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WACE NETEDED "
.^ C^r^on, S. C., March' 3.—
iVesUtont' Rdoahrelt came out a-
tain ' today tor higher industrial
wa»M^‘l%.'l;fee .south, asserting in-
purchasing power (or
soctlMm people must be brought
^oai It progress is to be mode
to'ward' sohriag the nation’s “eco-
hoalc problem No. 1.”
i««iOOO.OOO^PENT
- Bikleigh, March 3.—State Ad-
S ‘ tetrator George W. Coan. Jr.,
L today that more than 319,--
,000 had been spent (or
bttIMing materials, equipment
pad supplies (or WPA projects in
j^prth Carolina since November,
'(085. Sponsoring state and local
'goaernment - agencies,- cities,
tovnm and counties spent $12,-
' MT,887 and the WPA turned
loose 87,016,885. The major
share o( WPA funds, by law,
tnrtst go (or wages.
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Repre^tgSves
Agencies Meet I
Public Services
BLOOD DONOR
BIG SUM FOR ARMY
Washington, March 3.—A rec-
ord-bVeahlng. $499,857,9.36 ap
propriation bill for the army won
house approval today amid warn-
Iggs in the senate that congres-
(ailure to keep close tabs
American foreign policy might
i'i/drag the nation into war. The
- huge supply measure, largest
«- since 1922 and carrj-ing the first
funds for a proposed $300,000,-
OOO expansion of the air corps,
-rolled through the house without
• a record vote or a single amend
ment.
PETITION~DENIED
Washington, March 3.—The
power commission denied today a
petition by 17 land owners to in
tervene in a hearing on a license
application by High Point, N. C.,
for a 30,000 horsepower hydro
electric development of the Yad-
i kin river. At the same time the
commission set the hearing for
next Friday. .Although it ruled
that the land owners’ petition
failed to conform to its rules and
regulations, the commission add
ed “said petitioners may appear
as Protestants and offer relevant
and material evidence in the
hearing.’’ High Point’s $6,492,-
U" 600 project would he constrii-ted
12 miles southwest of Wins.on-
Salem. It would be financed by
a PWA loan of 13,570,000 and
’ grant of $2,921,600.
8,888 IVnLES LINES
Raleigh. March 3.—A total of
8,888.9 miles of rural power lines
has been built in the state , since
the rural electrification authority
■was establl-shed in July, 193 5,
J*(fcngineer J. M. Grainger, of the
^^inthority reported today,
served 49,476 customers
gether, 522.5 miles are
construction, to serve 2,973 cus
tomers, and 2,634.1 miles have
been authorized, to care for 11,-
639. Cost of line.s, built, under
construction and authorized, he
said, toUls $21,604,584.76. He
spilt the lines ap as follows: Co
operatives, 1,335.6 miles built,
301 miles under construction and
1,926 miles authorized. Public
utilities. 6,372.3 miles built.
S19.6 being built, and 573.4 au
thorized; and municipalities, 1,-
134.9 bnr>, two miles under way,
and 135.6 authorized.
fcourt
Sixty. ^Free^it^jjkl f Gathering
Held at the Community
House; Sevwal Talk
&
Thought to be the youngest blood
donor in the V. S„ Jerry Doran,
thrcc-ycar-old son of Mrs. Peggy
Doran, Kaunas City, recently recov
ered from .an attack of sleeping sick
ness. When his brother and sister
showed the .same symptoms he gave
them blood in which doctors be
lieved an anti-toxin bed developed.
These
Alto-
under
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Clothing Subject
Demonstrations
Extension Clothing Special
ists Will Give Demonatra-
tiona Before Clubs
/Miss Harriet McGoogan, home
demonstration agent, has issued
the following announcement to
club members:
“On 'Thursday, March 9th. Miss
Julia Mclver, Assistant Exten
sion Clothing Specialist, will be'
In this county for the purpose of
giving a demonstration on sea-
sanal clothing hints.
"Miss Mclver will be able to
give you helpful suggestions for
renovating and remodeling old
hats and drewes. You will be al
lowed to cut any patterns which
you may ■wish to have.
“This is probably the only
meeting of this type to be held
In the county this year, so I want
fo urge you to attend. The ma
jority of the 4-H club girls in
♦-he coanty are taking clothing as
their project for the year. There
fore, we are particularly anxious
to have as many 4-H Adult Lead
ers present as possible.
■The meeting will begin at
9:30 a. m Thursday, March 9th.
Plan to be with us and bring
anyone else who is interested.”
March Term Of
Court Begins In
Wilkes Today
Judge Warlick Delivers the
Charge to, Gra»sl-J'«‘y;
C. L. Parsons Foreman
March term of superior court
tor trial of criminal cases got
under way this mornin.g with
Judge Wilson Warlick, of New
ton, presiding, and Solicitor Ava
lon E. Hall, of Yadkinville, prose
cuting the docket.
Members of the grand jury
were drawn and C. L. Parsons
was appointed foreman by the
court. Judge M’'arlick delivered a
most instructive charge and that
body immediately began its du
ties.
Before court adjourned for
lunch many cost cases had been
dispxtsed of and when court con
vened for the afternoon session
everything was in readiness to
'begin work on the docket of a-
bout 200 criminal actions calen
dared for trial.
Woman and Baby
Are Hit By a Car
Mrs. Harvey Byrd and Small
Son Painfully Hurt on
Friday Morning
GOING STRONG,
^ Johnston county farmers car
ded out more soil bidldlng prac-
ffoBB In 1938 than ever before,
•nd IptMOBt lo th% eoQsmwation
tiai is atiu jpmwfag.-repcTts
■Jigent M. A.'ICOtgan.
Mrs. Harvey Byrd and her 13-
months-old son, Hayden, were
badly hurt Friday morning when
hit by a car on highway 18 north
of this city.
According to reports of the ac
cident, Mrs. Byrd was crossing
the highway and was holding the
baby in her arms when she was
bit by a car said to have been
driven by Henry Taylor, of the
Mulberry community.
They -were carried to the
Wilkes hospital, where examina
tion showed that Mrs. Byrd had
suffered many painful \lnjurles
but she is reported to be\ recov
ering. The baby had a broken leg.
Benefit Party At
Wilkesboro Friday
The Garden Department of the
Wilkesboro Junior Woman’s club
is sponsoring a benefit party to
be held at the community house
on Friday night, March 10.
Bridge, rook. Chinese check
ers. setback and other games will
bo played. Tho.se who wish to at
tend may make reservations by
calling 244-J. Admission will be
only 26 cents and an enioyable
occasion is assured all who will
be present. ^
INCREASE
A 20 per-cent Increase In the
domeetlc consumption of Amer
ican lumber this quarter from the
first quarter of 1938 Is-fd^ic
^ the GommemNij^ Bei^inr
jumber Shirey Committee.
A banquet for the different
governmental and state__ social
agencies was held at the Wilkes
boro Community House, Thurs
day, March 2nd, at .7:0Q p. m., at
which B. O. Gentry, manager of
the N. C. State Employment Seiw-
ice, acted as toastmaster.
After welcoming the guests,
numbering around 60, Mr. Gen-
j try stated that the purpose of the
I meeting was to find out where
each agency is located, what the
objectives are, and how they go
about arriving at these objectives.
He first introduced Dan Hol
lar, farm agent for Wilkes coun
ty. and asked him to talk and
then introduce the members of.
his 0,’fice who stated that exten
sion work has been going on in
Wilkes County for 26 years, hav
ing started under A. G. Hendren,
under the Department of Agri
culture in Washington. In 1933,
the department was called on to
administer the AAA which went
on through ’33 and ’34 when it
was declared unconstitutional.
Then the Department started
looking around to devise some
other program for farmers and
found that the soil conservation
program would fit in better than
any other. Mr. Hollar stated that
there were 5,000 farmers in the
county and that they select cer
tain farmers who are growing
certain crops and carry out dem
onstration work. They give out
publicity and have the other
farmers come in and see what
can be done by way of improving
those crops and they can all
profit by the experiment. They
also help the farmer^i get their
share of the naUc*S|i:-.i*u:on»^.
Mr. Hollar then rflkd on Miss
Harriet McGoogan, Home Dem
onstration Agent, who stated that
her work dealt with home piob-
lems, and especially those of the
rural horui r.jr.lo r. She lakes up
different ])i oiile:each year:
this year her project is to help
the rural women improve their
kitchens by making them more
comfortable, more liveable, and
more beautiful.
Mr. Hollar next called on Carl
K. VanDemaii to tell something
about his. research work. Mr.
VanDenian said that his work was
with the apple growers; that
money had been appropriated to
carry on research work Ir. order
to give the apple growers the ad
vantage of the best; that ne^w
ideas and ne-w plans liad been
worked out and perfected until
now it was almo.st impossible to
find an insect bitten apple where
these plans were in effect.
Mr. Gentry next presented J.
H. Highsmlth, County Rural Re
habilitation Supervisor of the
Farm Security Adraini.stratlon,
who stated that the purpose of
lus organization is to establish
low income farmers on a sound
basis whereby they will be able,
hy using a sound and balanced
farm and home plan, to live and
meet their obligations and to re
pay their loan and to take part
in the normal social, educational
(Continued on page eight)
WotMEi^wef
ConuniiiaoDen
To Set Up Coiirt
[Senator Cowle* Say* Hear
ing Will^Be Arranged On
Bill Before Committee
An albino coati miuui (otherwise known as a Jeep) enjoys a good
laugh at the expense of onlookers a* an outdoor show in New York. He
was exhibited by Mrs. Engenia S -narrock o( that city, and is the only
known animal of its kind in captivity. Visitors didn’t know If he was
bored, amused or hungry. I
Martin Is to Speak Wilkes Welf^e
at Berean Banquet
Editor Winston - Salem Pa
pers Will Address Annual
Banquet Meeting Here
Santford Martin, editor of the
Winston-Salem Journal, will ad
dress the Berean class of the
First Baptist church in annual
banquet qt Hotel Wilkes on
Thursday evening, March 9, seven
o’clock.
The Berean class, with a mem
bership of 57. Is one of the larg
est and most influential Sunday
school classes In this section and
its annual banquet Is always an
eftjoyablo'affair.,-J, ■!- ' ..
A|I ftielWjer^-of tn#' tSr-
mer ineiuber»iand any who expect
to become members are invited to
attend the banquet Thursday
evening. Those desiring further
information may call C. O. Mc-
.N’eill.
Finals In C age
Tourney Topighl
Millers Creek - Mt. Pleasant
Boys; Roar’ng River-
Mtn. View Girls
The finals in North Wilkes
boro high school’s goodwill tour
nament will be played at the gym
nasium here tonight, the first
ga.ue beginning at 7:30.
By reason of defei.tlng the
other teams in the comity. .Moun
tain View and Roaring River girls
go into the finals well matched
and one of the best games In
high school baseketball for girls
is expected with neither team
highly favored to win.
Millers Creek and Mount Pleas
ant boys are the finalists and both
schools have fast teams ready to
put their all into the champion
ship contest. The teams have met
before this year and have divid
ed honors, indicating that they
are well matched for tonight’s
engagement.
Bill Goes Thru
House to Senate
Provide* For Election Wel
fare Officer By County
Welfare Board
A bill providing for the elec
tion o( the Wilkes county wel
fare officer by tbe county board
of welfare passed three readings
in the lower house at Raleigh
and now goes to the senate for
consideration.
'The measure was Introduced
several (iays ago by Representa
tive Ira T. Johnston, of Ashe,
and passed three readings under
SHspens’on of t le rules.
, Boca^ise Wilkes’ representative,
D. 0. Sebastian, did not under
stand the bill, it was recalled
and F nt to the judiciary commit
tee f r consideration.
A ;,earing was held Friday
merning and the hill was report
ed favorably. It was later passed
in the house.
Those who appeared before the
committee in support of the bill
included Attorney W. H. McEl-
wee, lilayor R. T. McNiel. \V. A.
McNiel. ami J. H. Rousseau,
c.hairinan of the A\ likes Demo
cratic executive committee.
Representative Sebastian op-
po.sed the bill, saying that Wilkes
was content to remain under the
state-wide law which provide
for the election of the welfare of
ficer jointly hy the board of wel
fare and the board of ermmis-
sioners.
The bill as passed by the
house now goes to the senate for
conslderatioi:. It is understood
that Republican Senator C. H.
Cowles, of Wilkesboro, will wage
a fight on the measure in that
body.
triples yields
The application of 180 pounds
of triple superphesphate on an
old pasture owned by J. B. Bu
chanan in the C^ne Creek town
ship of Mitchell county produced
three times as much forage as a
nearby plot of the same size
which did not receive the treat
ment.
Senator C. H. Cowles will in
troduce a MU in the senate to
night pro^vlding (or the establish
ment o( a recorder’s court for
Wilkes county, he said in a com
munication to The Journal-Pa
triot .^today.
The bfll, which Senator Cowles
said had been prepared by the
Wilkes county bar association,
would give the county commis
sioners power, in their discretion,
to establish a general county
court.
“A bearing will be held before
a senate committee and opportun
ity will be given to any who may
favor or oppose the bill to appear
before the committee either In
person or by letter or petition,’’
Senator Cowles said.
A copy of the bill to be intro
duced tonight in the senate fot
lows:
An Act Anthorlztng the Establish
ment of A Gesieral Oonaty
Conrt for Wilkes County Under
the General Law.
Section 1. That Section twenty
four under section two o( Chap
ter elghty-Hve of public Laws,
Extra Session, one thousand nine
hundred twenty-four, being an
amendment to Chapter two hun
dred sixteen. Public Laws, one
thousand nine hundred twenty-
three, being an amendment to
Chapter (our hundred thirty-nine,
one thousand nine hundred thir
ty-seven, be and tbe same Is
hereby amended by inserting im
mediately proceeding the words
“except Watauga County’’ in line
seven and add the words "except
Wilkes County.”
Section 2. That notwithstand
ing the provisions of Section one
thousand six hundred eight-F et
seq. of volume three of Consoli
dated Statutes and amendments
thereto, the Board of County
Commissioners of Wilkes county
are hereby authorized to estab
lish a General (bounty Court in
the manner authorized by sec
tion two of Chapter eighty-four
Public Laws, Extra Session, one
thousand nine hundred twenty-
four.
Section 3. That said County
court, when so established, shall
haye the jurisdiction conferred
by and in all respects be goyern-
ed by the proyislon of chapter
two hundred sixteen of Public
Laws one thousand nine hundred
twenty-three, and all amendments
thereto; provided, that the Judge
appointed for said court and the
solicitor appointed shall be of
different political parties.
Section 4. That all laws and
clauses of laws in conflict w^ith
the provisions of this act are
hereby repealed.
Section 5. That this act shall
be in full force and effect from
and after Us ratification.
MODERN ^AZQT^
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French Army Rushes Tunisian Fortifications
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Mrs. Laws Passes
On 98th Birthday
Mother of R. Don Law*
Dies at Hi* Home Sun
day; Funeral Today
5*
Mrs. Amanda Laws, probably
t’ae oldest white resident of
Wilkes county, died Sunday after
noon, March 5, her 98th birthday
anniversary.
She passed away at the home
of her 8i>n, R.'Don Laws, editor
and publisher of the nationally
circulated "Yellow Jacket. ’ at
Moravian Falls. She had been 111
for several days.
There are only two surviving
children: Mr. Laws and Mrs. T.
E. Holder, both of Moravian
Falls. There are 15 grandchildren
and, 21 great-grandrfijldren.
., She was a daughter of tjje
,late John and Almodla William*
RMlnson. of W1H01*; and ■ "the
•widow ; o|v the late Coffey Laws,
NtiiTlrWilkesboro Klwanls club
held' a n interesting luncheon
meeting Friday, at which time
Thurman Chatham delivered a
most interesting address about
the value of game and wild life
to a county or community.
In a brief business session Dr.
E. X. Phillips was initiated into
membership in the club and was
presented with the membership
button hy Rev. Eugene Olive. Tbe
matter of a delegate to the Ki-
wanis International convention to
be held in Boston in Jiirie wa»
discussed.
Program chairman. Ed 0. Fin
ley introduced Thurman Chat
ham. who made an excellent talk
on “The Conservation of Wild
Life.” His talk particularly
stressed the conservation of bird
life. Mr. Chatham is a member
of the game conservation board
of the government and spoke with
considerable knowledge of meth
ods that would aid the sportsmen
in this great civic program.
He stated that from year t*
year there has been improvement
among the sportsmen in the ob
servation of game laws and that
many sportsmen and farmers are
cooperating in the work of pro
viding places of protection and
tor feeding of the birds. stat
ed that the sportsmen had it in
their realm to make this section
not only a most outstanding
shooters’ paradi.se but also th*
means of bringing untold wealth
into the territorx'. I.ast summer,
he said, within a radius of 7
miles of High Point the hunting
was sufficient to bring ovt* 69#
dogs there with their masters far
the sport. 'The lodges and th*
preserves surrounding them hav*
literally brought millions of dol
lars to that section of the state.
Mr. Chatham sUted that be has
in recent years distrlbnted fro*i
his bird yard several thousani
birds In lower Wilke* and Swn
counties. He is now interested Im
distributing ring neck pheasaate
and chucker partridges. The -fart
named were >brought from
- 4‘S'. .
about seven yeiw
This was conMdored „
usually good program sponMiM'
by the Agrieultnral
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While their men are busy in s^
ticnient fields in Palestine, Jewish
women keep guard to prevent am*
prise attacks by j.^'rab terrorlMa
Here a young Jewish girl, with rito-
in hand, walks sentry duty.
ThurmanCliatliaBi
Talks On Wfldlife
Sportsman Tell* Kiwanian*
How Game la of Value
to Community
Special Mating Q( ^
Juniors TiKis4ay 7:3^^
Jih* was jirecede^ In f^th^hy^^r
, ■ , - . xff -.i,: T ^" father am^ mother,’'fieir husMnd
, Keystone of the French colonial empira in Afd^ ^IniUsia i| a ptam, higbly prized. by Ifalian FasdIsliL.. ttvft c&Udren, A ' '
Should It fan into Italy!* haad*> the ktuiUemsean codtd be.c|o*^ caai^ to French, and Brit^ ^„Fiinwal *tonri^,wwe eonAato-
catiens. Fnl^ aware of theae strategical consldfaatipns, FtanwlMW J>een 0]Mdy nHftfas Tnaisfaa'ftMUiiiiiillp^^ *''***'' anmA nf >•>* ann
On the Mareth line, near the Libyan hordw, Frs^iM. ha*, atati^gd; aoMlers-^j^MiaTSS aito Ufa FdM^
Legtiin.^lta^as troop* .to Libya ar* imported at 4$,tt^ jMt.FrAitob tramw «fe cammlagtag coKrete
dBHmxm alone the defense llne.'so they wtH blend iritt the a^anndiaf deMM.^ Rtaht: Thia.Ik a trnieal nailw
pBRancra along the defense line, so they -wBt. blend Witt the a^owifti AAiNh'f,' Right: 'Ildsib a typies) ut|we
aoMier senftog an’the Libyan'Fardhf. - -.-r, . , . ■
today
[r. l^wa,;.^ 7.
InteMSteht /was
eemetory*^ ’ ' -
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Announcoment haa been, made
Of a special meeting of the Ndrth i
■Wllkeoboro Jnifipc .order coaaeU®
to .he. held on ■ Tnqeday 'night.
7:3d., RW Ydfy Important ‘
Witt- Se- vti;''. aad.'
of.'pmify mdhiber 1*
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. tnreq hAva itl«o %eea proidAod ant
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