North Carolina Newspapers

■i. > M't, I ■#1 Is VsUt July 5.—Vf. ^ L«»r. sbont 0 yesn old, |P«uhMr Vs., irss Idlied fc- ll'JK) o*clo^ this laoniisg sa tho car h« was ditrlng col- ■wlth a heavy truck . near talkertowh, thl*. county. Soldier Killed W Fayettenile, Jalr 4.—Rlch- F. VkBgtord, *'J, ^Tste In l«uartera battery, 17th tleld tUlery, died la the station hos- tl^at Fort Bragg this morning ro|bA^||||L^ received in an July 1. F. Umt. ahead Ws 36 loffslative mi then itttee In 42 min* ■teaed as the bonne lirongh tint reading. VOL. yyTY, NO. 78 PuWiahed Mondayil and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MOlflDtSY, JULY 8, 1#85 ^ / $1.50STATEJ-|2,00 OUTi ■■ . a ' ■' '-r • ,mn,, _„...■ »llt.U.M, , In Kidnaping Husband Already ^ntenc* ed to 49" Years in Pen r 10 Krw F4r Each Deatfiftepbrtedln WilkesDiiiriiigMay Vital Statistics Show Even 100 Birtiis and 10 Deaths For One Month FEW CAsIk 1^ Acqaltted. l.aiy'2.—Oat oaly' r* ‘Wilson oouatF: aeqni ty, and of MM^^^HljlpPierriU, state -hlShwa^p^MMm, who arreet- 1^ the sheriff. Falls To His Death ^ St. Clair Shores. Mich., July 4. —fVed Cardoni, 86, of Detroit, intagHng with a holiday crowd mt Jefferson beach, was snatched 2,000 feet into the air by the guide rope of a slant balloon late today,,and then dropped to bis death after releasing his hold. President Goes Fishing i Wlashington, July 5.—Presi dent Roosevelt plans to motor tomorrow to Annapolis, Md., to board the government yacht iSesuoia for week-end of fishing and rest on the waters of Chesa- fteake bay. He will return to the White House Sunday'night. Raleigh Youth Drowned Oamberland, Md., July 5.— Charles U. Wietaal. . Ra- . lelgh, N. C., vho came here to ' spend the holiday with friends Is ji^^^idead today. Ke was drowned last night In the Potomac river near here when a boat capsized. Xt* oma.—The'ciort aMwinted former mayor as trial lawyer for Margaret Waley (above). 19- ild wife Of Harmon Waley. ho was jiven 46 years for his in the recent Weyerhaeuser idnaping. Eariy evidrace indi cated she had small part in the abduction. ToAfUB To Tax If Not Pi n Merchants Warned To Make Report For Sales Thru June 30 Before July 15 Wins Cruise Contest Winner Wants To Be a Reporter; Not Himbrow Paralysis Attack Fatal ■ Henderson, July 5.—The sec- ; ond inf^ftptile paralysis death was ' *■ reported in Henderson yesterday. The 13-months-old child of Grov er Denson at north Henderson died Wednesday night. The child - bad (Haphyam paralysis, a form «f the dread malady in which there is little or no hope for re- ^ eovery. Eforry Man Victim 'Elkin, July B.—News has been received here of the death yes terday in an automobile acci dent of Ptul Cockerham, about 40, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cockerham, prominent residents Of •Mountain Park. The victim of the accident with his wife were onronte from their home in Richmond, Va., to Mountain Park ' tor a visit to Mr. Cockerham’s XNirents when the accident oc- oorred. Biggest Fish Tale : t Hickory, July 5.—G. C. Yod- or. Hickory Insurance man, jrants “that bass to bring back " ■pectacles.’’ Fish have been ^aght wearing glasses but this ^one ran off with Yoder’s when a ; bee Ut on Yoder’s nose. Yoder •lapped at the bee, knocked his '•pectacles Into the water, and - tratched them disappear. They bad hooked on a bass swimming near his boat whl..e he was fish- The fish wiggled off non- robalantly. Bepctits Exceed Taxes ; .Raleigh, July 4.—^Agricultural adjustment administration bene fit .payments to North Carolina Eumers in 1934 amounted to ap proximately twice as much as the taxes oh farm property. Dean I. O. Schauh, of State college ex tension service, announced today. *The 1986 benefit payments totol- «d 112,619,933, Schaub said, while property taxes amounted Jto about 16,684,000. Revival Under Way At Moravian Falls j A series of yevival services be- Sknday, night at Moravian rils ^ptlst church and will jhtlnue throughout this week. Hices are held each afternoon B;S0 and evening at 7:45. ■ public hM * most cordial ,(tb attend. Gwaltaay. pastor, ev. N. C. Teague, gm. trill oeeopy Rex. J. R. Rousseau, collector of revenue located here, issued a warning today to all merchants, firms and Individuals engaged in retail trade to make a report of sales and pay the sales tax up to and including June 30 before July 15. The law makes It mandatory, he stated, that a penalty of ten per cent of the tax due or a mini mum penalty of one dollar be added to all sales ta tes not re ported for the sales period end ing June 30 if the same are not paid on or befory, July. ’Xn“'mdrttlant8 In ’ ' sale business are likewise re quired to file report and pay ■tax before July 15 and attention is called to the fact that the an nual wholesaler license fee of $10 must be paid during July. CtmunnnittMe IMa tinoe Ob Deelino: tions Admi Number of,cases of, ccmmunle cable diseases in t^kes county reported during tto month of June were negligd^le udatben were no epldemlct^ according to the report of D|lk"A. J. Eller, county heaH^p'^offlcer, to the state board|^ health. The report showed .^only eight cases: tw^whooping cough, two pellegra, I diphtheria, 1 gonor* rhea and classes as. others. Also the report were vital statistlfA for the county covering the mcwha of May, which show ed a rate oY 10 to one as compand with the deaths. In May tlmre were an even 100 births Wd deaths in the county, fepresenting a very high birth rateW^ low death rate for the popuTanOn-ot 000 inhabitants. Although work in all phases of the health department yu oar ried out, perhaps the Ing activity was vaccinations and Immunisations against contagions diseases Immunizations against diseases. Immunizations against typhoid, which is becoming ex ceedingly rare In the county, to taled 915, diphtheria 148 and smallpox 7. During the remainder of the summer Dr. Eller and Mrs. Ber tha Bell, county nurse, will fill appointments In many communi ties for the purpose of adminis tering v'acclnatlons and Immuni zation?, making It possible for y to be yery the ■whole- mtiB S^iioS Statitiics I?- Give Records For S^olastk Y ear Total BnroDaijmt Few'SauWfe ■ of the CoKRigr Well 0^ 10,000 Mark WU.EESBORO IS LARGEST Biggest Enrdlinent of •unty Schools; Mountaiii View Is ^cotid r around 86,- Postal Workers Have CoBvention Postmasters, Letter CJarriers and Other Postal Employes Meet In Oiarlotte Conventions of North Carolina postmasters rural letter carriers and postal workers were held in Charlotte Wednesday and Thurs day, July 4. Postmaster J. C. Reins, of this city, presided over the conven tion of postmasters. Thomas N. Kearns, of Huntersville, was elected president for the coming year, succeeding Mr. Reins, and Mrs. Mittle F. Greer, of Boomer, was reelected secretary. Those from North Wllkesboro attending parts or all the con vention weire Mr. Reins, Mr. Charlie Finley and Miss Mary Finley, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cra- nor, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gaither, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Adams. Wlilkes letter carriers attend ing the convention were W. A. Jennings and W. C. Hendren, of Pores Knob, Ray Hendren, of Gilreath, R. G. Vannoy, of Pur- lear, 6. B. Carlton, of Boomer. Mr. Jennings, member of the state executive committee, was elected a delegate to the nation al convention to be held in Bos ton. ; little inconvenience. Local Man Training For Patrol Position Bob McNeill Stationed At State Fair Ground For Patrol Ap plicant School Bob McNeill, a son of I. H. McNeill, of this city. Is an appli cant for a position as member of the state highway patrol. He is now stationed at the state fair grounds in Raleigh, where he 1s taking instructions along with a large number of other young men. New 'York.—^Miss Beatrice Ann Frear, M, (above) ■bf Evanston (111.) Township hiXh school, has just set sail fora tour of EXirope, niaintaining she is no “highbrow” despite the fact that she won the ip over 10,000 competing stu dents in a League of Nations es say contest. Her ambition is to be a reporter. Is To Organize Music Work Here J. Guye Womble To Organize School and CSty Band; Also Form An Orchestra Junior Order Meeting It was announced today that a very Interesting and Important meeting of the North 'Wllkes- boro Junior Order council will be held on Tuesday night, June 9. Several new members are to be Initiated and some very import ant business will be transacted. Every member is asked to at tend. Surry Woman Killed Elkin, July 6.—An automobile wreck late this afternoon five miles east of Elkin on the Mount Airy road cost the life of Mrs. Maggie Cobbler, 56, of Mount Airy, and severely Injured three others of the party, all of Mount Airy. Will Hold Study Courses lu July Field Worker of B. T. U. Will Be In Stone Mhuntam As sociation July 14-20 Miss Mabel Starnbs, the field worker of the Baptist Trafaing Union of North Carolina, will spend the week of July 14-20 in Stone Mountain Association con ducting simultaneous study courses. She will be assisted by a group of trained workers. There will be a rally for the entire as sociation a t Traphlll Baptist church, Sunday afternoon July 14, at three o’clock. Arrange ments have been made for study conrses is ten ch'ilrcbes. 2 Drown In Lake Camden, 8. C., July 7.—Drue F. McLaughlin and W. H. Zeig- ler, Jr., both 28, of Camden, drowned In Lake Hermitage, near here today. J. Guye Womble, who has been taking post graduate work at the University of North 'iifiS7*Wwin uoro ‘SUitwda: has begun work of organizing music classes. Mr. Womble is a competent musician and instructor and has had many years of experience on bands, orchestras and similar work among children and adults. He is also the composer of sev eral numbers and Is considered a competent authority on music. Mr. Womble plans to organize a school band among the chil dren and a regular orchestra and band for the city. It Is expected that much interest will be shown id tMs work and any who are interested In learning music are asked to get In touch with him at the City News Sthnd. He Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wom ble, of this city. statistical report of C. B. coutbMIliO^tmdent of that the 36 aebool term was 9,918 for ^iflU^pounty se&ools, not fochuBUg ltiFj_ mately 1,09# enrolI^Ja^ North (Wflkesbord. operating as a sperial liie total enroUmentgfof ;j was approximately 10, i«aeitting one of the schdal years in point of in the histJI^likJBP^ county. In the enrolhaeSt on the coun ty's sfotistieal z^xirt high , school totaled 1,817; 1467 of ^hom were white and 607 colored. The total aven^ daily atten- ance for the county was 7,684. In this average. 1,113 were high school, 972 white and 141 colored; the elementary grades average was 6,471; 5,984 white and 487 colored. . It is interesting to^-note that a total of 6,486 students completed a full yearis work, or in other words, advanced to the next grade, Of this number 917 were high school students. 820 white and 97 colored; elementary children com pleting a year’s work tolaled 6,- 569; 5,161 white and 408 colored. These statistics do not include the enrollment, daily averages, at tendance or the number complet ing a year’s work in the North Wilkesboro city schools. In the county schools, Wilkes- ^ Bi«e.wirii 717.; 21 ed by Mountain 'View with a .total enrollment of 609, 146 high school and 463 elementary. National Guard Is Now In Camp Entrained Saturday For Camp Jackson, South Carolina; Be Gone One Month Detroit. — William Schweil^er (above), small-tiintr manager of girl dance acta, must stand trial for the shooting of H. C. Dickin son, prominent New York attorney and nephew,, of Chief Justice Charies Evans Hughes, following a drinking party hero,' Wilkesboro Grsmge Will Meet Wednesday Night A call meeting of Wilkesboro Grange will be held at the court house In Wilkesboro on Wednes day night, eight o’clock. Miss Pearl Thompson, secretary of the state Grange, will be present and a large attendance is de sired. Fifteen Counties Wet Raleigh, July 6.—Fifteen wet counties which have voted to date on the liquor bills on the basis of unofficial figures fur nished as to nine of them ballot- ting yesterday, show that 39,356 voters In Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Edgecombe, Halifax, Le noir, Martin, Nash, New Han over, Onslow, Pitt, 'Vance, War ren and Wilson favored opwing i liquor stores and 9,589 did not. Company A, 105th engineers of the North Carolina national guard, entrained here Saturday for Camp Jackson, S. C., where the officers ahd men will be in the annual' summer encampment. The camp will last for four weeks, during which time the coinpany 'will be trained in mili tary tactics and general training. Ralph R. Reins is captain of the local contingent. Marriage Licenses Licenses to wed have • been is sued in Wilkes county during the past few days to two couples: Carl Brown and Billie Cleary, both of Halls Mills; Raymond Walsh and Lexle Hayes, both of Ferguson. Acddeotally Kills S«|f Wadesboro, July 6. — Kemp Honeycutt, 18, son of W. I. Hon eycutt, prominent farmer of this county, died in Anson sanator ium at 7 o’clock this evening, six hours after accidentally shooting himself through the body while repairing an old pistol. Dr. Dorothy Brame, of Char lottesville, Va., Is spending her vacation here with her .parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Brame. Mr. ,Walter Hunt and family, ot Durham, visited relatives and friends here for the Fottrth. Mr. Hunt formerly reeUed In til# ~ elt]9 having clerked for more tlitii. a yeaf in the clorittng stora. COUNTY AGENT URGES MORE WIDESPREAD USE OF TRENCH SILOS; POINTS OUT ADVANTAGES In a letter mailed out to a number of dairy farmers In Wilkes county. County Agent A. G. Hendren this week is calling particular attention to the ad vantages' by the use of trench silos for storing feed. There are now 27 trench silos in the coun ty and It is expected that a num ber of others will be constructed this summer in time for storing the fall feed crop. In the num ber of trench silos in use Wilkes ranks near the top in the state, a factor which is helping much- to develop the dairying Industry. The letter to dairymen, which Mr. Hendren wishes quoted for th« benefit of the general pub lic, is quoted as follows: I am taking this opportunity to call your attention to some thing that :1a. production of milk. “Yon have already heard of the trench silo and have .perhaps seen one. The trench silo is a hole in the ground and is so constructed that It can be filled at a very little expense—with corn cut up and packed—in the green stage. "There are 27 of these silos In the county now, and practically all are giving splendid results and entire satisfaction. Our In come from farms is small and we must necessarily ^-jrate with the least poasihio expense and at the same time looking toyard building up our farms. Sihee you are keeping ’ cows, and selling milk, we know you are Interest ed In building up your farm. ^Tf you are Interested ,$n - a trsayh silo Write ase thegof^ wl^ ||t to your farm and help locate it and stake it off. “Another thing I wish to call to your attention Is that of sow ing a winter hay crop. This Is so Important to farmers who keep cows that w® should not pass It by lightly. The Ideal way, as we see it, Is to grow silage corn on a given piece of land and sow In the winter hay crop, which con sists of a mixture of smooth bar ley, winter oats, smooth wheat and hairy vetch. We have a market for all the milk, cream and butter we can produce at of the crime. Bonds For Three AOeged Holdups Set $3,000 Each Roy Henderson and Hon Sprin kle Waive Hearing; Prob- *■ able Cans# Foond Three youths, two white and one colored, waived preliminary hear ing Friday afternoon on charge of holding up and robbing Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Elledge at their service station at Hays on the night of June 28. Roy Henderson and Don Sprin kle, white, and Guy Waugh, color ed, were arraigned before Magis trate Grover Pendry at the court house in Wilkesboro Friday and bond for appearance at the Au gust term of superior court was set at $3,000 each. 8bon after the holdup took place^ made CHVHWHf the colored man on suspieCMi and he is said td have made a full confession and named Henderson and Sprinkle . as , the two others who made up the trio who were masked and staged the holdup-robbery. As a result Sprinkle was arrest ed on the following day and Hen derson was also taken, but not until he is alleged to have assault ed Deputy Uriah Myers and ,the officer shot him in the leg as he fled, running into a barbed wire fence and breaking his-right arm. His wound, however, was slight. Uimu Service To Be Held In City “Go To Church” Movement To Be Given Added Impetus Wednesday Niglit With “Go To Church’’ as the theme congregations of the First Baptist, Methodist and Presby terian charges will gather at the Methodist church on Wednesday evening, 7:45, for a union prayer service. The “Go To Church’’ move ment started sometime ago by laymen of th® three churches re sulted in some considerable in crease in interest in church work and it is particularly desired that the service to bo held on Wed nesday evening of this week be largely attended, especially by all who are Interested In carry ing on this work. Rufus Morrow will be speaker for the service. lowed; DfeoMUt 2^^ Cent Dtsewuit ut. Ju^., MANY YAiaS Taxes For OotojlBg Tc«r-B»'- ing Paid at C . FergusoB; Aoeoantant ’ - W Approximately ^,114,000 "l Wilkes county tatOlf forrnA ye 1936 were paid lut month, i cording to flgnfojlMftllllMlRa. C. H. Ferguson, county account-^ ant, who receive*, tax pnymente.' until Sheriff W. H.'dbfiiisfx pletes collection of 1984 and makes settlement. This represfnts one of tlM» largest sums in recent years paMl : in adranc® on connty tanas a Is considered by many to ba barometer of itnprovM bistasaa ■ conditions. A number of corporatioas included in the list of taaqwyasw who choose to pay durihg tba month oL J«np..an^ ,a||ect„a sar- ing of thre® iter ^ht, wUefc fa the discount allowed by law. Ik* discount daring July is two one-half per cent and it is ex pected that substantial pay ments will be made by many oth er taxpayers 'before the end oE th® month. The tax rate for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is an erem $1.09 on each $100 valuatkth ot prop erty. This represents an In crease of 25 per cent over that emergency rate of 80 cents use# tor two years,"daring whic^ tima the county was unable to jafSt full payments of interest aad[ principal on the bonded debt. This year a refinancing system was arranged with the approval of the local government obm- miseion and the cminty will ope- e with a balandR budget and regain its credit standing.' I 4th Observed By Teachers’ School Appropriate Program Rm- der^ In Summer School At Wilkesboro On Thursday, July 4, the Le noir - Rhyne branch summer school in Wilkeaboro adjourned classes early and participated in a program in observance of In dependence Day. Prof. V. y. Aderholdt, direc tor of the school, spoke on tha subject of "Qualities of true eitb- zenship, using four great statca- men as examples. George Wash ington, he said, exemplified char acter and common sense; Lin coln sympathy ajid a ^Krpftt heart; Grover Cleveland honesty ,anA courage; Woodrow Wilson idiU- Ism and national morality. Talks were also made by other members of the summer school faculty. W. D. Halfacre spoka » "Meaning of the Flag”; T. ML Story on “North Carolina's sifB- ers ot the Declaration of Ihds- pendence—William Hooper, Joa- eph Hewes and John Penn”; M, F. Bumgarner on “HighUghts of Wilkes County .Sistocx-’: Mxa. Brown, teacher of public scboal music, led her classes in singlnE several songs. ■. Traphill Man Is In Toils Of Law William Pruitt Held In Mary land On Charge Of Murder At Social Function ■William Pruitt, who moved a- bout a year ago from the Trap- hill community to near Bel Air, Md., is held in jail there on a charge of murder, it was learn ed today from a newspaper pub lished near the scene ot the al leged crime. Pruitt is alleged to have stabbed and killed R^lly Terry at a dance after Terry is said to have reproved him tor an insult ing remark directed toward his wife, who had refused him a dance. Pruitt, however, is said to have made a sweeping denial of the charge and claims as slibi the cheese plant and other _ kets In North Wllkesboro. ^ that h® was nbt' near the scene can only make expenses from the sale of the milk It will b® a pay ing proposition, because we are building up oar farms. "I‘hope you will think this Large Crowd At ' Singing Thondajr Several (Tioirs Participate Bi Best Singing Ever Belcl At the Coartitooni# “The best sinj^g RLthe history of the Wilkes County ShlCing. Aa- sociation,” is the way the heyday singing held at the coarthoaaa> in Wilkesboro was described by many who attended. , Singing began . ^P{t)^at|aF 10 o’clock and conthram imat fh* afternoon. L. Bumgarner, ohali^ man, presided over the sessiema. Singing classes taking part wm YeUow HiU 1 and 2, Beoldk choir from Alex^^r county. Kt Pisgah, Southenr ]uartea ' tudka. Elkin and a number of ch|tti|ri singers, all of whoin% didly and delighted the dienee. ' Next sessioit of thc^xsw^ singing associatin>,' Thank^ving Dgy." MrS?Brace