right-of-way, rather than the shaggy, shabby roadside
grown up in weeds and the sign-plastered tobacco birn: shown in the picture at the top. The Gov
ernor’s Committee on Roadside Control and Develapnient is seeking the cooperation^
landowners in an effort to make them reahie th • value of making their property look as attractive
as possible where it adjoins the highways.
W. T). luiiig of Asheville waJlJ
awarded the $100 first prlae **
the winner of tho Stat“-w.lde
gan Contest conducted by the
North Carolina Diiilrting and
Loan I^eague, it was announced,
today hy J. B. William.s of North
Wilkeshoro. Chairman of the
Keesler Memorial Committee !■(
charge of the Conteat. - ^
The winning slogan. “Save t#-"
Build, Build to Save,” had been
submitted hy six contestants fro*
different parts of the state. 'The
winner of the Contest was select
ed by having each of the six con-'
testants write statements of not
more than fifty words dealing
with the winning slogan. In ad
dition to Mr. Tx>ng, winner of the
first prize of $100, the other flv*
who had submitted the winning
slogan, were awarded $S.OO pri»-
es. These were; Mrs. John A.
Ferree. Plymouth: James B.
Pretz, Wilson: John C. Watson,
Raleigh: Dr. T. Malcolm Bianell,
Goldsboro: and George Von As-
pern, Greensboro.
Twenty additional indlviduala
were awarded $5.00 each for sub
mitting prize winning slogan.'.
Mr. Williams stated that ths
contest had produced in addition
to the fine winning slogan, a
large number of excellent sugges
tions for the official slogan of
the North Carolina Building and
Loan I,eagiie, which will be chos
en by the mem-herF in the near
future. He expressed his appreci
ation for the hundreds of con
testants who entered this Content
which was widely advertised in
all of the newspapers of th»
State and showed the popularity
of building, savings and loan as
sociations among the savers aid
the home owners.
Patton Succeds Traphill Youths Thomas Pruitt Is I North WiIhe«boro
Lilien at School On Judging Team Kiwanis Speaker! Defeat.^reen.bor.
I .\orlli Wilkeshoro high school
Math Teacher and' Coach, Will Compete With 100
Resigned to Take Work Other Teams In the State
With Credit Firm
Contest at Rocky Mount
Former District President!
Tells Interesting Items
of Kiwanis History
baskettiall team played one of tho
EKPLOYFN E\EMI;T
Rdldlgh—The General Assemb
ly enacted last v.eek a law which
blankets under the merit exami
nations the present employees of
A the N. C. T'nemployment Compen-
,^3atlon Cmmmissicn who have eiv-
an satisfactory service for a per
iod of six months. It eliminates
them from the necessity of tak
ing the merit examiiiation.s for
the jobs they now hold, hut they
*■ may take the examinations for
higher positions or positions oth
er than those they have. This was
not one of the measures sponsor
ed by the Commission, which
officials said, becau.se curves are! for the year as follow.s: Mrs. T
unmarked, shoulders not sufti-|T, Yates. Parsonville. fond aijd
cientlv smiled and .soft, no center- nutrition: Mrs. Hobson Black-
Imo Sirin.' nr gitanl lails and hum. Ronda, food conservation:
bank.' m.i properly sloped for Mrs. P. E. Church. Mountain
sight distance , View, kitchen improvement; Mrs
New speed re.gnlaiioiis will he'.T. M. German. Boomer, clothing,
posted when the parkway is com- Mrs. R. A. Greer, Moravian Falls,
W. f.. Patton, a I'l-.idvale of
Wake. Forest Colle.ge and with
two years teaching and coneiiing
experience, has succeeded Ber
nard Lilien as math lencli and, ,, ,.,vco
athletic coach in the North 'Vil- Traphill 1-H club,
keslioro high school.
Mr. Lilian 'resigned his nosi
Jesse Giles, assi.staul Wilkes
farm agent who is coaching the
seed judging team lo take part
in the state coiil.isl at Rocky
Mount Wedne.'day. has select^
the Wilkes team this year from
lion at mid-term in ordec to ae-1
The members are Grady Hol-
' brook, John Jollies and Claude
HilliiigB with Dwight Blackliurn
.•>s i’lter-
pleted and
1 J.IU I iv *> •t’ , ,
officially opened. ; home improvement: Miss Beulah
Ferguson. Ferguson, home heaii-
If th making of hon*y w'ere fification; Mrs. Cora Parker, Gil-
left to tb,. “king” of a hee-hive. | math, home gardetfe; Mrs. B. V.
both the quantity and the 'liiaUty I Promt, Maple Springs, home
would be lacking. poultry.
Four Injured When Stolen Car Hits
Branson Benton’s Car Near Here
Icept a position with Commercial Hutchison
'Credit company, a job which ra>-1
i-ies considerably gri^te^r finamlal,
remuneration than teachinff. . n i.
Mr. Patton taught tor one vear,"o>-o Tuesday and will bo accom-
in Mecklenburg county and - f>>' ‘
vear at Drexel in Burke county, i'’’’• agent-
'where he was verv suceessfiil iii | Wilkes took first place last
building a winning loothall mam { year and the boys have been
i„ a short time. He is also well i working hard and hope to place
‘versed in basketball, baseball and I high in the contest again. Mr.
other high school sports. C.iles said.
I I It is expected that about 100
I Figuratively speaking, many a ' teams from all parts of the'state
North Wilkeshoro Kiwanis club
in meeting Friday noon was
treated to a most interesting pro
gram on the theme of Kiwanis
Education.
The first number on the pro
gram was two quartets rendered
by R. R. Church, Dewey .Minton.
J. R. Henderson and Zeb Dick-
■soii. They sang “Down By The
River Side” and “On the Jerlco
Road.” Paul S. Cragan then gave
a brief history of Kiwanis Inter
national and a summary of its
ideals.
The program wa.s in charge ef
Genio Cardwell, who asked Jiidg
T. R. Finley to introduce the
speaker, Thomas Pruitt, of I.a;-
noir, a former district governor
of Kiw'anis.
He addressed the club in a
very pleasing manner on the sub-
I best games in the school’s history
i Friday night lo down a fast
Greenstioio "B’ le.Tin lure IS to
14.
Trailing until Itie middle of
the ihird period, the Lions
showed their colors in the latter
part of the game to forge ahead
and remain on the long e,nd of tho
score until the final whistle.
Vivian Teague On
Radio Prograi
Vivian Teague, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan 'Peiigiie, of this
city, sang on tlie "Young Amer
ica” program over ladio statioa
WJ3T in f'harlotte Satiirdav morn
ing.
She earned her right to partici
pate op the program as the re
sult of good performance in s
recent amateur show in Taylors-
iect of ■“Kiwanis Education.” HeiVille. Local people who heard the
Four persons were injured j
one critically when a car alleged
to have been stolen in Asheville,
collided with a pickup occupied
by Mr. and .Mrs. Branson Benton,
of Piirlear, near Cricket postof
fice on highway 421 west of this
city Friday night.
The stolen car was occupied by
Jason and Lloyd Blanks. Ashe-
a
body took the position that youths. Llovd sustained
should not sponsor or oppose the 'me yomn..
bill, but naturally would admin
ister any law the Genera! .'V -
sembly might enact, relati-e to
unemployment compensation
masked EXEamoN
Sleigh. Jan. 20.—Wearing a
mask which held his head erect.
King Soloman Stuyall, 24-year-
old Granville county negro, died
.In the central prison gas cham
ber todav for murder. It wa.s the
first time that spectators at^a
gMSlng In North Carolina had
been unable to see every facial
contortion of the dying man. and
vrttneeses' said the mask made
vrntchlng the execution much eas
ier The gassing was delayed
from 10:30 to 11 o’clock because
prtoon officials decUned to use
some acid already on hand and
, hurriedly obtained some a^^ar-
^ ently more concentrated for the
generation. The negro, con
victed of the robbery-murder of
. * (f. Moore, a storekeeper, last
Ajirll 15. entered the gas cjjam-
at 11:01 o^lock. Gas
fcr IriBiInnM* and 40
' ■ ^'td at 11:16
I’atrolman Carlyle Ingle receiv
ed a radio message here Fi'iday
evening, 5:50. that a car answer
ing the description of the stolen
car had been seen in Spruce Pine
that afternoon and that two hoys
had driven away from a service
station without paying for some
gas.
The car stopped at Mitch
Reeves Service station five miles
wesl of this city immediately be
fore the wreck occured and order
ed ten gallons of gasoline. When
the gas had been put in the car
they asked for a pack of cigar
ettes and drove off while the at
tendant had gone into the station
rich man i.s nothing
wretched pauper.
hut
. year.
Their Schooling Is Matter for Court
will take part in the contest this | attention to the oiitstand-j Pi’ogi'am .Saturday expressed the
ing men that North Wilketiboro opinion that she performed in a
[had produced and spok - in a com-1''“i”' f'"" "’OY- t'or nuraiher being
nlimenlary way of llie tiroi.'Tf*-;s j an oiitstauding hit of tlie entire
that this community had marie in ! program.
; the years since the organization
of (he Kiwanis Club. He said Ki-
waiiis is a young organiza'ion but i
it hus wielded a great influence
severe skiili fracture and Jason
wa.s hadly bruised. They were
carried to the Wilkes hospital.
'Ir. and Mrs, Bento^ were also
carried to the hospital but pro
ceeded to their homes after their I
injuries received attention. : —- —.. --
Mr. and Mrs. Benton were go-1 building to fill their order,
ing west toward their home when .
Hiey met ® ‘ .. - . Patrolman Carlyle Ingle Immedi-
Plymouth. occupi^by the two,
Asheville River bridge to look for
ently was un^le to negotiate the ^ speeding car and
curve a^ve Cricket postof- ambulance had passed going
fice Ridded o" J j toward the hospital he proceeded
pavement toward the outside of,
the road. Both vehicles were bad
ly smashed but neither turned
over.
People living nearby rushed to
the scene of the crash and called
an ambulance. Fearing that Mr.
Benton was badly Injured, a pass
ing motorist rushed him to the
hospital here immediately and
the ambulance carried the other
three.
'The car occupied by the Blank*
was stolen In Asheville Wednes
day, according to state police ra
dio dlavatcbes, and ‘beilonged to
a naan from ^rtanbarg, 6. 0.
City Hall Bonds Are
O. K.’d In Raleigh
The local government commis
sion In Raleigh has approved
the proposal of the city of North
Wiilkesboro to sell city hall bonds
in the amount of $14,000.
The city plans to retire the
[bonds 'With monies now being
used to pay rent on quarters to
house the Tarloaa M
city gomwiMt
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on the communities of the Nation
It 'began with a sordid motive in
the city of Detroit and its mem
bers had as their slogan “We
Trade’’ and that meant they trad-
; ed with each other. In three years
with about 80 clubs they met in
Birmingham for the annual con
vention and there they changed
their point of view to that of
helping the other fellow. The
motto was changed to “W e
Build” and that meant “we build
personality out of the unfortun-
ato“ia our midst. It is the giving
of self for others. Ours is a re
ligious organization because it
paramounts the spiritual and hu
man values in the community.
Our boys and girls are our great
est assets and must be linked ap
with some spiritual force. Like
wise our organization works for
and earnestly law enforcement in
the communities and works to
the end that every one be a good
citizen.”
Seeking poaseaalon of Ut fear ^children in order that (iwy inl|^
aatered In BrttUh schMli.l'Guy Maynard UddeD, h^ 'irf i&glaiid’*9M
iat^Utoioe d.4partment, has applied for, a writ af habeas oaiptqi
kia Wife, HiW Calypia LCddell, mother of the ehOdroa ai»d
,1m. .a^ratiii aiina Wtt. A« WIlia ddHiwa aaa
Eastern Star Meeting
Wilkes county chapter num'ber
42, O. E. S., will meet on Thurs
day night at 7:80'. Officers and
inem3>era..arB urged to be preset,
the ahadaiM»ilf«it of the
# Xartoa P. lioinaz.
N. K. Blackburn
Succumbs In Jafl
Fairplams Man EHed of Na
tural Causes, Coroner
Says In Investigaton
.N. K. Blackburn, an employe
of a blacksmith shop here, died
Thursday night in the Wllkwi
jail shortly after he had beea
lodged there on a charge of
drunkenness.
was found by the side pf the
highway not far from hie hbtta
in the Falrplains commnnfty send
taken to jail by an officer. ’Phere
he was laid on a cot and ' was
found dead a few minutes later. .
Coroner I. M. Myers oondueted
an investigation and decided that
his death was due to natnral
causes, presumably a heart at
tack probably caused by Intoxi
cation and exposure. There was
no evidence or suggestion of font
play, the coroner said.
Blackhnrn was 41 years of ag*
and .is Burvtved by his wife and
tfiree children; James and Char
lie Blackburn and Mrs. Vergla
(Btnrch.
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