ies Tax rigures
For Wilkes CoBUty
Seek Forest Reseroe W-
5 Northwestern Counties
Wflkes ReceiTcs' More Than
" - |10ft600'for Operation
School System
TAX RAxi
MaxweD
FIGURES
Rate
Says Tax
Would Be $2.29 Without
The Sales Tax
¥
!■ A. J. Maxwell, revenue com
missioner for North Carolina,
has Issued a bulletin showing
that for the school year just
closed Wilkes county has receiv
ed in school funds $101,617
from the state. Following Is the
statement Issued by Mr. Max
well :
“In your county of Wilkes, the
State is paying for the operation
of your school term for the
school year 1933-1934 $101,617.
The tax value of property In your,
county Is $12,168,345. In order
to supply the equivalent amount
by property tax In your county
would require a rate on your
present property value of 1.4923.
The combination of your present
tax rate with the amount you
have to levy to support the
school system entirely by prop
erty tax would give you a total
rate of $2.29.
“You^will observe from the i
table enclosed that the total 1
valuation of real and personal •
property in the state for 193.3
is $2,089,209,188. The total
amount paid by the state for op
erations of the schools is $15.-
967,976. In order to raise this
amount contributed by the state
it would require a state-wide
levy on property of .7643. The
total combined county-wide tax
levies for 1933 amount to $18.-
360.885, representing an average
rate of .88. The average rate in
the state, if cost of schools was
supported by property tax en
tirely, would amount to $1.64 in
order to pay the present cost of
county government and school
costa amountiog to a total of
134,828.861.
"The foregoing figures we
think are significant and Illus
trate the extent to which prop
erty has been relieved of taxes
and the burden shifted from
counties to the state government.
This has been accomplished
largely through action of the
last legislature by the enactment
of the North Carolina sales tax
F. C. Forester And W. H. Me-
Elwee On Visit To For-
j^try Officials
Hollywood . . . Joan-Blondell
(above), was a Wampas screen
star choice in 1981. Now, three
years later, she is awarded the
achievement trophy by the same
judges as having scored the
greatest screen advancement
since then.
Auxiliary’s Child
Welfare Survey
Started In State
Will Record Status Of Every
Undorprivilegred Child In
State
IS
DIRECTED HERE
121 Works In The State; Miss
Lillian Stafford Worker
In WUkes
A state-wide child welfare sur
vey of North Carolina started Fri
day under the direction of Mrs.
W. R. Absher, state department
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary, llie survey is being
conducted from the office of the
state supervisor,^ Rachel
ftHggar W^s city.‘~'~^
The survey, which is attracting
almost nation-wide attention, „was
originated by Mrs. Absher. Work
ers’ wages in each county are be
ing paid by the federal emergen
cy relief administration.
The survey has a four-fold pur
pose and is expected to result in
the recording of the status of every
blind, d’af or crippled
needy, blind, d’af or
and increases in other sources of child in the state
indirect revenue of the State by As a primary objective, the sur-
reason of which the state-wide
levy of 15 cents wa.s cancelled
and levies, made by counties.
very plans the listing of every or
phan of a veteran. Then, tpo, oth
er needy children of veterans will
special districts and special; be recorded so that those eligible
charter districts for the oper-.to receive help from the legion’s
ation of schools throughout the | national child welfare endowment
state, eliminated.
"It will be observed
tabulation that notwithstanding
the exten.sive relief furnished the
counties from local taxation, the
rates of property tax in-various
counties is still high. It is appar
ent that if, in addition to pres
ent rates, the counties were
compelled to levy for support of
schools, property tax rates in
counties would be beyond any
reasonable limit.”
.fund of more than $5,000,000 may
this I be determined-
“There are many North Carolina
children entitled to relief from this
source and and a few are receiving
it.” Mrs. Absher states.
Next, the survey will list every
needy orphan and any other child
in need so the cases may be
brought to the attention of relief
agencies.
Every blind and deaf child now
(Continued on page eight)
DOUGHTON SUPPORTS
Would Establish Forest Area
In Two Northwestern
Counties
Attorney W. H. McBlwee, of
this city, was in Waahln|!ton, D.
C. the latter part of last week In
the Interest of a national forest
reserve In parts of Wilkes, Cald
well and Watauga counties.
Plans for the forest reserve
are under way. It is learned here,
and the key tract In the propos
ed reserve is the land owned by
the Elk Creek Lumber Company,
containing 40,000 acres of vir
gin tlmbertands.
Attorney McElwee visited Mr.
Yarbal, assistant head of the
forest reserve department and
it was disclosed that the pur
chase of the Elk Creek tract Is
the first objective of the Yadkin
Valley Purnhaslng Unit. The pro-
poficd area lies on the east side
of the Blue Ridge from Mulber
ry westward to a point in Cald
well county.
The project is said to have
the support of Congressman R.
L. Doughton.
Attorney McElwee was accom
panied to Washington by F. C.
Forester.
Memorial Service
Spanish War Vets
Service And Basket Picnic At
Courthouse Wednesday
Morning, May 30
Camp Wilkesboro Number 13.
United Spanish American War
veterans of Wilkes and adjoining
counties, will meet at the Court
House in Wilkesboro Wednes
day. An executive session of the
camp will be held from 9 to 10,
at the same time the ladles will
organize an Auxiliary and elect
officers.
At 11 o’clock the public meet
ing will open at which time W.
Capers White, of Raleigh, de
partment commander, will ad
dress the assembly. The general
public is cordially invited to hear
Commander White.
Veterans of the Confederacy
are respectfully invited to be
present in the service. Widows
of Spanish War veterans who
are not members of the Wilkes
Camp are also invited to attend.
Miss Beatrice Garrett, of
Greensboro, will install officers
of the Ladies’ Auxiliary at 12
noon.
Music will be furnished by the
Elliott string band from Cricket.
Picnic dinner will be spread on
the courthouse lawn at 12:30.
Law Permits Electors To Vote
Only For Own Party Candidate
Banks Here Will
Close Wednesday
Maxwell Makes Ruling On
Primaries To Be Held
On Saturday
Raleigh. May 26.—North Car
olinians will vote by the htfn-
dreds of thousands Saturday for
party nominees to enter the No
vember general election but
electors are allowed by law to
vote only for the selection of
candidates in the party^ with
which they affiliate.
Raymond C. Maxwell, execu
tive secretary of the state board
o elections, today l>repared for
tip Associated Press a series of
answers to pertinent questions
on the rights of Republican,
Democratic and Independent
electors. The series follows i
Question: Can a voter, regis
tered as an iadependent, legally
vote in a Democratic or'Republi
can jwimary?
Answer: No. When one regis
ters as an Independent he there
by states that he is not a mem
ber of. or affiliated with, either
of the two polltieal parties hold
ing primaries in the state this
year. So long as he remains an
independent, he is not a member
of either party, and therefore,
the law confers upon him no
right to participate In the selec
tion of the nominees, of sither
the Democratic or Republican
parties. In the general election
an Independent voter, of course,
(Continued on page fire)
Many Dogs Are
Being Killed
Since the killing of a mad dog
in North Wilkesboro on Tues
day of last week, it is learned
that numerous dogs have been
bitten and that a rabies epidem
ic is pending unless the idogrs are
killed or confinf*^
The police dcpsliaisnt has been
very active in gathering infor
mation about dogs which have
been bitten and several have
been killed. People of the city
and surrounding vicinity are
warned to keep their dogs con
fined and have them vaccinated.
Both the Bank of North Wll
kesboro and the Deposit & Sav
ings Bank will be closed all day
Wednesday, it was announced by
officials of the two banks today.
Wednesday, May 30, is Me
morial Day and is commonly ob
served as a holiday in all the
larger cities.
HIP IS BROKEN IN
FALL FROM TRUCK
Attend District U. D. C.
Meeting In Boone Friday
Meeting
of the second North
Carolina district of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy
was held in Boone Friday. Those
attending the meeting describe
It as being one of the most suc
cessful in recent years.
The local chapter was repre
sented by Mrs. B. R. Underyood,
Mrs. C. D. Coffey, Mrs. W. C.
Grier, Miss Ellen Robinson and
Miss Lucy Finley, district direc
tor who presided over the ses
sions.
The third annual Grange picnic
in Davideon county will be held at
the Mins Home, ThomasviUe, on
July 4.
Boyd Wallace, convict at the
Wtl),esboro camp, sustained a
sevcrly crushed hip In a fall
from a road truck on Saturday.
He Is being treated at The
Wilkes Hospital.
May Term Federal
Court Adjourned
Treaswf PepartiiMit-*- Says
Cost Of CoolstnietiflM Would
Exceed ADotmout
WILL REVISR MANS ^
To Simi^fy Plans To Get
Cost Within $50,000 Of
AvaflaMe Funds
Kansas City . . . Former U. S.
Senator James A. Reed (shove),
is of the opinion that he is need
ed In Washington again to curb
Bolshevik trends and is reported
as being In the race to regain his
Senate seat.
State Officials
Inspect Scenes
Of Recent Fires
Damage By Fire In Wilkes, prices and all material must be
Alleghany And Surry
Inestimable.
URGING FIRE CONTROL
Compliment Service Being
Rendered By Fire Control
Sj’stem Here
Case Against Southern Pub-
Utilities Cft, Resoits
In Nfm-Siiit
May tm'm of federal court for
,casea is Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe
and'Watauga cases adjourned la
Wilkesboro Thursday bvenlug
after clearing the doeket of criae*
Ifial actions. Judge Johnson J.
Hayes presided.
Outstanding among the civil
actions was the case of Claude
Petty versus the Southern Pub-
1 i c Utilities Company, After
hearing the evidence in this case
Judge Hayes lUlowed a motion
of non suit. Petty insUtated the
suit on the allegations that de
fective wiring caused his home
to be destroyed by fire.'
Disastrous results of the fire
in the Roaring Gap section - of
Wilkes and parts of Alleghany
and Surry counties three weeks
ago will be in evidence for gen
erations to come, according to a
statement made by state for
estry officials in this city Satur
day.
W. C. McCormack, of Raleigh,
assistant state forester, W. K.
Bichler, of Asheville, district
forester, and E. P. Simmons, of
Lenoir, chief warden, were In
this city Saturday on completion
of a three-day Inspection iavr ^ot
recent fires in Surry, Wilkes, Al
leghany. Caldwell and Burke
counties.
Of all the fires in recent years
they described the fire in the
Roaring Gap vicinity as the most
disastrous fire in western North
Carolina. They stated that it is
Impossible to estimate the dam
age in dollars and cents but gave
the following as disastrous re
sults of the ravages of the
flames:
An area of tlmberlands 40
miles long and 3 to 4 miles wide,
containing in the neighborhood
of 75,000 acres, denuded by the
fire.
All game food and all game
completely destroyed.
All timber destroyed to such
an extent that the coming
growth will he scrub growth of
little value.
Ashes from fire will destroy
all fish in neighboring streams
after first series of rains.
Erosion on denuded hillsides
will become a serious problem.
Burned mountain sides will he
an eye-sore to tourists for gen
erations to come.
Fire depreciated value o f
mountain property to such an
extent that property taxes in the
three counties will he material
ly reduced.
Burned area can be reforested
only through planting of proper
kind of trees.
All humus destroyed on ap
proximately half of the burned
area, only the mineral soli re
mains.
The above were listed as the
greater damage that will be felt
for many future years, not to
mention the more than a dozen
homes and personal property
consumed/in the fire.
The forestry, officials call par
ticular attention to the fact that'
the damage by fire in the con
fines of V/llkes county was not
nearly so great as in the neigh
boring counties, which they at
tributed to the cooperative fire
control system in Wilkes county.
The officials venture to assert
that if Barry and Alleghany
counties bad the eame system of
fire flghtlnc control in cooper
ation with the state that Wilke*
Is'asltag that the fire wOTld have
been placed under control In Its
mrty stafes.’
They patotsA out that Iwe.'
fighting in Wilkes Is well orga
nized under the direction of
County Warden W. H. Nichols,
of Purlear.
’Treasary department In the
nylon’s capltol issued a state
ment Saturday to the effect that
adveiflsements for bids for con
struction of the postoffice build
ing and other cities would be in
definitely delayed becacue of the
fact that increased cost of the
building designed would exceed
the present allotment.
In calling off the bids the de
partment explained that bids on
buildings at this time are five
per cent higher than in January
of this year and 20 per cent
over last year.
The allotment by the Public
Works Administration for the
postoffice building here is
slightly over $50,000. The build
ing will be constructed under
the code. Labor will be paid code
Lexington ^ Miss (?leta
Moody/ 16, (above), wins the
prize trip to Enrope in the eighth
annual League of Nations com
petition for high school students
of the United SUtes, the second
girl to win. ' •
National Preaideiit Heard ia
(SosiiiK Session Sund|j^
Afternoon
PRICE IS PRESIDENr
Rotlierfordton Editinr-Naned
State Presid^t For Com*
ing Year
With a declaration
furnished by manufacturers op
eration under the code for their
industry.
The treasury department fur
ther explained that plans for the
postoffice would b® simplified In
order to lower the cost to cor
respond with the allotment.
The delay may he for an in
definite period, although it is ex
pected that the plans will be
changed as quickly as possible in
order to provide employment.
M. S. Phfllips Is
Severely Burned
Fergnsoti Man Thrown in
I Rntlhw
Boiling Vat Whfle Helping
To I^troy Still
Local Giri Skot
In Head; Wound
Is Sdf-Ii^cfed
Miss Zenne Wyatt In Serious
Condition From Ballet
Wound
IN HOSPITAL HERE
Happened Friday Night. As
She was Handling Gan At
Father’s Home
M. S. Phnnp8, well known clt-
Iken 'idrwi ’Vtargwoif ^ eamm unity,;
was severely bHraed last night
when he was thrown Into a vat
of boiling mash by a man at a
still in Lewis Fork township as
he was aiding federal agents to
apprehend five men at the still.
According to a statement made
by Mr. Phillips after he was car
ried to the hospital here, he was
grappling with a man when he
turned on him and threw him In
to a pool of slop from the still.
He suffered severe burns practi
cally all over the body. Hospital
attaches .stated, tonight that his
condition Is very serious.
The officers arrested two men,
Morris Matherly and Turner
Laws but It was intimated last 1
night that neither of the two men
is the one who threw Mr. Phillips
into the mash. Three men escap
ed from the scene.
Marshal W. T. Dowd came here
tonight to make an investigation
of the affair and upon his arrival
he summoned all of the deputy
marshals in the district to some
here to aid in the search. In ad
dition to the regular force of dep
uties he has deputised W. A.
Jones, of Ferguson, to assist in
the search. Mr. Jones has been
prominently mentioned as a dep
uty marshal for this district.
A hearing will be held lor the
two captured men tomorrow
morning before Commissioner J.
W. Dula in Wilkesboro.
The live men were operating a
still of large type and there was
Miss Zenne Wyatt is in a seri
ous condition at The Wilkes Hos
pital here as a result of a self-
inflicted bullet wound Frld^
night. '
The shooting took idace at the
home of her father, Lon Wyatt,
who liyea, nea^thls
Tng repoi^ of tie aiffl^^ alr&^Wf®
rent here, It b«liig‘reported tfiit
she was playing with the gun
when it accidentally discharged.
Another report is to the effect
that she deliberately attempted
to commit suicide wnd that she
fired the gnn Intentionally.
Miss Wyatt was carried to the
hospital here where it is learned
that the wound is serious and
that recovery is doubtful.
The girl is 20 years of age. She
was until recently employed by
a local cafe.
JOHN PAUL LUCAS IN
CITY SHORT WHILE
evidence that they were ^manu-
facturlng liquor on a large scale
Elkin, May 26.—Mrs. Alma
Riddle Mahaffey, 35, of Jones-
ville, dieh yesterday afternoon in
the local hospital following a
brief illness from which develop
ed an abscess on the brain.
John Paul Lucas, vice presi
dent of the Southern Public
Utilities Company, Charlotte,
'was a visitor to the city for sev
eral hours Friday. Mr. Lucas is
well and pleasantly known here,
having visited the city often In
the past and having addressed
the Kiwanis club on several oc
casions.
Mr. Lucas was . accompanied
here by Calvin D. Mitchell, sales
representative of the
company.
that lay
leaders and church members are
leaving all the work for preach
ers, Boyd W. Hargraves, nation
al President of the Evang^lstie
Clubs, brought the state evange
listic club convention to a eloee
yesterday afternoon with an In
spiring address at the First Bap
tist choroh here. ^
Thp convention opened’iSstur-
day afternoon with the first ses
sion at the Methodist , jAtireh.
The Saturday ''TfevenW*'
was held at the F^bytf^'a
church and the. final sessiM lit
the Baptist. , ^
The national president, who is
an outstanding attorney In Chat
tanooga, held the assembly...,^
rept attention and he delHelw
one of the most forceful lay
leader speeches ever listened to
in this city.
He cited figures to show that
the unFaved are not attending
church and that the expansion
work of the kingdom of God
must be carried on by the lay
men in every-day life.
Declaring that one could .do
nothing for God but love and
obey he pointed out the vast pos
sibilities of man being used by
the divine creator and scorned
those !who would “tuck away
their religion” all through the
Jojirney of life, making a com
parison with the passenger on a
ship who has certain baggage
marked “not to be used until
the voyage Is over.”
The 1936 convention of evan
gelistic clubs will be held In
Rutherfordton.
ifflepya mere alaCtfid for ths
homing year as follows; R. B.
Price, editor of the Ruthertord-
ton County News, president; R.
B. Sanford, of Mooresville. vice
president: G. B. Howard, of
Splndale, secretary-treasurer.
The convention was attended
by 95 delegates, repreeentlng 15
evangelistic $lnbs In the state.
Many local people attended the
session Saturday afternoon, the
sunrise service on top of Fin
ley Hill Sunday morning, and
the large andltorlum of the
First Baptist church was' filled
to capacity for the address of the
national president.
JUNIORS WILL ELECT
OFFICERS TUESDAY
North iWilkesboro council of -the
Jr. 0. U. A. M„ will meet tomor
row night ti elect officers for the
ensuing six months’ term- Nomi
nations were made on Tuesday
night of last week. A large at
tendance of members is asked for
the meeting tomorrow night.
Mr. W. K. Sturdivant was a
Kelvlnator business visitor to Greensboro
Thursday.
Program Arranged For Memorial
Service Here Wednesday Evening
A
Giant Chestnut
Log Described
Miss Pearl Bumgarner has re
turned to her home 4n ‘Wilkes
boro from High Point, where
she was a member of the school
faculty during the pest school
term.'She Is V daughter Mr.
and Mrs. L. Bamgarner.
Primary Siqii^e
Registrars Maf' Get Tickets
Eloctioaa
Balleta, esjdee of the amended
alactien town and oBrer Waateeiua
In'anticipation of the primary
be held Saturday ate now
for
board of elections, Robert M.
Brame, Jr, stated today.
Mi*. Bfame reqiiests that all
registrars In the various pre
cincts call for the snpplies as
early as possible and. get evei*^-
tblng In readiness for the pn-
mary.
Mr. W. B. Johnson, of Spur
geon postoffhie, was a bttelness
visitor to this city Thuradgy.
L. P. Caudill, resident of
the Hays conuwmlty, reports
the finding of a giant chest
nut log near Newlife on what
Is commonly known as Twin
Branch.
The log, believed to be one
of the largest Its kind In
the country, measured 17 feet
and el|^t . Inches to, circumfer
ence 16 feet from 'aie stump.
Mie bark’snd asp of the log
has all rotted away and evU
dendy the log was much larg
er before It was feUed.
fSJU
if A
Homw_9)^ Stmday
At Gwsr* Ctnarah
Tbs saosat Seme coming cMe-
bratlon «t tftwrty Grove riuircb
Sunday was
rtwMbd' nnd was det
. to bd one of the en*
distribution by the owauloni at tie church
In recent years. 'Wie program for
the day was heard by^a large
crowd and many were* not able
to find standing room In the
church building.
Growers of late tawck crops in
Ailegl^y county purofaaosd 1,000
lunds ^ striaglan green pod
bton SOM and 34 pounds of Reed’s
etUwft Jtuciog the psft week-
Dr. -W. A. Jenkins To Deliver
Address At Memorial
Marker 7:10 P. M.
Annual Memorial ^.e^loe^ will
be held In this city - W^needay
evening at 7:15. This service Is
held under the auepices ,of the
WUkes Post of The American Le
gion and Auriliary.
The following program haa
been outlined for the oetobioa:
Seven o’clock, assemS^ 'in
front of Hotel Wilkes.
Leave Hotel at 7:05 fe^march
\o Memorial Marker on Memorial
Avenue; line of march: oolora
and guard, American Legion,
American Legion Atulliaryi, Boy
Scouts, Girls Scouts.
Assembly by bugler at Me
morial Marker.
Song, “Amerlea.” "
Prayer, G- W..
Quartette.-''
Address, Dr. W. A. JtWSIma.
Placing of wreaths mtlivM!.
One minute slteot
Sfetlnte by Bring sTUtfll
Tape.
Song, “Star Spangled Banner."
Retnra in lin® of march to
starting point.
To Decorate Cbnaves
The American Legion Aiud$->
iary requests that the relatt
of deceased war veterana
see that flowers are place
their graves on Memorial TJ
May $0. ^ ^
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