R. L. Pearson** Residence
And Two '^ore Buildings
Are E>estroyed
VOL. xxxn, NO.
Published Moadftys
CQi
Ono residence and two store
buildings burned in Moravian
Falls today as the entire village
was threatened with destruction.
The fire originated in the home
of R. li. Pearson, which was en
tirely destroyed. Other buildings
burned Included unoccupied store
buildings belonging to Mrs. Oct*
Grier and the Hendren Heirs.
live fire was th6ught to have
started from a flue and g.ined
headway rapidly. People rl the
vllla^ w^e hampered in the ef
forts to fight the biases by a wind
of gale proportions which spread
the fire rapidly in adjoining
fields.
The roof on the home of Mrs.
J. C. Critcher, Sr., some distance
from the nearest burning build
ing, caught on fire but was put
ont before any damage was done.
Fire burned the grass around
Mrs. Critjcher’s barn, and burning
leaves and trash at many points
kept a large crowd busily engaged
watering out fires as they ap
peared.
The North Wilkesboro fire de-
lartment was called and the
emlcal truck was sent out to
aid people of the community.
The principal loss was the resi
dence of Mr. Pearson, which was
formerly used as a Masonic hall.
Practically all of the house fur
nishings were removed. Rome in
surance was carried on the build
ing.
Focal Porats in Italo-French Crisis
Viinic
Is Q|
tlhl^&y, Apr. 13
Parent* of Crippled Chil
dren Urged to Bring
Children to Clinic
TO BE AT HOSPITAL
Or. O. If. Miller, of Char
lotte, Will Make Free
Examinations
The Wilkes county health
partment announced today
de-
that
ducted at the Wilkes hospital on
Thursday, April 13. j
The clinic will begin at 9:30 a.j
m. -The North Wilkesboro Kiwan-1
is clgb, which furnishes the cash!
cost of the clinic, is sponsor. |
Mrs. Bertha Bell, county nurse.
Arrows indicate key Mediterranean and African territories where
Italy is pressing concessions from France. In Tunisia, witli almost as
many Italian residents as French, Paris is willing to grant minority rights
to the followers of Premier Mussolini. Italy also wants equal admin- i today., that the health depart- j
istration rights over the Sues canal, ‘‘lifeline" to her East African terri- [ mci t is asking that all parents ofl
tory, and control oyer the railroad which runs from Djibouti, in French jcrppled children carry their cKil-i
Somaliland, to .Addis Ababa, in the heart of Italian East Africa. The ; dren to the clinic for e:amination |
without cost. Elach case will be ■ Swing music has at last made its influence felt In the field of safety
Mu-sic Recitals At
Wilkesboro School
Mi s. R. E. Prevette will present '
L hev music pupils in a series of
spring recitals this week and next
week. Tomorrow evening. Tue.s-
day, April 11. one group of high
school pupils will be pre.sonted in
piano and voice numbers, assisted
by the high school glee clubs and
junior high chorus under the di
rection of Miss Dorothy I.ashmit,
public school music teacher.
Thursday evening. April 13. at
eight o’clock, the St. Cecilia Juve
niles, will be presented In piano
■''and song recital.
Friday evening. .April 21. an
other group of high school pupils
» will appear in recital, assisted by
the high school choru.s.
The public is .cordially invited
to all of these recitals, each of
which will begin promptly at
eight o’clock, and will not he
more than an hour and a quarter
in length.
island of Corsica, for which an unofficial Italian campaign has been , — —
started, will likely remaiii Frencb territory. examined and recommendations education. Cleveland, Ohio, police erected this sign aUreased to motor-
will be made conceminff the prop- pedestrians in the center of the street st public sqaare. Pedes-
Ur s-veps to correct any physical trUns. however, are not expected to shsg across the intersections.
hanrlicap*(S l^eformities found.
Children with bone malforma
tions, hairlip, cleft palate or other!
deformities should have advant-;
age of this clinit, Mrs. Bell said. ,
The dlxaminations will be made'
by Dr. 0. L. Miller, orthopedic'
; surgeon from Gliarlottc, who con-l
Registration For
City Primary and
Wilkesboro High
Finals Given Out;
Election Is Heavy | Graduation 25th
Large Vote In Primary to Be
Held On April 17 Is
Predicted In City
Commencement Programs dueled the other cripple clinics in
Begin Tuesday Night; jthis c ty during the past severali jyiJg^jQ^ary Meeting
High School Recital | months. ^ At Lenoir Tucsday
Attendants to Man Nordi Carolina
Exhibit at World’s Fair WiD Visit
Here Aprd 15 to Secure Information
^)emonstration On
Marketing Given
One of the heaviest registra
tions for a North Wilkesboro city
election in the history of the city
was evident Saturday afternoon
when books closed for ' registra
tion to vote in the primary Mon
day April 17, and the election on
May 2.
A check of the registration
hooks showed a total of new reg
istrations during the past three
weeks of between 600 and 700,
in addition to about 1,000 names
which were already on the hooks,
i A heavy vote is forecast in the;
pi niary to be held on Monday,'
April 17. j
The candidates filed include ^
the present mayor and al! mem-[
hers of the board, one new can
didate for mayor and six new
oaiulidates for commissioners.
A synopsis of Wilkesboro’s highi
2,500 Chicks Are
was aa-
F1 Story.
school commencement
nounced today by T.
principal.
The commencement season will
begin on Tuesday night of this
week with a high school music re-i
cital by pupils of Mrs. R. E. Pre-|
vette’s classes. A second recital
for the juveniles will be held on |
Thursday night. The jun:or-se- j
I noir banquet w-ill take place at 1
Destroyed Today
A very siu’cessful denionstra
tion on preparing vegetables
market was given by H. R. Nif-
wonger, extension specialist, at
the courthou.se on FrHav. April 7.
Mr. Ni.sw'onger stressed the im
portance of quality in selection of
seed, cultivation, and finally in
preparation of the mature vege
tables for market. He also em
phasized the need for cleanline.ss
and attractiveness of vegetable
displays. The demonsti-ation was
well attended by members of sev
eral of the home demonstration
clubs in Wilkes.
w'eek. • i
On Saturday, April 15, the dis-‘
jtrict commencement for .schools'
• in the Wilkesboro district will be
[held at the school, beginning at;
I ten o’clock with a literary pro- J
' gram and concluding with a field
i day in the afternoon.
The present officers, all candi- The jnnior play will be given on!
datf^s to succeed themselves, are; ! night of Apul 18. ^
Mavor R. T. McNiel, and Commls- Examinations will .start .Apnl j
fnrjsioners S. V. Tomlinson, Ralph 20 and on April 21 a .second high
A two-stor>- brooder house
rontaiaiiig 2,500 growing
cliickeiiH wa.s destroyinl by fire
nt the home of Jnnies IVnncU
in the Moravian Falls commun
ity this momiifg. *' '
.\ whirlwind wa.s iltoiighf (o
lu«ve torn apoj-t some of the
flues to the brooder funuices
and gsive the fire opportunity
to spixiul in IJie Imilding. Fust
rrilifls eJUisotl th(- fir* to burn
i-apidly.
Some of the rliieks were ba
by chick- w'liile others wen-
liirger and consequently more
valuable.
The total loss, wliieli was not
eovcix-d hy iiisuranee, was esti
mated to exeetul 81,Plk).
The 27th annual seslon of the
Methodist Woman’s Missionary
Society, of the Western North
Carolina Conference, will convene
Local People to Tell Delega
tion About North Wilkea-
boro and County
The five young ladies and five
young men who will man North
at the First Methodist church at j ^ ^ in
Lenoir Tuesday morning. April York World’s Fair will stop m
11. and continue through Thnrs-i Noi-th Wilkesboro on Satur^y,
day morning. It is expected that | April 15, to pother .nfo^at.on
a large number of people from!about North Vfilkwlwro and this
i the Methodist church in this com- county to be us^ in conneetJon
i munitv will attend. Anyone desir-1 with the state’s World Fair exhi-
i ing to go from the North Wilkes-
‘ horn church will please call Mrs.
W. D. Halfacre at once.
Bakin? Contest At
Mountain View
Duncan, Dr. R. P. Casey. T. S.
Kenerly and H. M. Hutchens. J.
R. Williams ami W. E. Jone.s have
filed to succeed themselves as
candidates for the school hoard
and have no opposition.
The new candidates are R.olph
R. Reins for mayor, J. E. Caudill,
W. K. Sturdivant. F. P. Blair, Jr.,
J. B. Carter, Gordon Finley and
Henrv Moore for commissioners.
N o man’s ‘‘ornamentality’’
school music rccit:il will be given, should he ini.'. iired because he is
On Sunday, April 23, the com- industrious enough to use his
nienccment sernior. will be \lcl.v-, bands in the performance of a
(Continued ou page four) i duty.
The Home Economics depart
ment of Mountain View high
school will hold its fourth an
nual baking contest Friday, .April
H. at 1:;’0 p. m. in the home
economics kitclten. .At the same
time there will he an exhibit of
tile work done in the sewing
classes this year, .Mrs. Williams,
the home economics teacher, will
donate a prizes to the winning stu
dent.
WORLD’S TALLEST 16 INCHES ABOVE JIM SCOTT
City Tax Listing
if To Begin April 12
Two Robberies In
This City Solved
I. H, McNeill. Jr., tax lister for
the tow» ^ North Wilkesboro.
- has announced that he will bo at
the office Of T. H. Settle, county
tax Hater for North
township, in the Northwesteri.
Bank building from April 12 to
April 2 9, both dates inclusive,
for the purpose of listing proper- i local boarding house, was
ty for taxation for the year 1939. teneed in city court to
All persons required .iy law to
list property tor city taxes or to
list for payment of poll tax are
urged to look after the matter on
the earliest possible date.
North Wilkesboro
P.-T. A. To Meet
April meeting of the North
Wilkeaboro Parent-Teacher asso
ciation will be held at the school
building on Thursday afternoon,
April 13, at 3:45 o’clock. A spe
cial feature of the program will
be singing by the glee club. A
large attendance is desired.
 The P.-T. A. study group will
meet at three o’clock.
oink-'
olortnl
Washington, April 9.—Senator
lames Hamilton Lewis (D), 111.,
it-whiakered veteran of more
half century of politics, died
|ht of a heart attack. The
statesman whose impos-
irance and silvertongued
were familiar to thous-
of Americans, succumbed at
I p. m., e- a. t., at Garfield
pltal. -The cause of his death
13 gftea offktally as . eoroh*ry
btomboau.
Two Are Sent to Roads;
Two Other Youths Held
For Auto Larceny
Local police reported today ar
rests and conviction of persons
Wilkesboro charged with breaking into a
store, stealing personal property
and larceny of two automobiles.
Jack Harper, who roomed at a
sen-
five
months on the roads and givt n
another five months sentence su
spended five years after a table
model radio, two dresses and
other articles of personal proper
ty identified as belonging to Mrs.
Wrenn Vannoy. which were stol
en from the home of her father,
W. N. Pardue, were found in his
room.
Julius James Carson, colored,
was given 12 months after he
confessed to breaking into West
ern -Auto Associate store by way
of a basement window and taking
about one dollar in pennies from
the cash register recently. When
he was confronted with finger
prints and other evidence he ad
mitted the charge. The money. In
cluding six dollars which he took
from the license bureau in charge
of J. C. McDiarmld, was recover
ed.
William Seckler and Clyde
Watts, local men, were bound
over to superior court on Charges
of takine a pickup from Wilkes
Auto Sales company and a car
from Gaddy Motor, company used
car lot. In addition to being
hontid -io court,'- Seckler drew a-
30-4ay centenee for reckless.4riv-
iflg III city.
bit.
The attendants who will be
with the state’s fair exhibit are
now making a tour of the state to
learn about the various sections,
counties and cities, in order that
they may be able to give any de
sired information at the world’s
fair to the millions who will view
the state’s exhibit.
The group is traveling over
the state by bus and will be in
North Wilkesboro on Saturday,
April 15, and the time allotted to
this city and county is from 9:.30
a. 111., to 9:45 a. m.
In making arrangements foi
the stop in this city, C. iW. Rob
erts, executive commissioner
North Carolina World’s Fair ex
hibit, said in a letter to J. B. Mc
Coy, chairman of the hospitality
committee for Wilkes; ‘‘We should
like vei'j’ much for the mayor,
newspaper representatives and
other officials to meet this group,
and tell them something about,
your city and county within the
short time they will be allowed to
remain. Any literature you
might have describing your com
munity will be welcomed by the.se
people”.
Rift
i&City On Fri^
■it> — -
J. D. Moore Gives
of Club u Special Fe«>
ture of Profrum -
1-
PROGRESS IS REVIEWED
Attendance at Meeting Is
Good; June Ketchie I* ‘
New Club Member
North Wilkesboro Kwiaois club
celebrated its 16 th anai^mary j
Friday noon with a Ktwaais.’edu
cation program in charge of J. D.
Moore, one of the 17 present mem
bers of the club who were mem
bers when the club was formed
in 1922.
Mr. Moore read a splendid brief
history of the club and in addition
there four short talks setting out
the progress of the organization.
W. J. Caroon, chairman of th*
attendance committee, stated
that it was the aim of his com
mittee to secure as nearly 100 per
cent attendance during April aa
possible. Only two were absent
from the meeting Friday.
J. C. Reins recalled interestiac
facts about the organization of
the club and told of many and va
ried difficulties which were over
come.
Rev. Watt Cooper talked about
the importance of reading the Ki-
wanis magazine, pointing out tba
value of many articles it contains.
J. B. McCoy talked on “What
OiU' Club Has Meant to the Com
munity”, telling how it had served
as a commercial club in addition
to providing social contact and a
chance for civic endeavors.
June Ketchie, a former member
of the Lexington club, was in
ducted into membership of tha
North /Wilkesboro club at the
•meeting. -Rev. Eugene Olive
made the introduction talk and
presented the button. H. R. Nia-
wonger, extension horticulturist,
wr.s a guest of Dan Holler at the
meeting. ■ ,
Following is the history of the
club'“as read by Mr. Moore at the
outset of the progiam:
riub History
111 I lie early months oi 1923,
representatives of the Rotary aod
Civitian Organizations used some
effort to organize the clubs in
North Wilkesboro. hut those in-
teie.sted waited for Kiwanis and
on .April 3. 192.’!. Joe Bowles,
Mr. McCoy is asking that city
and county officials, leaders in civ
ic groups and all others interested
he at Hotel Wilkes on Saturday
morning at 9:30 to greet the
world’s fair attendants and to tell
them about North Wilkesboro and
Wilkes county.
field representative of Kiwanis
International, organized onr club
with Charlie Smoot as its first
president. The, clnh was organized
of with .57 cliarter members and we
still have 17 of tliese charter
members in onr clnh. as follows:
Ward Eshelnian. Pat Williams,
Tom Finley, Jim Moore. Joe Me-
coy. Ed Finley. Rich Finley, Ed
Eller. Boh Finley, Walter Gwyu,
Jim Hix. Bid Williams, Oenio
Dan Carter. Seijom
Tomlinson, Jim Reins, Fred Hub-
hard.
'rime will not permit eovering
the many achievements made by
the chill in these years, but your
attention may be directed as fol-
(Continued on page four)
I
Union Services
Are Begun Here
Wheat Fanners to
Receive Payments
Dr. John R. Jester Leading
Evangel’stic Campaign
In This City
..•iMi - I .Z'k
-S..;
Iloliert AVadlow, tallest tiian
known to medical history, is only
10 t-2 Inches taller than, .Ttm
heott, an employe of Forester's
\n-Way here and who is reputed
to he the tallest white nian in
North Carolina.
Wadlow, a res'dent of .Alton,
HI., Is eight feet. H t-2 indies tall
end wetphs 4f)l nonnds. As shown
hy the above' ptefure taken wHh
e femily e‘ron» wheji he celebrat
ed his 21st birthdav a few ^ys
ago, Wtidtnnr’s fsmflv are nnrtnat
In size. AV’bow hv voted Tuesday
In the in*"vjctnaJ •e'eotion In Wv
home town he had .trouble geitiag ,
Info ; the voting booth and vrtutn’.
onke faisiile. towered'-far . abo^e
thb top of the booth. He fd* ■
(lallnt against the side of the
, buUdlBg to mark H.' ”
Tfa« oN6nipdO>i«if 0p>t^
Jim H*PB*Jort#i,ma*.w|ifl
Approximately 300 Com
mercial Growers In Wilkes
May Receive Benefits
Approximately 800 farmers in
Wilkes county have qualified for
adjustment payments under the
19.39 wheat program, Lawrence
Eller, chief clerk of the farm pro-
gi-am in -Wilkes, said today.
Wheat adjustment payments
are/ only made to- commercial
growers, Mr. Miller said,- and the
payments will be separate from
the‘earnings under the soil con-
jgef^tion program, •
7g'A8,foun as the appfipsition for
under , the^ program
sw. desu’ed, tie' api>U(atidi»t for
piiym«t» wfll 'fcB-.ioiwSJ’d-
ed/ 7
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.A .serie-s of evangelistic services
began Sunday night at the First
Baptist churcb here with Dr.
John R. Jester, of Greenville, 3.
C.. leading.
The three leading churches of
the city—F'irst Baptist. Methodist
and Presliyterian.—are joining is
the services in a city-wide cam
paign.
Dr. Jester, who for many years
was pastor of the First Baptist
church in Winston-Saletn. preach
ed Sunday morning at the Metbr
odist church and on next Sunday
morning will preach at the Fraor ^
byterlan church. j ^
^ryices at the unibn series-*f
evangelistic services which "WIMt
be at the First Bantlat churi^-,.w^
will be held, each moralisig ,'it' ‘
Will W.UCM*-
eight o'clock until aa#
evfehlng at 7;l«:'sn5l«k.-.d»rlairv
Jho n^xf two- W^ka; ultk
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