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.ft tf liitgf f nr . n Hi M Phi V H m A. fi -&4 l y . rv Published Tuesdays and Fridays. North Wilkesboro, N. C, June 6, 1919. Established July 1896 IV LOCAL HEWS IN TOWN AND COUNTY Next week id "clean up week" for North Wilkesboro. We call your attention to the over seas soldier's advertisement on page four. The grading for concrete side walk for the e3st end of Wilkesboro has begun. One more day's work on Kensing ton will complete the street grading for the present. A meeting of all the committees for the big celebration on July 4th has been called to meet at the Com mercial Club rooms Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Wilkes county Farmer's I'nion has made arrangements to handle their fertilizer from Watauga depot until better and more permanent ar rangements can be made. Misses Corrine Clements and Annie Shook left this morning as dele gates from the Presbyterian church to attend the State meeting of the Christian Endeavor at Burlington. Miss Kopelia Hunt, of Mocksville, who has been teaching school in Winston-Salem.spent Sunday with her brother, Mr. E. E. Hunt, Jr., who holds a position at the Bank of North Wilkesboro. Mr. Dtfite Miller, who is now living at Twin Branch, W. Va , is visiting his father, Mr. C. Y. Miller, this week He will visit his aunt, Mrs. E G. Suttlemyre at Hickory, R. F. I)., be fore returning to his work. Mrs. Horton Finley received a let ter from Mr. Allie McGlamery over seas soldier, Wednesday, whois now visiting his aunt in Virginia, stating that he would reach North Wilkes boro about the 15ih or Kith of this month. Congressman R. L. Doughton passed through for Washington yesterday from Laurel springs where he went because of the serious illness of his brother's wife, Mrs. Frank Doughton, whose condition was improved when he left. Misses Maie and Earns Myers", who have been teaching at Glen Whiter Va., came home Tuesday evening. They visited at Hunting, Point Pleas ant, Beckley and Stokesberry, W. Va , since the closing of their school sev eral days ago. Mrs. C. J. Cowles has rented the Methodist parsonage in Wilkesboro for the summer. Her daughters and their children, Mrs. Thonns of Win-ston-Salem, and Mrs. Ralph's. Mott, of Florida, will arrive in a f. v .', y. to spend the summer with her. Pvt. M. A. Beshears arrlv 1 T', ( day at noon from Camp Lee having been over the seas I) months, lie was on his way to his father's Mr. A. G. Beshears, near the top of the Blue Ridge or Summit. Private Be shears in the 79th Division. Rev. Dr. Ware wishes to thank his official board and congregation fur giving him and Mrs. Ware a trip to the Methodist centenary exhibition at Columbus Ohio, June 20 to July 13th, This is the most wonderful re ligious gathering ever held in the world. They will start about July 1. Mr. H. Walter Horton, of North Wilkesboro, arrived last Friday and has, with his family, taken rooms temporarily at the homo of his sister, Mrs. Emma Moore, until his residence cjm be erected. The splendid family is indeed a fine acquisition to our town and community, and we are glad indeed that they decided to cast their lot in our midst. Watauga Democrat, May 2'Jth. Hand Contribution for July 4th Celebration to Mr. J. E. Finley. The finance committee of the July 4th celebration is receiving ap plications for money by the different committees and we would be glad for all those who expect to aid in this cause to hand in their contributions as soon as convenient. J. E Finley, Chm. CALL MEETING JUNE 24TH Complaint Filed by Hayes & Jones and F. B. Hendren In Behalf ol T. 6. Finley (or Damage cl Property. The town commissioners n;et in reg ular session Tuesday evening with Mayor Phillip ;.ed cutimi-si .:uts Grayson, Wallace, Lineberrv, Blair and Wrenn present. The town statement for the year ending May 111, 1010, was n ad and ordered publi.-hed. The Mayor and Clerk was instruit ed to make a note for t(r at legal rate of interest, payable January 1, 1920, for street grading on K'-n-ung-ton avenue when street committee accepts work. Messrs. Clem Wrenn, J C. Wallace and C. F. Lineberrv was appointed to to consult the town avowry and draft a report on epecial license tax for the year beginning July 1, l'.H',), and report Juae 2 1 h. The question of grading the alhy by r. L. foresters so as get dir! for filling in a lot was referred to the strt ct committee. Too n quest of F. R. llarrold that the water and sewer line be extended on Kensington yeas referred to water committee. Complaint was tiled with the eleik ly Hayes & Jones and F. I! Hendren in behalf of T. B. Finley asking the board to take some action in regard to damage town had caused the pro perty of T. li. Finley by erecting a dam ne rots Roddies river at the pow er plant. The water was referred to the water and light, committee. The compliant of J. X. Ashkettle and U. B. Walters for moving dirt cut of alley was referred to street committee. The complaint of J. F Allen was referred to the street committee. The clerk was instructed to have circulars printed for clean op we. k June '.Kb to June 1 Ith. The p qije-t that a side walk be built on the west side of eith street from F, to 11 street was referred to street committee. The streets were oidcred washed at night, The matter of putting in storm sewer on C street between eith and eith streets was refeered to street committee. The bill of C. C. Smeot it Sous Company, 20 00, for use of piping was allowed. The board adjourned to meet Tues day, Juno 21th, at 8 o'clock. PEOPLE CF OMWOQDS ORGAN IZE FOR COMMUNITY FAIR A community fair was organized at Oakwoods last Monday night with something like JO persons present. Mr. A G Hendren was present and made a talk and helped with the organizing. The meeting was held in the school building and the following officers elected: II. H. Moorehouse, president. M. C. Jones, vice-president. Mrs. J. J. Tevepaugh, secretary and treasurer. The people of that community are very enthusiastic and are laying plans that will make it worth while for every citizen in that whole communi ty to take part in the fair. HEADQUARTERS 0F81ST DIVI SION OUE TO ARRIVE JUNE 11 Washington, June 3 Headquarters of the Eighty-first (Wildcat) division, and headquarters of the 15Gth artil lery brigade, of the same division, are due in New York June 11 aboard the transport Cape Finistcrie, the war de partment announced today. Officers on the vessel include Brigadier General Andrew Moses, in comand of the ar tillery brigade. Expected arrival of theDuca D.Ab ruzzi at New York, June 15, with de tached uidts also was announced. 35 GENTS FOR OPERATING: SIX MONTHS SCHOOL TERM! Wilkes Board of Education in Session The board of education met in re gular session Monday, June 2nd, and transacted the following business: It was ordered by the board that only live cents on the one hundred dollars worth of property and fifteen cents on the pull be collected in the local school tax district in North Vulkoslmro township. No 3. It was ordered by the board that the resignation of J. E. MeEwen as a member of the school committee in District X i. f Moravian Falls town ship be received and that C. II. Gil re. ith be :,ppeinted to till the vacancy. It was ordered that J. C. Bumgar ner be tr.o.-ferred from district No. 1 of Edwards township to district No. G It was ordered that a loan of $;!00 he made to district No. 1, of Rock (.reek township, for the purpose of securing patent desks. It was ordered that a loan of $300 he made ;0 district No. 2, of Edwards township, for erecting an addition to tho school building. It was ordered that a loan of $100 be made to district No. 2 colored of New Castle township for the purpose i f 1'Uild'ng a new school house. I' was ordered that $250 be loaned to district No. 2 Elk township for the purpose of enlarging the school build ing. All of these loans are made by the State Board of Education to the district at -1 per cent, payable in ten annual installments. The petition of certain citizvs of Elk township asking for the estab lishment of a new school district was postponed until the July meeting of the board. It was ordered that the resignation of Ada G. eerie a,-; a member of the school committee in district No. 2 of Moravian Fails township be accepted and that 1 ,1. Lovette be appointed to fill the vacancy. It was ordered that R. L, Prollit visit district No. 0 of Union township on Tussday, June 3rd, and aid in the selection of a school house site. It was opfered that the county superintendent of schools and C. F. Fields visit district No 4 of Somers township and aid in the uelection of a site for the proposed consolidation in that section. It was ordered that district No. ,r of Sinners township be granted a loan of $3()i.) for the purpose of( aiding in the erection of a new school building. The board presented the annual budget to the board of county com mission asking for the levy of "5 cents for tin purpose of operating the schools of the county for a term of six months during the scholastic year 10 19 20. It was ordered by the joint meet ing of the boards of education and the county commissioners that a meeting of theso two boards be held on Wed--nesday, July 2nd for the purpose of electing a county superintendent of public welfare and fixing the salary of this ellicial. This is a position which was created by the recent Gen eral Assembly of the State. After the transaction of the usual routine business the board was on motion adjourned. Western Agents to Meet June 1 0ih. Raleigh, June. Arrangements have been completed by Mr. E. S. Millsaps, district agent in charge of extension work in the Piedmont District to hold a meeting of the county agents of his district at Salisbury, Juue 10th and 11th. Mr. A. G. Hendren, county agri cultural agent, will leave Sunday to be in attendance at the meeting to be gone until Thursday. Beginning yesterday and lasting through June 13, Mrs. Jane S. Mo Kimmon and her co-workers are holding a school and conference for the county home demonstration agents and their assistants at the State College at West Raleigh. Ap proximately 100 women will be pres ent. Statesville Landmark. GERMANY'S PLEAS ANO PRO- TEST HAVE BEEN HEEDED (By Associated Press in Charlotte Observer, June 4th) There is a prob ability that Germany may secure as a result of her strong counter proposals some lessening in the severity of the peace terms of the allied and associat ed powers. Germany's pleas that it will be impossible to fulfill the finan cial requirements of the allies and her protests against certain territorial re lirquishments have been held and are being discussed by the council of four. Paris reports have it that in certain quarters of the peace conference the German viewpoint is receiving strong support. A full discussion of the German counter proposals especially concern ing reparations and other economic features of the peace treaty has been held by President Wilson and the staff of American experts of the American peace delegation. Great Britain is said to favor a number of concessions to Germany but France continues firm in her stand not to waver from the original terms. (in the other hand the Americans are de clared to be not averse to minor con cessions but are not in favor of going to the extent that the British propose. The German government is'ihcens ed over the formation of a Rhenish republic. It, has o-dered the arrest of Dr. Djrten, the president tf the republic, and also has protested to the peace conference and the armis tice commission at Spa against the behavior of the French authorities in the occupied Rhiiieland. French sup port of the Rhenish republic is char aeterized by the German government as high treason against the empire. Strikes by dissatisfied Germans in the American occupied area called in pro test against the formation of the re public ended quickly when the Amer ican commanders issued a warning against the movement. The supreme council has been re quest d by the Lithuanian delegation to the peace conference to have an allied commission investigate alleged pogroms and other illegal acts by the Poles in occupied Lithuania, An unconfirmed report has reached Copenhagen that Petrograd has been captured by Finnish and E?thonian troops. The head of tho Austrian peace delegation has departed from St. Ger main for Innsbruck, carrying with him the allied peace treaty. Counter revolutions are reported from numerous towns in western Hun gary. Hundreds of refugees are ar riving at the Austrian frontier towns, seeking safety. Sweden and Denmark have come into line with Switzerland and Norway rVdecliiiiug to join a blockade against Germany in case Germany refuses to sign tho peace treaty. Like Switzer land and Norway, the plea is made by Sweden and Denmark that such acy tion would be a violation of their neu- Big strikes have begun in Paris, Lille and other cities in France. Hens for AllieniHik' News. A caller in tho News office on Mon day was Mr". J. H. Ragan. Mr. Ragan was a former proprietor in Albemarle nf thp Olwprvpr,' and will be rem pus bered by many people. He says that ho recalls that when he was editor of tho newspaper here, a man came in and wanted the paper. He had no money and wanted to pay for it in chickens, hens to be exact, Mr. Ra gan agreed and said, "How much do you want for your hens?" The man looked at him in a calculating fashion and said, "well, I think I ought to have ten cents a piece for them hens, Mr. Rogan agreed. A few days later the prospective subscriber returned bringing two brothers, who also want ed to trade chickens for the newspa per. They brought thirty hens, for l,;l, ti,n r.t ti,. ., .. i. .:-. Hons to a weekly four-page paper." HOii. R. N. PAGE DELIVERED ABLE ADDRESS LAST NIGHT Awarding Diplomas, Certificates and Medals -Vide Caudiil Perfect Attendance Ten Years -Miss Corrine Clements Scholar ship Medal. The d'ploma? were presented by County Supt. of Public Instruction Wright who also presented a certifi cate, for ten years of perfect at tendance, to Vide Caudill. There were I'd who completed the seventh grade as follow: E za'.eth Cranor, N'ell Gwyn, Clara LoiiL', Charlie Beeson, Blanche Trog don, Helen Marlow, Agnes Shook, San, Johnson, Carrie Brookshire, Mary Moere, Lurrie Reynolds, William Rhodes, Dean Norris, Ernest Trogdon, Edgar Reynolds, Hubert Beeson, Percy Parker, Thomas McNeil, Joseph Darl ington. Each pupil gets f 3 for advancement in studies attendance and deport ment. The following were awarded $3 each in Thrift Stamps from the Junior Order, by Mr. K M. Allen: 1st grade A. Frederick B. Staley. 1st Grade B Donovan Eller. 2nd Grade. Carlie Watkins. onl Grade. Chaa. Crutclilleld. 4th Grade. Virginia Reeves. fth Grace. Virginia Hix. ith Grade. Freida Landon. A medal V2 presented Corrine Clements of tho 10th grade for hij'b est per cent, in scholarship. Following are the names of those who have completed studies of prima ry and intermediate grades and also the studies of the high school and will receive their diplomas tonight. Edwin Waugh. Hawkins Henry. .Miss Fay Meadows. Miss Masio Vandoy. Miss Annie Jennings, Miss Irene Hart. Miss Kate Finley. Miss Gertrude Johnson. Miss Kuby Blackburn. Frmt-.r Congressman k. N, Page was introduced by Mr. L Vyne and spoke somewhat along the same T ,e as in Greensboro as follows: Discussing the great war Mr. Pag- found it unlike any other conflict the world had ever known. Jermauy had made an assault upon the-freedom of mankind, upon the ideals for which our forefathers died. America, then had to enter the war or lose her soul. The issue was squarely met, the fate ful step was taken and this nation was the deciding factor in that great strug gle. Selective service operations had been characterized by remarkable effi ciency, the speaker pointed out. Here he paid eh quent tribute to the unfal- tering devotion to duty of the women folks, who sent their men into battle with a smile. Through such sacrifices has come notable elevation of the peo ple everywhere. But the operations of the draft act disclosed conditions that cause North Carolina to feel ashame and which emphasize the necessity of remedial action, Mr. Page referred particular ly to the appalling amount of illiter acy in tho state. Examinations of registrants, said he, showed that prac tically 50 per cent, of the men were illiterate. These conditions obt Tied, too, he pointed out, after years of in tensive educational effort. Mr. Pde i ei ailed Hie great educa tional campaign of 1U00 and alluded particularly to the work of the late Govcreor Charles B. Aycock, "great apostle of education and beloved citi zn." Aycock had once been under the necessity of thanking God for South Carolina "because she kept us from being at the foot of tfie column of states in illiteracy." But after years of educational endeavor the per centage of ignorance- is alarmingly high, draft statistics show. "Are we going to learn this lesson through this utiivjjfsity of experience, or are we going to ignore it ?" Mr. Page 'f asked. yv "The fiber of our citizenship is in the crucible and must be tested by PERS0NS LEVIN:" AND mmm Miss .V.iMrH Bowles, of Hickory, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. F. D Meadows. Miss Marger and Luna Allen, of Taylorsville, are visiting at Mr. C. 11. Somers for the week. Mr. N. B. Smithey, of Wilkesboro went to Charlotte Wednesday to pur chase goods. Miss I'uby Sp'ainhour weat to Win ston Salem this morning to spend the week-end with friends. MpsdamesC.il.' Somers and Mrs. 1. II. Lewis went to Elkin yesterday morning to visit Mrs. Wiley Lewis. Mr. Neal Thompso'., furniture sales man, has been visi.ing his brurh-T Mr. J. II, Thotr.psr a since Wednesday. Mr. Boyd Wallace, who has been in Panama for several years, is visiting his parents and sister, Mrs. R. D. Laws at Moravian Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wallace, of Win ston Salem, arrived Wednesday to vis it ids parents and sister, Mrs R. Don Laws, at Moravian Falls. Mrs. R. C. Jennings and children, of Winston Salem, who have been visiting her parents at Pores Knob, returned home Wednesday. Miss Sadie Son.ers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Somers, who has been teaching school at Grassy Creek, Ashe county, came home Wednesday. Miss Lena Faw, who has been visit ing her sister, Mrs. T. B. Scott in ijorfolk, Va , for several months, is now visiting her mother, Mrs, Geo. W Johnson, Jr. Mrs. J. Gordon Hackett was called to Raleigh this morning on account of the sickness. of her mother. Mr. Hackett accompanied her as far as Winston-Salem. ome of the experiences through which we have passed," said the for mer congressman. About 50 per cent, of the draft registrants had been found physically unfit he said. Cor rective measures are absolutely im perative. Proceeding a step further, Mr. Page ! net tared: it is essential that this i commonwealth, as an organized com monwealth, should start out on a cam paign sor sanitation and hygiene. In every county should be established a hospital with a trained staff. More at tention must be given to preventable disease." Turning his attention again to the war, the speaker stated that America was not in the war for any purposes of aggression. We did not lay down the lives of 50,000 or more our youth who sleep today in France, for the pur pose of gaining a foot of territory or a dollar of indemnity, but did this for the vindication of righteous ideals and in order to give to others the blessings we now enjoy," After praising the achievements of the American army and navy Mr. Pago lauded the civil population which, ho said, displayed "the same sacrificial spirit and the same indomitable cour age as the fighting men." "We must not relinquish the high ideals that won the war," said the former congressman, and he warned of impending problems of most difficult nature. "There are battles before us," said he, "that are going to try the souls of men and womon as possibly they have never been tried before. America has stricken down the shackles of autocracy, but even great er tasks lie ahead in effecting the com pkto liberation of such peoples." The speaker also was moved to ex press the conviction that "in our par ticipation in this conflict we were led by the hand of Providence. That mael storm of death aud horror generated higher ideals. We have been lifted out of the isolation of a century and a half, and cannot return to our form er selfish aloofness. If we have a de sire to do v,-3 ara unworthy of the 50,000 who made the supreme sacri fice." Mr. Page predicted that the place treaty will be speedily signed,
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