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WANT REFERENDUM
' Raleigh, Aug. 1.—The execu-
thre committee of the North Car
oline State grange today went on
record for a referendum on to
bacco marketing and aweage la-
auea and called on Congnaa to
aee to It that an "equitable and
just” program is presented in
any election that may be order
ed.
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FEWER JOBLESS
New York, Aug. 1.—A gradual
bgck-to-work march In private
industry reduced unemployment
In the United States by about
421,00 In June, the national In
dustrial conference board esti
mated today. The board, a private
research organization, said ap
proximately 1,142,000 have gone
LoJt of the jobless tabulation
blnce February. Its latest unem
ployed estimate was 9,562,000,
the lowest since December, 1937.
compared with 10,590,000 In
June, 1938.
PEOPLE BLAMED
t Charlotte, Aug. 1.—Robert M.
Hanes, .Resident of Wachovia
Bank and Trust company. Win
ston-Salem, told the Charlotte
Rotary club today that huge fed
eral expenditures in recent years
“can’t be blamed on any party or
section because all have been
equally guilty of pressing for
them and few have stood up to
oppose them.” “The blame,” he
said, "rests with the American
people, you and me, who have en
couraged their representatives in
this financial debauch instead of
demanding that expenditures be
cut as the depression lifted.’’
LENDING BILL DEAD
Washington. Aug. 1.—In a
swift, unexpected debacle, the
Roosevelt lending bill was killed
In the House today; whereupon
the President struck back with a
declaration that the action was
a blow to industry, the unem
ployed and the taxpayers. With
a jubilant coalition of Republi
cans and Democrats In command
\t •«* f ■> ---r'»,t “
950.000.000 m...oro »o tor J- r.'.?"'' ’
passage yesterday of a much-re
duced $1,615,000,000 version of
the same program. After witness
ing the dramatic display of in
surgency today. Representative
Rayburn of Texas, the adminis
tration leader, indicated that the
other major money bill on the
administration program — the
$800,010,000 housing bill—was
as good as dead.
Jobs'LocAjl^ For
S70 During Mon^
By NCSES Office
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Public Placementi. Far Ex
ceed NumW For The
Previous Month
Courtwni
etbbro on
ing August 7tii
EXCEED REGISTRATIONS
The number of persons placed
on jobs by the North Wllkeshoro '
branch of the state employment
service took a big jump during
the month of July and far exceed
ed the number of new registra
tions, figures released by B. G.
Gentry, manager^ today showed.
Private placements jumped
from 101 in June to 442 in July,
the report showed^ representing
one of the moat substantial In
creases in placements on private
job? in many months.
Public placements for July
numbered 128. malgng the total
of jobs found for applicants 570
for the month.
Mr. Gentry explained that a
greater part of the private place
ments were farm labor, many
workers being iil^ed In the harvest
of truck crops.
During the month the office
took 251 new registrations, 329^
less than the total placements, j
How’ever, the office renewed 741 ^
applications and ended the month ^
with an active file of 1,597 job |
seekers. '
It was also interesting to note
that during the month 3,671 peo-|
pie called at the office. j
BlOVS .And! Girls j Attractive Building Will Be
y 1 I Beady For Occunancy In
To Attend tamp| tw. we«i..
Workmen are busily engaged
Expect That 50 4-H Club, in putting the flnLshing touches
Fdr>lnt:
of Nortfat
North Cgroiiiuu
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Heads Lions
Here is shown a view ',f bees and honey after several boards had
been removed on the back porch of the residence on the Barber farm
near this citv where Mr. and Mrs. Dick Stout reside. A swa(rm of
bees entered the house last summer and put up between the siding
and cciL'dr* The tt/s; kcgeiher with a considerable quantity of
honey, were taken out last week. (Photoi by courtesy Winston-Salem
Journal.)
Workmen Busib’
Ei^aged In Worl
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall, of
Tadklnvllle, has anhouneed the
calendar for the Wilkes term of
court to convene In Wllkesborp.
On Monday, August 7. ^
Judge J. Ftank Armstrong, dr
Troy, will preside over the term,:
which will be In session twoij
weeks for trial of criminal cases.
A perusal of the calendar
ahows that there are six homicide
cases for trial hut It Is under
stood that no one will be put on
trial for first degree murder.
The defendants In the homicide
cases are Buster Staley, Vestal.
Pardue and Ell Prevette, Dovle
Ann Pierce, John Jones, Dell
Richardson, and Square Pruitt,
, Pay Wyatt and Hansel Pruitt.
■ The Pardue - Prevette, Pierce,
■Jones, and Richardson cases grew
out of highway accidents.
1 Assault cases lead the list of
charges on the calendar with 15
in which simple assault or as
sault with deadly weapon Is
charged. Abandonment, violation
' prohibition and operating car
while intoxicated are next In
number with eight each and oth-
Officers Of State "
On The City Hall
Members Will Attend
Camp Millstone
to North Wllkesboro’s new city
hall but the building wMll not be
completed for several days yet.
if was learned today from a fore
man In charge of construction.
•As the building nears eomple-
SDu.uuu.uvu measuic ui- ..5- . . - lu club 11*0" ** been the subject of
bate. This action followed Senate Hoffman in Richmond ' "R'oh favorable comment.. The
county. Dan Holler, county agent, i‘hree-story structure has an st
aid todav j tractive front and spacious quart-
'%t is expected that all thej^rs are provided for the various
clubs will be represented in the;government to he
group, who will join Davidson hoespd on the three floors,
boys and girls In the week of *>o**om floor will be the
camping. They will be accompan- I department, jail and ware-
led bv the county agent, asslstan* , bouse.
agent! home demonstration agent i f'""" will house t le
and adult leaders from various oHic^ of city clerk, the public
... Iiib«arv and he fire department
TnTddition to recreation at the The top floor conUins a spa-
camp. the boys and girls will take clous ood'torium with an attrac-
courses relative to 4-H club work. I t'^lv finished '
! signed to comfortably seat .»o
people. At each end are confer-
‘want lower WAGE
Washington. Aug. 1.—Presi-
dent Roosevelt today threw his j
influence behind the cotton tex-!
tile mills of the deep south in j
their efforts to wrest from the'
wage-hour administration a dif
ferential under the wage deter
mination for their industry. A
group of southern members of
Congress including Representa
tive Doughton, and textile man
ufacturers from that area, at »he
White House this noon urged
upon the President that a .32 1-2-
cents per hour wage, proposed by North M’lilkesboro club
industry committee No. 1. would Uors Tnternationai convention
I work a great hardship upon them held in Pittstiiirg. will give a re-
Nnd upset the competitive rela- port of the convent on at the
tionship that now exists in the m-ting of the local club to be
cotton textile industry. They held at Hotel Wilkes Friday eve-
asked that a rate not higher than nine, seven o’clock.
30 cents per hour be provided , W. T. Parks and Zeb Dickson
for the low-cost-of-living area, j will have charge of the program
with 32 1-2 cents per hour left | for the meeting,
for the mills where higher costs Also on the pro.gram
Lions To Hear Of
International Mee'
Paul Cashion To Render Re
port Of Lions Convention
Held In Pittsburg
Psiil Cashion. delegate of the
encp rooms.
‘Sheriff r. T. Doughton and Po
lice Chief .John Walker Rep
resent Wilkes County
Among the several hundred
t-'w enforcement officers of North
Carolina that attended the an
nual convention at Wrightsvllle
Beach last week were Wilkes’
Sheriff C. T. Doughton, and
North Wilkesboro’s chief of po
lice, John Walker. The officers
report a very beneficial conven
tion.
Carl Crew.s an*- Jim Hauser
also went down to Wrightsvllle
during the convention which was
held last Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. H. G. Minton
Is Taken By Death
Miss Evelyn Brown
To Sing On Sunday
Mis-- Rvetvn Rrown. of Jeffer
son, who is widely known as a
siii.aer, will sing at both the
■M Known Resident Fer
guson Community Died
On Wednesday
Mrs. Nanrv E Minton. a?e 68.
wife of H. G. Minton, a promi
nent citirnri of tbe Forgiison com
munity. died Wednesday morning,
five o’clock, at her home.
Funeral service will he held
Fridav morning. 11 o’clock, at
Ferguson Methodist church with
the nastn>-. Rev. John Greene, in
charge. Bnrtal will he in Hill-
crest cemetery.
M r s. Minton pained many
friend.s in her community,- to
whom nei'-s of her passing is an
a
morning and evening services at [occasion of sadness. She was
the North Wllkeshoro Methodist member of the Ferguson Metho-
chiirCh Sunday, It was announced j dist church and lived an exemplar
Christian life.
today.
Miss Brown "111 sing "The
Holy City” during the morning
service and an appropriate num
ber in the evening. She is known
throughout this section as an out
standing singer and it Is expect-
Shf. was horn .April 13, 1871,
and was a member of a widely
known Wilkes family, being a
daugbter of the late William and
Rebecca McGee Walsh.
She is survived by her husband
prevail.
Shoemaker Quits
The Police Force
J. C. Shoemaker, for the past
few years a popular member of
the North MYlkesboro police
force, has resigned.
Mr. Shoemaker’s resignation
became effective August 1 and h®,
has entered into the produce |
trucking business.
'The vacancy caused by
reelgnatlon has not been filled,
it was learned today from Police
Chief J. E. Walker.
will be
presentation of trophies to win
ners and runners-up in the var
ious divisions of the Lions club
tennis tournament for Wilkes
county, which was completed on
Friday afternoon.
The winners and runners-up in
the various divisions who will be
guests of the club and will receive
trophies are as follows: singles—
Albert Garwood, winner, and Rev.
Watt M. Cooper, »-unner-up: jun
ior—Paul Haigwood, winner, and
Mike Williams, runner-up: men’s
A-lbert Garwood and
Blair Gwyn,- winners, John K.
jjig I Blackburn nad Archie Tomlin
son, runners-up; Mixed doubles—
Lucille Scroggs and Lawrence
Crltcher, winners, Blair Gwyn
and Margaret Faw, runners-up.
ed that many will take advantage and two brothers, Frank Walsh,
of the opportunity to hear her of TVilkesboro, and Vance Walsh
Sunday. of Lenoir.
NEW PRINCIPAL MOVES | _ . - . « •
INTO wilkesboro HOME 3 Marriage License
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Long IsSUed In WOkeS
and two children have moved In
to the Shoaf residence near high
way 421 In Wilkesboro.
Mr. Long, who came to Wll-
kosboro from Cleveland, Is the
rly elected superintendent of
Steebopo ‘district schools.
During the past week three
license to wed were Issued in
Wilkes county, representing tlie
largest number for any single
week since the middle of June.
The coupleg, were: Eddie Myers
and Edith Mayberry, both of WiU
Pifteen from Wilkes are en- kesboro; James Laws and Alma
ydVed In the second summer Davis, both of Buck; Roosevelt
«^ool term at A. S. T, C. In Church and Clearsle Shepherd,
thta year. 'both of.Reddies RhreL
‘Welcome Home, Daddy,’ Music to Jack
Jack Dempsey, former hearywslght elism»iea M mwlA
a warm ^clesmefrees
retomed hfiae AM
rwaIrM
adultery, three: larceny, five;
bastardy, six; and embezzlement,
three.
The calendar contains only a-
bout 100 cases In addition to the
46 cost cases continued from
former terms.
Of this number about half have
been added to the docket since
the special term was held in June.
The court calendar for the Au
gust. term as released by the clerk
of court follows:
Monday, August 7
H. C. Holland, abandonment.
Buster Staley, murder.
Harry Edward Barnes, A. W.
D. W’
Will Fleenor, abandonment.
Filmore Rhodes and Fay Ken
nedy, F. and A.
James L. Hamby, P. D.
M’oodrow Marley, A.ssault, etc.
Mrs. Julia Minton, slander.
Charlie Batiguss, abandonment.
Quincy Cleary, A. W. D. W.
Wm. Lee Langston, O. C. I.
Ed Thomas, Ettie Thomas,
Alexander, embezzlement.
Click Brooks, abandonment.
Rillie Andrews, bastardy.
Eugene Church, no operator’s
license.
Eugene Church, O. C. I.
Fred Triplett, O. C. I.
Rob Brown, bastardy.
Vance Adams, seduction.
W. C. Castevens, abandonment.
Tuesday, .August 8
W. L. Potts, false pretense.
A. W. Hardle, failure to get
barber license.
R. A. Davis, false pretense.
Ralph Johnson, manslaughter.
Ada Connlhead. L. and R.
Ray Minton, abandonment.
Lester Combs, abandonment.
Ed Kerley, assault on female.
Ed Kerley, assault on female
George Barlow, non-support.
Odell Snyder, bastardy.
John S. Miller. V. P. L.
Thomas Byrd, bastardy.
Marvin C. Lowe, O. C. I.
Luther Prevette, A. W. D. W.
A. B. Gilbert, reckless driving.
Edwin Jennings. P. D.
Frank Reynolds, H. B., L. and
R.
Parks Lovette, H. B„ L. and R.
Con Wagoner, bastardy.
Ira Dancy, non-support.
Effner Duncan, assault.
Wednesday, Anjfast »
Etta Johnson, perjury.
Daudy Spears, assault with In
tent to kill.
Daudy Spears, C. C. W.
Phllmore Adams, A. W. D. W.
Andy Long, Injury to property.
Robert Segraves.
Conrad Durham, forcible tres
pass.
Howard Red Reavls, A. W. D.
W.
Howard Red Reavls, V. P. L.
' Howard Red^Reavls, Injury to
real estate.
Roscoe Elledge, O. C. I.
Willie Anderson, V. P. L.
• H. E. Sebastian, O. C. I.
Worth Benge, V. P. L.
Barney Wtood, V, P. L.
Dock Call, assault on female.
Dock Call, assault on female.'
WlHle Johnson, V. P. I*
Art^inr Gentle,'et disorder
ly horvse.
IhankUjr, AaffUt 10
Satie Miller, L. and .B. - '
;I»J« littlwr, rohj^ty.
Alexander T. Wells, of New
York, who was elected presi
dent of Lion.s International for
the coming year at the recent
convention held In Pittsburg.
The local club was represented
at the convention by Paul
Cashion.
Work On Water
System Millers
Creek Started
School Will Be SuDplied
From Spring; NYA Boys
To Install System
Twenty boy.s employed by the
National Youth administration
went to work at Millers Creek
this week to put in a water sys
tem for the consolidated school.
With the county furnishing the
materials and equipment, the
NYA will put in a pump and pipe
line from a spring on the farm
of Lin Bumgarner several hun
dred yards distant. A storage
tank will be placed at the school.
The NY.A will furnish all cost
of labor, tools and supervision
for the project, which will he
completed if possible by the time
school opens op August 28.
Decision to pump the sprlne
was reached after geologists gave
cllscouraging reports on advis
ability of trying again to secure
water by a well.
Durins the unsuccessful efforts
ird’Rifle;:
Bdlet Iitfo,
Brain Tiies&y
Baxter Anderson, Ag^ 17,
Vietim of Accidental Shot;
Gun In Own Haaids '
PLAYING WITH RIFLE
A -
Anderson and Roscoe'Portar
Had Been Piaakkig'WMk
RBles Before Fatal Shot
Baxter Anderson, '17-year-oId
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Anden-
son, of this city, was instandy
killed about 11:30 Tuesday mold
ing when a rifle in his own handi
discharged, it was decided that af
ternoon by a jury.
According to the evidence, An
derson and a playmate, Roscoe
Porter, had been out rifle shoot
ing and were on their way home
in this city when the accident oe-
cured nenr the Lower Yadkin
bridge.
Apparently grieved at the sud
den death of Anderson, whom he
described as “the best friend I
had,’’ Porter gave an explicit ac
count of the tragedy before the
coroner’s jury Tue.sday afternoon.
The Coroner’s Jury was com
posed of J. B. Williams, C. O.
Day, Paul Billing.s, R. T. Pardue,
J. M. Crawford and John Buchan
an.
He said that he and Anderson
had a 22-rifle each and had been
in the woods on the ea.st side of
the river shooting at birds and
various targets for rifle practice.
On the way home and along the
road they had been “acting a fool”
and “having a good time” with the
rifles.’^ccording to his story, and
had been pointing the guns at
each other in a playful manner.
However, he said that the guns
were not loaded at that time.
He said that he had shot all his
cartridges but one and had swapp
ed guns with Anderson, who said
he had only one more cartridge.
After .swapping guns he .shot his
last cartridge and he said that he
did not recall -seeing Anderson re
load the gun which he was carry
ing at that time.
After they had walked across
the bridge toward this city they
began playfully pointing the ^uns
toward their own foreheads and
that while engaged in those pranks
that Anderson’s gun went off.
Porter said tliat he ivar. stand
ing within three steps of the An
te get "■ate^at the school, two jj,.
wells were drilled to great I j ^nd that he did not know
but the water supply was , ^j,ether or not Anderson’s finger
ficient to furnish drinking water. '
to say nothing of water for the
sewage system, hath house and
school heating plant.
Seth Walsh is foreman of the
NYA water works project.
Endorses County
Wide Mass Meet
Patrons and Citizens Com
mittee of Wilkesboro
Issues Statement
The suggestion to call a coun
ty wide mass meeting to discuss
the school situation was endorsed
today in a statement Issued by
the Patrons and Citizens commit
tee of Wilkesboro school district
as follows:
“That in every leading school
In Wilkes County there has been
wholesale dismissal of school
teachers and In no known case
has incompetency been advanced
as the reason for dismissal.
“That careful investigation re
veals-that In most every case
of dismissal the motive has been
failure to contribute to the polit
ical assessment, which even small
children know about, or failure
to exert any effort In the politi
cal campaign, or failure to how
♦o dictating school officials
or some petty grievance or re
venge by some committeemen,
md "110 matter how fine a record
set by the teachers the punish
ment has been meted out with an
iron hand.
“That all over the county there
has been open disapproval by all
leading citizens, of this nvethod
of eondoctlng our Mhools.
in two school dlstylcts, nanl^,
Yflffikatboro and Pleasant Hill tha
cltttona,,were so -aroued
■“ ‘ 4% of , the . tubers
touched the trigger.
Anderson fell, he said, and he
grabbed him, tried to raise him up
but found that he could not stamL
He carried him a few steps and
told a colored woman nearby to go
for help, that Baxter had shot
himself.
Porter said he flagged a car but
the driver drove on after .saying
he did not have time to ta’rce the
■wounded youth to the hnsii’tal. He
did not know who was driving the
car.
He then flagged Ural Sebastia^
a' highway worker who was on hia
way to the highway machine shop
across the river. .Sebastain told
him that he would be back soon
as he drove over to the shop. In
the meantime another car came
along and when Sebasian return
ed in company with G. S. McNeill
Porter was trying to place Ander
son in the car. Sebastian and Mc
Neill placed him on the pickup
which Sebastian was driving and
carried him to the hospital but
he was dead by the time they ar
rived.
The bullet entered Anderson’s
forehead.
Testimony by Sebastian and Me-
Neill relative to the bov’s effort
to get his wounded friend to the
hospital corroborated that part of
Porter’s story.
’The colored woman to whom
Porter called (for hplp said her
name was Claratha Lewtt. She
told at the inquest thaf^lhe was
walking about ten steps ahead of
the two boys when she heard one
o'f them say, “Oh, Um shot!” She*'
tamed around and Anderson was
on the ground while Porter was
trying to ■ lift him. Porter sa{d, f
“He has shot hhnself.”
.^eeaJled to., the itand. Porter
sold that hAdia not remember
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