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FOUR WltKfS BOnrAT OOYS''STAtE
General Membership Meet*
ing To Be Hrfd Friday
Night At Town Hall
Fiddlers' Contest
For Farmers' Day
Prizes Offered
For Winners In
Contest Oct. 2
Contet Scheduled for 12 o’
Clock Noon As Feature
Of Farmers’ Day
A call has been Issued by the
Trade Promotion committee of
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce for fiddlers to enter the
“Farra' rs Day" Fiddlers Contest.
This committee is offering $30
In prizes for the best fiddlers en
tering the contest. Representa-
tlTs of the chamber stated they
“^ere'trgfng Dnly' -fttftfia™ -'this
year, but next year they hope to
have other instruments repre
sented in the contest.
Applicants interested in enter
ing this contest should notify the
Chamber of Commerce office In
Call Hotel building, North \/il-
kesboro. The contest is scheduled
for 12:00 noon on the second
of October, and will be held at
the speakers’ stand, corner of
9th and B streets in North 'VvU-
kesboro. All fiddlers are invited
to enter this contest.
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Commander Hayes
To Speak Monday
State Commander Veterans
Foreign Wars to Deliver
* An Address Here
Wilkes Teams Split
Two With Bamboo
In -what -was described a|, the
best baseball game here for the
season. Pores Knob defeated the
strong Bamboo team from Wa
tauga county 3 to 1 Saturday aft
ernoon. Pores Knob sewed up
the game with two runs In the
first inning and Leslie Rhoades
kept the visitors’ hits well scat
tered. It was one of only tw6
defeats suffered by the Watau
ga county team In 38 games.
In the other game Bamiboo
defeated Rock Creek eight to
one. Both games were well
played and many fans were pres
ent at the fairgrounds to see the
contests.
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Laws Subject
Kiwanis Meet
' One of the most effeclent and
practical ways to store -valuable
feed is In a portable Siaalkraft
silo, as shown in the above pic
ture taken on the farm of Garr
Cleary at Hays. This type silo is
inexpensive and can be built and
filled in less than a day. These
silos are built with three sections
of fence and four sections of
treated Sisalkraft paper. The
Sisalkraft paper keeps out the
air, therefore eliminating spoll-
aga.
■‘Silage increases the feeding
value of crops because when you
make silage you get 25 to 40
per cent more actual feeding
value froip every acre you plant,
tend and harvest. You can keep
motre cows on the same land, or
release more acres for ca'-h
crops. There is no waste of sil
age. Leaves, cobs, stems are con
verted into palatable feed. Ani
mals clean it up eagerly And,
too, silage takes up far less room
than hay or fodder storage. Fur
thermore, you do not run the
risk cf fire, the dust hazard is
eliminated, and it is more easily
fed,’’ B. B. Broom, area field
manager of Coble Dairy Products
glalwatliurm
Coble Dairy Products has
cently been placing these silos
with their patrons throughout
The first general membership
meeting of the Wilkes Chanubcr
of Commerce will be held in the
Town Hall auditorium Friday
evening, September 20, starting
at 8:00 p. m. Guest speaker for
this meeting will be Mr. Ed Cher
ry, Assistant Manager, South
eastern Division, Chamber of
Commerce of the United States.
Mar. Cherry will take as his
subject “Education—An Invest
ment In People.” His talk will be
illustrated with slides, and -will
ibe very Intereetlng to every
member of the Chamber of Com
merce, as win show how business
and education work together for
a better economy.
As this will 'be the first gen
eral membership meeting of the
Chanrber, President J. B. Wil
liams will discuss some of the
outstanding activities of the
chamber for this year.
President Williams hopee that
every member will be able to at
tend this meeting.
Grand Master
Wilkes boys 'who attended the sixth annual Tar
Heel Boys* State held at the University of North Car
olina at Chapel Hill last week were, left to right: Max
Turner, son Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Turner, Millers
Creek; A. C. Yale, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. X. C. Yale,
Hays; Julius C. Hnhhard, Jr., son of Mr. luid ^ Mrs.
Julius C. Huhhard, WQkeshoro; and Gordon Finley,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Finley, North Wilkes-
horo. The week at Boys’ State was an award of the
Wilkes post of the American Legion. "ITie Bojrs’ State,
sponsored hy the North Carolina American Legicm and
the Institute of Government, is “to train and inspira
the youth of Ncu’th Carolina in full realization of their
responsihilHies and to teach them,duties, rights and
privileges of citizenship through participation Ih gov
ernmental function^’’ During the week the hoys heard
offlcials from the Governor’s office and all other
branches of the State’s government describe the nature
of their duties and the overall structure of North Car
olina law—coimty, city and state.
HORTH WILKESBORO SOFTBALL
TEAM HAD FIRE SEASON RECORD
W. H. McElwee Delivers
Address; Next Year’s
Officers Nominated
of
of
In
an
Attorney Jimmie Hayes,
Winston-Salem, commander
Veterans of Foreign Wars
North Carolina, will deliver
address Monday night, Septem
ber 23, eight o'clock, in the
North Wllkesbono school audi
torium.
Commander Hayes is well
known in Wilkes, being a son of
Rev. and Mrs. James M. Hayes,
of Winston-Salem.
The public is cordially invited
to hear Commander Hayes and
all veterans are especiall-y urg
ed to be present.
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Sidden Building
Furuiture Plant
In N. Wilkesboro
72x108 Two-Story Building
To he Used to Mstke Bed-
Fumiture
room
C. C. sidden, manufacturer,
former register of deeds of
Wilkes county and now a mem
ber of the county board of oom-
mlssloners, is erecting a furni
ture manufacturing plant in
Ifortli Wllkeeboro.
The plant, which will eventual
ly be used for manufacture of
iMdroom furniture, wlU bo locat
ed on the Toll Road in Nocth
Wllkeeboro.
. Dlmeosions of the building
r now being erected -will be 72 by
108 feet and the two floors will
have 15,650 square feet of floor
-space.
Mr. Sidden, who was formerly
■ engaged tn furniture manufac
ture here as owner of Model Up-
liolatery company, has eecured
zanob of the machinery to be
!a the aew plant.
■‘Labor Relations Inws” was
the topic of a most interesting
address delivered Friday before
the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
club by W. H. McElwee, local
attorney and member of the club.
Attorney McElwee spoke at
length relative to the National
Labor Relations Board set up
under provisions of the Wagmer
act. He stated that the board
served to promulgate rules and
regulations and also in a qnaisl
judicial manner. He related that
decisions of the board may be
appealed to the courts and that
of 21 decisions on appeals, 17
have been classed as pro-labor.
Special attention was given by
the speaker to definitions of “un
fair labor practices” as defined
by the national labor laws.
At the meeting Friday Dr. F.
C. Hubbard, chairman of the
nominating committee, submitted
the following slate of nomina
tions for the officers next year:
Dr. G. T. Mitchell, president; W.
K. Sturdivant, vice president; B.
F. Gardner, past president; T. B.
Story, treasurer; Cecil Adamson,
W. G. Gabriel, W. H. McEUwee,
Dr. W. K. Newton and J. H.
Whicker, directors. Officers -vlll
ibe elected at a later meeting.
The attendance prize Friday
-was given by Rev. Watt M. Coop
er and was won by W. J. Caroon.
Guests were: Bill Combs -with
Dr. Gilbert R. Combs; Troy Fos
ter with H. P. Eller; G. W.
Smith and J. Grlsette, of I.enoir,
visiting Kiwanlans.
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western North Carolina and it is
believed that this will mean
much to offset the deficit in feed
this winter.
.Some of the advantages of this
type silo are the alio can be made
to fit the herd, it can be built at
any suitable place, it is inexpen
sive, and it insures high quality
feed for cattle in the winter.
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The Town of North Wilkesboro
the - pkst snmpter
Parent-Teacher
Association Will
Be Formed Here
Preliminary Meeting Held
Here Friday Mnmmg;
Committees Named
Winiam J. Bandy, ^and
master of the Masonic lodge in
North Carolina, will address
the sessions of the Masonic
meetings of the 33rd district
to be held with the North Wil
kesboro lodge Tnesday after
noon and night. The officers’
conference will be at four p.
m., banquet at 0:30, and bus
iness session at eight o’clock.
All sessions will be In the lo
cal lodge hall in the Beins-
Sturdlvant bnllding.
Mrs. Spker Dies
AtTraphillHome
Mrs. Rosa Emma Spicer, 88,
■widely knewn and highly
‘Bpected resident of the TraphlU
community, died Friday morn
ing at her home.
Funeral service was held Son-
day, two p. m., at Whitehead
church. Rev. Shade Candlll and
Rev. Mr. Kilby oondnoted the
last rites.
Mrs. Spicer was a daughter of
the late Allen and Nancy Ed
wards Fend^, She Is snirlved
by two danghten, Mrs. ClareoM
Holtzrook and Mrs. Morgan Bry
an, of TraphlU, and oim «m, 8.
I A. SpSMT, Of BM Air. Md.
A group of enthusiastic par
ents, feeling the need for a Par
ent-Teacher Association in North
Wilkesboro, met at the Woman’s
Club House Friday morning with
the State' President of the Par
ent-Teacher Association, Mrs. E.
■N. Howell and the Superinten
dent of City Schools, Paul S.
Cragan to discuss plans for the
organization of a local Parent-
Teacher Association.
Mrs. Arthur Venble and Mrs.
Staton Mclver were elected tem
porary chairman and secretary
respectively. Mrs. Venable ap
pointed a committee composed
of: Mrs. J. C. Reins, Mrs. Robt.
Browning, Mrs. Wearer Starr,
Mrs. J. B. Carter to formulate
plans for the first meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association.
Mrs. Ira Payne was made pub
licity chairman.
Mrs. Howell was intrdouced by
Mr. Cragan and, in a most con
vincing manner, gave first the
alms of the P.-T. A.
1. Raising the standard of
home life.
2. Interpreting the schools to
the pmblic with all activity of as
sociation recorded and published.
3. Creating a closer relation
ship between home, school and
community at large.
4. A voice iu determining the
kind of education the chUd shaU
be givui.
The projects for the State for
the year combined under ‘‘Wel
fare of Childhood and Youth In
Home, Church and Community”
are as follo-ws:
1. First project will be the
cooperation of the group with
Good Health Association. It Is
emphasised that the Parent-
Teacher Association has, stnoe its
origin, been concerned -with the
healUi of cUldren tn the stats
sakl has promotad ipeoial pr»-
Wednesday Date
To Fill Leave Pay
Blanks At School
For convenience of thousands
of veterans in Wilkes county,
Wilkes post number 126 of the
American Legion has arranged
for members to be at central
schools on the night of Wednes
day, September 18, 7:30 o’oock,
for the purpose of assisting vet
erans in filling ont applications
for terminal leave pay.
William Gray, Legion com
mander said that members wonld
be at Mount Pleasant, Mountain
View, TraphlU, Ronda, Roaring
River, Ferguson, and Millers
Creek schools to assist veterans
in filling out the blanks.
Members of the Legion,
school teachers and notary pub
lic wCl be on hand at each of
the above named schools. Veter
ans who -wish to tile should have
with them certified or photostatlc
copies of their discharges.
school attention, examinations,
corrections, improved school
rooms and lunch rooms.
2. Alarmed over the critical
shortage of teachers, the P.-T.
A. will promote recruiting of
teachers by encouraging colle
gians to choose the teaching pro
fession by emphasizing the hous
ing situation and providing com
fortable homee for them, and by
promoting legislation.
S. The Parent-Teacher will
make a strong plea tor safety,
emphasising safe^ in 'the home.
The group will endaaTor to
contact evary parent In the eom-
mnnlty for Mpport of thla -mntlK
while project'
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softball team which represented
the town In playing forty-six
softball games against outside
competition.
The schedule was arranged to
play any teams lu the state that
desired games. Among them
were some of the leading soft
ball teams. These Included Ra
leigh City Champions, High
Point Weaving Company, and
CaroUna Linen, of Winston-Sal
em, which were defeated by the
local team.
The North Wilkeaboro team
won the Mountain League Cham
pionship, winning twenty games
and losing two.
For the first time in history
of the town a team represented
the town In the State Tourna-
men held August 14th-18th in
Greensboro. In this tournament
the team was not seeded and won
two games to advance to the
quarter finals before being elimi
nated by the top seeded team
from Canton. North Wilkesboro
scored the first major upset of
the tournament by defeating the
strong Cramerton Mills team
from Gastonia. In the opinion of
the umpires of the tournament,
the North Wilkesboro team was
the fastest team in the tourna
ment and only lacked strong
pitching to advance through the
tournament, as pitching Is the
dominating factor in Champion
ship softball. North Wilkesboro
officially ranks 9th In state a-
mong hundreds of teams.
For the season records, the
team was not defeated In a dou-
Ezpenses
$467.07
Expenses, Food and
Travel — 440.11
Telephone & Telegraph . 16.46
Miscellaneous—
Fntree Fee State Tour. 10.00
Advertising - — 7.60
Total .
Balance
.$1,010.86
... 67.63
TOTAL $1,078.49
All members must turn in
complete uniforms, including
jacket, to Roy Forehand at the
Liberty Theatre, by Saturday,
Sept. 21st. The uniforms will be
cleaned and stored properly.
Jennings Death
Claim Rejected
By City Council
Ask $35,000 Of Town Be
cause of Death Harrison
Jennings In Jail
Town of North Wilkesboro
board of commissioners In Sep-
tenuber meeting unanimously re
jected a claim of $35,000, filed by
the estate of the late Harrison
Jennings for the death of Jen
nings resulting from injuries re
ceived in North Wilkesboro town
jail on May 31 this year.
TTie claim was filed by Elledge
and Hayes, Winston-Salem laiw
firm, on behalf of Emma Jen-
WR Be Held Oi
FarneK* Day h
North Wilkeshoro
General Rules and Regula
tions of Event Announc
ed By Chaurman
B. B. Broome, chairman of the
Dairy Calf show committee of the
Wilkes Chamber’s Agriculture
Committee, announced today the
Wllkee county Dairy Calf Show
to be held in connection -with
“Farmers Day” celobratUm, will
be held at the fairgrounds la
North Wllkeeboro. Broome also
stated that there were 15 entries
in the show from Wilkes, and
that there would be $125 in
prizes, donated by the merch
ant members of the Wilkes
Chamber.
Arrangements are being made
90 that each entry will receive
a ribbon.
General Rules and Regulations
Judging begins at 9:30 a. m.
at the Fairgrounds in North Wil
kesboro, N.3. (All entries should
be mailed Dwight -Williamson,
Assistant Cflonty Agent, WUkes-
boro, N; C.)
In any eftse where questions
arise that a^e not covered specif
ically by the following rules, the
decision of the Steering Com
mittee -fflll be final.
2. Any member of the family
is eligible to exhibit In the show.
3. All animals shown shall
either be registered in the name
of the exhibitor or the parent or
guardian of the exhibitor and in,
either case the exhibitor must
have personally fitted and cared
for the animal 60 or more days
prior to the show.
4. All breeds of registered
dairy cattle are eligible to be
shown. The standard classfilca-
tlons win be used -with females
as follows:
junyiPi^'Oalt—:;dropped Jannary
h»-
cluslve.
Senios- Calf—dropped July 1
to December 31, 1945, inclusive.
Junior Yearling—dropped Jan
uary 1 to June 30. 1945, Inclus-
sive.
Senior Yearling—dropped July
1 to December 31, 1944, inclu
sive.
2 year olds—dropped July 1,
1943 to June 30, 1944, inclusive.
3 year olds—dropped July 1,
1942 to June 30, 1943, inclusive.
4 year olds and over—All cows
dropped before July 1, 1942.
6. No bull calves may be en
tered in the show that -were bom
poior to January 1, 1946.
6. The Danish System of judg
ing will be used.
7. All animals should be on
the grounds not later than 8:46
a. m. October 2, 1946.
In order for the farmers that
have been using good bulls and
an opportunity to participate tn
raising high grade cattle to have
this show we are conducting a
similar show of grades as well
as pnre-ibreda. Any farmer with
high type grade animals should
enter them in this show.
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Absher Appeal To
Be Heard Oct. 29
Appeal From Death Sen*
tence Filed by Attorneys
With Supreme Court
Dings, for the Jennings family. Appeal of dande Absher,
ble header, but manager to win I The claim is presumed to be North Wilkesboro man sentenced
the opening game and losing the Preliminary to a damage suit to to die September 87 tor the shot-
second game only 1q tour Doable
headers. Of the 46 games played
North Wilkesboro won 39 games
and lost only 7, to compile one
of the most impressive records in
the State.
It is anticipated to strengthen
the team next year and shoot for
the State Championship.
The following audited finan
cial statement is snibmitted tor
review of merchants and Indi-
vldnals -who donated and sap-
ported the team during the sea
son and the remaining balance is
in the ibank as a starting fnnd for
equipment tor next season. It
will be appreciated it business
firms when setting their budgets
tor the coming year will allow a
small donation tor the softball
fund as the team will be ont after
subscriptions prior to the'start of
the season.
be brought against the town.
Jennings, 62-year-old citizen
of the Falrplalns community
north of this city, died In the
Wilkes hoepltal on May 31 after
he had been severely injured on
the night of May 29. Jennings
had been lodged in jail on a
charge of drunkenness. Later
Claude Spears and Walter L.
Spears, double first cousins, of
Parsonvllle, were also jailed on
a charge of being drunk.
Clande Leslie Spears, police
said, was alleged to have ssvwe-
ly beaten Jennings In jaU, pound
ing his head against the steel
-baors and otherwise inflicting in
juries which caused his death.
Spears faces a murder charge in
Wilkes court but has not been
tried.
Donations by firms and
Indlvidaala — .49900
-Gate Reeelpts .—.... A74.4$
ii.il I.
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Red Cross fimires show that
the dfareet economio toasM reaslti-
ing from traffie aeddeats are' sa-
tlmated at |t,460,d00,oe». This
total Inelndes (800,000,000 mO-
lutad eoat''of Injnriss ana tQBUfw.
ainoe, together with' 1000,000,008;
4t1O?1.40M'property dansatfa. ’
gun slaying of Clyde Watts here
AmB 0, wni be heard hy the
North CaroUna supreme court on
October 29, it was learned today
from the law offices of Trlvetta
A Holahonser, Hayes and Hayes,
defense counsel.
The appeal, which has been
filed with the supreme court*
automatically stays execution of
the death sentence pending dis
position of the appeal.
Absher was tried during the
August term of Wilkes court be
fore Judge F. Donald PhUUps,
mt Roektacham, Defense ~"~~tt1
base their appeal on claims of
technical enrors during the trial.
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