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do your buying in Nom
Wilkesboro, the tradiuf
center of Northwestetn
North Carolina. '
- Annual Meeting Held Here
Saturday Evening; Rey
nolds Is Speaker
Present officers w«^r« re-elect
ed in the annual meeting? of the
17th district bar assoHstion held
‘ at the Woman's clubhouse in
this city Saturday evening:.
The officers, who were re
elected unanimously, are: Riifi:ene
Trirette. of this city, ^resident:
Jacob Stewart, of M^tcksville,
vice president: Kyle Hayes, of
this city, secretary; and an execu
tive committee of onf' from each
of the five counties- H. Cas
ey. Wilkes; Walter B rrv Mitch
ell; Jacob Stewart, P a v I e;
Charles Hiiehes, Avery; David L.
Kelly. Yadkin.
A most enjoyable flinner which
was highly compli’uenfed bv
th^p attending was ^.'«rvpd by
Uii 'iers of the Won'.an's club.
Attorney Trivette nr'^sided and
A. H. Casey spoke wnrds of wel-
cone. Response was ^'V John C.
McBee, Jr., of Baker vM’.f'. Short
talks were made by ?>pnator J.
V. Bowers, of Avery; and David
L. Kelly, of Yadkin.
A. T. Crant. of Mock‘^ville. dis-
^Lct counselor, gave a report on
accomplishments of the coun
cil of the state bai. He said that
dues were increased from $3 to
$5 because of the incr-ase in the
work, necessitating employ-
VOL. XXXII. No. lOSPublished Mondays and Thutadaya NORTH WH-KESBOPO, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1989*1.60 IN THE STATE—*2.00 OUtT OF THE STATE
J. W. Shook Dies
Suddenly Here On
Friday Morning
Was For 30 Years Hardware
Merchant; Had Been
Contractor
Going My Way?
James Wil.son Shook, one of
North Wilkesboro’s first business
men and for 30 years a promi
nent merchant here, died sudden
ly Friday morning, 4:15 o’clock,
at hi*; home, corner 10th and F
streets. Death was attributed to
a hnart attack.
Mr. Shook liad apparently been
in norma! b*-alth and on Thiirs-
Jay worked nil day. He was sud
denly stricken Thnrsday night.
He was t)orn in Iredell county
()‘toher, a son of the
lare Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Shook,
Me came to North Wilkesboro
witt» the building of the railroad
here from Wln.ston-Salem. being
employed as a
penter
entered into th
contracting business bore with J.
F. Allen and remained in that
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construction car-
hnilding
A baby donkey and a young vaca
tionist strike up a friendship at
Blackpool, England. The four-legged
baby isn’t quite strong enough to
work, but will soon be earning his
oats by carrying children over the
sand.
ment of a full time 9‘’cretary and |--
investigator, whose duty it is to
investigate and if necos.^ary pros
eciite complaints of unethical
practice.
He also explained that the
$3,000 1r Cash Premiums Offered
By Northwestern Fair Sept. 12-16
Bigger cash premiums totaling j prixes of $50. $35. $20 and $10
about ?3.ooo art‘ calmlaied to are offered for general farm ex-;
attrac*' the best collf^ction of ex- hihits. Six prizes starting with |
es- hibits ever assembled here when $30 ar*' offered for school and j
“‘ the Great Northwestern Fair commnnity exhibits. Three prizes
('pen*; its annual exhibition on .are offered in practically every
September 12.
With the aid of county farm
and horn"*; agents and others in
terested in farm and home life,
the fair officials revised the
class in the agriculture division
as well as In the other depart-
nienr.s.
Tlie numher of cash premiums
was greatly increased through-
ine Idll I'lllllais I r*v i I ” K.. £-1
premium list upward and prem-Jont all departments of the fair in
ium cataalogues have already | order to encourage a greater
been distributed in Wilkes and! number of exhibitors,
adjoining counties. j The exhibit hall has been
I The biggest singlfv prize in the, placed in good condition for the
a liel of for display of apples, for ^ fair and spao^Hias been inc^lfts-
which $100 is offered ae first ed.
prize with several other prizes Arrangements for other de
tapering off In smaller amounts, pkrtmonts of the fair have been
the agricultrre divisions (Continued on page two)
council of the state bar will in
vestigate reports of unauthorized
and illegal practice law. which
he .said Is taking much business
away from lawyers and is
pecially costly to younger lawyers
just starting out.
T'nauthorized practir^' of law.
he said, is being carried out by
many justices of the peace, notary
^ publics and by corporations, con-
^ary to the laws of the state and
is illegal. The state bar. he said,
will make investigations of any
such practices reported and in
that way render the lawyers a
valuable service.
Kyle Hayes, secretary, gave
report of the district bar organ
ization for the past year.
Judffe J. A. Rousseau, resident
district jurist, spoke briefly and j in
complimented the lawyers as a^ —
group who are always supporting |
every moment for the benefit of
mankind. Tuere were other short
talks by R. S. McNeill, of Me-k.s-
ville. assistant district attorney:
Avalon E. Hall, of Yadkinville.
district, solicitor and Judge T.
B. Finley, of this city, who gave
& comprehenesive report of the
1 jjjhcial conferencep held recent
ly near Burnsville.
At the conference, he said, sev
eral things wore df^eioed. A»^uong
them being ^h^^ (b'Cislon for su
perior coiirr j'ldg^'s to wear gowns,
thnt each wirne^s he swo'-n pep-
ara^elv. that tlip cl“rk and dep
uty. sheriff and d^'pnn* remain
In the conrrr‘»om at all times
when court is in ses--:on. and
tha* j'lTor- b. nuson. MorayiHu . . I prPcl (ha. onlv ahoiit n pur runt
Tn" fpa'nrP KddrPS. uf thu pvp- home improvement in which the
, Kr- If -.nr-r B^vnolds of cluhs have hr* n enga.ged.
uing was hv lX.Z' Mi.. McCoogan said that the
this citv an *r ■ - ' r]\\b w-iuen and also members of
MM clubs an' showing much in-
Farmers Yet Have Opportunity To
Earn Payment Under Soil Program.
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Home Clubs Plan
Booths For Fair
I Hume demonstration clubs of
Wilkes county are plannii.g to
' use si.x booths at the Great North-
] western Fair to he held here Sep-
It. mher 12-lfl. Mi--*?^ Harriet Mc-
' Googan, home demonstration a-
jgenr, said today.
The county ro’incH will have a
booth and the clubs to have in- ]
Compliance Checkup Shows
Majority Of Farmers Not
Earning Maximum
Injuries Inflicted
By Mad Bull Fatal
To Jesse Nichols
Son of Joe Nichols, Who
Was Also Attacked By
Animal Monday Night
Je.sse Lee Nichols, resident of
near Millers Creek, died early
tuiq morning from Injuries receiv
ed when he was attacked by an
enraged bull a week ago tnnieht.
He was 30 years of age and a
«nn of Joe Nu-hola. former con-
^■tebl'^ and denuty in Reddles Rlv-
or township, who remains in a
cT-ilical condition from injuries
y-f.(.fijved when he was atta^'kod
hv hi.s hull about two hours be
fore' his pon was fatally hurt.
Tc'jsa is survived by his fath
er hi*; wife. Mrs. Celia Hincher
Vicholq. and five children; Della.
Govnell. Tvanell, Sydney and
Gene Nichols.
t^'iineral service will he held
'r>’oc(iay afternoon, two o'clock,
n» Gharily Methodist church with
Rev. J. H. Greene In charge.
r.ittle hope had ever been held
Per the recovery of the younger
m^n injured by the animal which
!v*d apparently gone temporarily
mad and for the fir^t time in its
MT*' had showed fight.
Tee hull attacked the elder
n’fn about four o’clock In the
■iftornonn on the mountain a-
hevA bis home and his wife and
a daughter fought the animal off
Mr Nichols’ body.
; bout two hours later and aft
er the aged man had been car
ried In the Wilkes hospital for
treatment, Jesse Nichols Is said
have gone into a pasture to
catch the hull and It attacked
him. throwing him into the air
and Inflicting several wounds, in
cluding punctures of both thighs
by the hiilFs horns. One horn is
said to have gone all the way
through one leg.
W^l^ goring Jes
se ln?o‘»the i^und. neighbors ran
up and experienced much diffi
culty in getting the animal off
his body, two shots from a 20-
giiage gun failing to halt the ani
mal's attack. They pushed the
hull away with a small truck a
f^w minutes later. ^
Then ensued an exciting bull i
fight which attracted a large j
rrowd of neighbors and the hull
was killed six hours later in a
field nearby.
New Chinese Stamp Honors U. S. Flag
Bnunfield Elected
County Agent For
Wilkes Saturday
Wat For 12 Yeart Yadkm
County Agent; Is Third
Elected For Position
An unprecedented compliment was psld the United States by Chins
recently when a new stamp was Issued to commemorate the 150th anni
versary of the Declaration of Independence by the United States. The
stamp bears the flags of China and the U. S. to symbolise the traditional
friendship that has existed for so many years between the two nations.
As far as is known, this Is the first time that an Independent nation baa
so signally honored the flag of another.
Wilkesboro Citizens And Patrons
Committee Issues “Call To Action”
Orchardists Picnic
At Sam Wyke Home
The annual picnic of the
Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers
will be held Tuesday at the home
of Sam Wyke instead of at his
orchard, it was learned today.
Mr. Wyke lives in Alexander
county on higiway 16.
A splendid program has been
arranged for the field day and
picnic and a large attendance Is
expected.
2 Boys, 2 Girls Are
At Wildlife Camp
Four From Ronda Club Gets
Week Camping Trip With
All Expenses Paid
Farmer*; of Wilkes county have
until October 31 to carry out
practices for which payment is
made in the Triple A soil pro-
irrani. if was learned today from
the office of the county agent.
T.a'*.rence Miller, rlt^k of the
.Agricultural Conservation assori-
booth and tne Ciuos n ' ation. said that in cherkinv com-
divulual booth. non so far that ii .-as disrov-
guson. Moravian Falls. Doomer.
clerk of federal co’"-t
Mr. Reynold^* pn-
tff- V humorou- k-‘'rM-
semhly in an imroar of Ur-elC^r
for half an ho'ir.
The total attendance of the
meeting niimhered about 40 and
all counties were well represent-
ed-
ir; pr*’pnring exhibits for
sev'ral deparnnents of the fair.
Home Economics
Teacher On Job
Vocational Home Economics
Teacher Resumes Du
ties Ip City Schools
Miss Evelyn Sharpe resumed
her duties this morning as teach
er of Vocational Home Economics
In the North Wilkesboro hisrh
school.
Miss Sharoe cam*^ hero directly
from Chapel Hill, where she has
been in attendance for a wepk
at the Sf^ate Conference for Home
Economic^ teachers. .At this con
ference State-wide plans for car
rying on the work were made.
During the time since Miss
Sharpe ended her work for the
, past term here on June 15th. she
khas been iu attendance at the
summer session at the Woman s
College of the University of North
Carolina.
During the two weeks remain
ing before school opens on Sep-
temVi 4th Miss Sharpe will vis-
or more girls who wil.
he^W her classes this winter.
Plana will be made for carrying
out Home Projects during the
coming term.
During the summer some new
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Heavy Rains Here
Thursday Night
Rivers In Western North
Carolina Reach Flood
1 Stage On Friday
* Heavy **ains throughout this
section on Thursday night and j terraces, thinning woodlands.
_ ' Tt was pointed out that the
Friday morning caused creeks
and river.s to rise lo flood stage
and .‘;ome damage was done to
Over 3,000 Bushels
Beans Picked On
Farm In Alleghany
Beans Gain In Importance
As Truck Crop In Moun
tain Counties of State
of the farmers have earned the
maximum pavment.s allowed for
their farms this year, another 25
per cf'iit will have earned the
maximum if they leave peas and
beans on the soil, that ten per
cent have earned no part of (heir
allotted payments and that the
j remaining 55 per cent have earn-
|.ed only a part of what they are i
j allowed.
Those who have not earned all
I (heir maximum payment have
several ways In which they may
! do so before October 31, Mr.
Miller said. Some of them are;
use of lime which may he pur
chased through the association
at government contract price,
.seeding of fall pastures, making
.some
crons on low lands.
With more than Three inches
of raiTi in a period of about 12
hours, the Yadkin rose steadily
and in the vicinity of Forsyth
;u,d Yadkin counties '-aused some
damage to crops.
The river here reached its crest
on Friday afternoon but flooded
only the lowest portions of the
valley. Tt was estimated that no
great damage was done to crops.
.At its highest point the river
flooded Wilkesboro Avenue near
the swimming pool and traffic
was blocked for a few hours.
Traffic was blocked on high
way 26^5 above Wilkesboro for a
short time.
Highway officials reported
slight damage to county r^ads in
some communities.
The greatest damage to crops
and roads was reported from Sur
ry county, where a number of
small bridges were out.
, soil district employes will co-
I operate with the farmers by lay
ing off terraces and mapping
farms.
Mr. Miller called attention to
the fact that the farmers of
Wilkes may earn $84,000 this
year if practically all of them
earn their maximum payments.
Tn addition to the $84,000 cash
benefits, the farmers would he
benefitted greatly by improve
ments which would be made in
their farms by carrying out prac
tice for which payment is made.
Second Battalion
Reunion At Lenoir
On Friday, August 25, there
will be a reunion of the Second
Batt'lion. 113th Field Artillery,
held in Ivenolr, Registration will
begin at 10 a. m., at the Com
munity House. East Harper Ave
nue. Lenoir, N. C. The Second
Battalion consists of Batteries D,
E. and F, and Headquarters com
pany.
How truck farming is progress
ing and gaining in importance, as
a nranch of agriculture in the 1
mountains is best shown by a |
visit to tb(i farm of Tjiither and *
Dick Gentry near Sparta.
To date more than 3,000 hush- ,
els of beans have been picked
from 30 acres on their farm and
the season is not over yet.
Strangely enough, the beans
from the truck farms of t ie
mountains ar*,* trucked to Florida.
Although several farmers in
Alleghany county grow beans
commercially, the Gentrys have
the biggest bean fields this year
and the yield has been good.
As many as 150 bean pickers
are employed on the Gentry’s
farm at one time picking beans.
Mr. Gentry orders his labor
through the North Carolina State
Employment Service office and
uays a stipulated sum per each
bushel picked.
Beans have become second on
ly to cabbage in importance a-
mong the mountain truck crops.
The 30 acres of beans on the
Gentrys’ farm were planted In
sections at intervals of about a
week apart, in order that beans
would be ready for the harvest
throughout the season.
After the bean pickers go over
the fields twice the neighbors
are given permission to go in and
get any which mature after that
time or which the pickers miss
in their rounds.
Two boys and two girls from
4-H clubs were awarded a week’s
scholarship to Camp Millstone
near Hoffman, D a n Holler,
Wilkes county agent, said to«iay.
The four who received the a-
ward f(»r outstanding work in
wildlife conservation were Lor
raine Tharpe. Margaret Tharpe,
D. J. Redding and Quentin Jor
dan. all of the Ronda club. They
had plr^nted plots of ground to
produce wildlife feed.
They left for camp today to
spend the entire week and were
accompanied \*y Jesse Giles, as
sistant county agent. On Satur
day afternoon. 12:30 o'clock, they
will give a program on “Wild
life’’ over radio station W*AIR in
Winston-Salem.
Patrons of School Are Ask
ed To Meet At The School
Bldg. Monday Morning
The following statement was
issued today by the Citizens and
Patrons committee of Wilkesboro
school district and released for
publication in the three local
newspapers:
“To the Citizens and Patrons of
The Wilkesboro Central Dis
trict School:
“From all reports, and from
actions that speak much louder
than words, it seems that our
district school board members,
namely, J. T. Prevette, T. M. Fos
ter, D. J. Brookshire. M. G. Ed
wards and Mack Moore, hacked
Tip wholeheartedly by Siiperinten-
dent C. B. Eller, and the mem
bers of the county board of Edu
cation. namely, Roby Church,
Chal McNeill and Dock Shephard,
are determined to run over the
vast majority of the people of
our school district, regardless of
the many private and public
pleas that have been made for
the re-inst.atement of Prof. T. E.
Story and the members of last
year’s faculty, who have been
oiis'ed without any charges be
ing brought against them, and
withoTit the members of the dis
trict board giving us one just,
sound or logical reason for their
action.
“As representatives of the more
than one thousand citizens and
patrons of our school district
who signed petitions asking the
district hoard to re-elect Prof.
Story, and the ousted teachers,
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Wilkes county board of com
missioners Saturday elected L. F.
Brumfield county farm agent,
1 subject to approval of the North
• Carolina extension service,
j Brumfield is the third to have
1 been elected by the board to suc
ceed Dan F. Holler, the two prev
iously elected having been re
jected by state authorities. All
members of the board were pres
ent In the meeting Saturday.
Brumfield was for 12 years
county agent for Yadkin county
and during the past few months
has been affiliated w*:h the ex
tension service as county agent
at large, according to information
received here today.
The commissioners re quot
ed as saying that they had ex
amined Brumfield’s record as
county agent In Yadkin and his
qualifications for the work,
which they said were very good
Extension authorities were Im
mediately notified of Brumfield’s
election by the commissioners.
Tn June the commissioners
elected Edward M. Freas. a
State College graduate who lives
in the Traphill community, as
county agent but his appoint
ment was rejected at Raleigh
because of lack of experience. A
week ago the commissioners
elected Howard Colvard. a son
of the late C. H. Colvard, of Red
dies River, and his election was
turned down on the same
grounds. He is a graduate of
State College and for six yearn
taught vocational agriculture at
Indian Trail school.
Meanwhile Mr. Holler has
b^n carrying on the duties of
the office. He was made county
agent after the death of A. G.
Hendren, having been assistant
agent prior to that time.
State authorities, it is under
stood, contended for the re-elec
tion of Mr. Holler, saying that
his work has been very satisfac
tory.
Announce Faculty
List City Schools
9 In Primary Department;
8 In Grammar Grades
and 10 In High
Duke Power Company Will Build I2V2
Miles Power Lines In Union Township
Home Coming And
Reunion At Traphill
On Sunday. August 27, a home
coming and reunion will be ob
served at Traphill Baptist church.
Everybody is Invited and a
special invitation is extended to
all former pastors, charter mem
bers and their descendants.
launch will he soread picnic
style together at noon and an in
teresting program will be carried
out. A very pleasant occasion is
anticipated.
1937 Class Reunion
Saturday, Aug. 26
Reunion of the Wilkesboro
graduating class of 1937 will be
held at the Community House in
Wilkesboro on Saturday night,
August 26, eight o’clock.
Benefit Bridge
The Junior Woman’s club is
snonsor of a benefit bridge par
ty to be held at the clubhouse
Wednesday night, eight o’clock.
Those who wish to reserve ta
bles may call Mrs. Bill Absher,
Mrs. A. C. Chamberlain or Mrs.
W. K. Sturdivant.
Cemetery Working
At Liberty Grove
Announcement was made to
day that all persons interested
are asked to gather at Liberty
Grove Baptist church on Wed
nesday morning, August 23, seven
o’clock, for the purpose of clean
ing off and' beautifying the
cemetery.
Dr. Noracella McGuire, of Syl-
va, and MJss Valera Hamm, of
Wilson, were week-end guests of
Dr. Carolyn Taylor.
Extension Will Make Elec
tric Service Available
^ To 95 Families
I The Duke Power company has
I approved for construction a total
|of 14 1-2 miles of lines in Union
township, Robert S. Gibbs, Jr.,
manager of the North Wilkesboro
branch, said today,
j The lines, which will extend
ifrom Deep Ford Hill along high
way 16 to Wilhar and alone the
north prong of Reddies River to
A. R. Miller’s, will make electric
service available to approximate-
fly 95 families.
' Mr. Gibbs explained that the
I proposed lines had heen under
consideration here for several
I months but that on account of
'necessity of making preliminary
surveys of so many requests for
line extensions that it was not
reached lor final decision until a
few days ago.
The local branch has been lit
erally swamped with requests for
line extensions during the past
several months and much work is
necessary in order to ascertain
whether or not proposed lines are
practical. All requests will be
reached as soon as possible, Mr.
Gibbs said, and consideration will
be given to all proposed lines as
fast as they can be reached.
Wilkes now has almost 300
miles of rural power lines, all
of which are on the Duke Power
company system, and ranks high
in the state in line mileage and
number of rural homes reached
with electric serv\oe.
North Wilkesboro board of
education has announced the fac
ulty list of the city schools, which
will open on Monday, September
4.
The school is Tinder direction
of Paul S. Grairan. who came
here supr^rintendent last H*^ar,
and the faculty contains a total
of 27 teachers, nine in the pri
mary department, eight in gram
mar grades and ten in high
school. They are as follows:
Primary—Sam Johnson, Mrs.
(Lucille Farmer. Sallie Outlaw,
'Beatrice Pearson, Mr.s. Susie Wfl-
Pam*;. Emma Eller, Etta 'f"»-ner,
Elizabeth Finley and laiicile Tvey.
Grammar grades — Itebecc*
Moseley. Ruby Blackburn, Mabel
Hendren. Kathryn Troutman,
Nonie Gordon. Marguerite Harris
and Lucille Young. Director of
music is yet to be chosen to suc
ceed Miss Hazel Sherrill, who re
signed to accept work elsewhere.
High school—Robert G. Tay
lor, math and science: W. P.
Grier, Jr., history and band di
rector: Jack Mas.sey. history and
athletic director; Estelle Ardrey,
librarian: Anne Jones. English;
Esther Toce Cox, I-atin and
French; AnnabU loee, math and
English: Ruth Webb, math and
science: Lilyan Miller, typing and
shorthand: Evelyn Sharpe, home
economic.*?.
North Wilkesboro
Licks the All-Stars
In a baseball game, called on
account of rain in the eighth in
ning, North Wilkesboro defeated
the Wilkes county all-stars by a
score of 5 to 1, Sunday.
Rhoades was on the mound for
North Wilkesboro, and Hix pitch
ed for the all-stars, and had er
rors not started a rally for North
Wilkesboro in the lourth, It
would have been a close contest.
Reavis hit for the circuit for
North Wilkesboro in the eivMh.
and Wendland got three for four
for the local team.