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Hope To Obtam
BuildHigs Through
Big Works Plan
Both Drivers Blamed In
School Bus Wredi Case
Felt Hitler Wrath
black
bonds
i£^|jd>ted at 11.456,-
ttidar
nies-
School Authorities Investigat*
ing Poflsftfilities For Bufld-
ing Needs
BUILDING^ NECESSARY
.. littogurated-Impeached
■ I " ^auBBaaiig —
^ Held For >Inrder
'‘linoir, Jan. 27. — Luther
■SSaHs. local negro who last night
•Snendered to a city officer aft
er allegedly shooting Marie Fer-
gnaon. 20-year-old negress, to
day faced an indictment for mur
der.
Much Work Must Be Done
Before Schorfs Can Open
Next Tertn
Freeaes To Heath
Wilson, Jan. 28.—With a tem
perature of 4 degrees here early
this morning, George Battle, 45,
colored, poorly clad and half
starred, succumbed to the cold
and fell unconscious on Viola
street, dying several hours later
in the police station.
Deserts Wife, .\ge «2
Worth Layton, 22, who was
arrested on Freeman’s Mill road
January 25 on a charge of im
moral conduct, told arresting of
ficers yesterday that he had de
serted an S2-year-old wife in
Dry Fork, Va.
Funds RuiminK I.o»
Washington. Jan. 29.—Relief
administration officials reported
today that funds to feed the
needy would be "exhausted’’ by
February 10. even as predictions
arose that senate debate on the
84,880.000.000 works-relief bill
would extend beyond that time.
\egro Worth $12.-.,0O0
Danville. Va.. Jan. 29.—Thom
as G. Jones, negro, who started
life as a grocery delivery boy
and who for many years ran a
*l«jtcher shop, converting his
profits into real estate, left an
estate valued at $125,000. it was
revealed today when his will
""was'"brobated.
Fi.sh Fi’oeze To Death
F Beaufort. Jan. 29.—Hundreds
^ of fish frozen to death during
^ ^the extreme cold weather sweep-
^7'^tig the coast for past several
days have been washing ashore
t in little Core sound fishing com
munities, each of Beaufort, ac-
cording to reports brought into
f town by residents of the places.
A Seamstress' .l«l>
Kannapolis. Jan. SO.—Hollis
^ Jordan, who was cut severely in
^ an alleged altercation with S. T.
i Jordan, a cousin, here Saturday
^ night, is given only a fair chance
, of recovery by physicians at the
W Mooresvllle hospital. A total of
^ 104 stitches were required in
? -treating the injured man for
c puts about the head, neck and
i face.
Ask For More Funts
Raleigh. Jan. 29.—Appropri
ations greater by $864,166 than
figures. recommended by the
.^^udget commission were sought
^his afternoon by 10 charitable
and correctional institutions of
Xorth Carolina and one sute de
partment as hearings were con
tinued by the joint legislative
committee on appropriations.
School authorities in Wilkes
county are investigatiAg the pos
sibilities of securing school build
ings and repairs through the
work relief plan that has been
proposed by President Roosevelt
and which is now before the
United States senate.
It is a conceded fact that the
county is badly In need of some
school buildings and repairs on
others. On account of fire haz
ards a t Wilkesboro, Millers
Creek and Mountain View a
great deal of work must be done
in order to place these buildings
in condition so t'aat approval by
state school and Insurance au
thorities can be gained. At Sul
phur Spring.s an entirely new
building must be constructed
and many other schools in the
county are so badly crowded that
the children cannot he taught
efficiently and comfortably.
Realizing this need Prof. C. B.
Eller, county superintendent of
schools, and members of the
hoard of education have been
looking into the matter of secur
ing some aid for the county
through the works-relief plan
that is certain to be carried out,
according to reports from the
nation’s capitol.
Although the works-relief plan
that is to supplant the FERA is
only in the making it is gather
ed that relief in the future will
be through work only and that
many projects will be necessary
in order that work may he fur
nished the al)le bodies people
now On relief rolls in Wilkes
county. When a suiwgy is made
mwH>T6 • projeftt^nrrlfiiffF »ec^
tion it is expected that a num
her of projects calling for .school'
buildings or repairs and alter' i
aliens will be submitted. i
As stated above, the plans of
tile new set up are only in the
making Imt Prof. Eller said to
day that he intends to investi
gate all possibilities of including
school building work in the pub-
(Contimied on page eight i
Bus Driver-,iTakes
Appeal To Couif
• *1^
Hearing Hel^ Monday Aflfcir-
- noon Before Mi^orMsrrkk ^
In Wilkei^fHO
wmiston. N. D. . . . Thomas
H. .\loodie (above), was inaugur
ate.! Democratic Governor of
North Dakota on Jan. 7th and
impeached by a hostile legisla
ture on Jan. 18th. The charge is
"corrupt conduct”: a political Place the blame for the
battle which dates back to han
dling of relief funds several
months ago.
In a hearing held Monday aft
ernoon before Mayor W. E. Har
ris in Wilkesboro King Prevette,
school bus driver, and^A.
vette, driver 0# a caA .Whftill $#1''
lided with the bus on January
15, were both adjudged guilty of
j reckless driving.
The hearing was held in the
I office of the county board of
j education. School authorities and
state highway Patrolman Lentz,
who investigated the wreck soon
after it happened, were present
for the investigation.
Several witnesses were placed
on the stand in an effort to j
acci-1
dent which placed In jeopardy
New York . . . Elsa Sittell,
New York girl who served 10
days in a German prison for an
alleged insult to Chancellor Hit
ler, is now home but not very
communicative about her run-in
with authorities.
Local B. & L.
Held Meeting
Monday Night
PWA Purchases
Bonds of City
the lives of 42 school children $54^)00 Worth of Waterworfcs
on the bus.
Among the witnesses were
Prof. E. R. Spruill, superinten
dent of schools in the Mountain
View district, a witness of the
collision of the bus and automo
bile at a side road intersection
near the Midway Service Sta
tion. He testified that A. L. Pre
Report of Secretary-Treasurer
The local government commis
sion in Raleigh Tuesday an
nounced that $5-.000 in water
works improvemi nt bonds for
the town of North Wilkesboro
had been purchased by the Pub-
j vette drove the automobile into j He Works Administration.
I the hardsiirface highway from a I The bonds were sold at par.
Improvement Bonds of City
Taken By PWA
Shows Association Enjoy
ed Successful Year
side road just in front of the i with interest at four per cent.
Stockholders of the North Wil
kesboro Building and Loan Asso
ciation met at the city hall here
on Monday night at 7:.70 in their
annual meeting.
The report of the secretary-
treasurer, J. B. WJlliams. was
highly gratifying. The associ
ation paid in excess of seven per
cent profit, it was stated in the
report. The association now has
) oncoming school bus and his tes-
j timony was corroborated by the
I school bus driver.
I A. L. Prevette testified that
the school bus had faulty brakes
and that its driver saw him in
plenty of time to stop. He also
(Continued on page eight)
The city has splendid terms on
the bonds and it is recalled that
a public works grant of one-
third of cost of materials and
labor on the materials supple
mented the amount of bonds
sold for the water works im
provement and enlargement.
Mountain Lions
Beat Morganton
Local Team Beconie.s Real
Threat in Western Confer
ence; Girls Lo.se Game
( Byrd Soon To Return
Santiago, Chile, Jan. 29. The
United States embassy today an
nounced receipt of a wireless
from Rear Admiral
/Richard E. Byrd, at Little Amer-j —
ici Antarctica, saying he expect-1 Ice Cream Company
. ed the Antarctic expedition w^ch: Enlarging Plant
.North Wilkesboro high school's
Mountain Lions are becoming a
real threat In the race for the
W'estern .North Carolina high
.school basketball championship.
On Tuesday night here they
defeated a strong team from
Morganton 21 to 19. As the
score indicates.- the teams were
evenly matched but the final
whistle found the lions on top
by the margin of a field goal.
I^ewis Ervin led the Lions with
9 points while Odell Jones. Bill
Day and Olin Jarvis scored four
each.
The North Wilkesboro girls,
facing a more experienced squad,
lost by the .score of 25 to 5.
resources of over one halt mil- j
. Ih. .»lch .a. wall at- ELKIN FRIDAY NIGHT
tended and J. B. Williams served North Wilkesboro high school
as .secretary. A most optimistic | basketball teams, boys and girls,
vein was noted throughout the'will play Elkin’s teams on the
jiroceeriiiigs. i high school gymnasium court
Following adoption of the, here on Friday night,
secretary’s report the board of
directors were reelected as fol
lows: J. C. Reins, S. V. Tomlin
son, A. H, Casey. J. H. Williams.
J. H. Rector, C. E. Jenkins. D.
J. Carter, R. G. F'inley. C. P
Walter. W. H. H. Waugh, J.
Snyder and H. M. Hutchens.
In the directors’ meeting the
following otticei-s were re-elect
ed: J. C. Reins, president; S. V.
Tomlinson, vice president; J. B. jONE CENT INCREASE
Williams, secretary - treasurer; IN GAS TAX SOUGHT
and A. H. Casey, attorney. • -
The 46th series of stock is now- Raleigh, Jan. 70. Proposal
association is in I to increase the gasoline tax by
Proclamation On Boy Scout Week
February 3-9 Issued By Mayor
Next Week Will Mark 2i>th
Anniversary of Scouts;
Special Programs
The Boy Scouts of America,
incorporated February 8, 1910.
and chartered by Congress June
'15, 1916, have during the past
On Tuesday night Lenoir’s ? (wonty-five years rendered not-
teams will come here tor engage-j ai,|p ser Mce to the Nation. They
ments in the conference sche
dule. The local boys are defi
nitely in the western;, conference
• race and they need the support
R-1 of the sport fans here. Good
games are expected Friday and
Tuesday nights and It Is hoped
that many fans will attend.
he commands to arrive at Val
paraiso, Chile, late in February,
or early in March, on Us
.home to the United States.
way
Milking l*i-e|)iii-nlioiis For Gomi
Seu.son With .Moiiulain Maid
• Ire Cream
Boost Employes Pay
Washington, Jan. 30.—Con-
greW handed President Roose
velt his second disappointment
in 24 hours today when the
House approved restoration of
the'remaining five per cent pay
cut. for all federal employees
'" April 1- The Senate approved it ^
-j#/^ndav. Compared to the defeat)
JKt the World Court resolution,
^ the pay cut restoration was a
minor disappointment.
oiieii. The
and
the
tax
splendid condition and great re-j one cent which extra money
sponse to the present series is ex- j would be used to absorb county
pppted. I highway bond indebtedness
Following is the report of the i a hill designed to improve
secretary-treasurer, as submitted j state’s justice of the peace sys-
In the meeting Monday night. tem by reducing the number and
As Secretary - Treasurer oti putting them on salary after the
your Buildii.g and Loan Associ-j elections in 1978 were made
ation, I wish to submit to you a | the senate session today,
activities of the ling for the first time since the
* general assembly convened
in
meet-
report of the
.\ssociation for the year of 1974.,
I am pleased to tell you that 1 more than an hour,
we have just finished another;
prosperous year for our associ- j
(Continued on page seven)
for 1
Kldnapi’rl uml Robbed
Concord. Jan. 30.—Robbers
kidnaped S. T. Forrest, store
keeper near the Cannon Airport,
and robbed him of between fifty j Us
Bus Wreck Hurts 17
Wilmington. Jan. 30.—Seven
teen occupants of a school bus,
en route from Pender county
high school, were injured, none
seriously, this afternoon when
the bus skidded and turned on
side in a ditch near Rocky
and sixty
ning.
dollars Monday eve-
Point cross roads on highway 40
in Pender county.
have done effective work in this
community and throughout the
country. During the war their
efforts oil behalf of Liberty Loan
and War Savings campaigns and
other measures were outstand
ing. In time of distress from
flood, hurricane, tornado and
other disasters they have demon
strated the effectiveness of or
ganized hoy service. During the
period of economic stress through
which the country has just pas.s-
ed. they contributed in many
ways to the relief of suffering,
and on February 10th last, at
the request of the President, they
undertook as a National Good
Turn collection of clothing and
house furnishings for the relief
of the needy that resulted in the
alleviation of much distress and
suffering throughout the entire
nation.
1 The Boy Scouts have not only
• demonstrated their worth to the
' Nation, but have also contribut
ed to a deeper appreciation by
the American people of the high
er conception of good citizen
ship.
The objective of the present
Ten Year Program of the Boy
Scouts of America is to provide
for the nation a citizenry in
(Continued on page eight)
f
Fight Sales Tax
Raleigh, Jan. 30. —Several
hundred merchants, members of
the North Carolina Retail Mer
chants association, spent two
and a half hours In the hall of
the house of representatives this
afternoon indicting
aaiet tax for driving what Wil-
rd Dowell, the association sec
tor said was 1100.000,000 of
-hWnelss away from the state’s
’^merisantfle houses annually.
’j'S:'d
N. S. Forester. Jr., head of the
Forester Ic? Cream Company,
ha.s let contract for enlarging
and remodeling his plant for the
manufacture of Mountain Maid
Ice Cream, a local product which
has been widely acclaimed for
its excellency.
Contract wa.s recently let to
W. A. Brown, refrigeration con
tractor of Charlotte, for instal-
lalion of machinery that will en
able a larger production to meet
a fast growing demand for
Mountain Maid Ice Cream. In ad
dition the entire plant is being
remodeled for greater produc
tion and efficiency.
The plant is modern in every
respect and the work now going
On will greatly facilitate oper
ations. A good season is expect
ed by the company, which fur
nishes the product to many deal
ers in Northwestern North C iro-
lina.
SCHOOL AUTHORITIES WANT PEOPLE TO
CO OPERATE IN TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
Hchool authorities in Wilkes
comity are asking the cooprr-
ntion of the iK'Ople to the end
tliat risk to school children
being transport(vl by bus Tm-
i-educed to a miniiuuni.
“It Is tlie aim of the county
school authorities to make
transportation of school chil
dren as safe as possible,”
county supirintendent C. B.
Eller .staled today, “and we
want anybody who lias definite
knowledge that any school bus
driver violates the law or
takes unnecessary risks to re
port it to O.S,” he rontiniied.
i4apt. Eller further stated
that school authorities ore tak
ing DO chances in cases where
violations on the part of bus
drivers are known to exist and
that all county owned buses
are being kept in such condi
tion that dangi'r to the chil-
ilren cannot be a material
fault. When something i s
found wi-ong vrith a bus that
would make it in any way un-
.safe it Is .sent to the garage
aiul authorities wijl not allow
It to cany school children un
til the faults are corrected and
until mechanics have pro
nounced the vehicle in good
condition.
School authorities are par
ticularly IntfTested in learning
true reports of violations of
the laws pertainingf to the
operation of buses, and es
pecially in rt^ard to speeding.
All bus drivers have had It
called to their attenthm that
the state law ^teclfies that a
feus carrying scliool children
cannot exceed 2.1 miles per
hour and Supt. Eller will ap
preciate the cooperation of the
people in i-eiiortlng any fast
drivers. He has instmetsd the
bus drivers hot to drive more
limn miles per hour when
no .school ehlldi’en are aboard.
However, the county super
intendent and the board of
wlucation are not interfiled in
receiving “kicks” by any per
sons who want to get a driver
fired In order that the job may
be given to someone else but
on the other liand definite
knowledge of any violations
will be deeply appreciated and
the people wUl be cooperating
in solving a problem of
Interest to many parents and
school ebUdiv'n.
m
OF TBB
rans uo
Cash Bonus
'-i-
Legion Wi|l '
On Fri4ax,Jfight
Many Attend Mats
__ Meeting^Held Hff®
Becnlar jMiiiigiT; Meeting fo
"' fled At caahhewe On FVMay
Night-At 7.89
*y*tJ^kea poat number 125 of
the American Legion will hold
its January meeting at the Le
gion and Auxiliary clubhouse on
Friday night, beginning at 7:30.
Announcement of-the meeting
was made this week by Com
mander J. B. McCoy, who urges
all members to be present.
H. Whicker Will
Have Kiwanit Program
Attprney J. H. Whicker will
have charge of the program for
Fridayrnoon’s luncheon of the
North Wilkesboro Klwants Club.
Attendance of all members is
expected.
METHODIST
INSTITUTE
FEBRUARY I
Session Here Will Be One of
Series To Be Held in
Each District
The schedule of missionary in
stitutes for all the districts in
the Western North Carolina Con
ference of the Methodist Episco
pal church. South, have been an
nounced by Bishop Paul B. Kern.
The Institute for Mt. Airy Dis
trict will be held at the North
Wilkesboro Methodist church at
1:30 p. m. on Friday, February
1.
Programs of rare inspiration
al value are in prospect for the
sessions, the first of which was
held Monday at Waynesville.
The institutes in this state con
stitute part of a systematic cam
paign of inspiration and educa
tional nature throughout the terj
ritory of the Southern Metho
dist church in the interest of
miesions and evangelism.
The project is not a financial
one. Primarily the institutes pre
sent the cause of missions and
affor dopportunity for organized
.study of the program of the
church. They are open for all
persons interested.
Rev. J. H. H. Berckmaii. who
has recently been in charge lOf
Moore Memorial church, Shank-
hai. the outstanding Protestant
church in China, will address
each of the institut?s in this
state. Mr. Berckman will also
preach at the North Wilkesboro
church next Sunday at 11 o’
clock and in the evening service
he will tell something about Chi
nese customs and may relate
some Chinese stories.
card Oyer lie
ings 'nuroaghiKit State
In an enthulaatt^ij^5^!^[i||^
on Tuesday night in i,l
can'Legion and
houBe In this city World 'i. War
veterans went on recard • a*--ttv-
oring the immediate csBh..Mo
ment of soldiers’ adjusHid com
pensation certificates. ; -
The meeting was called tiader
the auspices of the state depart
ment of the American-.
and the local call was issued by
J. B. McCoy, commander of the
Wilkes Poet. Many veterans from
all parts of the county were pres
ent to let their views be known
regarding the much disdussed
bonus question.
Although a number of' Tater-
ans addressed the gathering the
highlight of the occasion was the
radio address by State Com
mander Hubert E. Olive, who
was on the air over WPTF, Ra
leigh. The state commander
made a very forceful address.
Reception of the address was
possible through the courtesy of
the Radio Sales Company, which
furnished a Philco radio in the
Legion clubhouse for the occas
ion.
Meanwhile the bill calling for
immediate cash payment is hang
ing fire in the national congress
and the house of representatives
Is expected to pass the measure.
Its passage is also predicted in
the senate and President Roose
velt has indicated that he will
veto the measure in the present
form. Further developments in
regard to the bonus question
may be expected within the next
few,weeks.
Veterans’ mass meetings were
held simultaneously throughout
the state on Tuesday night and
reports from many of the mset-
ings indicate that the sentiment
in favor of bonus payment is al
most unanimous. Around 170
mass meetings were held in
North Carolina on Tuesday night
and the address of the state com
mander was heard at ivTactically
every meeting.
Orchardists To
Hear Niswonger
To Meet With Fruit Growers’
Association and Give
Demonstrations
H. A. Buckner Is
Rose’s Manager
R. E. Ijuighter Transferred To
Store In .Albemarle; Change
Aladc Ye-sferda.v
■ H. A. Buckner, who comes to
North Wilkesboro from being a
Rose’s store manager in East
Radford, Va.. is the new man
ager of the Rose’s 5 and 10
cent store here.
He succeeds R. E. Laughter,
who left today to take up his
duties as manager of the Rose’s
store at Albemarle.
Mr. Buckner was for two
year.s manager of the store at
East Radford. He has had much
experience in the retail trade
burine.ss. He began his duties as
manager of the local store yes
terday.
N. B. Rose, superintendent of
Rose’s stores in the western dis
trict, was here yesterday on a
visit to the local store.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
DEATH OF 2 BABIES
H. R. Niswonger, horticulturist
of State College and the exten
sion service, will meet witii
fruit growers of Wilkes and
Alexander counties In a meeting
of the Brushy .Mountain Fruit
Growers Association to be held
at the courthouse in Wilkesboro
on Monday, February 4, begin
ning at two p. m.
Denionstrat ioiLs
On Tue.sday, February 5. at
10 a. m. a demonstration will bo
given by Air. Niswonger aX J.
.1. Hendren’s orchard and at two
p. m. on the same day at H. S.
Deal’s.
On Wednesday. Februard 6, he
will conduct a demonstration at
B. C. Price’s orchard and at two
p, m. on the same day at I. J.
Broyhill’s.
All fruit growers are invited
to attend the most convenient
demonstration.
Thomasville, Jan. 29.—Infant
twins, Carroll and Bobby, four-
months-old, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard T. Ridge, of Thom
asville, route seven were found
dead in bed Monday morning.
The boy was heard crying by
the lather about 3 o’clock and
was dead in few moments. The
girl was already dead.
A year ago a child of the same
parents died In the same man
ner. A jury was called Monday
afternoon by Coroner R. B. Ter
ry, of Lexington, and examined-
Ridge and his lather, but found
no cause for holding the father
or grandfather.
Attorney A. H. Casey
Will Speak Sunday At
Wilkesboro Church
Attorney A. H. Casey, teacher
of the Bereau class of the ^irst
Baptist Sunday school here and a
speaker of widely known abil
ity, will speak at the eleven.,Q’-
clock service at the Wilkesboro
Baptist church Sunday morning.
During the raoutlvs... thtU
the pastor, Rev. Avery Church,
is attending the Baptist Semi
nary in Louisville, Ky.,. well
known speakers and laymen will
fill the pulpit at the regular
service appointments,
for the evening service
will be announced on
morning.
Speaker
Sunday
Sunday
Kidnaper Sentenced
Clayton, Mo., Jaiu.30.—A. jury
in Circuit Judge Nolle’s court "to
night found Felix McDonald, con
vict now serving a tea«year sen
tence, guilty of kidnaping Dr.
Isaac Lee Kelley, St. Louis phy
sician, and sentenoed,Jdm to 65
years Imprisonment.
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