Late Ne^ (X
State-Natkm
Told Briefly!
SITUATION GRAVE
New York, Jan. 27—^In this
‘‘jrravely serious—disquieting mo
ment in our modem civilwation”,
Sumner Welles, undersecretary of
state, said tonight the major ob
jective cd (the administration’s
foreign policy “is to keep the
United States at peace.”
At the same time, however,
Welles said in regard to the gov
ernment’s attitude toward the pol-
itiei of “certain of the govem-
meats of Europe’’, that “the peo
ple of the United States and their
government have ^ways main
tained, Md in practice have made
it clear, that they assert the right
to protest and to condenm the
cruel and inhuman treatment of
human beings wherever such bm-
tality occurs.
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Wdkes’ Rank In
Teacher Training
Climbs In State
Fifteen Countlea Now Rank
Lower In Training Prin
cipals and Teachers
RANKED 99TH IN 1928
4-H COUNCIL ELECTS OFFICERS
Hlad Climbed Above Three
By 1933; Steady Prog
ress Shown by Report
Ip'
ASKS MEXICAN PROBE
Washington. Jan. 27—A com
plete investigation of Mexican
seizure of lands and oil properties
belonging to citizens of the Unit
ed States wa.s demanded In .the
senate today by Senator Reynolds.
Democrat. North Carolina. As
serting that the Mexican govern
ment had violated ■‘international
w as well as the natural rights
men,” Reynolds asked creation
^ a special committee of seven
senators to look into a long list
of charges. “Millions of dollars
worth of property belonging un
der the laws of Mexico and of in
ternational law to the citizens of
the United States ha.s been con
fiscated by the Mexican govern
ment,” Reynolds said, adding that
there had been no compensation
or restitution,
bury quake dead
Santiago Chile. Jan J*. T’he
Chilean government fought hung
er and disease today in the wake
of Tiu Sclav night s disastrous
earthquake. United States Am
bassador Norman Armour, who
called at the foreign office to ask
how the United States could help
relieve suffering, was told that
medical supplies and condensed
milk were urgent needs. Especia.-
ly great was the danger of di.sease
at Chilian, where estimates of the
number of dead ranged from •*.-
and at Concepcion
Wilkes county now ranks .'15th
among the hundred counties of
the state In training of principals
and teachers, according to a ta
ble in the current issue of State
School Facts, a monthly publica
tion of the state department of
public instruction.
Ten years ago persons interest
ed in public education In Wilkes
were heard to remark, “Thank
God For Cherokee!’’, because
Cherokee ranked JOOth and
Wilkes 99th in teacher training.
Today they have 14 counties
to thank for keeping Wilkes off
the bottom and one county, Per
quimans, has the same rating,
9.5th. in the state.
Tables for 1928, 1933 and 1938
show a steady cllrah for Wilkes
county from its rank in 1928 so
precariously near the bottom of
the list. In 1928 Wilkes ranked
99th, in 193:1 96th, and 193S
R5th.
ll is gi'iierallv agreed lliiit
Wilkes would have a better vat- j
ing if North Wilkeshofo scliools. |
a special charter unit, were in-1
eluded In North Wilkesboro all |
of the teachers have certificate.s |
much higher than the average. |
.Mecklenburg has the best rank
in the state in teacher training,
closely followed by Cabarrus and
.Alexander. On the lower end of
the list are Cherokee, 98th: Ashe, j
99tii; and Clay 100th.
Wilkes Boys Take
Here are pictured the oflicers of the Wilkes county council of 4-H
dobs, a central organization composed of the officer.s of the individ
ual clubs in the county. Deft to right are: Etta Gray Mayberry,
of Mountain View club, president; D. .1. Redding, of Honda, vice
president; Margartl Vestal, of Moravian Fall.s. secretary-treasurer;
Eda Mae Crysel, of the Millers Oeek clah. reporter.—(Photo hiy
courtesy of Winston-Salem .l.;urna').
F.1hnmatmii of Acddfent Fat^Hks
Is Goial (X Lo^lted Cross Chapter;
First Aid hstr^ors Course Soor In Wilkes County
Charles A. Mix Will Cor
dust Course to Begin On
Monday, February 6
Proposal to Divert Highway Funds
to Face the Legislature TWs Week;
Sentiment Here Opposes Diversion
Expect Many Will
Attend The Poultry
Course On Monday
Govemo, Hoey to Have a
Message About Diversion
to Law Makers Tuesday
000 to 10,000.
where about 2.000 died. these |
cities, where most of the |If* | Anf
occurred, burial of the dead was lOnOrS U1 VOlllr
problem taxing facilities. Bo- j
Seed Judging T-am Wins
mass burial
the I
dies were placed in
pits, some dug. some simply
fissures opened in the earth by
the tremors. Military authorities,
control, warned against prof-
which
Third Prize and Second
Individual Rating
In
'leering prices on coffins
ere scarce
i
Wiikfs county's 4-H club seed
iudging team won third place last
~~ j week in the annual seed exposi-
form alliance I tion held at Rocky Mount. .Jesse
London. Jan 27 -Great Hn- ^ assi.stant county agent who
tain and France today | ,.„.,.hcd the team, said today.
new political and \I „,i,ii,ion to taking third
for any possible
+es' of
Rome-Herlin
nsurgent siic-
director
air forces
The na-
ons
strength with the
axis arising fn'pi
cesses in ftpain
Britain named a new
of mobilization who presnmahly
will map a complete program tor
cgilling land, -^ca and
into action if nts'essary.
ture and extent of his duties re
mained an official secret. The
French cabinet had before H urn-
posals t summon additional
army reservists and increase the
length of military service. British
ministers, who conferred with
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain today, souijded warnings
1 reminiscent of “go easy speeo
^ ee aimed at Chancellor Hltler^h^
In addition to taking
niece for the loam, one meinher.
John .Toines. wa" second in indi
vidual rating Approximately 100
teams from all jiart-' of -tie state
*ook part.
The Wilkes judging team was
picked from the Traphill club
and was composed of John .Toinos,
Grady Holbrook and Claude Bil
lings’ with Dwight Blackburn and
Glenn Hutchison as alternates.
County .Agent Dan Holler and Mr.
Giles accompanied the boys on a
sight seeing tour of Raleigh be
fore returning home.
Wilkes county’s team last vear
won fir.st place in the state.
County Agent Dan Holler said
today that he hoped that
Wilkes county poultrymen will I
attend the one-day short oourse to
be held at Boone on Friday. Feii-
riiary 6.
C. F. Parrish, extension poul
try specialist, will conduct tlie
course, whicli is being held for
poultrymen. county agents and as
sistant agents of Wilk'xs. Wa
tauga, .Avery. .Ashe and Alle
ghany counties.
Rights to Speak
At Banquet Here
Commauideirs and Presidents
Night of Legion and Aux
iliary On Friday
The annual 'Commanders and
Presidents Night” will he observ
ed at the Ix-gion Hut on Friday
night. February 3rd. with a ban
quet, program and dance.
The banquet will be served at
6:45 P. M. and a fine menu has
been prepared. The cost wilt be
only 50c each.
The speaker for the occasion
will be the Rev. Douglas
Rights, of Winston-Salem, the
chaplain of the department of
North Carolina. Rev. Mr. Rights’
One of the most hotly contest
ed questions of the year will face
many | jforth Carolina legislature on
[Tuesday when ltS>ajjB(ttAr.eASHA
■ on the propoSsi TO dhroTr 7,fW;-
000 from the highway fund to the
tate general fund.
In efforts to balance revenue
estimates against a much larger
general fund budget for the next
two years, state officials and oth
ers have proposed that the legis
lature make it lawful to divert
funds from the revenue obtained
by gas tax and license taxes on
motorists to parts of the budget
other than highway expenditures.
Gasoline and oil dislrilmtors
and dealers, automobile dealers
and many Individuals who have
no inlere.sf other than for the
progre.ss of the highway svstem
and improvement of secondary
roads, are deluging legislators
with mer.sage.s and appeals In o’j-
jection lo the proposal and the
petrolcun. dealers will he heard
on the matter in Raleigh Tuesday
afternoon preceding Governor
Hoey’s special message on the
subject Tuesday night.
The certainty that fatalities re
sulting from accidents of all
kinds can he eliminated was
pointed out today by Isaac Dun
can, chairman of First Aid and
Life Saving of the Wilkes' Red
Cross chapter, in announcing an
Instructors’ course in first aid to
'be given February 6 through 17.
The course will be held at the
Reins-Sturdivant chapel in this
city by Charles A. Mix, first aid
and life saving field representa
tive of the American Red Cross.
Officials of the Red Cross here
said the chapter is fortunate In
being able to secure .Mr. Mix to
conduct the course.
Those who have standard first
aid certificates in good standing
are eligible to take the course,
Mr. Duncan said, and all persons
interested in receiving the in
structors’ course should commun
icate with the local Red Cross
chapter at once in order to he
enrolled in the class which has
h.'cn announced.
Mr. -Mix camc' to tlie Red Cross
with an unusual record of fine
work in the teaching of life sav
ing and first aid work behind
him, having served as the life
guard for Daytona Beach, Flor
ida, for several .seasons during
which he conducted classes In
swimming and life saving. Some
of his outstanding work was done
in connection with the training
of students In *he use of boats
and equipment for surf rescues.
He is a native of Endicott, New
York, where he received his pre
paratory educetion. He moved to
Daytona geach in 1925. receiving
■jC fi^fpoi/treirenr'as' tlTe' girSftPoh
the beach at that place the follow
ing ydar and subsequently wa.s
captain of the Life Saving Corps.
During his service there he con
ducted classes in swimming and
life saving for the Daytona Beach
Chapter of the Red Cross.
Mr. Mix has an enviable record
in work performed in connection
with his duties along the beaches.
He has more than 200 swimming
rescues under varying conditions
to his credit, as well as the hand
ling of hundreds of first aid cas
es, many of them of a major type.
He has also to his credit the re
covery of fifteen bodies from the
water, as well as thirty resusci
tation cases.
He is a member of the family
of the National Aquatic School
held annually :c Camp'Carolina.
Brevard, Non Carolina and
brings to his present connection
as a First Aid and Life Raving
Field Representative a rich
background of practical
Is Coming Here
Oiurlc.s Mix, first aid aud
life saving field represeiitative
of the .American Red Oos.s,
wlio will comluct an instruct
ors’ course in tills citj-, tM'gin-,
11 ing Febi'ujil’y (!.
Mmisters’ Mnmili
He]
Baptist Pasters’ Confereac*’
Formed In Mountain '
View Meeting
FIRST MEETING SOON
Be Held at Gordon Churelk
On Msu-ch 2; Program
Been Arranged
Three Killed When
Still Explodes I n
Alleghany County
Mangled Bodies Found Sev
eral Hours After Tragedy
Occurs Thursday
While no accurate survey o. ,
ij -..oSo'ience and profc.s.‘.ional training,
public opinion could be made
here today, it wa.s generally eon-
' ceded by persons interested in
I the subject that a majority of the
people in this section are op
posed to diversion.
tWl Slen 0|>|K>se Diversion
The North Carolina Petroleum
Home Equipment
School Is Success
fore the
tember.
Manioh ori.sis last ?ep-
Foreign Missions
Rally Wednesday
WAGE-HOUR SUIT
Washington. Jan. 27. ~
F. Andrews, administrator of | Missionary to Japan
Speak at Presbyterian
Church In This City
subject will he ‘ Rnvly History .of,
North Carolina” as IndustrU-s Coramutee. represent-
of the Wachovia His- '"g more than 15,000 men in all
h“ has done con- branches of the Oil Industry
work along throughout the State, oppo.ses di-
Nerth-! version of highway funds on the
Western
president
torical society,
siderable research
this line and has
Extension Specialist Tells
How to Make Kitchens
Handy at Small Cost
Three men were killed and
their bodies mangled almost be
yond recognition Thursday when
a moonshine still exploded in a
laurel thicket near..JJlade Valjev
TiTSIleghany county, according to
information given out by Sheriff
DeWltt Rrian, who investigated
the tragedy.
The victims were: Eugene .Mur
phy, age 23, of Glade Valley; De
Wltt Afoser, age 25, of Galax. Va.;
and Homer Reynolds, age 26. of
Glade Valley.
Sheriff Bryan said the explos
ion apparently occurred about
noon Thursday. TTie bodies, how
ever. were not found until late
Friday night. They were discov
ered by Stanly Pugh of Volney.
Va.. and J. W. Conklin of Moiifh-
ICoiitiniiod on page eight)
Park Reservoir
Is Being Built
Mountain Stream Will Furn
ish Water for Bluff Park
Tourist Resort
Fifteen pastors serving fifty-
two churches may be expected t*
render a richer ministry as a ra- '
suit of a ministers’ revival held
with the Mountain View Baptist
church January 23-26.
The daily program, directed by
General Mis.sionary J. C. Pipes,
Included two periods of worship,
led by various pastors; a study
of the books of Colossians, under
the guidance of I. K, Stafford of
Asheville: a discussion of tke
Kingdom of God and World Wide
Mission.". led hy Eugene Olive; a
conference on Stewardship and
Fellowship, conducted hy .1. C.
Pipes; and a forum with a dif
ferent theme and leader each day,
as follows:
Church Music, Kiigene Olive,
leader.
Conducting Christian Funerals,
Kph Whisenhiint. leader.
rail Pastors and Pastoral Re-
j lationships. I K Stafford, lejider.
Are Tliere Rvidences of a Com
ing Revival? A F Watts. Ie.ader.
A worship service each evening
was participated in by people of
the Mountain View communitv,
sermons being delivered on suc
cessive nights hy F C, Watts. W,
C. Laney and A W Eller.
One result of tin- work done hy
Mr. Pipes and iliosi as,sociated
with him was the formation of
the Wilkes C,onnty Baptist Pastors
Conference, with plans made for
holding monthly meetings. A pro
gram lasting a day and night has
already been made for the ffrst
meeting to be held with the Gor
don church, near North Wilkeo-
boro. March 2. Topics for discus
sion at this time Include:
Raising the Standard of Church
Membership, by Howard J Ford.
The Kind of Revival We Need,
hy M. A. Huggins or J. C. Pipes.
Prayer and Revival, liy Eugene
Olive.
The Public Rchonl-; and the
Churches, by C. li. Eller
General Diaciissiqp led by J.
C. Pipes.
Sermon by I. K, Stafford
Those attending Hie Mountain
View meeting were unanimous In
expressing their feeling that a
finer .spirit of cooperation than
ever befor4' now exisl.s betw4en
the Baptist pastors of this sec
tion. and that there i.s a gniater
readiness lo work in harmony
with the whole Bapti.st program
tor liriiigiiia in the Kingdom of
God.
A school on the subject of
Will
wage and hour division of the
liteTtmcnt of labor, today
brought suit against the Central
Weaving and Spinning corpora
tion. of Fayetteville. N. C., seek
ing to enjoin it from violating the
fair labor standards act. The cor-
a silk and rayon con-
made , , ,
™ Garelina His'orv i grounds that the 6c gasoline road ■
we.stern No.th Carolina 7 the license tag tax be home built kitchen equipment
his hobby. He is a most interest- tax ana me license tag lax
levied for exclu-sive use in con-
on
poration i.s
cem operatin
bask A bill requesting a
ment enjoining the defendant w-as
todav in the United Sta.e.s
eastern district of
A Foreign Mission rally will he
held at the North Wilkesboro
Presbyterian church on
day liight, 7:3u o’clock. Rev.
ing speaker, with a fine person
ality and will he worth hearaing.
He is a student of Indian life and
is well versed in their manners | special taxes cost_the average au
structing, improving, and main
taining a highway system. These
a commission j w,,tt Cooper, pastor, annou.oc-
judg-
ed today
Rev. J H. Brady, missionary
to Japan, will be the speaker. Tlie
I rally is being held under the
V^r'fh Carolina at Fayetteville by ; auspices of the Winston-Salem
" ' . M-v„itv associate I j>rosbytery and a large atlend-
and ance is expected.
Mr. Me- —2
filed
court for th
George A. McNulty,
general counsel of the wage
hour division. The suit, Mr,
Nulty pointed out, was the first
among a number in preparaUon.
he filed under the act. which
gets a minimum wage of 25 cents
an hour for wage earners engag
ed in interstate commerce or in
the production of goods for In-
apd customs and has excavated, lomoblle owner $70 per year. The
Indian mounds in several sections total,of these taxes amounts to
Wednes- ^orth Carolina. He states that [ appro^mately $32,00M00 a
he has found many records of year. This amount is adequate for
the Wilke.s Militia during the
Revolutionary days and other in
teresting data about the “State
of Wilkes” in the early days
when history was in the making. . , , . ,
No doubt there will he many «Pec‘aI levies to the General
students i Fund.
■highway purposeg. but ft is not
more than adequate, since auto
mobile owners pay their full
share of all other faxes. It is un
sound and unfair to divert these
and
number of
terstato commerce. A
other suits in various _s^_t^ons of
f#'the country are to
test
follow, he
;:rd.l^ilng that this was not r^
garded by the division as a test
I case’’ hnt a routine step in en
forcement
A cooperative shipment of 247
♦ jat hogs through the cooperative
’ ■ market at New Bern netted the
tomoni approximately »4.oqO
lust week, r^rt* County Agent
I,. O. Matthto.
Unemployed With
More Credits May
Again File ClF^im
Raleigh.— Unemployed work
ers who drew benefits last year
of 16 times their weekly benefit
amount and still had wage cred
its and who are still eligible, can
again register for work and file
claims for benefits with the he-|-^®P®w'
ginning of a new benefit year,
which starts for many claimants
soon after the beginning of the
calendar year. Already an in
crease In the numbers of claims
has been recorded In the central
office for claimants who are again
eligible for benefits.
I local townspeople
of history throughout the county
who will be interested in hearing
Rev. Mr. Rights, so the commit
tee on arrangements has decided
to permit Legionalres and Auxil
iary members to bring any guest
that
the number that $12,000,000 additional special tax
ably seated and is limited » automobile owners,
and ^^ervatjons should be made, continued
at once. T c . . render an invaluable service to
have been placed on sale at the collecting and nay-
office of the Yadkin Valley Motor
office the at the^.-^g the gasoline road tax at prac-
Reservations
The General Fund benefits hy
about $1,000,000 per year from
the one-quarter cent insnection
tax on gasoline and from the ad
valorem tax on car.s. To take $7,-
000,000 out of the highway funds
they may d^lrr. Howe;;;:' and issue $5,000,000 additional
^ comfort- road -bonds as is proposed adds
prac-
, WWW4VV T> V«"*UcalIy no cost whatsoever to the
Hotel Wilkes I state. The Oil Industry is glad
the evenings program will be as-
sured hy the purchase of tickeU. | although It does so at sub-
An old fashioned square dance “f*'
win close the evening’s festlvl-
tiee.
average curvature of the
earth is two inches perzalle.
stantial cost to Itself. The tw Is
-paid on all gasoline re^rdl-^ of
(bad credit lossec and losses ’frqm
entporatton,' tetakof®, .
j fdohttpued bA .bock wm-flP
conducted at the courthouse in
Wilkesboro Friday night by Miss
Pauline Gordon, extension spec
ialist. was a success from every
standpoint, Miss Harriet McGoog-
an, home demonstration agent,
said today.
Miss Gordan gave a most in
teresting demon.stration and
showed slides which illustrated
the importance of more conven
ient kitchens and means of mak
ing kitchens more convenient and
comfortable. She pointed out that
the cost of making kitchens con
venient would be governed by the
amount of money available and
the condition of the kitchen at
the beginning.
■She cited one instance of a
kitchen which was made verv
convenient‘at a cost of only $7.
To obtain desired results at such
low cost neceesitates very careful
planning and use of all available
materials,'she explained.
Ronda club received the blue
ribbon for the largest atteodasee
with seven members prOsent-
Other cluibs represented
Boomer, Ferguson, Moiiutun
View, Maple SJprlngs, Gllroath
and Moravian Palls.
Miss McGoogan said that tbr
school will be followed by deoi-
i^tloq>'4>n the suibject ■iF'of
it, ip
Construction of a reservoir lo
provide water for a tourists'
lodge and other (establishments
in Bluff Park on the Blue Ridge
Parkway is under way, it was
learned here today from a coii-
struction foreman in charge of
the project.
The water supply will he de
rived from a small stream fed hy
a half dozen springs near the
summit of the •Blue Hid.ce and
a dam is being built where the|
waters of the different springs
unite to form the stream.
The dam site is in a deep
ravine and the dam at the hi.gh-
est point will be 37 feet. Stone
with which to build the dam is
being blasted from immediately
above the dam .site, at the same
time providing more water space
above the dam.
The water will be pumped from
the dam to tanks located on top
of the mountain. Plans call for
placing one large water tank
within or on the hotel and an
other at another point within the
park and on top of the mountain.
Meaawhlle, development work
continues through out the 7,000
acre park which lies along the
summit of the mountain amid
•■ugged mountain scenery in both
Wilke.'i and Alleghany counties.
Engineers have made a prelimi
nary survey of a proposed lake
near the base of the main ridge
formalion on the ~^ilkee side and
nn the west prong of Basin Creek.
■WPA labor is being used In the
nark development work, which
■ill likely continue for the next
'■>w years.
The Bluff Park Is planned as
’ie outstanding recreation center
-ong a 100-miIe section of the
arkway extending from th^
Must Get Cotton
Allotment By 15th
F V e r y cotton producer in
Wilkes county who does not have
an allotment and who plans to
grow cotton in 1939 should ap
ply for an allotment at the office
of the county agent not later
ll'nn F' liriiary 15. it was learned
today,
T’er-oiis who do not file appli-
ion tiefore the 15th will not
I receive an allotment and without
' an allotment cotton cannot be
sold without penalty, due to the
fact that the crop control law will
be in effect for the 1939 '■rop.
'vandfather mountain 'thrpngh
'ortlnrttt North CaroUna Into
tfrgliita.
Ve.stal Re-Elected
Head Association
Wilkes Man Again Heads
Production Credit Asso
ciation For Year
Paul J. Vestal, prominent farm
er and citizen of Moravian Falls,
wes re-elected president of the
Winston-Salem Production Cred
it association in the director’s
meeting following the annual
meeting of the stockholders held
in Winston-SaJem Saturday.
The association furnishes capi
tal for farm credit for a big area
of northwestern North Carolina
and is rapidly taking its place a-
fflong the leading institutions of
farm credit.
A splendid report of the past
year’s business was given by L.
E. Francis, who was rw-elesM^I
t •arr’-.
■oeretaiT'ttoiiaQnr, Hors.
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