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STATE AND
NATION
Hi© “MeMDest” Woman
^b. 19—^Mrs. Martha
* JRrilaoa woman, was
Np Pttttyv4l«tBrday -afternoon
ot nmu^^g flowers from graves
>' • la the Maif^wood cemetenr h>>re.
Jit,
Hiccoogba 23 Daj-s
Goshen, Ind.. Feb. 19.—Pearl
^^langwer, 15-year-old Millers-
wtirg girl, who has been hic-
eonghlng steadily since January
-87 will be taken to James Whit
comb Riley Hospital, Indianapo
lis, tomorrow for treatment.
Wrovk Kills Girl
Suffolk, Va., Feb. 18.—Ruth
Damsey, 18, of Highland, N. C.,
was killed, and W. 1.. Smith,
member of the Suffolk fire de
partment critically injured in an
automobile accident at midnight
last night near Bowers Hill.
^edalists and County
Agents Meet In City
Pension Author
Follows Her Dad
Will Rogers’ daughter
Makes Debut As Stage
Actress
Air Reynolds Case
Winston-Salem, Feb. 19.—The
Smith Reynolds’ will case, in
volving disposition of the |30,-
000,000 trust estate left by the
ill-fated tobacco heir, was today
set for hearing at a special' term
of Forsyth county Superior court
beginning March 11.
New York . . . Mary Rogers
(above), the young daughter of
Will Rogers, stage, screen and
radio star, made her stage de
but here last week with her
famous daddy coming on to
cheer her on.
2 Navy Fliers Killed
San Diego. Calif., Feb. 19.—
Two naval fliers were reported
killed when their plane plunged
into the sea off La Jolla tonight.
The men in the plane were Lieu
tenant C. A. Lindgren, pilot, of
Coronado, Calif., and Arthur A.
Freeman, radioman, of San Di
ego.
Three Men Like
Icy Bath Better
Than Jail Berth
Moonshiners Plunge in Icy
Waters of Roaring River
to Elude Officers
w.
Cruslu'tl To Death
Raleigh. Feb. 19.—Oka
_Throneburg. 32, employe of a
i ^ -s:anslt company here, was crush
ed to death today when a part
of a printing press weighing a-
bout 12.000 pounds sUpped tro]a|.^. .-,n,e„-8fficers of "aie Teder-
the skids on which It %9*i;being
moved and pinned him against
a concrete wall.
Ho.siery I.s .Stolen
Burlington, Feb. 19.—Full
fashioned hosiery valued at ap
proximately J600 was taken
from the Standard Hosiery mill
plant at -Alamance Sunday night
by thieves who climbed to a sec
ond story window and forced
the sash in gaining entry, it was
learned from the sheriffs office
today.
Hoy Swallows King
New Bern, Feb. 18.—Swallow
ing a cheap, brass ring. Obey
Simpkins, eight-year-old son of
^ '£>. O. Simpkins, of Ernul, was
brought to Dr. R. L. Daniels, lo
cal specialist, during the week
end. The ring had lodged in his
windpipe, making breathing dif
ficult and swallowing impossible.
Three luoonshinei-s prefoiTCsl
a bath in tlie icy waters of
Roaring Rivir Tue.srtay morn
ing to faring a cliarge for mak
ing illicit whiskey.
i
Wants To He SUite
Indianapolis. Feb. 19.—An
avenue was open today for Lake
county, Indiana, to become the
TInlon’s forty-ninth state. A bill
giving forjnal conaant to Lake
county’s withdrawal from Indi
ana was approved by the House
military affairs committee. The
county, a rich Industrial area,
.tdjoins Illinois.
E 1-1,EE UIH.J
■Actual
Print B»l>y Bonds
Washington, Feb. 19.-
prtntlng of the first ‘baby bonds’
was begun today at the bureau
of printing and engraving with
-Secretary Morgenthau as an in
terested spectator. These securi
ties, which are designed “for the
small investor with an urge to
save,’’ will go on sale at 14.000
l|l poetofflces on or about March 1.
PWA Planners Busy
Raleigh, Feb,^19.—Local work
project proposals submitted to
North Carolina’s new state plan
ning board, reached the 700
mark tonight. Chairman Capns
M. Waynick, of the state high-,
way public works commis
sion, head of the planning board,
-announced tonight that the lo-
projects would require ex
penditure of approximately $76,-
000,000.
Local Druggist Agent
Texas Water Crystals
Horton’s, well known local
drug store, has just obtained the
agency for the famous Texas
Water Crystals and fresh ship
ment is now in stock.
These crystals are from the
mineral wells of Texas and are
roving popular with the public,
Mies already going far beyond
th® local dealer’s highest expeo-
tations.
Ill alcohol ta.\ unit swooped
down on a still on (he banks
of Roaring River tliree men
took french leave from tJic
scciKi and gave tlie officers
quite II fixitrace, which ended
when they plunged into the
water and left the officers on
the bank. A large still and
inateriaLs really for manufac
ture were destroyeil.
In the Dockery section of
Wilkes the officers made a
i-aid netting two men and
broke up plans for making
com and rje whiskey. Luther
Bnrchette and Albert Alex
ander were taken at a still by
agents Leonaixl Roop and C.
S. Felts, and -T. T. Jones, ac
companied by W. A. Jones,
deputy marshal, and O. E.
Johnson. The two men, mem
bers of the raiding party said,
were preparing to make a run
of corn whiskey, there being
no sugar in evidence about the
place.
Burohette luid .Alexander
were hailed before J. W. Dula,
Fnited States commissioui r,
in WilkeslKiro and lK>nds for
their api>earance at the 9Liy
term of eonrt was fixed at
.$800 eeeh.
Tom Glass Killed
In Auto Accident
Wilkes Native Succumbs to
Wreck Injuries; Funeral
Held Tuesday
News of the accidental death
of Tom Glass, at Bluefleld. W.
Va.. Sunday was received Mon
day by relatives residing in
Wilkes county. Glass was a mem
ber of a well known family re
siding in Antioch township. The
report stated that he was killed
in an automobile wreck.
The deceased was a son of
Mrs. Polly Glass, who resides on
Roaring River, route two. He
was married and is survived by
his wife and two brothers, Luth
er and Ivy Glass, who also re
side on Roaring River route two.
Edward Glass, a cousin, left
Monday to attend the funeral
and burial service which took
place at Bluefleld Tuesday.
Screen Star Very 111
London, Feb. 20 (Wednesday)
—The Daily Express said today
that it learned Richard Bennett,
noted stage and screen actor,
near death in a nursing home In
Harpenden as result of Injuries
received when thrown from his
borse.
Plan Program of
Extension Work
For Entire Year
Extension and County Agent
Work Will Be Made More
Efficient During 1935
Agricultural specialists and
county farm agents were thick
in North Wilkesboro yesterday
as ten specialists from State Col-
legft and the extension service
met with nine county agents to
outline p'ans for work during
1935.
It wa.s pointed out by agricul
tural authorities here that the
operations of the AAA had tak
en so much of the county agents’
time that it was impossible to
go on with any efficiency in the
old haphazard way and that
meetings are being held through
out the state to organize the ex
tension work.
The plan calls for ten special
ists to go over the state in a
group and at each appointment
confer with ten county agents.
Each specialist has a room in a
hotel and each county agent
spends a half hour ■with each
specialist laying plans for the
extension work to be carried out.
When the specialists assemble in
Raleigh following the meetings
they will organize their work in
such a manner that they will be
able to toll each county agent on
what date they can work with
him in his county. All the work
will be done through appoint
ment in order that the county
agent may know how to prepare
for the visits of the various speci
alists. The meeting here yester
day was held at Hotel Wilkes.
The county.-agOBta "gathering
for the conferences here were A.
G. Hendren, of AVllkes, and
agents from the following coun
ties: -Avery, Caldwell, Alleghany.
Surry, Stokes, Forsyth. Yadkin
and Alexander.
The specialists were J. A.
Arey, dairy; E. C. Blair, farm
crops; C. H. Brannon, entomo
logy; L. I. Case, beef cattle and
sheep; R. W. Graeber, forestry;
L. R. Harrel 4-H club leader;
H. R. Niswonger, horticulture;
C. F. Parrish, poultry; C. L.
Sams, bee keeping.
O. F. McCrary, district agent,
was in charge of the meeting.
Similar meetings were held at
Rockingham Monday, Salisbury
Tuesday, and one will be held at
Asheville Thursday.
This plan of proceedure is ex
pected to greatly facilitate exten
sion work throughout the state
and to provide a maximum of
efficiency and aid to the agricul
tural Industry.
Conceives Plan To Give
Aged $200 ^Per Month
F. E. Townsend, author-of the
Townsend plan of old age pen
sions to provide $200 per month
for aged people. Because of the
impracticability of the proposal
Hon. R. L. Doughton has brand
ed Townsend as "public enemy
number 1’’ for creating false im
pressions with the people of the
country.
Associational
B.Y.P.U. Makes
H^h Standard
Entire Association Attains
Standard of Excellence;
Has Good Record
TO HOLD RALLIES
Programs Announced For Dis
trict Rallies to be Held on
Sunday Afternoon
Mack Rousseau
Dies in Tennesee
For the first time in its his
tory the Brushy Mountain Asso
ciational Baptist Young People's
Union has made the standard of
excellence, according to a recent
dispatch sent Mrs. Helen Linney
GooWon-by
state B. Y. P. U. secretary. This
is considered a most splendid
record tor the Baptist young
people and their leaders.
Making the standard of e.xcel-
lence means conforming to
standards set by the Southern
Baptist Convention for organi
zation and work in the associa
tion in membership, officers,
committees, districts, association
al meetings, district meetings,
business meetings, state meet
ings. standard unions, extension
work, missions and study cours-
County To Issue
For School Building Purposes
Local P.-T. A
Will Sponsor
Beauty Show
Gala Event Wffl Be Held
North Wilkesboro School
Tuesday Night
at
The following announcement was
released today by sponsors of the
beauty show to be staged under
the auspices of the North Wilkes
boro Parent-Teacher association:
“The gala event of the season
will be held at the North Wilkes
boro high school auditorium Tues
day night. February 26. at 7:30
o’clock. Of course, you know
what we have in mind—the beauty
pageant sponsored by the P.-T. A
for the benefit of the athletic as
sociation. The contestants will be
nominated by the business firms of
the city.
“The audience will vote for
“Miss North Wilkesboro’’ by
secret ballot—only one vote for
each person. The winner will re
ceive a free trip to the state
pageant which will be held at
Winston-Salem during the Teach
ers’ Convention; tl^ winner at
the state pageant *1^111 be given a
free trip to New, Yjpfk City and
the-, school which she represents
will receive $100.
‘.‘A delightful program will be
rendered consisting of tap danc
ing and musical numbers con
tributed by local talent. A Juven
ile Pageant will also be held for
little girls between the ages of
three and eight. The child who
wins will receive the title “Jun
ior Miss North Wilkesboro.’’
“Don't forget Tuesday night,
Feb. 26th, at 7:30 o’clock! A
small admission will be charged
loose Debaters
At Wilkesboro Hi
Wilkesboro in Triangle This
Yeai’ With Elkin and Mt.
Airy Schools
Was Member of Prominent
W^ilkes County Family;
Funeral Today
News of the death at Lenoir
City, Tenn., at 10:30 Tuesday
night of Mack Rousseau, about
seventy years of age, was con
veyed to relatives here yester
day morning. Mr. Rousseau was
a member of a well known and
prominent Wdlkes county family,
being the son of the late Addison
and Cynthia Parks Rousseau, of
Wilkesboro. Ho was a brother of
the late J. P. Rousseau and Mrs.
T. S. Miller, of Wilkesboro, and
Will Rousseau, of Boone.
The deceased is survived 'by
his widow and two daughters,
Mrs. John Browder, of Lenoir
City, Tenn., and Miss Edith
Rousseau, of Knoxville. Tenn.
Funeral and burial services
will take place at Lenoir City
today, .the message stated.
Local Dramatic Club
Will Present Play
Here On March 9th
"Pineville Meets the Prince’’
will be presented Friday night,
March 8, by the North Wilkes
boro high school Dramatic Clubs.
Mr. Howard Gabriel, an exper
ienced dramatic director, is as
sisting in coaching this play. The
play will be too good to miss.
There will be a matinee for
school children only for 10c nd-
mission and the night perform
ance will be 25c for adult and
16c for children.
On Sunday. .March 24, the
semi-annual associational B. Y.
P. U. meeting will be held with
Harmony Baptist church at 2:30
in the afternoon. The week of
May 26 to 31 has been set aside
as “Study Course Week’’ in the
association. Leaders are asked
to keep the date in mind and
make plans for study courses at
that time.
The associational officers are:
Mrs. Helen I.inney Cashion, pres
ident: W. K. Sturdivant, vice
president; Miss Manle Brewer,
secretary: Miss Marie McNeill,
intermediate leader; Miss Joyce
Welborn. junior leader; Bill
Dancy, Fred Shoemaker, Mrs.
Bernice Greer and Fayette Math-
erley, district leaders.
District rallies throughout the
association will be held on Sun
day afternoon, February 24, at
2:30. Interesting programs will
be rendered.
Rally for district number two.
composed of Mt. Pleasant, New
Hope, Pilgrim, Lewis Fork,
Stony Hill, Purlear, Pleasant
Home and Bolling Springs, will
be held at Purlear Church with
Leader Fred Shoemaker in
charge. Attorney Kyle Hayes will
deliver the inspirational address.
District number 3, composed
of Mt. Carmel, Moravian Falls.
Cub Creek, Wilkesboro, Oak-
woods, Wlalnut Grove, Edgewood
and Oak Grove churches, will
hold its rally at Moravian Falls
Baptist church with leader Mrs.
Bernice Greer in charge. Prof.
T. E. Story will deliver the in
spirational address.
Rally for district 4, composed
of North Wilkesboro First, Sec
ond and Hlnshaw Street Baptist,
Gordon, Harmony, Fishing Creek
and Liberty Grove churches, will
be held at Hlnshaw -Street church
at 2:30 Sunday with an inter
esting program, which was an
nounced earlier this week.
B. Y. P. U. leaders In this sec
tion are looking forward with
anticipation toward the regional
convention to be held at the
Pint Baptist church here. .
On Tuesday afternoon debat
ers were chosen from a list of
14 students to represent Wilkes
boro school in the triangular de
bates this year.
The query for the debates this
year is “Resolved: That the
United States should adopt the
policy of extending federal aid
to general public education.’’
Eight students tried out for
places on the affirmative team
and six tor the negative. Paul
Craft and Lee Settle were chosen
tor the affirmative with Annie
Lou Ferguson as alternate while
Lillian Linney and Tom Story
were chosen for the negative
with Marjorie Hart as alternate.
The judges were: affirmative.
Dr. M. G. Edwards, Mrs. C. H.
Cowles and W. A. Stroud; nega
tive, Rev. Seymour Taylor, Mrs.
B. S. Call, Mrs. Julius C. Hub
bard and Dwight Nichols.
The complete list of students
trying out for places on the
school debating teams was Paula
Craft, Faye Minton, Gladys Bum
garner, Don Story, Annie Lou
Ferguson, Marjorie Blevins, Lee
Settle, and George Ogilvle, af
firmative; Helen Bumgarner, Lo-
rine Guthrie, Marjorie Hart, Vir
ginia Miller, Lillian Linney and
Tom Story, negative.
The triangle debates will be
held in March. W)ilkesboro has
been very successful during the
past ten years, winning out in
the triangle seven times out of
ten trials and reaching the semi
finals at Chapel Hill a number
of times.
PARENT AND CHILD
SERVICE ON SUNDAY
AT LOCAL METHODIST
“Parent and Child’’ will be
thr theme of the eleven o’clock
service at the North Wilkesboro
Methodist church Sunday, ac
cording to an announcement this
morning by the pastor. Rev. H.
K. King.
Special features are planned
for the benefit of the young peo
ple and attendance of parents
with their children at the service
will be stressed. However, every
body Is Invited to attend the
service.
Mr. N. G. Snyder, well known
resident of Wilkesboro Route 1,
is risiting his sons, Messrs. W.
B. and R. J. Snyder, in Wnlston-
Salem for ten days.
Ban Heart Balms
Woman Says Money Will
Not Heal Broken
Heart
Indianapolis . . . Mrs. Roberta
W. Nicholson (above). Demo
cratic State Representative, has
introduced a bill to prohibit
suits for heart balm, alienation
of affection, etc., etc., etc. . . .
“If a woman's love is genuine,’’
says Mrs. Nicholson, “money
surely cannot mend a broken
heart and romance.”
W. W. GambiU Is
Named to Work on
Insolvent Taxes
County Board of Commission
ers Make Appointment;
is Now at Work
Wilkes county board of com-
with all members, D. B. Swarln-
gen, chairman, M. F. Absher and
Ralph Duncan, present appoint
ed W. W. Garabill as collector of
unpaid personal taxes.
Mr. Garabill, a prominent resi
dent of the Dockery community,
is regarded as highly capable of
carrying out the duties outlined
in the apointment by the board
of commissioners.
Mr. Gambill is given full pow
er and authority to levy or gar
nishee wages for collection of
personal taxes just the same as
the sheriff or duly appointed
tax collector. Mr. Gambill will
devote his time to collecting un
paid taxes for 1933 and prior
years. Meanwhile, the duties of
collecting current taxes rests
with the office of sheriff, who is
also tax collector.
$3,000,000 For Road
Construction Is Voted
By House Members
I’rovislon of Senate Bill For In-
enased Pay For Highway
Workers .Stricken Out
Raleigh, Feb. 18. — Beating
down every device to delay, the
house tonight appropriated $3,-
000,000 for highway reconstruc
tion and by an overwhelming
majority passed the senate bill
which contained a provision for
increase in highway employes'
salaries and from which bill the
house struck that section.
Representative Cherry, of Gas
ton. almost made wreckage of
the plans when he threw him
self with all his vociferation into
the debate. He sought to block
immediate passage. He appeared
to have the bouse on its head.
But in two minutes Mr. Bowie,
Abernethy, Harris and Jonas
had recaptured the members.
Gardner, of Cleveland, was weary
and wished to adjourn but the
Bowie, Abernethy, Harris and
Jonas Group knew delay would
be fatal. There was a bloc de
termined that salary bills should
come first. It was explained that
a special salary bill was on the
calendar and the right thing
could be done to those employes.
Mr. Bowie said he favored rea
sonable raises. Mr. Jonas said he
did, but he was going to vote on
that when it came up.
EISCOE BANK YIELDS
$1,293 TO 2 BANDITS
Biscoe, Feb. 20.—Two robbers
raided the Bank of Biscoe at
noon today, threatened to kill
the cashier when he retnaed to
open the vaalt for them and
fled with 11,288.
Recent Rulins^s by State In*
sarance Department Creates
Emergency in County
In a recess session of Wilkee
30 New Signers Execute Re
duction Contracts; 126
Signed Last Year
Resolution Is
Passed By the
County Board
county board of commissioners
yesterday a resolution was pass
ed authorizing the issuance of
$25,000 in bonds to be used for
school building purposes. All
members of the board, D. B.
Swaringen, M. F. Absher and
Ralph Duncan, were present in
the meeting with O. F. Eller,
clerk ex-officio.
The resolution was offered
and adopted after discussion and
deliberation of the report of
Sherwood Brockwell, state fire
marshal, whose report a few
weeks ago led to the condemna
tion by the state Insurance de
partment of four school build
ings in the county.
The report, it is recalled, con
demned certain parts of the Wil
kesboro school building, espec
ially the auditorium, stairways
and basement rooms, parts of the
Millers Creek school property.
Mountain View buildings and
forbade without reservation the
use of the Sulphur Springs build
ing. The recent destruction of
the Baptist Home building left
another district without a build
ing but it is understood that a
township unit building will be
erected at Sulphur Springs from
the bond issue.
The resolution passed by the
commissioners and published to
day states in part that . . . “It
is necessary for the county to
borrow the sum of $25,000 and
that . . . the board of county
commisloners is hereby ordered
to issue and sell its obligations
in the form of coupon bonds or
notes in the form and denomina
tions and at the maturity as
shall be approved by the local
government commission of North
Carolina . . . rate of interest
shall not exceed five per cent per
annum.’’
A public hearing will be held
on the matter in the office of
the county board of commis
sioners at the courthouse in Wil
kesboro on Monday, March 4, at
ten o’clock, a. m.
Number Com-Hog
Signers Growing
Wilkes county farmers are
showing a keen interest in the
plans of the agricultural adjust
ment administration to reduce
corn and hog crops, as shown
by the fact that 30 new signers
have already started steps to
ward securing reduction con
tracts for 1935.
Last year there were 126
signers in the county who will
have received a total of around
$10,000 in benefit payments.
Mr. Hendren states that practi
cally all of last year's beneficiar
ies have stated their indication
to renew their contracts.
Monday and Tuesday of this
week were set aside as days for
farmers to call at the county
agent’s office and sign.^the con
tracts. These days were special
ly set aside for sake of conven
ience but any farmers who have
so far failed to sign and wish to
do so should call at the office
this week if possible. Officials
are anxious to get all the signers
as soon as possible.
J. L. DEWESE DIES
IN WEST VIRGINIA
J. L. Dewese, former resident
of Moravian Falls, died yesterday
morning in Anawalt, W. Va., ac
cording to news received yester
day by relatives. Mr. Dewese
made his home at Moravian Fails
for a number of years and was
well and favorably known
tbrougout that part of the coun
ty. Mrs. J. B. Pardne and Mrs.
Charlie Pardne, eisters of Mrs.
Dewese, left yesterday for Ana
walt and other relatives are
awaiting -word of funeral ar>
raugements.