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te'Si^urra
QoetaContnd
.Weed Growers To
'Have Meetings
On Tuesday and Wednesday
and Hear Conditions
Of Referendum
Wilkes County Agent J. B.
Snipes, J. Alvin Propst. of the
state Triple A office, and Law-
f e Miller, secretary of the
tes Triple A committee, will
luct four educational meet
ings this week relative to the to
bacco control referendum to be
« d Saturday, July 20.
Pueeday noon a meeting will
he held at Austin school and an
other will be held Tuesday eve-
seven o'clock, at Clingman.
On Wednesday noon farmers will
meet at
Benham Wednesday evening, sev- er
en o'clock. All tobacco growers ge , . , ,
are urged to attend the meetings, ed county agent and later Jesse
are U16C p, Qjjgg named assistant to
Mr. Holler.
The present board of commis
sioners over a year ago made
three appointments of men to suc
ceed Mr. Holler but the extension
authorities would approve neith
er, insisting that Mr. Holler was
doing a fine job and should not
replaced. Mr. Holler resigned
Improvements On
Streets In City
Now Under Way
Two Bjl'K'vy 10th St. Graded to accept a job with the extension
‘A Very Good fidjr’
For Andiority To
JO
; '.VjcvT 1
Cooipany Located Here
In One Of Dhrisiont To
Be Mobilised Soon
ThrMvTew One- VQL. XXXItl, PttbUshed Mon4«7B iSd ThoMdi^^
TearQxiteeOr NoQve- t:".
tao WuV Be Decidwi
,, Ftae-csr^ tobacco growora
will go to the polls Saturday »nfl
decide whether they want thrafr-
year marketing ijuotas, one-yaar
^qnotaa, or no quotas at all. They
alBo wOl be deciding to a large
extent the price they will receive
for their 1X0 crop of tobacco. It
la pointed out by B. T. Floyd,
AJuk axecntlra officer of N. C.
etati Gotiege. N
■'TT'qafitaa are* appi;oTed for a
1Mro*‘>ea)f period, 1941 through
■r»4 V Vaderal OovBKunent
htw •‘proiiijidd prices
‘ the 1940 crop “ht or slightly a-
bore last year’s 14.9 cents per
pound level.” The Triple-A olft-
cials alao have announced that
If three-year quotas are voted, the
allotmeaU in 1941 will be the
same as In 1940. Recent amend
ments to the Crop Control Law
provide that no quota can be re
duced more than 10 per cent from
the 1940' allotment during the
next three years.
one-year quotas are voted,
JWyd said, the Federal Govern
ment will not be able to protect
es at the 14.9 cents level the
crop brought, and allot-
_5nts for 1941 will be reduced
19 per cent. Without any quotas,
predictions of the price the 1940
crop would bring range from 5
to 10 cents per pound.
inoyd said that any person who
will share In the proceeds of the
1940 crop of flue-cured tobacco
la eligible to vote in the referen
dum Saturday. Community poll
ing places will be set up, to be
opened not later than 9 a. m. and
to close not earlier than 5 p. m.
It will require a vote of two-
thirds of those casting ballots to
put three-year quotas In effect.
If two-thirds or more of those
voting do not favor three-year
quotas, but the total of the three-
year and one-year votes is two-
thirds og more of the total vote
cast, then one-year quotas will
be in effect.
First place winner in ■ olty-wide
poll of New York teachers was this
pictnre titled "A Very Good Boy.”
Teachers acclaimed it at the beat
photograph ever to appear la the
anntial pictorial report of the tsper-
Intendent of schools.
Snipes Enters On
Duties As Wilkes
FarmAgentToday
Assistant Agent For Five
Years In Person County
Wall Recontmanded
Washington.—A .decision
call about 50,000 national gnards-
rien to camps as soon as possible
for perhaps a year’s Intensive
training was reached yesterday by
President Roosevelt and hls new
secretary of war, Henry L. Stlm-
son.
The decision Is contingent upon
approval b y Congress which
would have to authorise the un
precedented peacetime step. The
authority will be asked when
Congress reconvenes after the
Democratic. National Convention.
Stephen Early, presidential sec
retary, announced the decision
and said that four divisions, sev
en anti-aircraft regiments, and
The 105Ui Engineers, of
which evrmpeny A of the Na
tional Guard here L a part, is
included In the 80th Division,
which would be mobilized un
der the Prealdetut’s order if
congres-sional authorlyt is trfv-
en.
Wilkes county today had the
services of a county farm agent
for the first time since early this
year when Jesse Giles, acting a-
gent, was transferred to Jackson
county.
J. B. Snipes, assistant agent for
the past five years in Person
county, was appointed by the
coun;.y board of commissioners
several days ago and his appoint
ment met with the approval of
the extension service authorities
Raleigh.
He entered upon his duties as
Wilkes county agent today.
Wilkes was one of the pioneer
counties in North Carolina in ex
tension work. The latp A. G. Hen-
dren filled the office for more
in
esuaj lu/uu Aai 111^*0 .»***
Somers school and at than a quarter o a century Aft-
his death Assistant County A-
gent Dan F. Holler was appolnt-
And Stoned; Making
Sidewalks
By mean* of a WPA project
NorUh Wilkeaboro 1 s making
many street Improvements this
Thpr-
’Penth street has been graded
n{rthward a distance of two
blocks from the Intersection with
E street and ciushed stone sur-
f&e has been applied. According
-iP"present plans, the ext«AsIon
wlU receive a bituminous surface
treatment when the crushed stone
has thoroughly settled.
Work is also Us progress on re
placing the old brick sidewalk on
the east side of Ninth street with
concrete pavement.
A concrete sidewalk will be
placed along H street between
Ninth *and Tenth streets. Incl-
deatally the construction of the
sidewalk will make possible the
s extension of city mail delivery to
I eight residences.
1 Other improvements brought Or-
^bout through the street project
elude grading and crushed
service in Raleigh and later Mr.
Giles, who was acting agent, was
sent to Jackson county. Mean
while the commissioners and the
extension authorities had been say how long
unable to reach an agreement re
lative to an appointment.
The following editorial from
the Roxboro Courier serves as an
Introduction of Mr. Snipes to
Wilkes people:
It 14 always a matter of con
cern to The Courier whenever
any of U.e esteemed citizens of
Roxboro or the County are called
le new city hall and grading
atone surfacing of several
■tiois of streets in the eastern
of this city. .
tober, 1936, almost five years
ago. Well do we remember the
first time we ever saw him. It
was In the then county agent’s of
fice, in what is now the private
office of Sheriff iM. T. Clayton.
an undetermined number of har-
boi' defense regiments would be
called.
One division, he said, will come
from New York and- New Jersey,
a second from Tennessee and the
Carollnas. a third from New Mex
ico, Oklahoma, Arizona and Colo
rado, and the fourth from Ore-
jon, Washington, Montana and
.1 I- iin —
Once their walnlng hretda^ht*
ed, he said, cpnsldsratlon'■^Ifl’be
given to the question of extending
the training to other guard units.
The training will be designed
to familiarize the guardsmen
with modern weapons and mili
tary practices and is expected al
so to fit them tor training the
thuosands of conscripts who will
be called to service if Congress
enacts a compulsory military
training law. '
Conscription Endorsed
Both the army and navy high
commands have endorsed con
scription. Testifying before the
Senate military committee, Gen
eral George C. Marshall, army
chief of staff, said Friday it was
essential to the national defense.
The divisions mentioned by
Early are the 44th, 30th, 45th
and 41st. A War Department
spokesman said, however, that
their selection for training was
entirely tentative.
If Congress approves the
he said, the question of which
units to call will be re-examined
in the light of facilities available
at that time!
For instance, he explained, the
30 th division normally would
train at Camp Jackson. S. C-
the regular army’s training might
not permit nse of that post. In
that event, he said, a different
division might be selected.
Bariy declared he could not
a training period
Owen Roberts, young. Wilkes
county farmer. Is one of a num
ber of farmers in this county who
are raising their own work stock.
Mr. Roberts is shown in the top
picture with hls month old mule
colt and his team of mares.
In the other picture is shown
a fine registered Jack in the same
community, purcha^d by means
of a "Community Service’’ Loan
from the Farm Security Adminis- •
tration, by T. Q. Casey and a
group of neighbor farmers. The
man holding the rope is J. B.
Highsmith, County FSA Super
visor at North 'Wllkeeboro. Mr.
Casey was not at home when the
picture was made..^.The Jack is
the sire of the colt tte top
picture, Througlhte^SfeBUqii nlty
This is about 3,000 men and 78
Roxboro or tne uouniy "„nde7 authorized peace because the fair aasocia-
elsewhere to live strength and officlaU anticipated relinquished Its l3*e on
Lp regret the announcement that the dlvlslonB summoned to founds in order
fhi» wLTthat J. B. Snipes will active duty would be city might develop the grounds
this weeK inai a y officers understood the
Imm^iate future, as he has been procedure would bo fl«t to re
called to other farm duties in crult the *
"Mr Snipes came to us in Oo- and then move the various units d„tributed among
Mr. snipes came n training un- tors and ‘It"®
der canvas. , j
While the .plan announced W ^
Bariy contemplated calling only write J. C. -WaUace, of North
four division* of the.gnnrd to ac- wflkesboro, acUng secretary
Hive duty. General Marahall told .p,® fair will open , with sc^
the Senate committee that he chUdred’a diy on September . 19
personally favored an immediate and have a fnll progi^ fw
order for all the WAtlon’e JIO.OOO —* - ‘
0(ie ®n*U4U6 • A* «* -r- UAA-tW Vi K»**a»***v '
le snrfacing of the alley back end we were Introduced by Miss
Bessie H. Daniel, efflcent and
cnpable office nsidsts^it to Coun
ty "Agent ■ H. K. SaWers. Mr.
Snipes came to Person' county as
assistant farm agent with an im-
Bresatve record behind him, and
r"^*ev. and Mr*. Roby Johnson
’’^^eat the week-end In Charlotte one felt on being introdneed
wHh their daughter, Mrs. '• - ' j
H. Drewen.
JOT lUi Haw liwTr*-*** wMaggr* -.w — —
cHlsen-eoldterg to don their nnl- Satm^. Behtember 14.
forms.
Mr. and Mrs. J. — ■ v ,
done one felt on being introduced to i and little d«i|dit*r, ^ Mr. and . acta never be-
Ffed nun that he waTtTelned and pre- Mre. Hanrel HoirtU Mr. 5^nS
I (gentinited on pap eight) 'to . 4 ^ her. on
conrbines a ^d othe^ farming
equipment which they cannot af
ford to buy as individuals. These
loans are repayable in annual in
stallments over a period of years.
Usually there is a "master bor
rower” who has the care and up
keep of the equipment or animal
purchased and who is responsible
for repayments on the loan.
Neighbors participating in the
loan sign an agreement to use
the service at a reasonable rate.
Mr. Roberts also is'one of a
number of farmers in the County,
and improving^ fdfms ' under - 46-
year, "Tenant Purchase” loans
from the same agency. Mr. Rob
erts and his young wife moved
to their new 88-acre farm a few
months ago and have just begun
their “balanced farming pro
gram” which is being emphasis-
numner ot larmers m tue FSA. One corner of thglr
former tenants, who are buying y
6-room home recently repaired
and painted Is seen In the top
picture. Other improvements
made to the farm include a new
modern stock barn and a new
pasture. The mares and other
farming equipment also were pur
chased through loans from the
FSA.
Arrangements For
Fair Is Being Made
$2,000 Preuuums
Offered During
Fair In September
Mark* Shows For Midway;
Hunid Grandstand Acta;
Ohio- Firework*
4
Officials of The Groat North
western Fair to be staged on the
called fairgrounds In this city Septem
ber 10 through 14 said today that
would be provided; but It wm
learned that the War Depart-
meirt’s recommendations
Each^M the national guard dl- every effort Is being put forth
visions has a strength of 608 of- the exposition this year
fleers, nine warrant officers and —held—the Wggest
1,400 men. * *
May Augment Divisions
and best in the history ofj
city. '
The fair in September
Cliy lUIftUfc «wva*»w.. — - -
into a municipal playground park.
-A premtwn*llBt ottering over
peace |2,b00 In cash awards for excel-
thelr' jn products of farms, homes
grandstand program, including
the Aerial vdlses and the Victoria
Troupe ot cyclists. A complete
two-hour show of the best acts
obtainable have been booked, fair
officials said.
Mark’s "Mile-Long Pleasure
Trail” with a large aggregation
of shows and rides will till the
midway for the fair
Fomer Resident
Of Wilkes County
Takes Own Life
Fairbanks Nichols Shoots
Self In Head At Home
In North Iredell
C. Fairbanks Nichols, 35, North
Iredell farmer, who is reported
to have sent hls children to the
barn before he shot himself in
the head with a rifle at his home
late 'Tnesday, died early Thurs
WMI Known Ci^wtn PttaOf
;JPttfned At Hi* Home
Hein Saturday Night
. J[oe Ccaren,,Aga 19, well knowa
jdttod or North "WmceObor*, died
ah,! 6%loch 'B|in#ny. morning at
tho Vnilns Hoopital from bams
in his- hoitae on G stmt 8atnrd«y
midnight.
Hie fire department answered "*
a call from a neighbor ot Cmvea
who told the fire department that
she saw fire in the Craven home.
Shelton Brewer, first of th*
firemen to reach the scene, went
into the house and upstairs where
the most smoke was visible. Find
ing no fire he knocked on a bed
room door and awakened Mrs.
Craven, who said "We’ll gei up
right now.” Going into the living
room Brewer found the studio
couch on fire and he and other
firemen carried it out and ex
tinguished the blaze.
Craven, clad in a bathrobe,
walked out of his room after Mrs.
Craven and walked down to the
street to the car ot W. K. Sturdi
vant, who carried him to the hos
pital. Craven did not then real
ize bis injury and walked into the
hospital.
He was burned practically all
over and had no chance to re
cover.
Firemen and relatives surmis
ed that Craven must have got up
after going to bed and had laid
down on the studio couch in the
living room to read. It was
thought that he fell asleep while
smoking and that he was so
badly burned when he awakened
that he was not conscious, al
though there were indication*
that he went to the bathroom,
extinguished the flames 'from
whatever part ot his Clothing
!h had not already bnmad,
to,
1^. -who had not awakened.
Parts of the bed were wet and
burned skin from his body wa»
found on the bed.
Craven, an employee of the
North Wllkesboro branch of the
Duke Power Company for several
years, was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. J. Craven of thfs city.
Surviving are hls widow, Mrs.
Louella Jones Craven, one small
son, James Allen, hls father and
mother and several brothers and
sisters.
Funeral service was held thl*
afternoon at the North Wllkes
boro Methodist church, conducted
by the pastor. Rev. A. L. Aycock.
Burial was in Greenwood ceme-
ter-'.
.‘.ctlve pall bearers were E. C.
Nichols, Mack Reavis, Quincy
Brooks, Charles Hudson, Harrr
I Anderson, John Glass, Harold
Hartley and Robert Maher.
Honorary pall bearers were
Robert S. Gibbs, Jr. J. G. Forest
er, O. E. Triplett, Dewey Bell,
Raymond Pierce. Tom Bumgar
ner, Tom Story, Charles Hulcker,
R. W. Bowles. T. H. Waller, J.
G. Johnson, G. M. Bumgardner,
Frank Roe and Otis Barker.
Floral tributes were abundant
and beautiful.
lawa/ lur A»*». uiru *uuip-
Fireworks have been booked night at the Davis Hospital,
through ' Ohio Display Fireworks neyw regained consciousness,
company and w ««>Won* dlajilaF
of modem pyrptefthnU» ta.aai»^
each of tlfe?fiv4 toglH^. H
pected that the HreWorka will
be an Imitation 5ol .tke'Naala
bombing of Warsa#.i: '
... - ryV '
Four-"W3kkrow
-A- ' »
C.
Wkktington, '
* d^r or ipm
tmtatudlAg grnndftand
r^tradtiona hay* bato booked iff-
R. McCartney f*tE,-otfleiala from Georges A.
' ot Hew York, CRY.
Four Stouts froik; l^Ukeaboro
troop number 32 refsrt|9d a few
days ago from Caq^ ^aater near
Winston-Salem and - the
four were initiated Into the Order
of the Arrow, one of blgheet
honors nceorded lA^e- eatep. ;
The Scouts from troop 32 In
camp WOT* ^ Kennedr*, BllUe
Kennedy, O. K. WBttIngtoh, Jr„
and Haywood Miner.
C, h. Kennedy and.P-
tlngton, Jr„ wOTA -tolttotod Unto
thiV Order ot Antnr, A 'Umlted
nnmb^ ot Sootta enletandlng'dA
4te camp,eachvKedlt ve toleged
w wo- -- T-- ■■
oh the aeleoted' for that WCOTt.' ’
He nejOT regained consciousness
':|tolgtihors expressed the belief
that domestic troubles resulted
in'the act. Mrs. Nichols is said
to have left home ten days ago
with, the two youngest children
and they were in eastern North
Carolina at the time. Nichols and
hls four older children were left
at the home.
While It is generally thought
that Nichols died from self-ln-
tlieted wounds. Sheriff J. Moore
and Coroner N. D. Tomlin con-
dhpted a formal inquest.
Charles Fairbanks Nichols was
born November 17, ' 1904, ip
W;ilkes county, son ot the late
Washington and Nola Isabel Nlch*,
olB. He had been living on a
north Iredell tarm for ten years.
His wife, the former Miss Hester
Nlcboto, Is also a native of
Wilke*. Tliey have six children.
Besides his wife and children,
he leaye* a sister and three hroth-
eri: .MRa Estelle Nichols and
Namll Nichols of Wert Ylrglnto,
Roortttoli Niehol* of Monpt Airy,
Kirkr^iil^ols esstom North
CatoSjS^ ^
*1414 jhmeral was held Saturday
ihoRHhK at 11 o\slo*k' from Pil
grim Cbnrcfa. tw*Iye miles wort
of NKfh WTlkesboro. ," n
K Master Jimmy ^ Befiwock luai,
Mrs. Cody Moore
Claimed By Death
fOT ^ imFthl'flo Iwr-^^^awd from "Wlwton-ealem,
-boj* were ^ ow ooto M
. , ' y9**f®il tor
witt' hls conrthf' Gone Brtter.
Di*d Tkia Morning In Char- •
lotte; Funeral Tuesday
Afternoon
Mrs. Gladys Bryant Moore, age
22, wife of Cody Moore, well
known citizen of this city, died
this morning, 1:22 a. m., at
Mercy HospKal in Charlotte.
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday afternoon, 2:30, at theOi
First Baptist church in this city
and bnrial will be in Greenwood
cemetery.
Mrs. Moore was a daughter of
Mr. and Mr*. W. N. Bryant, for
mer resident* of this city who ar*
now resldiBg at Chase ORy, Va.
Surviving are her bnrtwnd, ap la-
fut daughter bom yaoterdap
morning; one hrotbor, Joe Brj^
eat, ot WallaM,’ and two sisteie,
Mrs. Roy Cavenangh, of WaRe*m
sad Mr*. A. N. Johasoa, ot Rortqr
Mount.
Mr. Moore J* a'nMmher of tka
staff of the WPA office here an*
the office wl^ be clo««X «n TUfK
day afternoon.
When the white man ttnit came
,:to Amertea, dog* were tl^oi"
ten day* ayittnhW-emptoyed hjr^
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