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I 2\ZED”Ti iW9 ^teVNatkm m fete OmJJlJCPT^'VICTIM ■% D,; C- td^- ardaoa, m of. Jm Beulah IfcMdiai^a, died In ir^ cal hoapltal tkla mornlnr gf *4^ Juries TeoelTHd'tate yesterdaV aft ernoon^ when struck by a ^ek driren by Edward Russell. •''The accident occurred near Whltnel on what is known as “Dead M- ley,” when the child is said to hare stepped from a car directly into the path of the truck. ^ Ft)UR MULES KILLED Mt. Airy, June 23.—I.lghinln,? bolts from a sadden thunder storm Thursday morning killed two pairs of mules, located In barns miles apart, in Surry coun ty. The mules owned by Grover • Branch, of near Dobson, were killed and the barn and pack- ^ house totally destroyed by fire. The other two mules, owned by James Comer, five miles from the Branch farm, were killed by another bolt but the fire was quickly put out. ROAD MODERNIZATION ^ North Caroltna should provide J50.000.000 for modernisation and expansion of its highways within the next quadrennlum, with sharp Improvement of the state’s position In the matter of traffic fatalities as a major ob jective. State Commissioner of Revenue Allen J. Maxwell, of Raleigh, maintained In an ad dress at the third annual confer ence and ninth annual convention of North’ Carolina Retail Coal Merchants association at King Cotton hotel in Greensboro. Nar row roads and bridges carrying heavy trucks and busses, and sharp, unbanked curves are fac tors, Mr. Maxwell stated, which, he said, causes killing of 2 5 per cent more persons on North Car olina highways than the national traffic toll average. DAM DECISION SOON Winston-Salem, June 23. — Judge H. Hoyle Sink announced today shortly before Yadkin Su perior court recessed ’antil Wed nesday that he would announce his decision In the power prolect hearing Friday morning at Greensboro. Yadkin county com missioners are seeking an order t restraining the city of High Point ' from erecting a J6.500.000 hy droelectric plant on the Yadkin river at Styers ferry. Judge Sink ^ also indicated he would announce his decision in the suit brought by Duke Power company and 4 5 interested High Point citizens in Guilford county seeking a- re- straining order, when he^ an nounces his ruling in the Yadkin county case. - r tr r-’ PobHa^^ Mondays C> MONDAY,.iJJ So3 ^ wakes h .3 Years Triple A Ptffram To Con serve and 6dlltl Soil* In- creasinfly Popalar Agricultural conservation has made much progress In Wilkes County during tfte past three years through the Trlple-A pro gram, reports Dan P. Holler, county farm agent. The program Is becoming Iddreaslngly popular and last year 69.9 per cent of the cropland In the county was in the program. This compares with 29.0 per cent in 1936 and 47.6 per cent In 1987. Farmers earned 75.1 per cent of their maximum soil-hullding payments In 1938, 70.7 per cent in 1937, and 82.1 per cent in 1936. To receive these payments they planted within their acreage ‘allotments and carried out such valuable soil-building practices as seeding legumes and grasses; turning under green manure crops: applying ground lime stone, and superphosphate, and potash: terracing: and planting trees and improving timber stands. (Continued on page eight) \ . .. r, . . iv.-. ' ^1'. vS. Thd«« two pktari** dre r>t>t^*!ntotiv« cf th» wQrfc1|»»^: ing dpiid lif th* Work* Progi«M«dmfad*tnition wftkMli' State H^hwajr eomndMioit a* q»oa«or ia Wflke* ^ where die WPA h*» 2U miles oi road *mc« Chblf* her, 1935. The pidtare hilby show* WPA wurfcam spreading crud^ed stom from a state highway truck md - the other view shows a car on one of the roads him received a surface of crushed stone. WPA expdii* ''^dhur^ for roads in Wilkes county througk June 15 this> ^ - year totaled $739^96; , V/>:- V/ . % ' . 5 V * >' t' KING IS SALESMAN London. June 23. - George reported formally today on his regal job of selline Great Britain in the I'nited States and Canada bv modestly asserting that he and Queen Elizabeth had “in some sort succeeded’’ in their mission. His deepest impression of the 15.000-Tmile North Ameri can trip, he told 700 guests at a state luncheon in the city of Lpn- to turn the don’s ancient guildhall, was “that even in this age. of machines and mass production the strength of human feeling still Is the mos. potent of all forces affectiu.g world affairs.’’ He said he hoped the tour might "he of somt Im portance In its Influence on the empire’s future destiny.” ask lending bill Waidilngton, June 23.—At a White House conference tonight President Roosevelt’s new $3.- 860.000.000 lending program was placed upon the “essential” list for enactment at this session of Congress. *The conference was at tended bv congressional leaders and high officials of the admin istration and last two hours. Sen ator Barkley. Democrat. Ken tucky, the administration floor leader, told reporters that the prognini would b© drafted tn bin form, and introduced early next week- “Do you expect much op position?” he was asked. "That’s a speculative matter,’’ he replied. "It’s hard to tell how much op position may develop. But, I don’t expect much trouble.” Kiwanis Agriculture Committee Asks That Full Farm Extension Service Be Continued Here For Benefit Farmers At a meeting of the Committee progress being the Increase in on Agriculture and Forestry of cooperation of our farmers with the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis | the Federal Soil Conservation Club held on June 23, 1939, the [Program by which every coope- following resolution was unani-1 rating farm increa.ses the fertil- mously passed: I Ity of its soil by such practice “Whereas the work of this ' and at the .same time gets pay committee is primarily for the ■ from the government for doing advancement of farming and the so. As an illustrallon of this pro betterment of conditions and the'gress. Wilkes County farmers re raising of standafife'dll HVlng In tcelved hirder this program for the farm homes In Wilkes county, | year 1936 J30.000.00: an ad- and this work has largely been vanco estimate of the amount to done in cooperation with the.be received for 1939 is J85,- Farm Agent and Home Demon-: 000.00, an increase of 250 per- stration Agent, this committee cent. i has noted with much satisfaction “The farm youth of the Coun- the fine progress that has been ty has been well organized into made in these objectives during Four-H nub.s, and each year a the past few years. Notably a- selcc'eri list of these young tarm- mong the many evidences of this (Continued on page eight) Local Baseball | Conservation Is Team Wins Two| Subject Address North Wiik'^b^ro’s Representative Soil Conser- team brought out the hitting i ir' 'power Saturday and Sunday to | vation Speaker At Ki- I win over Harmony and Brown- | wanis Meeting Rogcrs-Dlxon teams. | On Saturday the locals downed Harmony 13 to 5. Icenhour and Reavis were the leading hitters for North Wilkesboro w’hile hom ers by Pratt, Gaither and Price, of Harmony, were not sufficient »’ow Hot It Gets In N. Wilkesboro, Sometimes! It gets hot Iti North Wil- kesboi-o, sometimes. 'This is proved bej'ond any doubt by H. A. Wendland, of the Simtt tlicese A Butter Co. Mr. Wendland placed his t Ijermoiiieter In the sun at 4:30 n. m. Wednesday and It Teglsteretl to 139 degrees. The thermometer was plated at »!ie .same place and at the same time of day on Thnrs- da.v afternoon and It register ed 133 degrees. Wh:^! — / Resignation 3 Members Wilkesboro School Board Asked In Mass Meeting North Wilkesboro Maple Furniture At World’s Fair Judge Hayes Is Speaker At State Bar Convention Federal Jurist Talks About New Rules of Civil Pro cedure To Lawyers The “Under the Dome” column In the Raleigh News and Observ er Saturday made several obser- 'vations relative to exhibits at the New York World’s fair, with par ticular mention of North Caro lina’s triorama. The''artfcle'said: “A revolving panels show the state in its three distinct divisions: East. Piedmont and the West. The panels revolve so that at one time they ail make a picture of the three divisions. “Furniiure is prominent, with a display of beached maple from North Wilkesboro.’’ L^rge Crowd Gathers At Wilkesbor^ School Pro testing Firing Teachers I Wrightsville Beach, June 24.— ;The 41st annual convention of the North Carolina Bar Association closed at noon today with election ! of State Senator Fred I. Sutton of Kinston as president. He succeeds Kin.gsland Van Winkle of Asheville, who be comes an ex-offtcio member of the executive committee. ,\n address by .Tohnson J. for the coming week-end. Hood Win Speak At Kiwanis Meet - ^ Commissioner of Banks To Address Club In Meet ing Here Friday Orphanage Class To Give Concert At Mulberry 27th A class from,the Odd Fellows orphanage at Goldshoro will ren der a concert at Mulberry school on Tuesday night, June 27, eight o’clock. , ' Tf r': V . ^ A spleaattd- wlU given snd no admission vrill os chsrged. The public' has a cor '. Oisl inrlUttor toF atfeotd. I North Wilkeshoro Kiwanis Ciub ! enjoyed a. good program at Its I weekly luncheon meeting Friday j noon at Hotel Wilkes. I Prior to the program and dur-| t'. S. judge of Wilkesbort. [ing the .hnstness session program gj,j adootion of resolutions fa- ^ chairmen for the next four meet-^ yoyjnjr fjjp establishment of a Ings were announced and an- institute and a uniform code nonneement was made of the di-^^f procedure marked the closing rectors meeting to be held at P-| session. W. Eshelman’s on Thursday eve-1 Shepard of Raleigh and ning, seven o’clock. I ^ k Martin of Winston-Salem J. C. Rems, previously appoint- elected to membership on ed to report on a news item of current items: Bat teries were Gilliland and Icen hour for North Wilkeshoro. Hol comb. Vanstory. Yorke and Ad ams lor Harmony. On Sunday alternoOn North Wilkesboro made eight hits count for ten runs to defeat the Win ston-Salem team 10 to 3. Temple ton shone at the plate with four of the hits land the present Chinese situation Rhodes pitched well, fanning 13, althohgb he allowed nine scatter ed hits. Good gamea will be schedhled . .he executive committee, succeed- Interest. reported two j j Poisson of Wilmington ‘Aunt Het On Mustash” ,j. Uzzell of Asheville. 1 J E Shipman of Henderson- !n the hands of the Japs. . yHie Talbot Johnson of Aber- Pvogram chairman W. ^ ^ ;y„. Stroud presented P. W. Edwards.. elected vice presi- of the Soil Conservation Service "" ” of Wilkes county,' who spoke on,®®”®- the subject of “Soil Conservation ! . JndKe Hayes spoke before ap- In Wilkes county,” Mr. Edwards Proxlmate^^ 300 ^de ^tes on the traced the erosion forces In this subject ‘Nnow ,,ules of Livii country from the time the white Procedure.’ man came to the present day. ‘Tn, 'The association passed a reso- the beginning we had heavy soils. | lutlon requesting the president verdant forests, clear streams and ; to appoint a special committee of plenty of fish. We now have ugly {flv© members to study the feasl- eroded hill sides, muddy streams! blllty of establishing a law Instl- !ind no fish. He said no field jtute for Investigation of problems ChHd Drowns In Slop Bucket Bradley Porter, one-year-old son of D. L. and Vesta Souther Porter,. of Dehart, drowned Friday nijrht'filled the courthouse to capacity. . . . > « a*-. A I*/! A im Citizens and patrons of iWilkes- boro school district assembled in mass meeting at the courthouse Friday night in protest to the ac tion of the central school board in discharging Supt. T. E. Story arul six members of \tbe Wilkesboro — . passed resolutions dentsud- ser es o i resignation of J. T. Pre- ”ctte, T. M. Foster and D. J. Brookshire from the district school board. ' The resolution also demanded resignation of any school official who endorsed or helped in de manding contributions from school teachers to any political compaign fund. The mass meeting was called by the Citizens and Patrons Com-: mittee of the district, which in-i eludes the greater part of Wilkes county south of the Yadkin river and which is the largest district in the county. Practically all communities in the large district Were represented j in the crowd, which was estimated: at over 500 and which more than I when he fell into a bucket of slop at the home of his parents. Coroner I. M. Myers conducted an investigation of the death and pronounced it accidental. Members of the family told him that the child had not been out of their sight more than five minu tes before it was discovered drowned in the bucket. The bucket, a five-gallon paint can, was -about one-third full of slop feed for the hOgs. When the child was found head down in the pail it had a piece of bread clasp ed in “oti4 hand. •App«fently ^ child had dropped the piece of bread into the bucket and feH « while trying to reach for H. Fkjneral service was held Sun day at, Dehart church. Gurney P. Hood. North Caro lina commissioner of banks, will be the feature speaker at the meeting of the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club Friday noon, W. J. Caroon, who will be in charge of the program, said today. Bankers from towns lu adjoin ing counties will be gueets at the meeting. W. C. T. U. Food Sale On^aturday The W. C. T. U, will conduct a food sale at Spalnhour-Sydnor company on Saturday from ten fc m. to _12. 'Chlckepj pie*, cakes, 4110(8, and. .other foods will ho pnd patyonsge wUl be sp- by the org^nizstion. Entries In Lions Tourney Close 6th To Hav« Men’s and Boys’ Division; All Wilke* Players Eligible with more than ten percent grade should be cultivated. In row crops unless there Is _ some J artWclal means provided for walking the water down the hill instead of letting It run down.” He stated that we are. rapidly mining our soils as well as our forebts and that we now use one seventh of all the commercial fertilizer used in the United Sta1©.-He enumer ated the various 'Gotemmental agencies now engaged in the con servation service and he urg^ his audience to cooperate la this much needed work. Mr.. 0. F. McRary, district a- gent of Balelgh, was present and spoke briefly of Mr. EdwardjS’ work and utged the Slwanians to cooperate with him in hta cot^ serTattoS) pfbgiMn-- - i relating to the profession. Henry Mi London''of Raleigh was renamed secretary-treasury for a 19th consecutive term. Dr. C. C. Reins Now With Horton’s Drug Store Dr. Charles C. Reins, of Win ston-Salem. has taken a poritlon In the prescription department of Horton’s Drug Oompany.->-Dr, Reins has had 26 year* of exper ience as a pharmacist and.-ie .» graduate of the ' Univorslty of North Carolina School *of 'Pfisr* -niscy.. , ... . _ - ■. -S Dt. RMns’Is' a son of ' tfie ^T. and"-Mrs, Wv ^ attd AH persons who wish to enter the Wilkes county tennis tourna ment sponsored by the North Wilkesboro Lions club must give notice of entry before July 6. club members In charge of ar rangements said today. The tournament is open to all players lu 'Wilkes county. There win be men’s and boys’ dlvislonB, singles and doubles aud mixed doubles. 'A' the . tournamoBt The meeting wa.s called to order by Paul Osborne, who called J. F. Jordon, mayor of Wilkesboro, tu act as chainnan. Rev. A. W. Lynch, pastor of the Wilkesboro Methodist church, opened the meeting with prayer. The principal address of thej evening was by Miss Agnes Mac- [ Donald, immediately past president j of the classroom teachers division, of the North Carolina Education, Association. j Others who addressed the meet ing were Mayor Jordon, w'ho urged unity in their cause, Mrs. L. B. Dula, of the Parent-Teacher asso ciation, Carl A. Lowe, former member and secretary of the school board who recmtly resign ed because of the action of a ma jority of the board members in discharging the teachers, R. Don I Laws, Paul Osborne and Dr. Han nibal Duncan, noted educator anq author who has taught in many colleges and universities in several states. He attacked the action of the majority members of the dia-j trict committee as being destruc-, tive to the cause of public educa tion. AH speakers'- were loudly ap plauded and especially Mr. Lowe,; who merely stated that the people khew his stand in the matter, which he had taken solely for tlie benefit of the school and com munity. . The resolutions, which reviewwj the present school situation from j its incipiency at the first boori- meeting in April and set out demands for roaigiiation irf the^ three board meml^, were offer, ed by Paul Osborai sad Cbainaan Jordon called for. i standing vote 'Th# responae iavortag the tssdltl "AH! Many Casas VWl Be Tried Before Co«ft Docket doored ' First week of the special. tsra of Wilkes court lor trM ot 'dHfe” insi ca»M ended Friday afldrii^’ after many ^es Mid been.s'): moved'from the docket ini’'ill©-. ahd by the nol pros rout*,-.' Judge Wilson Warllclt jls jro* siding and Solicitor AvKtM M i^all Is prosecuting the do^st. t An account of the eases' ha which judgment has bemi' rinder* ed follows: Betty Wyatt, violation p^^lhl^ t on law, eight mooths iWI .fSD- tance suspended two years oa condition she prQrfdg dren, obey l-iws and’boxifTOtiMItd behaylor. - William Lee Langston,,.operat ing car while IntoxicatedvCalfed and failed: license, rwroksd 1* months. . Lon R. Steelman, operating car while Intoxicated, 90,..daya suspended on payfeent J56 flna and cost and must be of .good behavior. Oscar Brown and Spencer Brown, assault with deadly weap on, four months suspended on payment cost and hospital bill resulting from Injury to one of defendants, who are brothers. Edgar Johnson, operating car while intoxicated, 90 days on road and license revoked. Warrants were quashed In cases in which violation of a North Wilkesboro tax ordinance were charged. The defendants tn the several cases were Kay Nich olson. T. H. Williams. H. P. El ler, Everett Cleary and A. P. Phillips. During the process of trial a compromise was reached in the case of Mr. and Mri. Ernest Mill er ,"of tjlendale Springs, wh.o were charged with larceny of shrub bery from graves in the ceme tery at Arbor Grove Methodist church near Millers Creek. A plea of forcible trespass was entered and accepted. The judgment was prayer for judgment oontlnned as to Mrs. Miller and a four months roads sentence for Mr. Miller was .suspended on condi tion that the cost he paid and that *25 he paid to be disbursed bv the elerk to uersons designat ed by officials of the church Cases against the following de fendants were nol crossed: Glenn Pierce, Robert Church, Venie Watson. Thad W. Watkins. Hay- rue Harrold. Jesse Holloway. C. P, Redding, Gordon Benton, Mar cus Henderson, Arthur Murphy, Richard Murphy. L. H. Ashley, Albert Ward. Bedford Batrguess, Eh McClure. John Elmore, W. B. Hall. Bus Spicer, Dan Adama, Nelson Reeves and Grady Moore. Scheduled for trial during the second week of court are a num ber of cases of more than unus ual interest, including murder charge against Sammy Dotson for the shooting of Andrew Benge a murder charge .against Ver non Snr’nkle for the knife slaying of his brother, Tom Sprin'ile. Both homicides occun^l in March of this year. Judgment will be passed this week on Gwyn Pierce, convicted of manslaughter In the death of Robert Minton, and Cecil Pierce, who entered a plea of guilty of manslaughter In the slaying of Carl Minton. , Entries for .. . should he made with. BUI Brkni? at Brsnle Drug company, ■where;, ^ , the trapbiae tor^ wljai# mnner-np *re ■*'- nn- vhtad fe'Adoontnnf kf , ,th(Ut;f«i insliy eiitrahtj'‘BS4 |ws . . It as wHP bi one Fbtsd 4.1 f iCbp resotetkii^ coiwlad^,.,^ ^ thist s copy It* .iisat achJeoI eomjWU^ 'lasp? hfwifcy seipijftaM**^ One From Wilkes AtC.M.T.Cajpp _ Roy Stewarti Pardue Say* pther Boys Don’t Know What They Are Missln|r Only one young ., man from Wilkes is enrolled at the . Citi zens’ Military TraUrtSf Camp 1^ under way at Foft: Roy Stewart Pardu^,. eon of J. W. Pardue. of WHkef^rt) He is In his thlrtf'jresi' at the oarap. \r ,;. In a letter to The Joorn^.lt^,, trlot Pardne toltf.^apjgeC!hfeir of’’ the military and . pbypfei|^ traia- Ihg offered at th#’had jjfco -. meattonedflhe ajhletle' progndp.^ isrinif that the ygapf mea Wpkee eouaty -TlW wsfe ellgflile to attead ehmp -do AM kah'v lehsh^;^^ oMdllKB' it ’Php, eaaip ■ % - tor toar 'WseW'Wek’, Mauaer jkad all jflMirt 'ue-fhAi ky-'ike' gOTec»>.j rfifc
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