'■"H
Bualness
IiBnwteat
»rd of conntr eommis
^ , compoaed of N. B.
Bber.Pek&trinan. M. F. Ab-
C. C. ]^yes, was in
oil; Mo&jtay and Tuesday for
traBsaotion of regular busl-
'"Hanjr important matters were
ed at tbe sessiotf.
J. Mi Bumgariter was directed
■ to ,lnalM full settlement on pll
to* salto certificates placed with
Win fod wllectlon.
^tfConatF Accountant C. H/Fer-
Cnaon Fan asked to submit to tdte
Pfeoard a statement of interest col-
'laeted fcy^hlm on tax sales'tortl-
fleates ffol^ tfce‘ years of 19J9-S0-
11-18. I ,5^' - 4*^
.Much rdniine business such as
w claims, releases, etc.
«is tpanMcted by the board dur
ing the two-day session.
:
MAIf miKS TO DEATH
AS KEROSENE BLAZES
StatesTille, March 3.—E. H.
Brotherton. 75, a retired farmer,
■was burned to death tonight at
bis home on Oakland avenue,
while in the act of kindling a
fire with kerosene oil. Brotherton
poured some oil into a stove and
when the oil came in contact
with embers in the stove there.
was a terrific explosion which set
the house on lire. Mr. Brotherton
wfts hemmed in one corner by
the flames.
Mrs. Brotherton and their
daughter, Mrs. W. A. Nicholson, j
of High Point, who was spend-1
lug the week-end here, were in [
the room at the time but they'
escaped unharmed. The fire de-1
partment responded to a call, but |
Mr. Brotherton’s body was burn- i
ed to a crisp before the firemen |
brought the blaze under control, j
The house was almost destroyed. '
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This feature oicture with Binjr Crosby will be shown in connection with the Merchants’ ^ring Faahibft Show at the Liberty Theatre Monday and TueedaVjf matinee and night^
i^ 'ZI ' — \ “• S
•m
'V*'
TO CONDUCT SCHOOL
Superior Court
Makes Progress
On Big Docket
Court Is Keeping Up With Cal-
i endar; JIany Cases Are Re-
i moved From Docket
! At the end of the first three
days, Wilkes Superior court was
keeping up with the calendar.
1 Judge WMlson Warllck. who is
! presiding, and Solicitor John R.
' Jones are making every effort to
'clear the calendar. '
I The grand jury was organized
Monday with the selection of C.
H. Cowles as foreman. Other.
] members of the grand jury are.
;W. F Flynn, R. C. Eller, V. M.
Day. J. I. Myers, Millard Brown,
i p. V Lowe. T. H. Harless. W. D.
: Beaman, Spurgeon Haynes, W.
i§"5ll;H. Nichols. W. M. W'heatley, H.
M. Broyhill. R. A. Greene, Ellis
Advance Ameriqui An
.i Woodle, J. L. Garwood. C. H. Kil-
^ j by and Worth Sale.
I Following is a list of the cases
(disposed of:
MISS LORETTA GRAY
Clyde Livingston, store break-
iing and larceny, prayer for judg-
! ment continued.
G. H. Reeves, abandonment, one
year on road. —
I Troy Laws, larceny, three years
suspended sentence.
IV..UO ..A I Tam Parsons, Ci c. w., and a.
„„.„r declared ' and their preparation, is one of j ^jth d. w., three months in Jail.
the regular quarterly dividend of | Miss Gray’s favorite lectures. I Carl Ballard, operating motor
75 cents a share on the common' To further stimulate interest vehicle while under the influence
stocks, payable in cash April 2 jin this instructive school, many of liquor, three months in jail,
to stockholders of record March J valuable gifts will be contributed, Oonnie Holbrook, jail breaking.
^ W ..w. Vi M ^ n «V\ t/\
Regular Quarterly Dividend i
Declared By R. J. RejmoldsI
Winston-Salem. March 1.—Di-i
rectors of the R. J. Reynolds To
bacco company today
Merchants Will
Sponsor Cooking
School March 16
(Continued from page one)
Wilkes Baptitt
' . Misters Meet
I Excellent .Prognun WiU Be
1 Given At Local Cburch
j Monday Morning
I The Baptist ministers o f
} Wilkes win meet fdr fellowship
land inspiration at the First Bap-
i tlst church in North Wllkesboro
I Monday, March 12, at 10 o’clock,
j The program is as follows:
i 10 a. m. Devotional, Rev. A.
I T. Pardue.
j tC:10 Reports from the pas-
1 tors.
! 10:40 “How should a pastor
I find a church,” Rev. F. C. Watts.
I 10:50 “How should a church
[find its pastor,’’ Rev. A. E.
j Watts.
I 11:00 A Scriptural study and!
I outline. Rev. W. B. Llnney. j
NETW YORK . . . Mrs. John T. j 11:30 General discussion of i
Pratt, New York, (aboye) has 1 pastor problems,
been made chairman of the new-1 12:00 Adjournment,
ly created Fine Arts Foundation I 1
which will inaugurate a three! Air corps-reserve officers and!
year campaign to further the i special reserve officers having
cause of Art and the American j army air ratings and flying on
artist. Among its endeavors the i an inactive status are credited I
Foundation will aid in extending I with three hours for each hour
i and bettering Art in our schools.! spent piloting an army plane. I
Taicmatuuj cj NATURE
17.
The earth gets about
thunder-storms a day.
i by merchants in addition to the
i grand prize, a Magic Chef Pyro-1
44.000 I fax gas range, donated by Mr.'
Smith.
The school is absolutely
It’* quite a job to keep up
with all the new things we re
ceive each week. Our contention
is you'll be delighted to see all
(Mese new goods, and surely you
can find something tliat will ap-
to your llkifj|r. The more
you come the better it suits us.
—^The Goodwill Store.
WANT ADS
4 months suspended sentence.
Wilson Grider and Tam Par-
'sons. jail breaking, judgment
I continued.
I Jesse Brewer, c. c. w., 2
and there is no obligation what-[n,onths suspended sentence.
Civilian Rifle
Tearn Victorious
Coiiipaiiy “A” t)utfU DowncI By
Newton Bumgamtr’s Civil
ians By 10 Points
I
i The United States produced 1,-
|065 airplanes In the first nine
! months of 1933. Among them
were 410 monoplanes, 135 bi
planes and seven autogiros.
ever. Andrew Cleary, larceny, pray
Mr. Smith requests t^at all the gr for judgment continued,
housewives of this section make I Walt Becknell and Marvin Gil
attend. And r e a t h. murder.
arrangements to
those who attend the evening wreck), not guilty,
session, are a.sked to bring their . -yyjij f;all, Margaret
Newton Bumgarner's civilian
rifle learn came back for revenge
Monday night and got it, down
ing the Company “A” outfit by
a margin of 10 points.
" While the margin of victory
Marvin wu great as Ralph Reins’
(au omo ijoys got Saturday night, the
triumph was just as^gldrious for
We are headquarters for Men’s
Work Shoes, solid truck • load
from the factory this wctk.—The
Goodwill Store.
Thi* is “calidie”, the form in
which Chilean Natural Nitrate
was created. From this ore two
types of Chilean Natural Nitrate
are refined—Old Style and granu
lated Champion Brand. Both are
Nature’s products, created in the
ground to help you produce more
profitable crops.
31 YEARS BEFORE JEFFERSON
DAVIS BECAMF. PRESIDENT OF THE
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY (1861)
CHILEAN NITRATE WAS FIRST USED
TO FERTILIZE SOUTHERN CROPS
(I830)*JEFF*OAVIS WAS A Y0UN6
ARMY OFFICER IN THOSE DAYS.
-’A-??'
CHAMPION BRAND CHILEAN NITRATE
IS SNOW WHITE ABOUT THE SIZE AND
SHAPE OF BIRO SHOT OUARANTEED
19.45X AMMONIA (l«iNITR06EN) IT ,
CONTAINS AUTHE NATURAL'IMPORITtE?
IODINE, CALCIUK POTASSIUM BORON
MAGNESIUM. SODIUM ETC, WHICH
ARE SO VITAL TO YOUR CROPS
NATURAL
NITRATE
The only nitrogen that
tome's from the ground.
Foster,
husband.s with them.
COLLEGE 'student IS
KILLED ON EUPHRATES
F»R S.ALF—Wheat
bale. R. K. Bolick,
C.
Straw, 25c
Conover. N.
3-S-2t.
FOR S.YLE—Kill! line af Garden
"Seeds. Now is the time to buy.
Prices low. Wilkes Hatchery.
3-29-St-pd.
for rent—The A. B. Williani.s
residence on "C" Street. Sef or
write -M. G. Parsons, Boomer.
N. C. :5-12-2t
IX>8T—Between Wllkesboro and
R. D. Mathis’ store, one suit
case. Return to Bus Station,
No.-th Wllkesboro and receive
$5.00 reward. 3-S-lt-pd
' Wilson Shew, prayer for judg-
; ment continued.
I Monroe Wyatt and Dora I.ane. |
f. and a., nol pros as to Dora |
'Lane; 18 months .suspended sen-
jtence as to Wyatt. |
Emma Pilkentoii, keeping dis- ■
: orderly house. 18 months sii-
f inciimati. March fi.--.4 col-j
lege student hitchhiking his way •
around the world was reported;
today to have been slain «’hile j sentence
canoeing along the Euphrates |
river ill ancient .Arabia.
The youth was Ray Fisher, 24,
who graduated from the Univer
sity of Cincinnati last spring.
Word of his death was relayed to
an uncle here from the state de
partment at Washington. 1 fe„(jants were nol prossed: Roy
said it had received meager de-|^_^^^„ Johnson. Clay
Eugene Eller, Don
Hayes, Willie
iSidden. J. P. Prevette. C. B. Lov-
jette. Nila Parker, Bryant Benge.
I Clyde Benge. Ernie Brooks, Ar-
I thur Call. Leonard Wells. Hayes
i Russell, Charlie C. Watson.
Clarence Holloway, Dock Rob-
j Unice Darnell, nuisance, 90
I d.ays suspended sentence.
I Luke Hampton and Clemmons
I Fletcher, larceny, not guilty ns to
j Fletcher: 3 months in jail as to
' Hampton.
Cases against the following de
Shepherd.
tails from the American consul j
at Bagdad. ! .Mitchell, Council
Fisher’s father. Charles Fish-, , p
er. is sanitary commissioner at
Hialeah, Fia.
The .state department's tele
gram said five subjects were be
ing questioned in .\rahia.
months,.
, . Fisher left here some "'"“tbs | ing'on. Mack Lane. Carfield Hol-
WANT^n—Experienced cook or'ago to “bum” his way around 'h® u Clifton Adams. Clyde Can
housekeeper, white or colored, world, i.sacking material for his | j^jiy q l. Sampson
master's. thesis. He planned first
tQ spen^,Three months in Paris,
gathering' material on his theme,
“French Secondary Education.’’
country home, S.3.00 per week
■Write, Route 2, Box 27, North
Wllkesboro, N. C. 4-8-lt
are T»r DRINKING Par-T-Pak
- Ginger Ale? lOc per bottle (1
plus 6c bottle deposit. It s
a Neht product and must be
..good. At most dealers.
Fireman Killed
Charlotte. March B.rr^^ne fire
man was killed and two others
injured, one of them critically,
when a fire truck answering an
today crashed
ter. Will Jolly, G. L. Sampson,
Beamer Wood. I. G. Faw, Simon
Shew. Ernest Porter, Brady Han
dy. Glenn Church, Fate St. John,
Ace Bowers, Dora Lane, Mary
Lane, Bill Higgins, Kermlt Ab-
sher, Berlie Foster, Glenn Bum
garner, Gordon Mitchell, Vaughn
'Holloway, Manley Richardson.
Egbert Wiles, Garn Wiles and
Burette Richardson, Press Curry,
Bud Prevette, Charlie Whltting-
WE HAVE a piano in your com-[alarm here late
imtoty that is partly paid for.jjnto a treev. 'ton, Lee Hawkins, Duck Church,
It is in A-ntimber one shape. Joseph S. Westnedge. 31, was Roosevelt Pearson, Lloyd Absher,
Wq Nfill let you have it by pay- crushed to death as the truck on EUas Tharpe, Charlie Stone,
unpaid balance rather j ^y],jch he w’as riding struck Fire- Bane Wood, Wilson Owens. Ray
man G. W. Lott, and careened mond Lankford, Charlie
into the tree. Lott was attempt- ’
lav a line of hose at the i ""
Jthe unpaid balance rather
U have the piano shipped in.
Ad«»8s Box 262,. Salisbury.
==
the outsiders who challenged the
supremacy of the guardsmen as
marksmen.
Rhoades was high man for the
civilians, while Sergeant Hall set
the pace for the guardsmen.
The. match was held at the
armory, .22 rifles being used.
75 ADDITIONAL MEN
PUT BACK TO WORK
Spencer, .March 2.—The big
ship whistle of the Southern rail
way at Spencer called 75 addi
tional men back to their jobs
early this morning and sounded
like music to scores of families
in Spencer, Saliabiiry and vicin
ity. The increase in force is said
to be the largest for a year past
and affects all departments pro
portionately. machinists, black
smiths, boiler makers, carmen,
painters, and other crafts.
Argue Case On Appeal
.Attorneys Eugene Trivette and
J. F. Jordan, of the local bar.
and J. E. Holshouser, of Boone,
were in Raleigh yesterday to
make oral arguments in the ap
peal of Mike Stefanoff and R. E.
Black, Taylorsville bank robbers,
before the Supreme court. Stef
anoff and Black are under sen
tence of death for their part in
the holdup which resulted in the
death of T. C. Barnes, cashier.
A whale’s tongue contains a-
boiit eight per cent of the oil in
its body.
Rufus Hall and Fay Wood.
AU the cases hoi pressed were
Stone, ^f a minor nature.
Ing to
time.
Lott w’as taken to a hospital
where it wai said he was suffer-
glBV' ’ ijiTANTESD lor R*wleigh
Jl^eb of, 800 families in cen- ....
tnll jwutheast Wilkes, Ire- ^ concussion of the brain, ser
Wfl*t Surry counties. Re- j^g injuries and body bruis
lUtjble hustler should start lacerations.
? emning fZ6 weekly and in-
‘«re«8e rupidly. Write immedi-
utoly.
145^8, Va.
. s' Mar.-S-15-22-29
?^Greeuwood , DR*,
xriildsoB of Black Gold. Block;
Bumtor ,1*8-81" U. K.
Cjlare now. djOep
beiatlfal oara. Fee
Fireman O. M. Caldwell, a
companion of Westnedge on the
truck, was mashed badly about
the chest.
Landing speed of an airplane
is faster at high altitudes than in
low country because the air is
less dense on the heights.
We do our best to keep in
stock most everjtlllBg the aver-
iiVwnee M^r.^air Itodly' needs., few you caa
ofyU A. Miner; 'Worth * bbto tfane aad numy. It’a the
N. C.
Tolaphons
3-l-tt-pd.
obofft-rente that
aaaAwffi StafB.
count.—The
FIND OUT ALL ABOUT
THE NEW 1934 MODEL
W^tinghoiiise
Electric Refrigerator
BEFORE YOU BUY
NOW ON DISPLAY
WILKES ELECTRIC COMPANY
W. M. DAY 1 TAL J. PEARSON
Meadows 1^. ' Phone 328 : t; .North Wilhpaborek N. C. ^
Electrical
Servants
IN THE HOME
“GIVE SO MUCH
FOR SO LiniE”
TOASTER
$350
A t w o - allce
U nI V e raaI
roaster I ■ a
sift of conven-
• n e c Hot.
crispy toast made right at the
iireakfast ta'ule. Saves time, steps,
ind It's economical too.
Cost of operation two and six
tenths cents per honr.
OVEN COOKER
For roasts, soups, cereals, or entire dinners, right
down to desserts. Compact and complete wttJevdieosUs
here, and pleaae note the low Sperotlag'coSt
economy. Will do anything au olreO;,^.
shown
—there's true
win do.
Coat of
OpoAtion
Two and
One Fifth
CenU
Per Hour
to
PRESENT LOW
PRICES ON APPLIANCES WILL NOT
AFTER MARCH 17TH. BUY NOW I
BE IN EFFECT
UNIVERSAL EUiiiKlC IRONS
$^50
K fine chromium
plated, six pound
iron . . . fidly guar
anteed,
Operates for I'wo and
seven - tenths cents
per hour.
surfae* 'S'
For beating water,
sooklag, ste. Sturdy, port
able and ready for uee la au
., lastanL 100-watt slxe
Ooai of operutiea: tsre aw*,
settn-teatbs oenu Mr hour.
— REASONABLY PRICED^. ^
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