North Carolina Newspapers

► , ' -ft 3TS ADVERTISING qkapel HHl. /Hly'tl.—rb» ex tire use of nowsoaper aJver- kK, as a means of promoting er relations between banks customers was advocated |kere today by Stephen H. Flfleld, prominent Jacksonville, Fla., anker and first vice president of be Financial Advertisers Associ- Jntlon of America, In an address |]before the North Carolina Bank- conference In session at the Wnj[ve*Bity of North Carolina this fwMk. VOL. XXXII. No. 85, -Pabltehed Mond(^ '"m ' i/tf, i, . As. V .-tu ■ . .. t-r.-'""'.— *-*r T". I.'lij-iuiiiJCJi-i Wilkes &diools Open On August 28 Would Enable System To Follow Uniform Schedule and Complete Half Term By Time For Christmas Holidays NEW HEAT WAV^ Chicago, July 11.--A new heat wave moved eastward across the western plains todav. At many pc(p^ west of the Mlslssippl river tesiawatures In the 90’s were registered at noon while the wea ther bureau here predicted un seasonable warmth would engulf most of the mlddlewpst overnight and tomorrow. The hot air flow followed the same general path as last week, when more than 50 £ i were reported in 17 ] Monday, August 28, has been tentatively set as the date for opening of the Wilkes county school system, C. B. Eller, coun ty superintendent of schools, said today. Opening on that date will en able the schools to follow the same uniform schedule as was used last year. The schedule will allow for two days off for Thanksgiving and completion of the half year In time for Christmas holidays. School authorities have found that the schedule dividing the term equally In the calendar years is very convenient and meets with the approval of a majority of the patrons, teachers and ptudents. Overseer National Singles Fmals IE BUILDING UP New York. July 11.—Home I building In the first half of 1939 I was the fastest witnessed In a decade, F. W. Dodge corporation reported today. Dollar volume of residential building contracts let in the first six months this year total $64-1,527.000 in the 37 states east of the Pocky moun tains, the heaviest volume for any similar period since 1929. The The aggregate represented a gain of 61 per cent over the like 1938 period, and a rise of 25 I per cent over the like 1937 half. Of the $245,000,000 increase over the 1938 period, $181,000,000 I represented a gain in private resi- Identlal building and $64,000,000 increase in public housing pro- Grange Will Speak At Wilkes Picnic In Tennis Play Will Be Monday Pomona Grange To Meet On Wednesday Night To Lay Plans For Occasion BIpREYNOLDS DIES I ' Washington, July 11.—Rep- Davis McReynolds, of Chat- I tanooga, Tenn., 67-year-old chair man of the house foreign affairs commttiee. died oday after a long siege of heart disease. Mc Reynolds was stricken last fall, and his persuasive voice on the floor and in the cloakroom had b^n missed this session by ad ministration leaders. He piloted neutrality legislation through the house in 1935 and 1937. Friends atld his absence was felt during the house neutrality battle of the present session. “He was so gen ial he could persuade almost any on^ to go along with him.” one jnkblican house member said. never rubbed any one the wrong way.’’ David H. Agans. overseer of the National Grange and master of the New Jersey state Grange, will be the principal speaker at the annual picnic of the Wilkes county Pomona Grange to be held on July 29. Thb Wilkes County Pomona Grange will meet on Wednesday. July 19, 7:30 p. m. at the court house in Wllkesboro for the pur pose of laying plans for the pic nic, which Is an outstanding event ehch year In the organiza tion. All subordinate ' Grange members are urged to attend the Pomona meeting and become members of tl-.e Pomona Grange. The Grange was first organized in North Carolina in Wilkes coun ty and the Wilkes,^unty, Po mona Grange is the oldest county Two Quarter-Final Matches today; Semi-Fina’s To Be Played Friday unit of the rural fraternity North Carolina. BURNS NEGRO CHURCH Advertise Land For Taxes Soon Advertising ^Vill Be Done In August; Tax Land Sales In September Land will be advertised for sale for delinquent taxes in Wilkes county -luring the month of Au gust and will be sold on the first UlViVa IVCiVIIVM KUSi aiiu — Henderson, July 11.—Hubert Monday in September, county of- M. Capps, Dabney township farm er, is in Vance county jail charg ed with burning the negro Mt. Moriah Methodist church near his home on the highway fn-.r miles west of Henderson today. Flames destroyed the chuiou as Marvin Banks, negro, was being tried in recorder’s court for disturbing re ligious worship there. He was freed by Recorder R. F- Clem ents. and Rev. Hugh Glover, the Btetor. was taxed witii the cost:- JP frivolous and malicious prose cution. Sheriff I- L. Swanson, who sw-ore to the warrant for Capps, said he was told Capps purchased two gallons of gasoline from a nearby service station, saturated a section of the build ing and fired it. later returning to the station to tell of his act, asserting he had put a stop to disturbances there. flclals said today. Those who have not paid their 19 38 taxes are urged to pay dur- in.g the remainder of this month and save additional penalty and advertising costs. Juniors Install Officers Tuesday North Wilkesboro council of Ji-nior order held an inter- p«*'ng meeting Tuesday night, at vb-eu Hu'e officers f(>r the en suing six months w-ere installed. Richard Reanion is the new coun cilor and 0. K. Pope is vice coun cilor. ,4n important meeting is sche duled for Tuesday night, July 18, and every member is asked to be present. McNim’ GETvS JOB Washington. July 11.—Presi- lent Roosevelt disclosed today :hat he did not expect Paul V. McNut-t to be an active candidate !or the Democratic presidential lomination while directing the few federal security admlnistra- ;lon. The President sent McNutt’s lomination to the senate at noon, ind a few hours later said at a ^s« conference that he did not :hlnk McNutt would be found running as a presidential candi- late any more than a dozen or 16 other individ’uals who might » named easily. Some of those Individuals, he said, are in the sabinet. Then, in a scoffing tone vhich indicated a negative an- iwer was obvious, Mr. Roosevelt igked wbether_they were pushing iheir candidacies. Some of their Iriends may be doing so, he add- id. McNutt, a former governor Indiana, will have charge of l»w federal agency which will various welfare activities, e wnate finance commlttse ap- ived his nomination speedily. The going gradually grew tougher today in the Wilkes county tournament a.s the result ed showed a number of three-set matches in the second round and quarter finals. Thirty-seven entered the men's singles division in ' the county- wide tourney, which is sponsored annually by the North Wllkesboro Lions Club. Today’s play will complete the quarter finals, the semi-finals will be played Friday and the championship match will be played on Monday afternoon. The semi-finals will begin Fri day, 4 p. m. on the Pearson court in Wilkesboro. A small admission w-ill be charged. Results of play since the last rgport follows, the first named in each match being the winner: A. Garwood and Phillip Brame, 4-6. 6-1, 6-3; Pearson and Critch- er. 6-1, 6-0: Campbell and Halg- wood, 6-3. 6-2; Reeves and Wil liams. 6-4, 6-8, 6-4; Cooper and Doiighton. 6-0 6-1; McNeill and Higgins. 6-1. 6-3; Gwyn and .4rmfield, 6-0. 6-1. In quarter finals played Wed nesday A. Garwood defeated Har ry Pearson 6-4. 3-6, 6-0 and Rev. W. M Cooper beat William Biarap 6-1, 5-7, 6-0. Today Frank McNeill will play Blair Gwyn and Bernard Campbell will play Ross Reeves. In the doubles play to date Gar wood and Gwyn defeated Allen and Stafford 6-2, 6-2; P. Brame and Huntley 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 over Phifer and Finley; Pearson and Johnston 6-0, 6-1 over Smith and Joe Brame; CritcheV and Scroggs 6-4, 8-6 over Halgwood and M. Williams. lira Get ~ratracip|fri4f:{' Federal^tf^ !^cial Term For Trial Criminal Casea Under Way In Wilk«ri>oro Here is shown one 'of the large rock crushers being used in Wilkes county on the WPA county wide road project, which is sponsored by the state highway commission. Native stone is mined in puarries, crushed and placed on dirt roads, making' an all-weather surface over which school buses, the mail man and the general public can travel any day in the year. 15 Drivers Will I ry T’ • in Wllkesboro Faculty For Prizes In Kace ^, , , Ar^.gamer Here On Saturday Auto Races Here Will Be An Outstanding Sports Event Of The Season A1 Fleming, Jr., of Richmond, Va., the only dirt track driver to win two main events in auto rac ing this season, will be trying for mg this season, will oe trying lor wiiKesnoro scnooi lor eiereu >..». hi. third victor, f W rf y.Sr., »d vr.. Brier Hoppers To Perform at Traphill On Friday, July 14 the mythical Carolina’s champion ship Saturday afternoon when the drivers stage a six event program here on the local track. Jumping into the spotlight ear ly in the season with two conse cutive victories -at the Rowan speedway in Salisbury the Rich mond Rocket looked like the fast est thing on the tracks this year, but motor trouble handicapped him in the third race at Salisbury and forced him into third position. At Greensboro Fleming finished in the money but couldn’t keep his racing mount tuned to the rhythm set by the flying motor of Freddy Bailes, a newcomer who paced the field in a sensational victory on the fourth of July. Should Fleming win Saturday he will have the inside track on the championship now being sought by both Bert Helmuller and Bailes. Helmuller and Bailes each won one main event. But should either of the latter two Rilkes Hospital as a Bumgamer Has Taught Math In School For Eleven Years Fair Will Present Program Thrilling Stage Attractions Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner has resigned as a member of the Wil- kesboro high school faculty, his resignation having been tendered to C. B. Eller, county superinten dent of schools, several days ago. Mr. Bumgarner 6ng rendered a faithful and loye' '■rrvice to the Wllkesboro school for eleven Two-Hour Show Will Be Climaxed By Plunge By “The Great Peters” Getting ready for the annual exposition to open here on Sep tember 12, officials of the Great Northwestern Fair have secured Placing emphasis on that part of the fair along with exhibits, i officials have booked some of the nation’s leading outdoor acts position on the faculty at both the meetings of the district gchc hoard. Rev. Mr. Bumgarner, In a i wn. uv Zj Prison sentences’ Deted oot to eight for. vlolailosi >f liquor tax laws during the first :bree days of the present special. ;em of federal court in Wfllcaa' boro. . :> Two defendants, Roscoe Chnrck and Con Odell Wyatt, were tepped by Judge Johnson J. [to ihe federal prison In AilaiSlnw Os., for violation of the pMtal! *Iaw8, Wyatt drawing ■ g y^ auA a'day and Church IK''’moittha.^ ^ey were alleged to have been.’ associated with R. K (biamoad Bob) Vannoy In a check forgerjr swindle on Mntgomery Ward and company about two years ac&' Vannoy was sentenced to ffre years in federal court and 'Wy- att and Church, his allefcd -ae- compllces, have just finished serving two years in the stats prison after being con'vlcted of forging the checks. Sentences meted out to Ilqnor law offenders follows: .Robert Clifton Adams. 15 months Petersburg, Va., reforma tory. William Cleveland Gamblll, H months Chllllcothe, Ohio, reform atory. Marshal Marley, year In Lew- Isburg, Pa., reformatory. Richard Call, year Chllllcothe. Arthur Bell, year Chilllcothe. John Elmore, two years Lewis- burg In three cases, sentences concurrent. Otha Oakley, 15 months Chilll cothe. • Koonce Prevette, 18 months Lewlsburg. Practically ei.ch defendant sen tenced for liquor law violations was also fined $100 on the exe- vattea-.tWdcet. V ' ~ Several defendants have been placed on probation. The list 'will be published lataer. Efforts will be made to clear week statement made l uesaay, express-1 „ >,.1,....,... - es his sincere appreciation to all promoter of a-^ „„ Monday, July 17, about and entertainment, 75 njen conyicted In mass J. H. Johnson, Jr. Painfully Injured Unruly Cow Threw Him For with the ultimate in precis- ’ - -- - ion. John Henry Johnson. Helmuller and Bailes have I Ex-Sheriff and Mrs. Har^ Fall On Monday Afternoon At Farm Jr., son J. H. of The result of snouid eitner oi i-iic >.vyv, , on drivers come home the winner the thrown n r 7 closing season campaign for dirt m track honors may reach fi^^ting nea^r^the^ city Monday^^^^^ Promoter Bruce Thompson has Ue cow to go into a •« 4 1 vr rivi*nAri lot when Promoter Bruce inompson nas —- -- _ j j „n —~ I J ^Uof IK j-iworo nrp nl she Suddenly turned and with all t Noptk wn. l.- >tr.n«h him .Ith h,. gang will appear in a performance at Traphill high school on Fri day. July 14. The show, which will start at eight o’clock, will be sponsored ’ey the school and everybody is invited. .Admission charges will be 15 and 25 cents. England’s Royal Couple Stock Fanciers kesboro show Saturday and at least three more entries were ex pected before Friday night. Ernie Rushin, Winston-Salem, a consistent second place winner in recent events and trying hard for his first victory of the current season should find this one-third mile track here to his liking. This will be the smallest trac’s the driv ers have performed on this year. The races are sponsored by the North Wilkesboro Lions club' band. The coming of auto drivers here cause as much excitement as the coming of a circus in other towns and for that reason extra seats were being installed in the grandstand to take care of the crowd expected for the 50 lap program. Out of state drivers held a slight edge over the contestants from North Carolina with Bailes, A1 Fleming, of Richmond, Bert Helmuller, of Louisville, Ky., and Johnny Grubbs, of Martinsville, Va., occupying top fllgbt positions In popular favor. head and threw him on her back and then on a plank walk nearby, with the result that he suffered a fracture of the rertabrae. It has been announced by hos pital surgeons that Mr. Johnson will necessarily have to remain In a cast six weeks as a result of the accident. Schedule of Junior Baseball Complete Dokie» Club Will Meet' Friday,” 7 $30 TheJr majesties, the king and qneen of Engj^d, when duke and duchess of lork, handling EUnfca of Doonholm, Aberdeen-Angin co^ at the Scotland eotate of OoL Norman Kennedy, D. 8. O. Colonel K«- nedyta mhi Brace, graduated from Hotchkisa otiiori. LakevUle, The North Wllkesboro Dokles cl_b will have its regularfmonth- ly meeting.Prlday:ieTOninft 7:JO _ c!clock, at Pine Ridge grounds near Moravian Falls.- , 1 . rbpena^si^er'wtll bo s^fd I Attorney Schedule of junior baseball play for the remainder of the season in Wilkes county was re leased today by W. J. Bason, head of the American Legion post’s junior baseball committee. The schedule follows; July 16, Temple HIR at Clingman, North Wilkesboro at Cricket; July 22, Clingman at North Wllkesboro, Cricket at Temple Hill; July 29, Clingman at Cricket, North Wil kesboro at Temple Hill; August 5. Cricket at North ‘Wllkesboro, Temple Hill at Clingman; August 12. Temple Hill at Cricket, Cling man at North Wilkesboro: Au gust 19. North Wllkesboro at Clingman. Cricket at Temple HllL In games played last Saturday Cricket defeated Clingman 6 to 1 and North 'Wllkesboro gained a one-sldhd victory over Temple F. J. UcDoffle, la nre- the Scotland estate ei uoi. «orm»H ivciuicujr, «». •». w, a./.,, amfntv ncdy^u toti, Brace, graduated from Hotchkisa tobeei, LakevUle, GunLl jidWpSB Wllkesboro.: /bMi v”.-'- ^ ireddhncs reflated., \....g, ' . 1 x' -V ■ A -• 7 '"Z' - 'tJ~r sMrairaltuMiaflBrattl'TniMi musements acts. the citizens and patrons of the school district for their very kind and considerate co-operhtlon ex tended him during the eleven years he has served as a melnber of the school faculty. j conspiracy cases at the May term The fair this year will present i j,g called for judgment, a completely new program of acts 1 federal civil cal- Cases on the federal civil [ endar are scheduled for trial The free aCt program is headed S Tnesday of next week, by the Paramount Revue. Daz-' zHng beauty of performers and costumes, coupled with the ultra- i modern in music and stage ef fects. makes this one of the out standing revues outside of Broad way. The performance goes K. Of P. Lodge Installs Officers But the program of acts is by no means confined to the tame exploits of a group of lovely chorus girls. There Is the Rexola Troupe, three young men and three young women who can do everything imaginable on roller skates and then gradually warm up to some of the fastest acro batics ever seen on the stage. Plenty of fun will be afforded during the program by Silver, the wonder horse. Or the act could well have been called the "mystery horse.’’ Just why part of the caricature cannot follow the lead of the remainder is one of those mysteries and . as the horse Picks up its trainer by the seat of his pants things really begin to happen. The grand climax of the grand stand acts will be a presentation by “The Great Peters.’’ an act which has thrilled countless thousands In the United States, Australia. Canada and Great Britain. The performance has been aptly labeled as the great est thrill act in the world and is produced exclusively under the management of Promoter Hamid. Formerly the act made the tours for two seasons with Ringllng Brothers. What Peters does is- not so simple. He climbs on his rigging to a great height and with a noose around his neck plunges to what apparently la his doom. His fall Is checked only as the rope hecimes taut, suddenly, to jerk his body up and down, as the tremenduous velocity of his fall,. Is checked so abruptly. Re seemingly should be dead, b\it of course he Isn’t, having peri formed It many times In Just that fashion. * j ^.’Phe. act Is highly recommended j for those who never seem to’see' anything quite thrilling, enough.'’ ■ . -.ri.: ,., UnL- Ji.'W. Elms, Sr.^ ot FitH' The North Wilkesboro Knights of Pythias lodge has installed of ficers for the ensuing six months. R. C. Jennings, Jr., heads the chapter as chancellor commander and the other officers are as fol lows: Dan Holler, V. C.; D. L. Minton, prelate; Dr. A. C. Cham berlain, M. W.; V. E. .lennlngs, M. A.; Paul Church. 0. G.; Jesse Giles, I. G.; W. C. Marlow, M. F.; Paul Osborne, M. E.; George Kennedy, K. R. & S. The Ixidge now has about 120 members and s one of the out standing units of K. of P. iu North Carolina. Meetings are held each Mon day night. Baseball Games For The Week-End North Wllkesboro’s baseball team will play Boone there Sat urday afternoon and on Sunday afternoon will play a strong New ton team here, beginning at 2:30. The local team took both week-end games Saturday and Sunday, defeating Hiddentte'lT to 4 and Woodleaf 9 to 4. Pre-Payment 19.^9 Taxes Amount To Over $15,000 Pre-payment of 1939 taxes are coming in good, County Account ant C. G. Poindexter, announced yesterday. During the miJnth of June, dur ing which a. 2 per cebt discount was allowed, and so far this month, during which 1 1-2 • per cent discount Is allowed, over $16,000 has been paid In by Wilkes county taxpayers, Mr. Poindexter stated. This smoiiat is expected to be greatly Miri mented before the 1139 tax books are turned over to Sheriff C- T. Ponghton on.October 1st., C;, is TlilUng her. C. S. Hudson,, (a jfojB Prea^hmg Service A' Lynch, pastor, ,wlB preach •Bu^ay mprning. -H o‘> X'-f - 3 flock, at tJhlon Methodist church- The public hw a cordinL tnuitB^ ' • thm to^a sacTlcuv