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TfettMuy Has Sorplns
Washington, March 30.—The
treasury closed its books on
three quarters of the fiscal year
today, |2',193,000,000 in the
hole, but gratified at a surplus
for March, the first in years.
Germany Arming Fast
Berlin, March 30.—Germany’s
military regeneration gained mo
mentum today as the cabinet em
powered the army to obtain land
for maneuvers, garrisons and
other military purposes.
Goodman Appointed
Raleigh, March 28.—John W.
Goodman, district farm agent at
State colege, has been named to
succeed Charles A. Sheffield as
assistant director of the agricul
tural extension service.
Planning^ Board Meet
Raleigh, March 31.—The state
planning board will meet here
tomorrow with its chairman,
CapuB M. Waynick, to review and
consolidate more than 700 PWA
projects, aggregating approxi
mately $300,000,000.
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Sentence Commuted
Raleigh, March 29.—Dwight
Beard, young man of Lenoir who
has lived in the shadow of the
electric chair since his convic
tion in Burke county of murder
last April, yesterday received a
commutation of his sentence
from death to life imprisonment.
Fatally Wounded
Marion, March 31.—Paul God
frey, 21, ex-convict of the west
Marion section, was fatally
wounded in an altercation with
Arlan Wyatt, 23, farmer of the
Woodlawn section, nine miles
fcorth of Marion, late this after
noon.
Parachute Man Killed
Flint, Mich., March 31—Floyd
Davis, 22-year-old parachute
jumper, fell 6,000 feet to his
death at the city airport here to
day when one of his two para
chutes fouled in a small glider
wing he had fastened to his
back.
Carbon Monoxide Death
Snow Hill, March 29.—J. P.
Mewborn, 17-year-old N. C. Stale
College student, w-as found dead
In. an automobile at the home of
his parents, Mrs. Kiker Newborn,
near here today. Death was at
tributed to carbon monoxide gas
poisoning.
Would Ban Heart Balm
Austin, Tex., March 29.—The
anti-heart balm agitation reach
ed Texas today. Referring to
heart balm as “legalized black
mail,’’ Representative Helen
Moore—housewife and only wo
man legislator—introduced a
bill to bar suits for breach of
promise and alienation of affec
tions.
Sacrifices Life
Chicago, March 31.—An 81-
year-old grandfather sacrificed
his life to save his five-year-old
grandson last night. Seeing the
[^youngster wander into the path
of an automobile, Carl Rick
made a frantic dive, pushed Wil
liam Rick, Jr., out of harm’s
way but was himself fatally
crushed.
Kills With An Axe
Raleigh, March 29.—Charlie
Green, Duplin county convict,
was brought to central state pri
son here today to await possible
murder charges in connection
with the death last night of a
/ fellow prisoner, Joe)Horne, 25,
of Davidson county. Green al
legedly struck Horne with an
axe yesterday as they were work-
ing side by side under guard in
Duplin county.
Xeglro Gets Long Term
Durham, March 29.—James
Currie, negro, was sentenced to
25 to 30 years imprisonment to
day in connection with the shoot
ing last December of Claiborne
Bland, 16, a white newspaper
carrier. Currie pleaded guilty,
claiming to have been intoxicat
ed at the time of the shooting.
The bullet lodged In Claiborne’s
spinal column and physicians
(eared he will be an invalid for
Ufe.
West Central B. F. P. U.
Convention Will Be Held
Here Friday and Saturday
BeBeved Suicide
Wilson, March 20.—Harvey B.
'^Davlfl, of Willson county, was
pnnd dead of shotgun wounds
sr here today. He was believed
(Ik have committed suicide.
Not Lindbergh
story That Lindbergh Ba
by Is Alive Branded
False
Detroit . ■. . "Johnny Doe’’ (a-
bove). deserted in a Detroit
theatre two years ago. is the lit
tle fellow that theory associated
with being the Lindbergh baby
and which brought Mrs. Bruno
Hauptmann here last week. Au
thorities discredit the connec
tion.
Bill To Repeal
Tax Settlement
Measure Put In
Chatham Senator Introduces
Bill To Repeal Law Passed
At This Session
On Thursday night Senator W.
P. Horton, of Chatham county,
introduced a measure in the
senate callihg for repeal of
house bill t23. wJkch.. was pass
ed by both houses of the legis
lature several weeks ago.
House bill 423 introduced by
Representative .’. S. Bryan, of
Wilkes, and passed by both
house and senate, validated tax
settlements between the commis
sioners and sheriff of Wilkes
county for the year 1928 to
1934, inclusive, and validated
the payment of fees prescribed
in ihe settlements.
The repeal bill Introduced
Thursday night by Senator Hor
ton was sent to the judiciary
committee, and a hearing will
be held Wednesday afternoon at
four o’clock.
One-Fourth Off
Auto Tag Prices
Three-quarter Rate Goes On
Today; More Cars Ex
pected To Be Used
The price of automobile and
truck licenses plates drops one-
fourth today, the first day of
April, according to information
obtained from J. C. McDlarmld,
manager of the North Wilkes-
boro branch license bureau.
Tags reaching the three-quart
er price mark is expected to put
many cars on the highways—
cars which have not been in use
since the expiration of the 1934
licenses on December 31.
Jail Population
Sinks To Only 1
Doors Of County Jail Opsmed
Wednesday And All C^ls
Cleaned And Aired
Wilkes county’s jaU popu
lation shrank to a new low
Tuesday and Wednesday when
one lone man was the only oc
cupant of the county jail.
Chess Shepherd, sentenced
to work at the county home by
Judge Harding in the last
term of court, was the lone
some prisoner andthe jaU
would have been empty had he
not taken french leave from
the county home and was re
captured.
Since a fence with a pad
lock has been placed about the
jail, Deputy Sheriff H. O. Kil
by, acting Jailor, totdt advant
age of tile lack of prisoners to
air out the cells, unlock tile
Jail dors and let the bastile
air out while Shepherd was
kept down^lrs.
600 Delegates To
Attend Convention
Wm Be held At First iltoptist
Church In This City;
Program Outlined
Convention of the West Cen
tral North Carolina Region of
the Baptist Young Peoples’ Un
ion will be held at the First
Baptist church in North Wilkes-
boro on Friday and Saturday,
April 5 and 6.
The opening session will be
Friday afternoon, beginning at
2:30. A night session will be
held Friday night and on Sat
urday morning a sunrise service
will be held on what is known
here as “Finley Hill” just north
of the city. Another session will
be held at the church Saturday
morning and the convention will
close on Saturday afternoon.
The west central region is
made up of about 20 counties
and if the B. Y. P. U.’s are well
represented there will be around
600 delegatps in attendance at
the convention.
On the program will he such
Bapti.t leaders as Miss Winnie
Rickelt, state B. Y. P. U. secre
tary, and Miss Mable Starnes,
state field worker.
The regional officers are Bob
Councilman, of Morganton, pres
ident, Mrs. Helen Cashion, of
Wllkesboro, secretary, and Miss
Dorothy Crutchfield, of Albe
marle, junior-intermediate lead
er.
The convention is expected to
be one of the most interesting
and inspiring in recent years and
local Baptist leaders are making
preparations to entertain the
large number of delegates ex
pected.
Don A. Walser
Speaks To Club
Division Lieutenant Governor
Makes Constructive Ad
dress At Kiwanis Meet
Don A. Walser. of Lexington,
lieutenant governor of Kiwanis
division 3, made his official visit
to the North Wllkesboro club
Friday and deliv ;ed a most en
thusiastic address oefore the
club in the luncheon meeting.
The program was in charge of
S. V. Tomlinson and there was a
good attendance of club mem
bers and one guest, John E. Jus
tice. who was a guest of J, R.
Finley. Announcement of the
inter-club meeting at Harmony
on April 12 was made and a
number of local Kiwanians stat
ed their Intention to attend. The
three clubs which will take part
in the meeting are Statesville,
Elkin and North Wllkesboro.
Mr. Walser used the theme of
“The Underprivileged Child’’ in
his address, this being a subject
in which every active Kiwanis
club is vitally interested.
He told of the splendid work
the Lexington Club is doing for
unfortunate children and stated
that h© is urging Kiwanis Clubs
everywhere to lay particular
stress on activities along this
line. “The spirit of the 20th cen
tury,” he said, “is to live by the
golden rule and to contribute
more to civilization than you
take.’’
His address was listened to
with rapt Interest.
Wilkes Teachers
Attend Convention
Of North Carolina Education As
sociation Held In Winston-
Salem Last Week
Prof. C. B. Eller, county sup
erintendent of schools, principals
of th© •eight central schools In
the county, Supt. W. D. Half-
acre, of the city schools, and a
number of teachers from all
parts of the county attended the
1935 convention of the North
Carolina Education Association
held in Winston Salem the latter
part of the week.
The convention opened Thurs
day night and closed on Satur
day morning. On the program
were a number of noted authori
ties on education. Before ad
journment Saturday the body
went on record as favoring a
federal equalization fund for
education.
Umfied Prognun
Is EndonM By
The Orchardists
$1.00 IN THE OUT OF WE STATE
Fruit Growers Wfll Seek
More do-operation, Epeci-
fdly in Mailcet Problems
TO INCREASE VOLUME
Program Adopited Is Compre
hensive Summary of Fruit
Growing Industry
At a recent meeting of the
Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers
Association a cooperative and
comprehensive program was in
troduced for the industry by H.
R. Niswonger, horticulturist of
the extension service.
This program met with the
approval of the association and
was endorsed by that group,
composed of the major orchard
ists in this part of the state. The
program in full for this year
follows:
According to the 1930 U. S.
census there are around 2,000,-
000 bearing apple trees in com
mercial orchards. The N. C. crop
reporting service estimates the
average production from 1931 to
1933, inclusive, as 245,000 bar
rels and in 1934 the commercial
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Auto License
Costs Lowered;
Salaries Go Up
Apparent That Legislature
Will Agree On Small Re
duction On Auto Tags
The senate on Friday passed a
measure providing for a decrease
of 10 cents per hundredweight
on price of automobile tags.
The present price is 55 cents
for each hundred pounds of au
tomobile and the new law would
make it 45 cents with a mini
mum price of $8 instead of the
present $12.50.
The bill will now go before
the house, and observers at Ra
leigh are confident that the
house will approve the measure,
since it is known that a large
block of members favor reduc
tion below that figure.
The appropriations bill, which
has passed the house and will go
before the senate this week, calls
for a total expenditure of a-
round $65,000,000, one of its
provisions being a 20 to 25 per
cent Increase in salaries of all
state employees, including school
teachers.
A bill to prevent dumping rub
bish or garbage within 300 yards
of a highway was passed but not
until 35 counties had been ex
cluded from its provisions by
amendments.
The Men’s Shop
Will Open Here
W. C. Marlow To Open Store
On Corner of B and Ninth
Streets in F'ew Days
The Men’s Shop, newest addi
tion to North Wllkesboro’s busi
ness firms, will open soon on the
corner of B and Ninth streets,
former location of the Economy
Auto Supply.
W. C. (Bill) Marlow, popular
young man of this city, will be
owner and manager of the new
firm, which will deal exclusively
in men’s wearing apparel.
Mr. Marlow returned a few
days ago from New York City,
where he made extensive pur
chases in anticipation of the
opening. A complete stock of
men’s apparel, all new and fresh
from the factories and markets,
will be carried. He stated today
that he will carry quality lines
of clothing but at the lowest
prices possible consistent with
quality. A cash policy will be ad
hered to.
Suits, hats, shoes, shirts, ties,
socks, belts, suspenders, under
wear and other items for men
will be carried in all the latest
styles, according to a statement
by Mr. Marlow today.
The store building has been at
tractively and conveniently fur-
nishe^j^d fixtures have been In-
8tall»d!^|mouncement of the
store opening will appear in this
newspaper In a few days.
Miss Marjorie Paw, student at
Guilford College, was here last
week with her parents,-Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Paw, for the spring
holidays.
Law wm Convene In Wilk^bbro a
Be a Mixed Term
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Presidmg'Ju^e
Not Determihi
Great .American Game Gets Under Way
Here Are Pictured Two Universal Stars in Baseball, Who
Will Attract the Attention of Fans lliis Year.
New York.—Another baseball season gets under way. ’The 1935
pennant wash swings into action in les gues all over the land, within
the next two weeks. On the left is Babe Ruth, mighty batsman. On
the right , Jerome “Dizzy” Dean, great pitching star. Their every
meeting, as the Boston Braves play the St. Louis Cardinals, will
be noted by millions of baseball fans, everywhere.
Illustrated Lecture On Sod Erosion
Given Befo e Crowd Thursday Night
Will Give Out
Tobacco Checks
Wednesday, 3rd
Final Payment On Tobacco
Crop Adjustments In 1934
Is Received
Government diecks made
payable to 147 WUke.s farm
ers, representing the final
payment on 1934 tobacco crop
adjustment, have been receiv
ed by A. G. Hendrcta, county
agent, and will be given out
from his office on Wednesday,
AprU 3.
'Phere was a total of 319
contract signers In 1934 but
about 70 of the checks were
delayed on account of Incom
plete records but will arrive
within a short time. The
checks now on hand for dis
tribution total
It will be necessary for each
one who receives a check to
call In person at Mr. Hen-
dren’s office and sign for the
chftks. 'Those who are to re
ceive them should call Wed
nesday or as soon thereafter
as possible.
Cards have been mailed out
to all those farmers whose
checks have arrived. The oth
ers will be notified as soon as
their diecks come in.
Two Men From Anson County
Project Show
of Soil Are Arrested
Two representatives of the soil
erosion service who are now con
nected with the federal project
in Anson county gave an illus
trated lecture to a representative
crowd of WHlkes people at the
courthouse in Wllkesboro Thurs
day night.
- J. M. German, master of the
Wilkes Pomona Grange, sponsor
of the meeting, presided. E. S.
Vanatta, state master of the
Grange, was to have been pres
ent but could not attend.
The lecture, illustrated with
moving picture slides, was very
interesting and vividly portrayed
the work of the soil erosion serv-
ic". The opinion was expressed
that the meeting will prove of
inestimable benefit in arousing
the people to a sense of respon
sibility in retaining the soil
through erosion control meth
ods.
Singing Held At
Harmony Church
To Hold Baptist
Men’s Conference
In Greensboro
Several Prom Here Expected To
Attend Gathering Tuesday
And Wednesday
On Tuesday av Wednesday of
this week a BapVst Men’s Con
ference. to which all ministers
and laymen are Invited, will be
held at the First Baptist church
in Greensboro. It is expected
that several from this locality
will attend. A total attendance
of 1,000 is anticipated.
On the program Tuesday aft
ernoon and night and Wednes
day morning will be such lead
ers as R. N. Simms, of Raleigh:
J. T. Henderson, of Knoxville,
secretary Baptist Brotherhood of
the South: Zeno Wall, president
Baptist State Convention; Judge
Johnson J. Hayes, of Greens
boro; Walt N. Johnson, of Mars
Hill; J. L. Kraft, of Chicago;
Tom A. Avera, of Rocky Mount;
W. L. Poteat, president emeritus
of Wake Forest, and many oth
ers who are widely known and
who will have an Inspiring mes
sage for all listeners. >
Classes From Eight Churches
Present; Next Session At
Arbor Grove
Singing classes from eight
churches gathered at Harmony
Baptist church five miles west
of this city Sunday to take part
in one of the most successful
singing conventions in the his
tory of the Blue Ridge Singing
Association. ,
A crowd which more than fill
ed the church gathered to take
part in the singing and. to hear
gospel songs by the classes. The
following churches were repre
sented by choirs: Harmony. Ar
bor Grove, Mount Pleasant,
White oak. Stony Fork, West
Jefferson, Arbor Grove and
Mount Vernon.
The next session of the asso
ciation, which will be on Sun
day, June 30, will be held at Ar
bor Grove Methodist church near
Millers Creek. •
Rabies Epidemic
Elkin, March 31.—With no
abatement in the epidemic of
rabies which has been prevalent
for many weeks in Surry coun
ty, health authorities are urging
citizens to observe every precau
tion looking to the protection of
people and livestock against ani
mals which may have been ex
posed to the Infection. More
than 40 persons in the county
have resorted to the Pasteur
treatment'^ during- the epidemic
which has raged for two months.
Law Providing Six Onir
Each Year Passed Leg*
islature Last Week
Wilkes county’s first term
court provided in a measure in-'
troduced and passed In both
houses of the legislature several
days ago will convene in Wll
kesboro on Monday, April 22.
The April court will be for
two weeks and will be for tho ^
trial of both criminal and civil
actions, although it is expected
that the criminal docket wilt
occupy one week and civil the
other in the term this month.
Due to the congested dockets
of the courts in’ the county the
Wilkes Bar Association recom
mended that additional terms ot
court be provided tor the county
and the new law prescribes a
two-weeks term in April and an
other in November, in addltloa
to the regular terms In March,
June, August and October.
However, grand juries will serve
only at the March and August
terms as heretofore.
Although a great many cases
were removed from the criminal
docket by trial and nol pros at
the March term, there are over
200 still pending. Solicitor John
R. Jones has stated his determi
nation to clear the docket as
nearly as possible during the
April term.
Judge W. F. Harding is now
presiding over courts in this, the
17th judicial district, but it was
learned here that he has been
named to preside over a special
term elsewhere. No announce
ment has been made from offici-
be the judge and it may b© that
Judge T. B. Finley, of this city,
emergency jurist, will be desig
nated to preside.
Let Contract For
Wllkesboro Street
Sometime This Week; WUl
Be of Asphalt Construc
tion Through Town
The state highway and public
works commission will let con
tract this week for asphalt sur
face on the remainder of Wll-
kesbi ro’s main street, it was
learned unofficially here this
week.
One part of the project has al
ready been constructed, that be
ing from the Midway Service
Station to a point just west of
the courthouse.
Contract will be let this week
for asphalt surface on the street
from the end of the present as- ,
phalt surface to the West End
Service Station.
The asphalt surface on top of
the wornout concrete makes a
most satisfactory thoroughfare
and the general public will be
pleased to learn that the street
is to be completed.
Methodist Hosts
Gather Thursday
At Winston-Salem
Bishop Kem Leads Great Evan
gelistic Meet; Many WUl Go
From Here
The Southern Methodist
Church Is now in the midst of
twelve great regional conferenc
es on evangelism. At the first
one, held last week at Jackson,
Miss., it was estimated that a
thousand people were turned
away from the night service. A
special train brought two hun
dred and fifty preachers and
laymen from a neighboring city.
Bishop Paul B. Kern, of
Greensboro, will lead''the Region
al Conference for this area oa
Thursday of this week at Cen
tenary Methodist church, Win
ston-Salem. A motorcade is be
ing organized to go fi»m th®
North Wllkesboro Methodist
chqrch. Every member who caa
furnish a car is requested to
telephone the pastor, and all
who would Uke to attend ar«
also asked to let the pastor know
as soon as possible so that'rplae- ^
es may be provided for all.
The program for the confer
ence win be as follows:,
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