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Atrttnea iiassencer plane, west
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i: Charlotte. Jan. 13.—Toy Day,
■ ^ jisgrOf vMk* -coariotod of flrst-
«e murder today In the faUl
ding of Edgar H/ McQuay, a
^ man, here December 21.
liieQnay was shot when, before
dmrn, he went to his chicken
house to apprehend a chicken
’^lef.
APPROVE SALEvS TAX
Raleigh, Jan. 13. — Moving
rapidly toward completion of its
preliminary study of the revenue
blllrthe finance committee today
tentatively adopted sales tax. use
tax and beverage tax articles,
■previously the comiittee had
tentatively approved Inheritance,
license, income, and franchise ar
ticles, leaving only Intangible and
Jt tnv articles o he studied next
iek.
Expecting Steady
Activity In Real
Estate Bnsmess
Was Big Demand for Small
Homes During Past Year;
Little Price Change
3KIN0 MORE MONEY
Rslelgb, Jan. 13.—Six state ad
ministrative offices asked the
Jotul appropriations comniittee of
the General Assembly today to In
crease their biennial apropria-
tlons a total of 390,420 though
four other agencies expressed sat
isfaction with their proposed
funds. Included among the Six
was the.state planning board,
which would receive no approp'-;-
ation under the recommendation
of the advisory budget commis
sion. This agency asked *15.000
annually during the next bien
nium to confiiHie its work
Aviation Industi
TNTERN.^TTONAI, news
A virtual deadlock developed
."Eriday between the world's dem-
' ocracies and totalitarian states,
with a “don’t fight for a year”
admonition from Hitler to Musso
lini the only cheering event in
*lutemational affairs. Great Brit-
'aln. France and the United States
were in both general and indi
vidual opposition to Germany.
^Italy and Japan on a variety of
subjects. Despite the slight optim
ism raised by Hitler’.s words.
was a consciousness anionp
statesmen that they were only
Ufg oftj.tljc .evil day.
-AILFY SPB\KS
, JlFwashington. Jan. 13. -Senator
^.%08iah W. BaUey of North Caro
lina, demanded today divorcing of
politics and relief. Bailey, presid-
Ing over tlie Senate commorce
committee’s hearing on appoint
ment of Harry Hopkins as secre
tary of commerce. said. “We
know from our per.sonal knowl
edge and from the Sheppard com
mittee report that there is polilics
In relief.’’ •'President Roosevelt
said he wanted no politics in re
lief,’’ he added. “Mr. Hopkin.s
said he tried to keep politics out.
I am interested in divorcing poli
tics and relief ■’ Bailey .said there
were two political factions in the
Democcalic party in North Caro
llna. “Each one says the othe'r has
control of WPA.” he declareri. “In
some counties they claim the Re
publicans have control.'
Real estate dealers are locking
terward to the year’s business'
with conslderuble optimism and
expect the present active trend
to grow stronger during the
year, it was iMrned from deal
ers here today.
During the past year there has
been a brisk demand and result
ant trading in small homes, par
ticularly small wreage tracts and
homes on or "wlthte easy reach of
the principal highway leading out
of North Wilkesboro for a dist
ance of about eight miles.
It is expected that 1939 ^,'.11
witness a continuation of this
trend and also an increase in real
estate business Involving the bet
ter type homes which require
more substantial Investments.
While little trading took place
on real estate in the Wilkesboros
during the past year, many good,
new homes were constructed, add
ing much to the aggregate value
of the towD.s.
In the rural sections construc
tion of new homes along the
highways was ; continuous pro-
ceedure throughout the year,
reaching greater volume toward
the end of the year when business
conditions had shown marked im
provement over low levels of the
early months.
With many homes yet needed
to adequately house a -rrowing
population, it is expected that
1 939 will be a banner year in
home construction, which will
show its effect in real estate bus
iness with greater activity.
However, present indications
do not warrant hope tor any big
increase in price average of real
estate, dealers agree, but it is ex
pected that the increase in trad
ing will naturally result in mod
erate price advances.
The anrouncement by President Roosevelt recently of the completion of plans for the training ol
20,000 college students annually as civilian pilots, with a ecusequent increase in the nation’s air force, has
proved exciting to aircraft manufacturers. Above is a view inside the North American Aviation. Inc., plan'
near Inglewood, Calif. The basic combat and 0-17 nb.cervation assembly lines are seen, with 0-47 wings visi
ble in the foreground.
Deputy Absolved
Of Negro’s Death
School Kitchen
Equipment 27th
Extension Specialist Will
Tell About Making Home
Built Equipment
On Friday. January i". 7:30
p. in., a school on the subject of
j^Veteran Union
Army Dies Here
Coroner’s Jury Says' Shot
Which Killed Colored
Man Was, Accidental
I
John Franklin Pardue Suc
cumbs at Age of 94;
Funeral Tuesday
Jolhn Fimklin Pardue. a veter-
m of the Union army in the War
{etween the States and one of
he oldest residents of North
IFUkesboro. died at 9:20 Sunday
light at the home of a son. Roh-
rt Pardue.
He "was born and reared m
Vilkes county and was a mem-
,or of a well known family. He
ras 94 years of age.
la the War Between the States
le served In Company 1. N C.
lonnted infantry Volunteers.
- He Is survived by five children
ad a large number of descend-
Bta, Including 46 grandchildren
nd 70 great-grandchildren. The
hfldron are; Charles and Robert
Bidne, of North Wilkesboro:
[fi. Nancy Brown, of Boonville;
[ra Fannie Pardue. of North
nikeaboro; Mrs. Minnie Soots,
■Wlnaton-Salem. Also survlv-
la Mstw. Mrs. Delia
2> f North Wilkesboro
ltd
Mneral servlos will be held
TyuMHy Crow# dhnreh Tuesday
Wo o’clock. Rev. Rlch-
Partlne. of will be to
aa. aa«4«^ 'Y
Home Built Kitchen Equipment”
1 will be held at the courthouse in
1 Wilkesboro. Miss Harriet Mc-
I Googan, Wilkes county hpme
I demonstration agent, announced
today.
The mi-eting will be open to all
club women in tbe county and
their hiisihands - particularly the
women who have had their kitch
ens scored for improvement.
“Women who are working to
ward more convenient kitchens in
tteif homes must have the full
coot>eration of the entire family
if they art to carry out their
plans. For this reason this school
was scheduled at night so that it
might be possible for the hus
bands of the club women to at-
I tend.’’ Miss McGoogan said. '
I Miss Pauline E. Gordon, exten- j
I Sion specialist in home manage-;
I raent and house furnishings, will j
conduct the school and give prac- |
tical instructions in and direc-1
tions for the construction of such
pieces of equipment as built-in
kitchen cabinets, covered garbage
j containers on wheels, wood boxes
' on wheels, flour bins and other
i pieces of equipment which con
tribute toward a more efficient
j kitchen.
! In addition, Miss Gordon will
' show a .series of slides on
' ter Kitchens.” This meeting will
be most beneficial to any home
maker, the announcement said.
A coroner's jury here Thurs
day afternoon held that Deputy
Sheriff Nathe Tharpe was not to
face any charge for the death of
Harvey Hague, 20-year-old negro
who died in a hospital at Elkin
early Thursday morning front a
bullet wound received during a
raid on a still in New Castle
township at which Hague was
said to have been working when
officers approached.
The jury held that the shot
was accidental.
Tharpe, who was accompanied
on the still raid by Deputies R. C.
Jennings and R. L. Spencer, said
that when they went into the
still the operators had let out the
steam and it was Impossible to
sec any dir-.tance whatever. He
slipped and fell and w.hen he fell,
he said, his gun accidentally dis
charged.
Neither of the officers knew
that the bullet had found its
mark in a human body or knew
that the negro was on the
ground, according to the testi
mony, and they knew nothing of
the negro being hit until they
heard a slight noise and proceed
ed to investigate. Tney found the
negro lying on his face about 75
yarls from the place where 4he
deputy had fallen, and where his
gun had discharged.
A white man 'by the name of
Pardue was arrested during the
raid of the still and was released
under bond.
Steelman Resigns
As Deputy Sheriff
W. (’. steelman, whose home is
near this city, today announced
his resignation as a deputy sher
iff of Wilkes county. He stated
tliat he was giving up the work
because of other duties and not
because of any friction or ill will
toward anyone.
Emergency Relief
Bin Put Through
Local Youth Is
Now Recovering
Jack Seckler Returned to His
Home Apparently On
Road to Recovery
Jack Seckler, local youth who
failed in a suicide attempt two,
weeks ago. is apparently on the
road to recovery and has return
ed to his home from the Wilkes
hospital, where he was a patient
following the self-inflicted injury.
He fired a bullet from a 25-
calibre gun into his forehead and
the bullet penetrated his skull
Bet- and lodged against the covering
of his brain.' The 'bullet was re
moved in an operation at Ihe hos
pital.
Pardue Child Dies
Funeral service was held Sat
urday at Welcome Home church
for James Trent Pardue. age 16
monttfi. son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Pardue, of this city. He died
Thursday. ■
.Surviving are his father and
mother. Paul and Pearl Morrison
Pardue, and one brother.
Rev. Eugene Olive, pastor of
the First Baptist church here
conducted the last rites.
3-Act Comedy At
Washington, Jan. 13. — The
House, rebelling against Presi
dent Roosevelt’s spending poli
cies. passed tonight a $725,000,-
000 emergency relief approprl-
atlon---$150,000,'000 less than
recommended by the Chief Execu
tive.
Speaker Bankhead announced
that the vo^was 397 to 16.
Republicans, their ranks- aug-
inented by the No'vember election,
voted with conservative Di mo^
crats in an effective coalition to
slash the fund before the final
vote was reached. The vote on
the slash waA 226;: to 137.
Restrictions Inserted
The chamber inserted restric
tions aimed at the elimination of
politics from relief, and contrary
to the wishes of the administra
tion, it adopted an amendment
to provide that pay rates for
similar work should nht vary by
more than 25 per cent, through
out the country. Southern Dem
ocrats were solidly behind the a-
mendment. ' '.'j'*
The day’s developments brought
partial fulfillment of predictions
made by political observers since
the elections of last fall, that the
session would see the emergency
of a coalition of conservatives of
both parties sufficiently numer
ous to balk the President on
many points of .his program.
The issue of appropriating
1725,000,000 instead of $875.-
000,000 was presented under par
liamentary circumstances which
prevented a roll cill vote on the
size of the appropriation.
This fact was a sou^e of deep
disappointments to many mem
bers who support the President’s
estimates. Sdme of them, notably
Representative Cannon (D), Mo.,
Who led the movement for the
Itirger ttpiiropriation, charged
that unusual procedure had been
invoked to keep some members
fro;n “being put on the spot” on'
the issue.
Cage Tourney At
Ronda Hi School
ay
.-jJ. • ' I
EctimatedAmopni
Dae the FarnuMV
1938 Soil Progitun
Record Number of Favnura
Have Qualified For.tfw
Goverament Check*' :r
THOUSANDS TAKE PART
In Program For the Year;
Checks Will Arrire In
the Early Spring
More, Than 30 School* In
vited to Be Represented
In Basketball Meet
The second Invitational basket
ball tournament will be held at
Ronda high school gymnasium,
beginning Monday, January 23,
E. R. Spruill, school superinten
dent, said today.
The tournament will be larger
and greatly improved over last
year in that more than 30 schools
have been invited to enter their
iboys and girls teams. Many en
tries have already been received
and much interest has been
shown.
Beautiful trophie.s have been
secured for boys and girls win
ners and also for the teams fin
ishing in the runner-up positions.
The trophies are now on display
at Pardue Cafe in Ronda. Mr.
Spruill said.
Much work has been accomp
lished in the gymnasium for the
comfort of both players and spec
tators. New lights have been
placed over the court and more
space has been arranged for spec
tators.
The school extends an invita
tion for all basketball' fans to at
tend and enjoy some real basket
ball entertainment.
Farmers of Wilkes county may
receive approximately $90,000 for
compliance with provisions of the
soil conservation act in 1938, un
official estimates in the office of
the county agent reveal.
With a work sheet filled out
for every farm In the county,
numbering more than 5,000, esti
mates revealed that about two-
thirds of the farmers has carried
out at least a part of the prac
tices for which payments are
made by *he government, includ
ing diversion of land from pro
duction (ff cash crops to soil con
serving and soil improving crops,
and other practices which have
asi their chief purpose the conser
vation of the soil.
Practices in accordance with
provisions of the act were car
ried out on about 3.500- farms,
compliance checking revealed,
and this number is far in excess
of tile number of participants
during any previous year.
Early in 1938 a drive was
made 'by the county agent’s office
to get every farm in the county
under a work sheet and the vari
ous workers engaged in the task
met with excellent success in
their undertaking.
Meetings were held throughout
the county and efforts were made
to tell every farmer what he
could do in order to reach the
goal, Wrhiich is the maximum pay-
NEW TYi^lUiN(J0Ar
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Though mow blanket* noeb of
the conntry, raincoats are stB a
necessity in other sections. Even
the dog is equipped with a rate-
proof coat made of koroseal, a new
non-deteriorating snbstance devel
oped in Akron.
Federation Home
Clubs Will Meet
Canning Demonstration To
Be Held in Connection
With Meeting Friday
A meat canning demonstration
will be a part of the day’s pro
gram for the meeting of tho
Wilkes county federation of homo
demonstration dabs to be held at
the Community House in ^ Wil
kesboro on Friday, January 2*;
Miss Harriet McGoogan, homo
demonstration agent, announced
today.
The meeting will open at ten
'o’clock, at which time Mrs. Char-
ment tor his farm. Many f.armers |j^ cioaninger. of the Ball Cana-
Fruit Growers To
Meet On Saturday
Niswonger and VanDeman
Will Speak; Motion Pic
tures to’Be Sho'wn
carried out all practices for which
they could hope to receive pay
ment, while others fell short of
the goal but will receive payment
for the practices carried out.
The work in the county agent’s
office in checking compliance and
the clerical work each farm en
tails amounts to an enomioiis
task and a 12-months jo.b for
several people.
However, applications for pay
ment is now the task before the
workers and they will be cleared
as soon as possible.
Checks for compliance with
provisions of the. 1938 soil con
servation program are expected
to arrive in early .spring, in time
tor financing spring planting in
the county.
ing company, Miincie. Indiana,
will conduct llie meat canning
demonstration.
All fruit growers are invited to
the annual meeting of the Bru.shy i
Duncan Director
, Of Salisbury Bank
Edwin Duncan, executive vice
Mountain Fruit Growers associ- president of
.ation to be held at the apple re
search laboratory at Kilby’s Gap
on highway 16 Saturday, January
21, two p. m.
The program will open by a
the
Bank Stockholders
Will Meet Thursday
Stockholders of the Bank of
- _ , 11 North Wilkesiboro will gather in
Wilkesboro School | annual meeting at the bank on
I Thursday morning, January 19,
three-act comedy, "Here I ten o’clock.
discu.ssion led -by H. R. Niswon
ger, extension horticulture spec
ialist. on the subject of “Review
of Pb-ult Growing in 1938 and
the Outlook for 1939.”
He will "he followed -by Carl E.
VanDeman, speclaUst In- charge
of the research laboratorv, who
will tell about the. research pro
gram for 1939. A. J. Haynes, of
the Farmers ~ Cooperative Ex
change, will discuss buying spray
materials for 1939.
. Another feature of the program
will be a moving picture of apple
growing in Senator Byrd’s orch
ard in Virginia.
Northwestern
Bank, was elected a director of
the First National Bank at Salis
bury In a recent meeting of the
stockholders.
Ho-wever. the sehiction of Mr.
Duncan as a memlw'r of the board
of the large Salisbury bank will
not affect his position with the
Northwestern Bank, which has
home office here and -branches in
seven other northwestern North
Carolina towns.
Comes Charlie,” will he given in | The steckholders will hear a |
Fiddlers Convention
At Mountain View
the Wilkesboro school auditorium j report of the past year’s business
O’Neal Child Dead
James Etnest ” O’l^eal, Infant
son of J, B. and Lola McCclatn
O’Neal, of near tihi» city, died
T%tmla7, Burial rites were held
^fonstain Park cemetery jn
are tiiher and
next Thursday evening, Jan. 19.
The cast is com'posed of the fol
lowing pwsons; Misses Cynthia
Prevette, Margaret Faw, Lucilo
Scroggs. Ruby Martin. Helen
Blevins and Messrs. Caldwell
and elect directors for the en
suing year. The directors will
meet followlns: the stockholders
meeting and elect officers of the
hank.
The bank has enjoyed a very
Vaughn Jennings, John Henry. good year and Is looking forward
Johnson, Hadley Hayes and War- to a continuation of this Iraalnees
ner Miller, Jr. The play Is dlrecL
ed by Misses Lillian Stafford and
Helen Bhetiok. Adniisslon for
adults ia 26 cents; for juniors.
1* cent*.4,
*■ Wiona-«atel|^)g: -to **
;sjE
uptrend thoughout the year.
What’s the a*e in hairtnX^91te
that won’t look and ear*
won’t Ustant V .
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One of the outstanding pro
grams of Mountain View school
win be this year at the Old Time
Fiddlks CfHiventlbn In the andl-
tortnm Saturday, January
hundj^
to coftpet* for tSbnfrte priaa*.
ry -ftld - wO&Oi'Of
maker ..
in VOUte* Connty eiDedAd;
^ i*;4*Bai«d bt a.J^rwi|^
and fun. JBIdMaA
iMed for abliodl im^nrr*-'
Singers Will Meet
At Moravian Falls
Next Session of Southside
Singing Association Will
Be On January 29
Next convention of the South-
side Singing Association will be
held at Moravian Palls Baptist
church on Sunday, January 29,
it -was announced today.
TTie day’s program will begin
at ten o’clock and thpep attend
ing are asked to - carry along
liuich and spend the’’day toget-b-
Or^■ ''-Jrf 'c.
The church .and,-- cojnmunlty
jninV twdtli the association- in' In*
ir^lag all singlBg t^asse^’ aiteyt^
otiiiW whO' 'I’tvndf? vJSHiMf
music to Ae exM^ and $i^e>
In .the day* jrofram. ^ ^
i..
The meeting 'will adjourn for
lunch at 12; 30^ and at 1:45 p.
m. Mrs. C. F. Bretholl will preside
at the mp-eting of.,.the federation.
Following' the business sesslo*
Mrs. Cornelia C. Morris,, of State
College, will discuss "Possibili
ties and Problems Involved in a
Home Demonstnition Curb Mar
ket.’’ The me"ing will adjour.x
at 3:45.
It is urged that all home desi-
onstration club women in the
county, particularly the canning
project leaders, attend the dom-
unslrnlion in the -inortiing. In the
afternoon all the officers of lo
cal clubs, all project leaders and
all club w-omen who are interest
ed in the establi.s'hment of a curfc
market are urged to attend. This
promises -to be one of the most
important days in club work* is
the county this year. Miss Me-
Googan said.
Lions Will Begin
Play On Tuesday
To Play Taylorsville Here;
Ronda There Thursday;
Greensboro Friday
The Mduntain Lions of North
Wilkesboro h-igh school will be
gin a 14-ganie basketball sche
dule here on Tuesday ^hX--vhii>a'
the.v play a fast qulnt fr&iiu’Pay-
lorsville. Coach, Bernard tflliia
said today.
Schedule for the remaini^iof'
the week will find the'.'^
playing Ronda there'
and Greensboro B team.hwe. cu
Friday. ‘ ' ' "
Coach Lilien said that the
squad of 11. boys is rapidly geh-
tiug Into shape jbnt .mSy saXfer-
during the .first- few games be
cause’ ol lack of experience. By ...
nfid-Season the team should b*'^
aible' to hold its own agaiimt tb^
best teams in this section of the
state. " ’ '
' The hoys,9a tbe squad are Bar-
flsqD,;^H. ^eelman, Kenoriy, Cofr
an*. to»v
wanlsi'Huitoon
eMi Hal«wo6d.T-'Cramn.. Crook
%l^wonM|r»Mtlfofod Bll-
tha'teMi ‘
thlngi^ lost hfte to in
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