Published Wedaesdays.
North Wilkesboro, N. C, Apiil 23 1924
Established July 1896
LOCAL NEWS IN TOWN AND COUNTY
iHilicitur Hayes is at Avery court
this week.
The N. Wilkesboro graded school
Wis WJ Mnnday-RiL-r iJi.miy.
May 1st is the time set by hw
when your taxes should have been
faidT-one week from today.
A moving picture is to be given at
the Orpheura twice ou Friday under
auspices of the Daughters of the Con
federacy. The Wilkesboro high school has a
new Weaver piano bought last week
from J. L. Garwood for the music de
partment. The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs
E. E. Eller next Thursday afternoon
at 3:30. All members are urged to
be present and any one who would
like to become members.
The group county commencement
at Honda next Saturday, April 2(th.
The annual literary add; ess wiil be
delivered by Mr. W. A. Harper, piesi
dent of Eion College, at 11 o'clock.
Friday afternoon and night next
"Ruggles of Red Gap" will be givf n
at the Orpheura under the auspices of
the Uuited Daughters of the Confed
eracy. See advertisement ou page 8.
Dr. J. W. White returned on the
noon train Wednesday from Raleigh
where he attended a meeting of the
State medical board and the State
Medical Society Monday and Tuesday.
E. Roscoe Hall of Legerwood has
recently perfected a one-man wire
stretcher. Patents on this device are
being secured now. Mr Hall has
made this wire stretcher out of very
practical ideas, and his friends be
lieve he will find a ready demand Jfor
it when it is put on the market.
Lenoir News-Topic.
Mr. A. A. Cashion, who has the
contract for moving the E. C. .b-n-liins'
residence on the cornor of '.)!
and D streets to the corner of
and E street, will complete- the job i.
a few more days. Mr. Casdiiun i;. at
expert at this business having wor
at it for a number of years. Wie.t
in need of such work call him.
Ronda County Commence men! Begins Ne
Saturday.
The group county commencement
will be held at Ronda Saturday. Prof.
N. W. Walker, of Chapel Hill, will
deliver an address on "Education" at
11 A. M.
The following marshels were elect
ed for the commencement: Carl Me
Ghinnis, chief marshel, Chas. Hieker
son, Russell Day, Carrie Ilendrix and
Agness Byrd.
On Saturday the Home Economics
Department will give an exhibition
On Saturday night the high schoo
pupils will give a play,
Sunday evening Rev. Walter J. Mil
ler will preach the baccalaureate ser
mon.
Monday evening declamation and
recitation contest. The Minuet and
Tom Thumb Wedding will coma the
same evening.
"The Eternal Home ot the Saved."
Rev. J. L Shinn, pastor of the
Wilkesboro llaptist church, on Sun
day morning will preach on the sub
iect. "The Eternal Home of the
Saved." At night, "The Eterna
Home of the Lost." You are most
cordially invited to attend these
services,
"The Message of Malachi." -
Next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Wilkesboro Presbyterian
church, the pastor will spt ak on "The
Message of Malachi" the last word
before the curtain falls on the Old
Testament. You are cornially iuvited
to attend this service.
GLASSES LOST:
Be t w e e n
Forks i n
Wil k e s -
boro and Dick Reins' residence April
20th. Gold rimmed. Will pay liber
al rcwQril Rr.h Mm!nw9 Pnrftfl
Knob, N. C. Glasses ui e double
, lense, riding bow.
MRS. THORNTON MCNEILL
DIES BURIED AT NEW HOPE
.Mrs. Thornton McNeill died at her
home on D street, Thursday of last
week, following a chronic illness of
several weeks or months. The bur-
al was last Saturday near her form-
r home New Hope church in Lewis
Fork postponed a day on account of
rain. Rev. W. L. Griggs and Rev. M.
M 'Neill assisted in the funeral and
rial,
Mrs. McNeill was known to her
friends as Eda, Elizabeth McNeill and
w is the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin McNeill. Born July 16th
lSGo. She was the wife of Mr.
L'hornton McNeill who died during
the epidemic of influenza in 1919 to
which union seven children were born
two of whom also died within a few
lays of their father's death.
They were 'Mrs. Roscoe Vannoy
and Osco McNeill.
The surviving children are Alonzo,
"laud, Chal, Tip and Miss Mamie Mc
Neill, together with six grand ehil-
en; one sister Mrs. G. M. Cooper, of
Jharlotte; and four brothers, Messrs.
Bud and John of Purlear, Wiley of
Millers Creek, Sharper McNeill of N.
Wilkesboro.
Among other tributes to her life
the following also was read at the fun
eral: She professed faith in Christ
and united with New Hope Baptist
church in early childhood of which
she remained a consistent member
until her death. She loved her fami-
y, children ami her Lord. Shu talk-
id the evening before her death that
die was ready to go and expressed
the hope of meeting them in another
world. It was beautiful as she talk
ad 'about leaving everybody to meet
her friends in haaven. Her life has
jone out but her influence will re
main with those who know her and
will like a star serve as a guide to
them to a better homo on high."
Jaunty CcuHnenccnur.t at Wilkesboro May
3id Sermon Sunday.
The Wilkesboro school commence
nent will begin Thursday evening,
May 1st, a esnUta by little folks.
Friday night a play will be given
ay the high ei hool pup'.k
Saturday county cmitn 'ncomnut -
awarding of the diploma to seventh
grade graduates, spelling, declama
tion and recitation contest, etc..
Sunday morning baccalaureate ser
mon by Dr. Wicker, of Elon College
Dr. Wicker is a fine speaker am! it
is Impeil that a large crowil will bear
him in the auditorium of the schoo
at 1 1 o'clock.
Monday evening, May fth, the fol
lowing young people will receive their
diplomas for the high school depart
ment: Misses Elizabeth l!Ievius,pres
ident; Mary Sheets, Marie Smithey,
Edith Foster, Agnes Surratt, Grace
Gilreath, Rena Pennell, Eva German,
Lucy Hubbard, Annie Duncan, Jim
Deal, Forest Swanson, Paul Swanson,
Fred Gilreath, Glenn Foster, William
Greer and Giffin Humphries.
The following marshals have been
chosen for the commencement: Miss
es Wrenn Duncan, Minnie Sraoak,
Messrs. Alfred Shore and Howard
Gilreath.
Traphill High School Commencement Exer
cises.
Wednesday, April I'M.
8:00 P. M. High School Play
"Mother Mine."
Thursday, April 24.
2:00 P. M. Concert by Primary
and Intermediate Grades.
8:00 P. M. Grammar Grade Play
Topsy Turvy."
Friday April 25.
10:30 A. M. Address by Rev. M.
T. Smathers, of N. Wilkesboro.
12:00 Dinner on the grounds.
1:30 P. M. Class Exercises by the
Graduating Class.
3:30 P. M. Baseball game between
Wilkesboro and Traphill high schools.
M. F. Hl'JHIARNEK.
Will Brown, colored, aged about
52 years, died Thursday night, 17th,
j inst, from heart disease, at his home
j just south of Wilkesboro, Harris Hill.
Fitly-Nine Years Ago Sherman's Army
Came Up Through South.
Speclul to the Luuiinburg Exchange.
I am impressed so strongly these
days of March each year that I can
hardly contain my emotions. My
thoughts automatically drirt on
things that were making history in
this country March S, 9 and 10, 59
years ago or 1865. Sheiman, the
terrible, with sword in hand, boots
and spurs, was leading his army right
through Lauritiburg and spreading
death aud destruction in the land.
File hope of the Confederacy was
dimly flickering and to use the quota
tion so often heard, the only hope
was "while there is life there is hope."
Now you people whose heads are
white with three score and ten plus
five and the- deep furrows on your
brow which these trying days helped
to bring to you, now lift your eyes
and let your mind go back to 59
years ago when men's soul's were
tried as by fire. Start out afoot, as
you were doing then, going from
neighbor to neighbor, seeking com
fort and finding none. Wheieever
you went you found little groups
talking and their subject was Sher
man and his raid, and what shall we
do next? Go to church and try to
refresh your soul and find rest and
peace of mind. There too were the
little groups rehasing and retelling
the same old story. Surely they
could almost hear the echo when
Sherman said, "War is Hell." Am
as you journeyed troin place, iltaui
and destruction greeted you on every
hand.
A dead horse here, cows and hoes
there, the vultures of the air feasting
And human bodies a part of the feast.
Fifteen dead Yankees strewn over
the woods in our neighborhood, an 1
they were left right where the last-
breath left them, to be devoured by
the vultures and the hogs of the
range. Hie bun 1 ot ctre novt-r
touched these bodies und again old
Sherman was riji'ht in his definitions.
I saw four of these unfortunates
myself. Two weeks after the arm.,
had passed 1 was going to William
Love's little coin mill, driving a small
ox, the work animal left on our hill.
Not the bray of a mulo nor the neigh
of a bone to be heard. What a dark
spot in our country's history. On my
way to mill with 2 bushels of corn we
gathered up where the army had feed
the horses, grain by grain, an ordor
camo to me, such an odor, such ;n
odor that I cannot forget. I stopped
my yearling and nosing around a bit
found a big six-foot Yankee with a
blue coat ou and a bullet hole in his
temple. A sight that I cannot for
get. Mr. Graham, Mrs. McLauchlin's
grandfather, was killed up there by
Sherman's stragglers. We were still
hoping and praying that the war
would end as we wished. Time pass
ed and in April 1865, bang went the
last gun. This was the very birth of
a nation. Then for many years was
a mighty struggle. By patience,
iaitn and never-ending energy, we
proved ourselves conquerors of all
Beaten to the dust but only to rise
again more powerful than before.
A. D. CURRIE.
Time lo Cut Early Rye for Hay.
People who have rye to cut for hay
should cut before it begins to bloom.
We know some, maybe few, in Wilkes
who this and last week had it to cut.
A year ago the Progressive Farmer
bad the following: "If the wind is
blowing and the sun is hot, rake it
into rows in a few hours then shock
afternoon of the next day."
Miss Lottie Hegwood, trained nursa
of Chicago, who has been visiting her
brother, Mr. Thos. Hegwood, return-
ed home last week.
,, r , . til i . i ,i .
Mr. Ralph Edwards had the mis-
. . , ' Lt; Lj .m i. .
fortune of getting h s arm broken
yesterday morning while cranking Y.
! D. Meadow's Ford truck.
Miss Colie Harris and Mr. Parker,
formerly of Wilkesboro, were mar
ried last week.
Big Pcultiy Faifii-lnculiJlar 1 G.3G8 EL'S
Capacity.
Brown l.'i i.-i-k Put:!n i'n.i,, '.hi--or
four miles below I i-n M-.n-i, i. an
interesting place to vi-o'. It U i.n-gi
to W. P. Broon and son, of 1V;,W.
land, and L A ittewart, a .-'tat-- Col
lege man, is manager. 1' ij mm i.f
the largest poultry farms in this it e
tion of the State, having an mm. -tor
of 10,368 eggs capacity which is
operated for the farm and for ii:-t .: i
hatching of eggs, farmers and oiheis
through that section et.rry eggs there
almost daily to be placed in the- ineu
bator. Tiie incubator hold:; the
t-
tention of ail visitors since it has
glass doors and it is possible to see
chicks emerge from their shells as
they hatch. The farm now contains
about 4500 young chicks and 15UO
hens with 100 roosters every earn of
the birds being White Leghorn.;. I:,
is the intention of the manager to
grow 10,000 fryer.? this spring Mr.
Stewart stated
ho had
recent ;y
d of a
each i.a
-If ta
il ioU."
east if;!
placed L'OO cjig.s, purclia:!
New York poultryman al S5
his incubator. L,,J.-. than
eggs hatched aa.l nw he In
chicks which cost them at
each. About 1000 e;'gs each day
are gathered at the firm and a con
tract price of 45c per -l.'z-n is re
ceived the year 'round, While ther
are numerous smnu-r uniis of house:
scattered about the premises for lie
accommodation of baby ehicirs, tin
her.ery is a building 2o !'...-: wi le ;m !
300 feet long. i'V-cdir-;: a:..l an f
the birds is done scie:;' iii - illy and tit..
Brown ('reekl'oulliy IVi.s is nc eiin
with success. Ma'.-hvilie flc.ue
You Caa Pick anil Choose.
I o'hers;
Of the
1 ! . ,
at
'.ry ot
:1 are
Federal
.-!!;
sleeted by the .e
cent, 64 members
ij.oe. .i
Ol Ul .
(o.n in
v, i.
.i.er
. ,c
at-
come up for b e!
They include too p
oVe
the
les'nlenr, :!:! m mix ; of
' VA'i i - -1 1 - i ot t'n--
in- i
.'ll.WI'
kepresedtati - es. I ' V .
there are no., imt ! s Us
candidates, sictiv it
Except for levo thirds of i
every Federal .-h e
vacant on Man h -Hli m-xi
1 1 e
ad
.ali
be filled in oveuit
Y.
an opportunity to voL- for
ol.iV
four
Kle'l
men to till these 46'd places
voter wid have an opportunity to
name hi3 choice for pn sid- n! and
vice president, one sens or, an-l one
representative. That holds true ocly
in thirty-two States In the othi s
sixteen States the electors will have
only three choices. Tnis year ! he
voter will have few political issu-s to
confuse his mind. Fniess be is a
convinced and narrow party man, h
will not have to bother an. at the dif
ferences between Democrat an-l Re
publican. Character in Uu candi
date will count more than his party
label. It should not be liiilicu't for
you to cboo- throe or four good
men. If you exercise the care and
attention you should and da give to
hiring a man in your private affairs,
you will have done sour duiy, Con
gressmen and senators and presidents
are your employes. Yon hire and j
fire. Help pick the right ?-ort this;
year,
Gen. Albert L. Ccx Speaker 0:1 May 10!h
Memorial Day at Durham
Durham, ,;c-ii 7. --Ce n. Albert L
LOX, ot U'lleign, Wt.. U Ule p:i icina.
speaker at the unveiling of the dm- j
federate monument i-n the court-!
house lawn in Durban: on .Vemoriul j
Day, May 10th. Plan- are n-w be-1
ing made for tlu eeruiiioimM by the j
Daughters of the Confw! racy an-' j
thev promise to be both interesting1
and inmressive. F'ia l -'fo; the mon-:
j um(,ut were o;V(,n ,y th,- county run,-
j miHi0Mt.ra under a spe -i.-u act passed !
j by the Giiierai Asseiii'oly. I'he stvle!
.
of monument was left villi the loc d
i r vtl,rirs (J (.xj
Climma..;,i tho ll:hh IWd artillery.
which was a uni'. of 'he famous th j
inviMion iiuiing too wona nar.
C. V. Woodie,
yesterday.
if Furehi v. as here
Remedy Lies With the Voter.
.amentii'g on the tax question,
'an Francisco Bulletin says:
acre are two large classes of
.t'N in t . I country' that .are ex
from ire-erne tax; the holders of
al jobs and the the holders of
hernia. The bonds are exempt
rrom a!i otlmr taxs.
p'JIl
Jals,
"Aeoioirig t,i the Country Gentle
ma", oi: 1 ou! of every V.i persons in
En'-i States over 16 years old and
gai.ifuliy employe is on the
public!
payroll That- means not only that
i. ! . ... J ---. 1 ii i
me oi us provide uie sa.arms lor
in''
j ib hohle-s, but that wo also pay
th
income tax that they ought to i
pay on their salaries. Even notaries
public are exempt from
on t!i. ir fees.
tax
income
"Collier's Weekly relates that the!
estate (if Jacob Schitl', the banker, '
amounting t;5,000,000, was near-!
'J ;l" 111 131 lr,!" uomis -.aiiigrs,
has failed to
aoeu la pass mg.sianon map!.
iass legislation
possiD'.o i.axauon or uieonm from sura
seeuriiies,
"Tin' more
create and th.
political places we
more, tax free bonds
!ii-.:i-iar I ..... mi. j tin.
we ne-u the heavier
ta load on those who
lo not hold
po!if
"
mind
poiit
'al jobs or public bonds,
iiese are matters to keep
when we are asked by urgent
c'ans to borrow millions on the
taxpayers' credit for the purpose of
investing in enterprises that wiil em
ploy large numbers of tax-free politi-
ciuis.
"We feel a righteous indignation
vhen we read how kings of France,
before the revolution, exiinpted fav
or - i lass as from taxation, but have
; we not gone lartner than any king
of Fiaoco dared go?"
I Balloon Tires to Help Roads.
j U i.loiiiit (eizei tt
i The balloon tire is as yet too new
to tell its own story, but some of the
'reasons urged again-t it by its facts.
j Misled, perhaps, by the undoubted
I fact thai the cm lunatic tire caused i
i ;;ie it destruction to the then com-
I m .a type of hard road, the water-
bound macadam, conservatives now 1 visited her mother Sunday of last
hUv that the balloon tire with its j wef4:.
u"-ally increased siz? of wearing sur-1 Mr A. W. Clevenger, State cream-fa.-e
will cause damage to other than j Pry inspector, and the Messrs. Con-c-ioent
or brick surface. j frey of the Iredell creamery, were
Thi.i i, n..t born-' out by fe.cts al-; k.re Monday on an Easter holiday
n a. I y reeoideii (ii oilier wide tire sur-1
faces. Heavy trucks, equipped with
double wheels and fiat, solid tires,
do no damage to the surface of high
ways they use, whether that surface
bo oil-treated or tar-impregnated
stone, satld-clay, shell, concrete, brick
or cei-ient. Road dame done by such
vehicl.'a is from blows or pressure
land not from surface wear. It is with
j Die modern road, almost always the
weight or the blow which damages
tho road and seldom or never the
abrasion of the surface.
According to this, the balloon tire
should preserve rather than injure
roads, since its lessened air pressure
increases tho elasticity of the cush
ion between the road and the weight,
and therefore decreases the force of
any blow by the wheel.
TO THE FARMERS OF WILKES COUNTY:
I have another allotment of $25,000.00 Fsrr.
Loan ;mmey, for the farmers of Wilkes county.
Your applications must all be in my office not
later than
April 25th.
So if you want a loan come oa in and get your
application on file. Time 5 to 35 years, 5 1-2
per cent, interest.
Application fee of 1 per cent, to accompany
your application.
Frank D. Hackett,
Sec. Tres. Moravian MY! Farm Loan Association.
PERSONS LEAVING AND RETURNING
Miss Greenlee, of Marion, is
visit-
ing relatives in the city.
Miss Louise Tate, student of N. C.
C. W., spent Easter at home.
Mrs. W. 3. Surratt spent Easter in
Winston-Salem with relatives.
Mrs J. T. Rulaial left last Friday
for her home in Northport, N. Y.
Miss Ruth Henry spent Easter with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Henry.
Miss Floreta Turner spent Easter
witn lier ,)lirent, n, an)1 Mr. t
M.
j Turner.
I, -'wr
w;o: i, .i 1 r.i .i
, uurn spent faster witn their parents
. .
j in the city.
Mr. Oliver F. Blevins spent Sunday
at home with his family returning to
Winston Monday.
r..m MrM. V n Hnlman
spent
: K.,ster -:,,, theinla.irhtr. Mr Wl.
. .....
t t Spivey, at Ritchsquare.
Mis Dorothy Brame, student at
Randolph Macon, spent Easter with
l.er parents, Dr. and Mrs. P. J Branie.
...i.-.i A.wuinu j lie, ntunoub db Ottl-
em Female College, has been spend
in ! ing the Easter holidays with her nar.
! ,.ntSi
I
Mr. L. .Y Cushion and family, of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday in the
city with his father, Mr. John Cash
ion. Mr, Thos. S. Miller spent Friday to
middle of this week at home in
Wilkesboro leaving for points south
ward. Mr. EJ. Crysel will start next Fri
day by auto to Robeson county ac
companying
there.
his sister and children
Miss Ida Greene, student at Trini
ty College, spent Easter with her
mother, Mrs. F. L. Parks, at Roaring
1 River.
Miss Gray Green, who teaches at
i Valley, in Alleghany county,
irip.
Miss Ruby Pearson, of the North
Carolina College for W'omen, Greens
boro, spent tho past week-end with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Pear
son, Wilkesboro.
Mr. and Mrs. George Miller andMr.
and Mrs. David Welborn spent Sun
day at the home of Mrs. Miller and
Mrs Welborn's mother, Mrs. Whit.
Williams, returning Monday to Win
ston where they reside.
Ed. Canter, of High Point, was
at home for Easter and, with about
dozen or more other Wilkes peo
ple, left on the afternoon train Mon
day returning to Winston-Salera and
j elsewhere where employed,
; ,.anu, in PaMi
Others