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Of ite-Natfin SURRY USnSuED’ ---_. l ^“, Mt. Alflr,. l».-r-R»uell ^ 4)vMlnbefTy,' S)', wlio o»«rat»d a ' aarvlce station M*r Mount Airy was fatally injiu^ about 2;3b o’clock this htternoon when 'Thrown from a motorcycle which he vas riding along U. s. high way 52 about two miles north of this city. WANTS PEACE MOVE British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Friday offered to confab with Germany with a view to reaching “a permanent peace” if Germany would renounce ag- greesivo alms in such a way as to convince Britain that she meant it. The statement, made in the T^^ge of Commons, was received nflfy in Berlin, where official cir cles said it contributed little "of positive value” toward lessening European tension. KING rN CANADA Ottawa. .May 19 — King George’s first day in the capital of Canada took on the appearance of a "Unl'ed States day” with the gc||t nation to the south figuring times in the activities of tM British sovereign. His majes ty .j-ecelved the credentials of Daniel C_ Roper, new I'nlted States minister to Canada, and assurances of friendship and good wishes from President Roosevelt. The king replied that he was looking forward to his visit to the United States with "particular pleasure’’ and thank ed him warmly for the President’s mess.tge. Are Set F^if in Fede^" Court About 70 Defoi^anta Indict ed As RoMilt ^bl^Work Of UndeiOOWylWdn F.D.R. PITTS FOOT DOWN Washington, May 19.—President Roosevelt put his foot down to day on anv plan to use money from the 22,0^.000,000 stebilma- tion fund in a new lending-spend- ig program- Without committing uself as to the desirability of additional spending, the Chief I. The conspiracy eWM> 4n which agout 70 reflidentfl of Antioch, Ed wards, Somers and town ships are indicted for conspiracy ta violate the InteirtShl revenue laws, will be called .in ..^..federal court at Wilkesboro Wednesday morning, according to. , an an nouncement in court Friday. The cases collecth^ compose one of the bigrgest actions 4ver be fore'the court at Wlkeaboro and will attract much Interest.*^ The cases originatod about a year ago from operations of an undercover agent who is said to have gained the cOBfideJice of those who made and transported liquor and gained hie infoxmation for the mass of arrests from the “inside.’’ Government and defense attor-, nays would not make any predic tion relative to the time ne^ed to try the conspiracy eases and the expected thne for taking evidence' on the many counts in the lengthy bills of indictment- On Friday defense attorneys made a motion before Judge Hayes, asking that the district at- V-. IvlOrriSOn torney furnish a bill of particulars j IVloVCS To \VlIlc68} setting out in detail the overt acts _ • 17 charged and the conspiracy IS Uairy r armcr charges. Hearing and ruling on| the motion was deferred until j C. K. Morrison, for manv vpacs Monday morning because of theione of the leading dairy farmers absence from the court at that of Iredell county, has moved to &00 out OP THffi ' Mnaan " h 0ri?e Report Mode >To Traatoeb; Uae Money To BiiyEddk* And Other Equipment - „ rThe- membendup- fMOttpeign of the Wilkes couoty libriry Msocia- tion netted |S78 in ineid>enbip8, according to a report made to the board of trustoes in reemt meet ing. From these funds the board au thorized the immediate ptorehase of new books for the library and ; the committee is nbdf lS^^-]itaddt(g. 8 SufeittSl Would Add Four. F«^ ^ 421 Concrete Pavemeul^^ % East Of Wilkeeboro 7ix» selections. A portion of the funds was re served for the puicnase of'-nBees- sary equipment when ,the Kbcary moves into its new qnarton_jln ,the city hall' now under coiuti%C; In the event of war and threat at gas attaclu> taWea ««ler two yean of age will be proMcted by means ef a respiratory-devUse which is connected with the ga* •* *he mother. Not strong ernggh to open the air vents hi s regnlstion gss^mmft; toey er® prPtneted by p- _ ■ , this means Tbe toby’s cmrerlng is liisde of Ireprtof silk. Profemor U » SJobile of the A«ce HaO, M, af Mempids, CMtsn’a IIM "MaU al ■ ■■—, I beon^ aew^ o thp Saadi's wUte gold to a utlni- has taken her 'ibtouMK Ber visits with celabri- tt^ ippetoance in style shows, la modeled smart cottea Its, and radio broadeaats tsM of cotton to the nation. Mee, left, invented the device. North Wilkesboro Band Makes First Public Appearance On Friday N^t , Renders Numbers ^fore Sponsors, The North Wil kesboro Lions Club time of District Attomeiy Carlyle Higgins, who was called to the Greensboro office- Meanwhile^ Judge Hayes an Executive said it his press con-*nounced that court would continue « 1 1. . vveiiml tWfT WTfsAKR IIHlII f^nce that he was opposed to monkeying with the stabilization fund. There had been authorito- tive reports that some adminis- - $ra^aB-.foIkafers in Congra^ an^ elpew'here were preparing to sub mit for his approval a program for expending $1,609,000,000 of “the $2 000,000,000. after the usual two weeks until the docket is cleared. It was in- tinvated that tihe federal court may continue until county eonrt b^ins on June 5-, Several’ civil caser trial in federal Court and will be The newly ' organized North IVilkesboro band made its .first public appearance—a very credi table one—on Friday night before its spon.«t the North Wilkesboro agement of Doughton’s Dairy Lions clu. Wilkes and has taken over man- farm north of this city. Mr. Morrison has brought with him his prize herd of jerse.v cat- and iitiu IMS }/i sigiiza. V*. tie, which have won so many priz-' Gra^j es at the North Carolina . state 1 ^ the clU^ fair and other expositions. His and tlie sons. Ray and Derai»sey. phif cattle is e^ecied-that .they will bdrncm- rtttteejrtde its report, v^ich was i^kenup'after "the criminal docket herroT the Th eiub arMo\,ntain j ««fP‘f - ®>f«on of oWcers the j tgKe place at the next regular ing that the bookmobile the North Carolina associatitm will be placed at the service pf the Wilkes county public library -during the months of June and July. -.The bookmobile will have about 2,200 volumes and will serve the rural communities in the county, ttith' book stations 'at cmtral points The library committee con siders this a wonderful service which will be much appreciated throughout the rural sections of the county. Mrs- Frank Joh,ison is chairman ■of the,library committee. The libn^ was formed two years a^p> as a project of the The banA, wh^ »^as organized Council of Social' Agencies hw. id coached un^ the direction Of and despite the fart timt it has .Jfeui Do'.&nds ffomjui|^ yr county, it has growwn remarta^., lie Jlbrary'a formation anif edStaMre been.sc^^ dwL to-eQpmra- of hooka and iiianey jurd to ibor pa13''8J'“i(3ie -Hbrn^jr"project of the WPA. ler Resident es Burned Fatally Saturday Harri^fk Crouch Burned To Ctoath In Bed In Clinton, N. C. was emplopred several nunv-' im was the sob- >rab!e comment;; hommatn WILSON SENTENCED ^inston-Salem, May 19.—W. T- Wibon, former mayor of Winston- Salem, was sentenced in superior court here yesterday to serve from six to eight years in state prison for embezzlement of public guar- ®to .funds. Sentence was pro- by Judge John H- Clem ent after a jury, i Buildings ed for an hour and a half, found the ex-public official guilty of em bezzling $611.52 from the account of John P. Charles, an incompe tent. Defense counsel immediately gave notice of an appeal to the state supreme court. A verdict, in the trial which began last Friday, was brought in at 3:57 p. m. Judge Clement completed his charge to the jury, ■which had been kept to- eether since the trial started, at is completed. Complete report of proceedings of court during the week will be carried in the Journal-Patriot Thursday. Progress Made On Gymnasiums View. Plans for enlarging ^ herd are now materializing and agricnltural authorities are of the ■ There was also a report relahve opinion that Mr Morrison can; to operation of the swimmmg make a real contribution to dairy- Pool. which the club jov inir In Wilkes ■ t*'’® Opened last sum- ® I mer. The pool will be painted North Wilkesboro ! «ther improvements will be High School'Band Plays For Kiwanis Harrison L. Crouch, linotype operator, was burned fatally in his bed in a rooming house in Clinton, N. C , late Saturday night, when, it has been assumed, he fell asleep while smoking. He died at 2:30 o’clock Sunday mojcotog'iir 'S' Fayetteville hos- Irttal. .Smoke coming from -Crouch’s room ira^ ■.dUcov'ered .by J. B. Warren, grandson of the boarding bouse..tor, Mrs. A. A. Jaefc- >son. Warten summoned aid and! pulled Crouch from the blazing bed, which had already burned . so much that it had fallen down. . Crouch was badly burned about the face and head, as well as oth- A project caUing for of Ui^nmy 421 • distance of "ff*. progimately eight miles east of Wilkesboro has been "submitted.to national headquartera of Works Progress adminirtratlS^ C, H. Crutchfield, area englnato# .said here today. . project, sponaored Iqr.* stoto higlmay condUiSoi^ ; frt; wideni^ the ante enifan four feat. 'Ito ept pavement is only wi^ih, rnd is one of ^ many an^.. tiona of highway considered toe narirow for safety. •r' Hr. Crutchfield explains ib^'M prqjoct tod been approved 'ivil®' would have provided for a bUmnir nous atoip of pavement four iito wide but that it had been dkwm4t’ cd in favor of concrete, paytoS. which would result in a much bai ter job. ■ '■"• The project would call for wid> eniiw the road bed four feet, vrfaidk. would be equivalent to placing tba four feet of concrete on tto shoulder and construction of a new shoulder. The ■wideningg- would be done on the south side. Highway 421 is considered ona of the leading highways in the state. It begins at Wilmingtoa and crosses the state, going an to Bristol, Tenn., and into Kentucky, Much of the highway in North* Carolina is a part of the Tenna- Sea Trail, which is expected to be come a highly publicized commerr cial and- tourist route acroes North Carolina and Tennessee- Special Service AiMeA6£st28ft At Mount Pleas ant and Lincoln Heights Are WPA Projects o J j rushed to complerion before the Wins Game Sunday pool is again opened by the club I early next month. baseball 1 '^^jgjtors at the meeting Friday evening included County Agent Dan Holler, City School Superin- Junior And High Band Entertain Club In Meeting On Friday North Wilkesboro’s team played in top form Sunday to shut out High Point’s W. O- IV. ^ team 13 to 0. ... tendent Paul S Cragan, anf'Rev. Leslie Rhodes pitched. , , a vcock. oastor of the Meth- Much progress is being made on construction of two high school gymnasiums in Wilkes and both will be ready for use before school opens this fall, it was learned today. . The two now under construc tion are al Mount Pleasant high Under the direction of Prof. W. P. Greer, the North W’ilkesboro school bands rendered several . numbers as the feature of the Ki- r I A L. Aycock, pastor of the Meth- wants club program Friday noon. in ma.sterful style and kept seven briefly band rendered two hits scattered while North Wilkes-1 interestingly on the subject of a„d prof. Greer played boro pounded three pitchers -Hitchhiking”. 'There was a large ,met xhe remainder of 16 hits, including two homers and, ^lub members, the program consisted of three two doubles by Van Wiles, one by. being 38- Reavis, a triple and two doubles '^North Wilkesboro will play Val- LcC BoWCrS DicS i-TO p. m. but the body did not.schoo! in the western part of the hevin deliberating until 2:-30. county and at Lincoln Heights begin deliberating Wilkesboro. Both are WPA projects. dese here Saturday afternoon and Kinney Educators, of Winston-Sa lem, on Sunday afternoon at 2:30. T. B. Clinic Is In Second Week Several New Cases Found ^During Part Week By t Tuberculoaia Speeialtrt The buildings will be almost identical and will be of frame construction. Estimates called for a total expenditure of about $7.- 000 at each place with one-third of tha cost by the communities as sponsors and the remainder by the federal government. Cemerety Meeting At Moravian Falls I- A tubercular clinic for adults trttoy entered the second week at the Wilkes county health depart ment- . . The first week of the clinic was considered by health authorities to be an outstanding success in that there were sufficient ap pointments to keep the staff busi ly engaged. Health authorities reported that a number of new cases of tuber culosis have been-discovered m the clinic- Three new cases were said to have been found in a family where two deaths from the dis ease have already occured. Other new cases have been discovered, they said, and arrangements are being made to provide treatment for those found to have the dis- 68U36' The examinations in the clinic are by Dr. Skeen, a specialist from state saniWrium, whb has w part of his cquipu'®"^ a portable flouroscope, ,a valuable ajd m diagnosis. Borderline or Ppiv>t- fiil cases are referred to the hos- nial for X:^y picture?. ^nioie who have reason to b^ jhk* they may tove contrMted TBe disease and who have not been examined may be examined ,Jhis week'by making an app^to«»t at the office of Dr. A. J- EUer, 'ertinty to»lth otficer. Duke Power Co. Rebuil£ng Lines Will Increase Capacity Of Brushy Mountain and Moravian Falls Lines All persons who have relative or friends buried in the Moravian Falls cemetery, or who hav? any interest in the cemeteiV," are ask ed to attend a meeting to be held at the cemtery on Sunday morn ing. May-28. 11:10 o’clock. Plans will be discussed for the mainten ance of the cemetery and all who are interested, regardless of whether or not they live in the community, are urged to be pres ent In Wilkesboro; Funeral Tuesday !iee Bowers, age 58, died early this morning at his home in Wil kesboro following an illness of several days . mc'.-i >-i Funeral service will be held at ^ Gardner as host. numbers by the high school band. The program won much favor able comment, many expressing the opinion that it was unusually good for children who are in their first year of band work. A. F. Kilby was program chairman for the day. President V J- Carter an- .nounced that the directors will • meet ra Thursday night with Edd A H. Casey _ , ,' er portions of the body. Sell ool Crouch had been employed in Clinton for only about 10 days by tlie McKenzie Prlntery, publish ers of the Sampson News. He had given Gordonsyille, 'Va., as his home addrey and it was there his family live. He ■was a native of Wilkes, a son of [. M. Crouch and the late Mrs Crouch, of Hays. He held positions in many newspaper and printing plants in several states and during the World War he served as a linotype operator for the government in Europe. Two years ago he spent some time at Moravian Falls, where he was em ployed in the Yellow Jacket of fice. He is survived hy his wife and one son: his father. I. M. Crouch, of Hays; one brother. John Crouch, of Long Island. New York; one half-brother, Paul Crouch, of Greensboro; and four r unerai seiviuo uaroner as ooai. « Or Friendship chnrch near Elkin on reported on the division “fj ' Tuesday afternoon, two o’clock. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. held'^on Thursday night at Sedge-j of Moravian Falls: Mrs. J. Surviving are ms wue. «i*a. North Wi kesboro had ','^wrg Nancy Anderson Bowers, and the Q^embers in attendance and was a ’■ nt Rnnmer following children; Lester Bow- giose second to Winston-Salem Dora Phillips, of Boomer, ers. North Wilkesboro route 3; ^^r the attendance prize. I Marvin and James Bowers, Wil kesboro; Robert Bowers. North WHkesboro; Mrs. Mary Anderson Jloravian Falls Baptist church. ww ij ‘'AOrariau mim t»a At the meeting Fr day Horte ^ Hutchens was a guest of P. W. Eshelman, Mrs. Mary G. Hub- and Miss Myrtle Bowers, 'Wilkes- ^ pat Williams bo'ro. Two major rural power, lines in Wilkc.s are to bp rebuilt soon in order to render better service and take care of increased business, Robert S. Gibbs, manager of the North WMlkeshoro branch of the company, said today. The lines to be rebuilt .soon are the Brushy Mountain and Mora vian Falls lines. Defective poles will be replaced and heavier wire with a greater load capacity will be used. Outstanding among the new lines in process of construction is the eikht-mlle extension on high way 421 from the home of Dr. W. R. Triplett 12 miles west of this cit> to the foot of the Blue Ridge near the Wilkes-Watauga county lines. It is expected that the ex tension will be ready for use scon. Over 1,000 Citizens and Patrons 01 Wakedboro jS(diool Ask Re-Election Of fotire Faciity For Comii^ Year If ihe adage, “Every tub stands on its own bottonn’’ to true, no one should bother , tboot toin* hia “brother’s keeper.” When the Wilkesboro district school board, composed of N. O. Smoak. chairman. C.^ A. Lowe, J. T. Prevette, D. J. Brookshire, and T. M. Fcr.-er. meets Tuesday afternoon. May 23, at five o’clock at the schoolhonse to elect teach ers for the 1939-40 school term, there will be before the board pe titions signed by more than 1,000 school patrons and citizens of the district asking the re-election of Supt T. E. Story and all members of the present faculty. The petition, together with the na^es of its more than -l.AOO signers, is published at the re quest of a Patron’s School Com mittee which has recently been orSattixed, and which Issuee the; following statement : t... "This petition, signed and cir culated by citizens and patrons of the Wilkesboro central school district, representing both politi cal parties, is not a complete cen sus. due to a widely scattered pop ulation—yet. it is as nearly unan imous as any worthwhile petition could be. “Neither Supt. T. E. Story, nor any other member-of the faculty, had any part whatever In the framing or circulation of this pe tition, “A number of citizens have expressed their approval of tip re-election of Supt. Story and entire old faculty, but declined to sijgn th«|. prtttktii. .on aec'onrt «t hifdiiiii?WP* »hd>*tate (Gontlaned on page ft^t) J. L. Osteen was a guest of- W. H. McElwee and P. W. Edwards was a guest of C. B Eller. {Another Cripple Clinic June 8th Junion Managers, Legion To Meet Those With Children To Be Examined Asked To No tify Health Department Plans Being Made To Start Junior League Schedule In Wilkes Soon Wilkes post of the American Legion is asking that managers of all junior baseball teams who ex pected tc enter the county junior league this year attend the Le gion meeting to to held on Friday, June 2, 7:30 p. m. at the Legion and Auxiliary clubhouse north of this city. All communities ■wishing to «i* ter a -team in' the league this year are aaked’to notify.W- J. Bason, head of the Legion’s ba|^>ul epp^ Dr- A. J. Eller, Wilkes health officer, today announced that ano ther cripple clinic will be held at the Wilkes hospital on June 8. The last clinic was very a«c- be eotamaned and learn if they iWiltor post office have reasonable chance of having Pastor Will Deliver Sertnoa In Honor Of All Who Died For Country On Memorial Sunday and Memo rial Day the nation will airain 'as semble to honor its heroic dead- Ob that day many will honor the memory of those who gave their lives in service of their country, and of those others who, since the war, have dropped their burdens by the wi^side of life, and are gone to their eternal rest. Wilkes County Post No. 125 has planned to observe Memorial Sunday by attending, in a body, the morning services at the First Methodist church at which time Rev. A. L. Aycock will deli'.'er the memorial sermon. The .Amerieaa Legion has invited the following orga'i izations to join with them in the service: Legion Auxiliary, Spanisi. American Wiar veterans and their Auxiliary, United Dau ghters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of American Revo lution. They also invite all ■vffU e'’ans who are not members of -the American Legion, to mert with them in this service. Assem bly will bo in front of the church at 10:45 a. m. and then enter tto- church in a body. There is no better way to honor soldier dead, of all wars, tbsa through reverent worship and it is expected that many will attend this service to so honor those who have served their country. Plans for Memorial Day, Stoy 30th, will be announced later in the week. The committee is pian^ ing their program so that it wui not conflict with the commence ment exercises at the high school- Annual Colvard_^^; ; Reunion June "4 The annual reunion of-tto Cpl- vards, Colvard descendants ’ relatives will be told Su))d,(y^ June 4, 1939, at Union Baptiift cessful and health authorities are church. ^ThU church is lo«»t^ of the opinion that there are yet near N. C. ***®**^ “ * • A t *1 VTavbAK nM several crippled and deformed miles from North ^ilk^boip,' am children in the county who should the ori^rinal Colvard homestead. The program that is being their physicals defects corrected ranged will be^n at U o’do* hv orthopedic surgery. Tto clinics- This will consist of business rte toing sponsored by the North sion, devotional servie^^ speidal Wilkesboro Kiwanis club in co- maek, and informal tafta. operation withnhe health depart- 1:00 o’clort a pm^ dt^ u^l bo enjoyed and of coaiao who have chiWrepIrtWSone » *»tod to bring a waB toee not ito‘’than!^27rte wouM Hke to tort f8&5 basket ’ ’ SST’tS IK^srteduS^y to tto clii^ June Sii^. LWl Colvarda, those d»trtly ^ 3 St tofortr'-'^ a^ to no«y. tto h^ de^ tfinrt game on Jane I. , . j»ent as early aa to aod feianda, at* ssiweiaBy, attrtd the nonkm.
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