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Theft Bxciise
'TMiaa, •'Wssta.—A series of
|u^Inoblle thefts were selred
rh^ polioe found a 17-year-old
youth had been stealing
■TO-tg-^jonyey his »#«etheart to
chiMfe.
'■ Steal 4S7 Pe«s
■Winston-Salem, Jan. 15. —
Thieves stole 457 fountain pens,
valued at more than 12,000
from Watkins Book store here
early this morning. Nothing else
of value was missing.
To Increase Projects
Raleigh,’ Jan. 15.—A program
to Increase workers and working
projects of the ERA in North
Carolina is being formulated and
‘will get under way within a few
weeks, Jacob Baker, assistant
PERA administrator, said here
tonight.
To Eliminate Oossings
Washington. Jan. 15.—A half-
billion dollar grade crossing
elimination program was advanc
ed in official quarters today as a
key plau in the administration’s
effort to remove 3,500,000 from
the relief rolls.
Bunu'd To Death
Goldsboro, Jan. 15.—Mildred
Pearce, 6. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Broadhurst Pearce, of Prin
ceton, route two, was fatally
burned late Saturday when her
clothing caught fire from trash
on fire in the yard at her home.
Htud.ving Sales Tav
Raleigh, Jan. 15.—To study
the North Carolina sales tax.
Wialter H. Hill and Robert Dud
ley. of the Tennessee Depart
ment of Finance and Ta.\ation.
conferred with the State Reve
nue Department officials hero
today.
miht Children Suiier
Wndt^uries When Bus
And Auiomobile Crash
WILKES 33-34
AAA BENEFITS
TOTAL $10,745
Is Amount Paid for Crop Re
duction and Expend of :
Administration ’
42 Children
Luckily Escape
Death In Wreck
OVER 13,000,000 IN STATE
Represents Amount Expended
by AAA Since Beginning
in May, 1933
Wilkesboro Bus And Automo
bile Collide at Road In
tersection Tuesday
NONE BADLY INJURED
Eight Children Carried To
Hosnital For Treatment of
Minor Injuries
Chicago . . . Joseph Burns, (a-
bove). one of the nine convicts
who escaped in Dlilin4,jr'3 sensa
tional 1933 Indiana prison
break, is in jail here. He sur
rendered without a fight al
though five guna were within
reach. The authorities are try
ing to link him with the $427,-
000 N. Y. bank truck holdup.
Harvey Vannoy
94 Years Old,
Taken By Death
■Says Inflation Near
VV’ashington. Jan. 15.—Minor
ity Leader Bertrand H. Snell of
the House charged toni.ght that
the administration has pushed
the government “to tlip very door
of wild inflation—which would
wreck our entire economic striic-
. ture and render all investments
valueless."
Confederate Veteran Passes
At Home of Mrs. Worth'
Sale; Widely Known
Industry’ Is Wnnicd
Detroit, Jan. 1.5.—American
industry was warned tonight by
Donald R. Rlchberg, executive
director of the national emergen
cy council, that the alternative to
voluntary collective bargaining
is more political control of wag
es and hours.
Killed By .\utoinobile
Wilson, Jan. 15.—Dewey Win
stead, 18-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Isiah W)instead. of Elm
City, near here, was instantly
killed Sunday afternoon about 2
o’clock when he was struck down
and run over about a mile from
Elm City by an automobile al
legedly driven by Albert .Austin.
Bailey • negro. Young Winstead
was riding a bicycle at the time.
Neck Broken; Recovers
Sanford. Jan. 15.—-^ron Cot
ton, of Coal. Glen, who is in Lee
county hospital with a broken
neck, .is doing as well as could
be expected, according to re
ports from the hospital today.
Cotton was knocked from the
top of an Atlantic and Yadkin
railway freight train by an over
head bridge at Cumnock Friday
•■■afternoon.
SMITH HAGAMAN TO
SPEAK ON SUNDAY
s i Smith Hagaman, superinten
dent of the Baptist hospital in
Winston-Salem, will fill the Pul
pit of the Wilkesboro Baptist
church on Sunday morning at
^ eleven o’clock. Attorney F. J.
' McDuffie will speak in the eve-
^ Bing service at seven o'clock.
These speakers were secured on
account of the absence of the
pastor. Rev. Avery Church, who
is spending two months in study
at the Baptist seminary in Louis
ville. Ky.
JesM Willard To Appear
In Winston-Salem 18th
Winston-Salem, Jan. 16. —
Jess Willard, former world’s
heavyweight boxing champion,
who won his laurels in the ring
world but turned to refereeing
' wrestling matches last year, will
come to Winston-Salem Friday
">ight, Jannary 18, tJ be fue
'i^ird min la the ring for the
L. mat eard to.he^offered at the
r,:aroHBa Arena at 8:30 o’clock.
Harvey S. "Vannoy, w-ho would
have been 95 years of age on
March 10. died Tuesday morning
at the home of his adopted
daughter, Mra. Worth.-Sale,, near
Ronda. He was stricken with
paralysis about three weeks ago.
Mr. Vannoy was born in Chero
kee county, Virginia, a son of
tile late Mr. and Mrs. Joel Van
noy. He moved to Wilkes in
early life and made his home on
what is now known as the Rous-
.seau farm for many years. At
the beginning of the War Be
tween the States he enlisted in
the Confederate army. 1st North
Carolina regiment, company B.
The aged man was widely and
favorably known. For several
years he had been commander of
the Wilkes unit of Confederate
veterans and was held in high
esteem. He wa.s a Mason and at
the time of his death was the
oldest member of the Wilkes
boro chapter.
There are no surviving mem
bers of his immediate family,
the nearest being a number of
nieces and nephews. He was a
brother of ex-sherii'f A. M. Van-
oy. deceased. His wife, who be
fore F>er marriage was Miss
Katherine Welborn. died* about
ten years ago.
The funeral service was held
at Brier Creek Baptist church
yesterday at ten o’clock. Rev. N.
T. Jarvis. Rev. C. W. Robinson
and R. R. Crater participated in
the servi-je. The body was then
taken to Mountain Park ceme
tery in Wilkesboro and laid to
rest beside the graves of his
wife and members of his fam
ily. An impressive grave service
was conducted by the Wilkesboro
Masonic lodge.
Favors 4.5 Beer
A school bus, carrying a prec
ious cargo of 42 children to Wil-
kesboro high and elementary
school, collided with an automo
bile i n Wilkesboro Tuesday
morning and turned completely
over on the street. Eight sustain
ed minor Injuries.
The injured are Pearl and
Ullala Warren, James McLain,
William Bouchelle. Jr., Everett
Bpuchelle, Addle Lee Reid, Viola
and Noah James.
The bus was driven by King
Prevette, age 26. The crash oc-
cured when the automobile driv
en by A. L. Prevette entered
the highway from a side road
near the intersection of high
ways 60, 16 and 18. The driver
of the bus and a child sitting be
side him were thrown through
the 'Windshield to the roadside
but were uninjured. The automo
bile remained upright.
The bus driver charges that
the driver of the automobile
was responsible for the wreck,
stating that the car dashed be
fore his bus so quickly that It
was impossibleor dodge
with the heavily laden bus. His
claims are to the effect that he
was driving not more than 15
or 20 miles per hour and that he|
was going down the grade in
second gear.
The driver of the automobile
alleges that the school bus was
traveling rapidly, that he had
gained the roadway when the
crash occured and that there
would have been no collision
had the school bus not been driv
en so fast.
A highway patrolman, aided
by local officers and school of
ficials investigated the wreck
and a hearing on the matter will
be held oii Monday at the court
house in Wilkesboro.
People who rushed to the
wrecked bus helped to extricate
the children from what luckily
was not a carnage and eight of
the most painfully hurt were
carried to The Wilkes Hospital.
Hospital attachees stated that
none of the children suffered
more than minor cuts and bruis
es and that they proceeded to
school or to their homes after
their injuries were cared for.
The school bus was on a con
tract line and was the property
of Sanford Prevette. father of
the driver. It was constructed in
a rigid manner and was made of
substantial materials that did
not crush when it was overturn
ed.
From the date of organization
of the adjustment programs by
the AAA May 12, 1933, through
November 30, 1934, the admin
istration has spent $10,745.34
in Wilkes county. The total spent
in North Carolina is $13,503,-
965.21.
The amount spent in rental
and benefit payments, largely to
cotton and tobacco farmers, to
taled $12,524,741.51. while
$979,223.70 was spent in paying
local and county committees for
their work, in supplying forms
and blanks and in handling the
general administrative work of
the program.
Rental and benefit payments
for the state were divided into
$6,521,997.22 for cotton: $60.-
660.92 for wheat; $5,640,688.95
for tobacco and $301,494.42 for
corn hogs. Most of the expens
es were for the tobacco and cot
ton work.
In announcing these payments,
Dean I. O. Schaub, of State Col
lege, director of program in
North Carolina, points out that
they do not include the parity
payments which were started in
December and will be- continued
until the tobacco marketing is
concluded.
Payments by the AAA in other
counties in this section:
Alleghany, $5,641.20; Ashe,
$5,629.80; Davidson. $56,063.74;
Davie, $39,442,36; Guilford.
$78,011.02; Rowan, $125,985.-
98;,StoJ»er $9«,S2T.94; Surry;
$84,761.33; Watauga, $3,171.-
18; Forsyth, $45,114.09; Yad
kin, $63,425.18.
State
Parts of 3 Sc^lol Buifdii
Better Hoit^ .
Campaign Td Be
Launched Here
Meeting WiU Be Hdd At City
Hall On Wednesday Night,
January 23rd
Now Is Time To
Remodel Barns
Assistant County Agent Urg
es Farmers To Make Barns
Suitable For Cattle
20th Anniversary
Of Kiwanis Clubs
Raleigh, Jan. 14.—A biii seek
ing to legalize beer of four and
five-tenths per cent alcoholic
content by weight in North Car
olina was introduced at Tues
day’s session of the house of
representatives. A. B. Palmer, of
Cabarrus, author of the measure
said tonight.
Representative Palmer said he
also has three other bills pre-1
pared for Introduction. One
would require voters who desire
to change party affiliation fo do
so the first day of a given reg
istration period: the second
would increase the pay of pre
cinct officers in elections * from
$2 to $3 per day, and the third
would specify that all election
day voting be done between the
hours of 7 a. m. and 6 p. m.
Under the present law polls open
at sunrise and close at sunset.
iDtcrnationuI President to Speak
on CoInmbiH Columbia Net
work on Montlay Afternoon
Marriage Licenses
During thp past few days lic
ense to wed *as issued to one
couple in Wilkes county, that
being to Ezra Sparks and CalUe
Absher, both of TraphiU.
Next week, January 20-26, will
be anniversary week for Kiwan
is International and appropriate
programs will be rendered by
clubs all over the United States
and Canada.
On Monday, January 21. from
1:00 to 1:15 p. in.. Dr. William
J. Carrintbn, president of Ki-
wanls International, will broad
cast over the Columbia network.
All Kiwanians and others inter
ested in the organization are
asked to tune in.
The local club will have a
special anniversary week pro
gram here on Friday, January
25.
Two Men Get Away After
Robbing Mount Airy Man
Mount Airy, Jan. 14.—^No
trace had been found by police
today of the two men who held
up Sam Sprinkle, local merch
ant, In his grocery store shortly
before midnight Saturday night
and robbed him of $97.07 _ in
caslT.''
January and February are the
best months in the year for re
modeling dairy barns, was the
opinion offered today by W. N.
Wood, assistant county agent,
while discussing the dairy farm
ing prospects in the county.
He called attention to the fact
that the greater part of the
barns now housing milk cows in
the county are out of date, im-
rroperly arranged and ineffici
ent. Any farmer who wishes to
remodel his barn may secure the
services of Mr. Wood by calling
at the office of county agent in
the courthouse in Wilkesboro.
Mr. Wood also called attention
to the fact that 32 c?nt.s per hiil-
terfat pound is now being paid
by the cheese plant here, which
is the highest price In history.
This price, Mr. Wood said, en
ables farmers to realize a sub
stantial profit on the sale of
milk, in addition to farm im
provement th.-ough the use of
manure and growing legumes.
A Wilkes county better hous
ing campaign will be started in
a public meeting to be held at
the city hall here on Wednesday
night, January 23, at 7:30 o’
clock. Everybody is invited to
attend.
Ralph E. Hallock. field repre
sentative of the National Hous
ing Administration, working
from the division office in Ashe
ville, was in this city yesterday
making an appointment for the
meeting. Mr. Hallock, or some
other representative of the ad
ministration who is familiar with
the advantages offered home
owners, will be present to ex
plain in detail the workings of
the campaign.
The meeting is designed to be
of especial interest to all home
o'wners who would like to Im
prove their homes and who need
financial backing and assistance
in getting loans. It has been es
timated that all unemployed
people in the building trades
could bo put to work in this
county if the better housing
campaign is a success.
Representatives of the banks,
building and loan associations
and all financial instUullons in
t'he county are urged to attend
the meeting in order that the
campaign may get off to a suc
cessful start. It is pointed out
that any person with an income,
from business, payroll or farm
ing, can secure loans for home
and housing improvement and
for this reason the meeting was
announced with a blanket invi
tation for all interested to at
tend.
Get DillidM Mobster
Indianapolis ... fleiwty Atfy-
Gen. J. Edward Barce (above),
has disclosed that he spent two
months in Chicago as a “Hard-
Boiled Hoodlum’’ In order to
trap Joseph Burns, Dillinger
mobster, recently captured.
Local B.&L to
Hold Meeting
On January 28
Stockholders to Gather at City
Hall For Annual Meeting.:
1934 Was Good Year
Regular annual meeting of
the stockholders of the North
Wilkesboro Building and Loan
Association will be held at the
city hall in North Wilkesboro on
.Monday night. January 28, at
7:30 o’clock, according to an
announcement issued by J. B.
Winiams, secretary and treasur
er.
The meeting will be held for
the purpose of hearing the re
port of the year, electing direc
tors and the transacting of such
other business as may come be
fore the meeting. The associa
tion has enjoyed a most success
ful year.
Western Union To
Aid In Good Cause
Shirley Smithey
Succumbs In Pa.
Will Turn F'*nnfLs For President’s
KirtiMiH.v Greetings Over To
Paraly.sis Fighters
Wilke.s Resident Been Engag
ed In Building Contractor
Business Number Years
Car Stolen From
Streets In City
R. E. Hoke Loses Ford Coach
To Thief of Unknown Iden-
ity; Stolen Mmiday
A 1933 model Ford coach be
longing to R. E. Hoke was stol
en from where it w-as parked on
B street Monday afternoon. No
clue that promises to lead to the
recovery of the automobile or
the identity of the thief has been
uncovered.
The car bore license number
331,692 and motor number 40-
331379. Any information re
garding the car will be appreci
ated by the police department
here.
Woodrow Absher Buys
City Recreatiim Hall
Mr. Woodrow Absher. popular
young man of this city, has pur
chased from S. L. Pardue the
City Recreation Hall near the
postoffice on B street. The deal
was completed this morning. Mr.
Absher will appreciate the pat
ronage of his friends and ac
quaintances.
The Western Union Telegraph
company will cooperate in rais
ing funds to fight infantile pa
ralysis by accepting contributions
of 25 cents at any of its offices.
Each person who wishes to send
a birthday greeting to President
Roosevelt on January 30 may do
so by paying 25 cents and all of
this money will be turned over
to the funds being raised by balls
and parties for the purpose of
fighting infantile paralysis. j
The greetings which people!
arc allowed to send for 25 cents i
on the benefit proposition will'
read “Happy Birthday Mr. Pres-1
ident! I am proud to know that
the cost of sending this greeting
will help in the great fight a-
gainst infantile paralysis, to
which you have given yonr lead
ership and loaned your birth
day.
By offering the money for the
greetings Western Union has
placed its nationwide system of
telegraph offices at the disposal
of the president’s birthday ball
committee for receiving 25 cents
from each person who places his
signature on a multiple signa
ture birthday greeting. Signa
tures will be mailed to New
York, where they will be bound
into what probably will be the
greatest birthday greeting in
history.
Tobacco Growers Will
Hear E. Y. Floyd
Tobacco Growers of Wilkes
county are asked to attend a
meeting to be held at the court
house in Wilkesboro on Friday
at two o’clock. E. Y. Floyd, to-
baeo specialist, will address the
tobacco farmers and will explain
the crop reduction control plan.
V ?
Fruit Growers To Meet
Brushy Mountain Fruit Grow
ers Association will hold a meet
ing at the courthouse In Wilkes
boro on Saturday afternoon at
two o’clock. Many matters of In
terest will be discussed and all
orcl&rdisU are Mked to attend.
Shirley W. Smithey, age 37.
member of a prominent Wilkes
county family, died Tuesday in
Aliquippa, Pa., where he had
been engaged in the building
contracting business for a num
ber of years. Death resulted from
pneumonia following a short ill
ness.
He was a son of the late W. S.
Smithey and Mrs. Smithey, of
Moravian Falls. In addition to
his mother he. is survived by the
following brothers and sisters,
all of whom are well and favor
ably known: W. E. Smithey, Wil
kesboro: Mrs. B, M. Pardue. .Mo
ravian Falls: Mrs. Pearlie
Combs, Wllkeshoro: I.. W.
Smithey, Roaring River; P. E.
Smithey, .Moravian Falls: Mrs.
Fred Phillips, Boomer; T. B.
and Fred Smithey. Salisbury; 1..
R. Smithey, Greensboro. He was
preceded in death by his father,
two sisters, Minnie and Pearl
Smithey, and one brother. Ar
thur Smithey.
The body will arrive here on
the 10:50 train today and will
be taken to the home of his
mother. The funeral service will
be at Cub Creek church at eleven
o'clock Friday. Rev. N. T. Jar
vis will be in charge of the last
rites, assisted by Rev. C. C.
Holland, of Taylorsville, and
Rev. A. L. Bradley, of Salisbury.
Mr. Smithey was a veteran of
the World War and a member
of the American Legion. John
Edmisten, R. R. Reins, W. B.
Somers, A. P. Kilby, W. C. Grier
and Sam Pennell, members of
the local Legion post, will be
pallbearers.
Auditornan At
Wilkesboro
Condenmed
tA
Must Make Changes At
kesboro, MWttfam: Tiew
and Miners Cre^ .
wa-;
SULPHUR SPRINGS BAD
Mulberry BuOdiiig CondcMui'
ed Without RejierTations ^
or Recommendations
ASHE COUNTY^CHILD
BURNED to DEATH
Robert Dean Bare,, two-year-
old son of Mr. dnd .Mrs. Claude
Bare, of Crumpl^, Ashe county,
died in the hospital here Sunday
as the result of burns suffered
the previous day at the home of
his parents when he fell Into a
tub of boiling water. Funeral
rites were held Tuesday at Lib
erty Hill eburck near Crnopler.
Drastic changes, alterations
and replacementa muiit’. be mate
on four school bnlfAlngS' fn
Wilkes county befors'S'^reqolrs-
ments of the laws rigiHNHag Hr*
hazards can be met. .
This information waB,;^Uiii*
ed in a communication 'tron Das
C. Boney, insurance commission
er, to school officials of' Wilkes
county, following a report sub
mitted by Sherwood Brockwell,
fire marshal of the insdraildb-'de
partment who made an . inspec
tion of buildings in the connty
several days ago.
■Wilkesboro, Mountain View,
Millers Creek and Sulghnr
Springs are the schools affected
and these buildings will have to
undergo many changes
the 1935-36 school term opens.
At Wilkesboro the auditor
ium is condemned and no public
gatherings can be held in It un
til certain changes are made.
The same applies to the auditor
ium at Mountain 'View. At Mil
lers Creek the second floor class
ro*ms of tbe elemiqAtilUX,. build- .;,
ing 4r^‘6bhdemneJ and ^cannot
be used. The Sulphur Springs
building is absolutely condemn-
e d without reservations o r
recommendations for alterations.
In commenting on the situa
tion the insurance commissioner
said in part. "I must say that I
am astounded that the children
in public schools of Wilkes coun
ty are subjected to tlie dangers
outlined In the report,” refer
ring to the report of Mr. Brock-
well.
Realizing that making the
changes required will entail quite
an outlay of capital on the part
of the county, the board of com
missioners was in session Mon
day and considered the report of
Mr. Brockwell from all angles.
The commissioners now have
the matter under advisement.
Meanwhile the county board of
education has under way a num
ber of projects that will' elimi
nate some of the fire hazards
and which can be done with
funds already available.
Wilkesboro
Tlie Wilkesboro auditorium
and basement clas.sruom.s are
condemned until the following
changes and additions are made:
remove class rooms from corri
dors: have : eparate exiis to out
side from each basement room;
remove inside stairways to audi
torium: provide steel ffre es
capes; remove music room and
supplant with corridor from au
ditorium. It was recommended
that the auditorium be cut up
into class rooms and corridors
and that an auditorium and gym
nasium be erected elsewhere on
the grounds.
.Mountain View
At .Mountain View the auditor
ium is condemned and no public
programs can be held there un
til changes are made. The build
ing formerly used as a boys’
dormitory “forms the moat dan
gerous condition the writer, with
thirty years experience as a fire
fighter, has ever seen in a school
building,” Mr. Brockwell said.
The wiring in the buildings was
also condemned.
Millers Creek
At Millers Creek metal floor
mats must be placed under the
stoves and some of'thi clifmh'dSrs
were condemned. The' doors
must open out instead -of in 'oed
the second floor of the frame
building can no longer be used'
under any circumstances.  ■ ' ■
Sulphur Spring
This building was described as
being in a state of,;M>ilapM aud
in such a condition that ghtire,
danger to the ocenpants exist ’it
all times. It cau^.nu' teige# - - bo- ~
used to house tbe eh^|j|zqi %ad
other arrangements ‘Z
worked out pending suoli' a time
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