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8pr&s%.QR., Aug. 10.—
-BooS^YbU gave a flit
ladonbiBeitt today to Lawrence S.
Camp, Atlanta federal district at
torney. who Is seeking to unseat
Senator Walter F. George in the
Oeorgt» senatorial primary. Camp
ha* pledged 1«« per cent loyalty
to the admlnlat-atlon. Along with
. Got. E. D. Rlyors, also a new deal
fTsupporter, he was a luncheon
guest of the President’s at the
WalSn Springs found.ation today.
I- J’OPE DEFEATED
P ^ Senator James P. Pope, ardent
^ administration supporter, conced
ed defeat yesterday in tho Idaho
Democratlf primary in Vhioh the
“new deal” was made the prin
cipal issue. Behind 37,189 to 40,-
729 when 664 of Idaho’s 802 pre
cincts had been tabulated. Pope
wired his congratulations to Rep
resentative D. Worth Clark, oc
casional opponent of Roosevelt
policies who campaigned as a
conservative Democrat and no ad-
minlstrat'.on “yes man.”
ASHE GIRL SHOT
West Jefferron. Aug. 10.—
Louise Howell 16-year-old .\she
county girl, was found this att-
rj^ernoon shot through the abdomen
^With a .22 rifle in the back yard
of her home, about three miles
from here on the Snarta highway.
She was taken to Wilk-ts hospital
and her condition was reported as
being serious. The bullet passed
through the intestines and lodg
ed against the spinal cord. Dr.
Hubbard stated. She is the daugh
ter of Wiley Howell, a carpenter
and has teen keeping house for
her father since her mother’s
death sometime ago. She was said
to he in perfect health and mem-
'^I's of the family were unable scribed by law, the total appro-
give an explanation
shooting.
of the
NO CORN QUOTAS
Washington, Aug. 10.
nation’s farmers, it was announc
ed tonight, will be free to sell, or
feed to animals all the corn they
produce this year. Soon after the
crop reporting board forecast
tluit the 1938 UuM> would total
; 2,566,221.000 bushels. Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace announc
ed that the AAA would not hold
I a farmer referendum on the
^I'uestion of restricti.ig sales. Sup
plies will not be large enough to
force such a referendum, it was
^Id. Wallace estimated the sup
ply for the coming marketing
year at 2.886.000,000 bushels,
taking into account his
of a 320.000,00c-bushel
from last year.
Tax Rate of $1.06
For Wilkes County
Is Fixed By Board
Budget For Present Fiscal
Year Adopted In Ses
sion Wednesday
RATE SAME LAST YEAR
Despite Loss of Approxi
mately $800,000 In
Assessed Value
Wilkes county board of com
missioners in session Wednesday
officially fixed the tax rate at
S’..06 for the ensuing fiscal year.
The rate will be the same as
last year despite a loss of ap
proximately $800,000 in total as
sessed valuation. The rate this
year is based on an approximate
valuation of $14,500,000.
R. G. Finley, chairman, and
Leet Poplin were present at the
meeting Wednesday. M. F. Ab-
sher was absent.
The Budget for the year be
ginning July 1. 1938 and ending
June 30, 1939. was adopted by
resolution in the manner pre
At Your Service
Engineer WiU Be
Placed On Project
InNext Few Weeks
Highway Commissioner J.
G. Hacket Says Survey
Is Now Authorized
HIGHWAY IS NEEDED
estimate
surplus
AR IS STOPPED
^ Moscow. Aug. 11.—Tass. offi
cial soviet news agency, said to
day an agreement had been
reached to end fighting on the
Sfher’an-Manchoukuo border at
noon today, Changkuteng time
(10 p. m. E. S. T., Wednesday).
The agency said the agreement
•was officially announced by the
soviet foreign office. The an
nouncement said the agreement
reached by the Jananeae .Ambas
sador, Mamoru Shieemitsu, and
the soviet commissar of foreign
affairs. Maxim Litvinoff, provid
ed Japanese and soviet troops
>ja^ald retain their positions held
i^en fighting ceases. A mixed
commission of two soviet repre-
sentatWes and two Japanese-
' Manchoukuo representatives will
deal with redemarcation of the
disputed frontier where soviet
troops occupied the heights of
Changkufeng, near Korea. July
11, claiming the ground as part
of Siherla under the Hunchnn
treaty'of 1886 with China.
get highway"money
Raleigh. Aug. 10.—Governor
Hoey made a bid today for an
other large slice of PWA funds
by allocating $2,200,000 from
the highway surplus for a $4.-
000 000 road improvement pro
gram. The governor said the
PWA would be asked to grant
the state $1,800,000 to supple-
ment^.Se $2,200,000 appropria
tion The funds would be used to
eliminate flat curves, replace
dangerous bridges, and widen
narrow roads in the primary, or
arterial, highway system. The
road betterment project is i^^
;Sdent of an $8,200,000 PWA
Uoprovement program at state In-
^tuUoM, which now is being
Jonsidered at a f
-IMeral assembly. If tne lat
to? program is Indorsed this week
the legislature, applications
gr Joti Sojects win be sent to
Washtuton Monday
priations for the fiscal year be
ing $239,916.10. The Budget has
heretofore been published and ap
proved by the Local Government
The Commission.
Immediately after the appro
priations resolution, or budget,
was adopted, the board passed a
resolution making tax levies as
follows:
Gounty-wlde tax rate on each
$100 assessed valuation of prop
erty, real and personal, for:
County Genera' Fund 15
Health Fund 05
Poor and Emergency
Relief Fund 07
Old-Age Assistance Fund . .05Vi
Aid to Dependent
Children Fund, 02
.Aid 10 tne Blind Fund - OlVi
Miscellaneous Welfare funds .02
Welfare .Administrative
Fxpensp Fund . 05
County-Wide Debt Serv
ice Fund — 50
School Debt Service fund . .04
School Capital Outlay Fund .09
Total County-Wide tax-rate SI.06
For North Wilkesboro town
ship Railroad Bond Fund on each
$100 assessed valuation of prop
erty in said township, .03 and .10
on each poll in said township.
The poll tax rate is $2.00 on
each poll or male person between
the ages of 21 and 50 years, di
vided a.s follows: Poor Fund, on
each poll. .50; School Current
Expense Fund, on each poll.
$1.50.
Dog tax, $1.00 on each male
dog and $2.00 on each female
(Continued on page eight)
l>y ’ In Raleigh
t -iSfornev A. H- Casey and Mr.
McNeil, of this city, are in
iOpUog after the P _ Qf engineer wuu i-au
’gn coademhlng » ^ L n«- them, profitable uses .-of electric
s'^* mniScI- ity. Mr. Ray. he said, was employ-
jfor tie
L. L. Kay, whose si-nices as
aiti'icultural engineer for Duke
Power conipan.v are now avail
able to Wilkes farmers ivithout.
cost. He will siKmd part- time
in Wilkes.
Close Portion Of
Eighth Street For
Site of City Hall
f^rge Area Does Not Have
Hardsurfaced Highway
At Present Time
Legislative Act to Condemn
Part of Street Location
Passes Senate
By legislative act the town of
North Wilkesboro is seeking to
condemn a section of eighth
ztreet location to be used as a-
site for the proposed city hall.
The part of the street location,
which has never been used as a
thoroughfare and which may be
used as site for the city hall, lies
south 3f B street and between
the Wilkes Plumbing company
and Tomlinson’s department
store.
The section to be used is 60
The state highway commission
has authorized a survey of a
highway to be constructed from
Fairplains, three miles north of
this city, to Doughton on the El-
kin-Sparta highway at the base
o* the Blue Ridge near Roaring
Gap.
News that a locating survey
will bn made will bo greeted with
anticipation by the people of
lla.vs, Tranhill, and other com
munities along the route which
at present are several miles from
a hardsurfaced highway.
Between highway 18 on the
west and north, highway 268 on
the south and the Elkln-Sparta
highway on the east is one of the
largest populated areas in the
state not crossed by a state high
way, according to the highway
map of North Carolina.
Highway Commissioner J.
Hackett said that he was unable
to say definitely when the sur
vey would ho started but gave as
surance that a locating engineer
would be placed on the project
as soon as surveys
way are completed, possibly by
the middle of September.
Oil the proposed route are two
of the large consolidated schools
of Wilkes county, one at Moun
tain View and the other at Trap-
hill. The schools have been labor
ing under a handicap due to lack
of good road facilities, buses hav
ing to operate wholly on dirt
feet wide and 100 feet back to* roads which become impassable
an alley. Tentative plans for the
building call for a 4 5-foot front
with a narrow driveway on each
side.
The act to appropriate the sec
tion of the street for building
purposes nas.sod the senate yes
terday and was expected to pass
in the house today.
Meanwhile plans are going for
ward relative to construction of
the city hall and an application
is being made to the Public
Works administration for a grant
of $12,000 to supplement a city
bond issue of $14,000, which rep
resents two-thirds of the amount
in bonds retired during the past
year and the maximum amount
of bonds which could be Issued
under the law without an elec
tion.
Agricultural Engineer Is Added to
Service Stsdf of Duke Power Co.
L. L. Ray Will Spend Part consideration. Before acceptinjg
Time in Wilkes County
Among the Farmers
.As an additional service with
out cost for thousands of rural
customers the Duke Power com
pany has added an agricultural
engineer to their service staff.
Announcement that the servic
es of L. L. Ray, a graduate of
State College, are now available
to Wilkes farmers was made
Tuesday in a luncheon given by
John Paul Lucas, of Charlotte,
advertising and merchandising
manager for the company, and at
tended by company branch execu
tives here, extension workers and
representatives of The Journal-
Patriot.
Mr. Lncas cited the rapid
growth of the company’s business
in rural areas, pointing to the
fact that In Wilkes county there
are three timer as many custom
ers on rural lines as the company
had on its entire system In the
WllkesboroB when it began' ope
rating here in 1927. The rural
customers in Wilkes now number
about 1,800.
He said that the company feels
that these customers are entitled
to tne services of an agricultural
engineer who can demonstrate to
ed by the company after careful
the position with the company he
was assistant farm agent in Ran
dolph county.
Mr. Ray has been holding dem
onstrations and has' been working
with farmers who have been us
ing electricity In various ways in
their farm operations. He said ,upc, oo.u
that he will not recommend any I old fashioned hangman’s
in a seige of inclement weather.
Resident Abshers
Community Hangs
Self In His'^Home
Johnsie Walker Found Dead
On Porch Today; Case Is
Termed As Suicide
Johnsie Walker, age 57, hang
ed himself on the porch of his
home near Abshers early this
morning. Coroner I. M. Myers
said todav following an investi
gation of Walker’s death.
The coroner learned that Walk
er had been practicallv an invalid
for two years and this morning
his wife carried his breakfast to
his '•com and went to the barn to
milk.
While she was milking her
husband apparently obtained a
plow rope line Irom the closet,
tied it overhead on the porch and
slipped off the porch, leaving his
body suspended on the rope.
Ill health was attributed as the
cause of the suicide.
Mr. Myers, who examined the
rope, said that It was tied in an
knot.
use of electricity which has not | described as a complicated ar-
proven profitable to the farmers
He will work in cooperation with
the county farm agent and home
demonstration agent, spending a
part of his time in Wilkes and
the remainder with other coun
ties served by the company in
this section of the state.
Freak Potato
Ernest McLean, of Moravian
Falls, harvested a small irlsh po
tato which is a ‘show within itself.
’The potato has a shape which
would remind one of the body
and head of a gorilla and the
head is so shaped that it has dis
tinct features of the man-like
animal. The potato Is on display
at The Journal-Patriot office.
More than 10,000 crows were
killsd recently when the state
fish and game department bomb
ed a rboht in the northi^?Stern
part of Okfuskee County, Okla
homa.
rangement of the rope to prevent
possible loosening of the noose.
Few people are able to tie a knot
of that kind, older residents who
examined the rope said.
Funeral service for Walker,
who is survived by his wife, Mrs.
held at Plney Grove church Sat
urday morning. 11 o’clock.
nlng will be at
church with Rev, Btigene OHvOr
Board of Elections
Reverses Results
Of Earlier Reports
Richmond Cdunty Man Wins
By Margin of 23 Votes,'
State Board Says
BURGIN WAS LEADING
Lexington Man Had Lead of
About 100 Prior to
Investigation
C. B. Deane, of Rockingham, who on Tuesday was certified by the
state board of elections as Democratic nominee for_ congress to suc
ceed Representative Waiter Lam'beth, who will retire at the end of
his present term. In returns rported to the state^ board of elections
following the run-off primary and prior investigation of alleged
primary frauds, Deane trailed W. 0. Burgin, of Lexington, by ap
proximately 100 votes.
afyny Sentenced In
Present Term Court
Tom Dula Gets 7 to 12 Years for Manslaugh
ter; Darvil Pierce Convicted Of Man
slaughter In Another Case
With Judge T. A. Rousseau pre
siding the present term of Wilkes
superior court is making much
headway on a docket of almost
250 cases.
The term began Monday morn
ing and is for two weeks. Solici
tor John R. Jones is prosecuting
the docket.
During the process of trial Tom
Dula, Boomer man charged with
the death of Wade Swanson, en
tered a plea of manslaughter and
was sentenced to not less than
seven nor more than 12 years in
the state penitentiary.
Witnesses for the state said
that Dul.a threw a . six-pound
stone and struck Swanson in the
chest on June 27. Ho was ill for
one month and died on July 27
from whet physicians said was a
hemorrhage caused by the blow.
Darvil Pierce was convicted of
manslaughter in the death of
Arvil Matherly on April 3 near
Clande Minton’s store in Lewis
Fork township. Witnesses said
that Pierce cut Mathorly with a
knife and that there were seven
wounds On his body. He died be
fore reaching the hospital here.
Pierce plead self defense, saying
that Matherly had thrown him
down and was about to kill him
with a knife when he began cut
ting.
G. G. Eller was sentenced to-
six vears in t’ne penitentiary on
a number of counts charging for
gery. •
John Ladd, for assault with
deadly weapon, was sentenced to
30 days In jail and may be hired
out for work around the Jail.
Click Brooks, for carrying con-
Fannie Spicer Walker, will he cealed weapon, was sentenced to
90 days on roads.
Clay Caudll', on a count of de
sertion, was given a six-months
road sentence suspended on con
Dr. L. B. Abemethy
tI7*ll Tm r'la.r dltion he pay $20 per month for
Will rreach In City g^pp^rt of his family.
support of his family.
Bill Whitt, convicted for as
Dr. L. B. Abemethy, of Elkin, gguij- pn g female, drew a sen-
LJl. Li. U, zeva Cl aacvaaj , v»i. Oil « U3UmU?i «* ocia
conference director of the Golden t^nce, (,f 15 months on the roads.
Levi Absher and Theodore
Cross, will preach at the 11 0- i^vi Auour?i
clock hour Sunday morning at the porter, both of whom were con-
North Wilkesboro Methodist yjeted of larceny, received sen-
church In the absence of the tence of four months eabh
pastor, Rev. A. L. Aycock, who Is
away on his vacation.
the Toads.
Clarence S4ra«, chhljed with
The union service for the eve- assault on: a fe^alej sentenc-
. _ .V- Methodist ed to 10
30 months active .“entence on
the roads and an additional two
years suspended on good behav
ior. Judgment was suspended on
part of the counts.
Talmadge Holland, guilty of
larceny and receiving, received a
sentence of two years.
A six months se-ntence was
meted out to Monroe Brooks for
abandonment but the sentence is
suspended on condition that he
support his wife and children.
Ivy Williams and Truner Shew
plead gniily to assault on a fe
male. Williams was sentenced to
90 days on the roads and judg
ment on Turner Shew was su
spended for five yearo.
Tom Colbert, colored, was giv
en a six months sentence su
spended on condition that he sup
port his family.
Coy Love and Glen Redmond
were given 12 and 10 months re
spectively for iarcenr.
Heg Ferguson was sentenced to
four months on the roads for vio
lation of the prohibition laws.
Foot divorces have been grant
ed on grounds of two years sep
aration. The divorces were: Nor
ma Brown Craeg versus Howard
Cragg; John 'H. Glowers versus
Emilv Glowers; Hazel Harris
Forester versus Arthur Philmore
Forester: Ruby Wingler Riffey
versus Garland Rlfiey.
$176 Raised For
Oxford Orphans
Masonic Institution Helped
By Visit of Class to
This City
Visit of the singing class from
Oxford Orphanage to this city
Monday night netted the sum of
$178 for the Masonic institution.
Under direction of L. W. Aider-
man the 14 children'ln the class
very * delightfully rendered sever
al, numbers In the concert held in
the school auditorium, affording
an opportunity for the public to
see the type of training given
the children.
c^dren wer^ entertained
Raleigh, Aug. 9.—C. B. Deane
of Rockingham was designated as
the Democratic party’s nominee
for the U. S. House of Represen
tatives from the eighth congres
sional district.
The state board of elections, in
an order believed to be unprece
dented, reversed earlier results
giving W. O. Burgin, of Lex-
ing;ton an unofficial lead of ap
proximately 100 votes over Deane
in the run-offf primary of July 2.
The revised returns gave Deane a
23-vote majority.
The board al.so canvassed all
other run-off primary and centest-
(Continued on page eight)
Brushy Mountain
Association To
Meet Sept. 8-9
Will Be Held This Year With
Mount Pleasant Church;
Program Outlined
The following program has
been tentatively arranged for the
jiext session of the Brushy Moun
tain Baptist association to be
held at Mount Pleasant church on
Seprember 8 and 9:
'Tlinrsday 10 A. M.
Praise and worship, led by Rev.
F. C. Watts.
Enrollment of messengers and
recognition of visitors, and ap-
polnfra'ent of committees.
Religious Literature, report by
J. E. Spainhoin- with discussion
by representative of Biblical Re
corder.
Orphan.age, report by Rex West
and discussion by Orphanage rep
resentative.
Annual sermon by Rev. A. E.
Watts, or alternate Isaac Watts.
Recess and lunch.
Praise and worship, led by
Rev. A. W. Eller.
Temperance and Public Mor
als, report by A. H. Casey and
discussion.
Cooperative program. (1)
State, Home and Foreign Mis
sions. report by Rev. F. C. Watts,
disc.ission by v’sitor.
Reports from the churchea,
led by Rev. Eueene Olive.
Miscellaneous business and ad
journment.
Friday, 9:30 A. M.
Praise and worsbio, led by Rev.
A. E. Haves.
Cooperative program (c o n-
tinued) (2) Christian Education,
Hospitals, and Aged Ministers*
Relief—report by Rev. Howard
J. Ford, discu.soion by others.
Woman’s Missionary Union, re
port and discussion bv Mrs. G. T.
Mitchell, superintendent.
Election of officers for ensuing
year.
Address: ’’Today’s Opportunity
for the P.aptists.” Rev. A. N. Mc-
Coll.
Recess and lunch.
Praise and worship, led by
Rev. Glenn Huffman.
Sunday schools, report and dis
cussion by Rev. C. C. Holland.
Baptist Training Unions, re
port and discussion by James
Hamby.
Final reports from churches
and goals for next year, led by
Rev. Eugene Olive.
Report of committees and mis
cellaneous business.
Filial adjournment.
Pay City Taxes Now
And Save More Cost
I.JI. .McNeill, Jr., tax collector
for North Wilkosboro, has called
ittentlon to the fact that persons
paying 1937 city taxes on or be
fore Monday, August 15, will
save amount of advertising ,
Under tjie law all pmperty «*'.
which city taxes foK lMf hatsr.^
not 'been paid will be advertise#?,. ^
next'week. The same lav. APPij|M.-
Sllkesboro,. whew I.,R,
to. is dtt -rierk