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WlaBton-Sal«m, Ner. 29.—Re-
dnetion of the iaterest irate ^ on
Vedm^^cnoe Loftn bank loans
tToat ^nt to t 1-2 t>er cent
vas wiRmuh>«4 be^ today by the
Fedei^' flwne Io«n bank of
'WInstou-flale'n.
17 ^4 Hmnidoyfc;
‘Unloaded'Gm.
CausM Death of
Cluld at Lomax
Renew liquor Fight
St. Louis, Nov. 29.—Leaders i
of tlie Anti-Saloon League of
America, here to plan for the fu
ture, , tonight announced both a
forward passing and line-bncklng
attack against “demon rum.”
William Finley Crabb, Age
j Two, Accidentally Kffled
By Shotgim
IN FATHER’S HANDS
■I'rlMMi Pepulatfon Up
Raleigh, Nov. 29.—^North Car-
’’'“'Vilhae prison population on No
vember 16 was at a new all-time
record of 8,706 men and women.
Gun Discharged While Being
Put Up By Child’s Father;
Funeral Sunday
William Finley Crabb, two and
one-half year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Doyle Crabb, of the Lomax
community, was killed instantly
the division of institutions of the Saturday morning at^yieir home
board pt charities and
welfare reported today.
public
Mother Shoots Son
Santa Barbara, Calif., Nov. 29.
—Jeese Livermore, Jr., 15-year-
old son of Wall street’s boom-day
“plunger,” was feared near death
tonight from a bullet wound au
thorities said was inflicted by
his mother after a drunken argu
ment.
i Hunting .\celdent
Mpunt .Airy. N’ov. .to.— Leslie
HaIl|^S, well known high school
athlate of Francisco, died In the
hosplfal here late this afternoon
from a n accidental shotgun
wound received while hunting
near his Stokes county home, 15
miles east of this city. yes».;r(lay.
Trade U'ix>rts Gota
Retail trade broke away for a j
flying start on the first lap of ■
holiday busine.s.s last week, and |
industrial activity increased its 1
speed to the highest notch since :
the peaks of July. UK!”. All re-1
ports on merchandise distribu-1
Hon were favorable for the week. I
Injuries .Are p-atul I
Itockinghara, Nov. 29.—John
W. CapeL '>S. died in a High
Point hospital nt 1 o’clock today
from effects of injuries suffered
November 21 when his tobacco!
truck was in a wreck while he
was on hts way to W’inston-Salem j
with a load of tobacco. i
rtunis Self To Death
Gastonia. Nov. 29.—Miss Dora
Brandon. 57. member of a prom
inent family of A’ork county, S
C.. and residing near the Gas
ton county line, committed sui
cide today by throwing kerosene
oil over her clothing, burning
herself badly and inhaling the
flames.
Sales Tax Revenue
Kaleigh. Nov. 30.—November
sales taxes went $260,000 better
than November. 1934, and sup
plied in the general fund the 10
per cent gain over the fifth fis
cal month of the past year. The
total in this division was $1.-
042,231.51 to compare with $1.-
395.085.69 a year ago.
Will Jr. Buys Palter
Los Angeles. Nov. 29. Pur
chase of Town 'Popics, a weekly
newspaper in Beverly Hills, by
Will Rogers Jr., was announced
today. Young Roger.s. who re
cently obtained controlling in
terest in the Beverly Hills Citizen
and now is actively engaged in
managing it. said he would merge
Town Topics with it.
Debt Is :40 Billion
Wa,shington. Nov. 29.—’rtie
treasury’s December borrowing
plans—to be announced Monday
■f —today held potentialities for
pushing the public debt above |
|g $30,000,000,000. The extent of!
the rise depended, of course, on ;
how much new borrowing. as
distinguished from the refunding |
maturing securities, was lu
ll^ tended. For the time being the
* figure was carefully guarded.
Memorial Beacon
New York, Nov. 30.—Towering
high in the sky. a 1.800.000 can
dle-power airway beacon atop
George Washington bridge blazed
tonight In honor of the late Will
Rogers and Wiley Post. As the
huge revolving beam was turned
on, pilots of planes flying over
head dipped their wings and
army homing pigeons were re
leased from the top of the huge
span.
Gildsboro Man Suicide
Goldsboro, Nov. 30.—Willard
H. Smith, middle-aged Goldsboro
citizen and member of a promi
nent Wayne county family, was
found dead In the kitchen of his
home on West Mulberry street
about 9 o’clock this morning with
a pistol mSet through his head.
DBfttb IWMI lnj8taDtftn60us,
n ii beli«»«d. Coroner T. R.
Roblpsop, ^IteFTtewlng the body,
Inqo^t was nn-
when a gun his father thought
was empty accidentally discharg
ed and the load struck the child
in his face.
■Mr. Crabb had been hunting,
it is reported, and was in the
act of placing the gun on
rack In the home when it acci
dentally discharged Into the face
of the child standing nearby.
One side of the child’s face was
torn off, it was said.
The father was greatly shock
ed by the accident, he being posi
tive the shell had been removed
before he returned to the home,
according to reports reaching this
city.
In addition to the father and
mother the child is survived by
two sisters: Donna and Betty
Sue.
Funeral and burial services
wore held Sunday at Oak Level
Baptist church with Rev. Hugh
.Adams in charge.
WPA Is Making
Much Progress
Toward Placing -All Relief
Eligible.s in Wilkes County
on Work Projects
The works pi'Ogress adminis
tration is making rapid progress
toward fulfillment of its goal
placing all relief - e'igi’nles on
work projects.
Officials of the five-county of
fice here arc awaiting notice to
I'cgin work on the Wooten’s
Creek road project and some
other projects that Iiave been ap
proved in order to complete the
tasl: of placing all eligihles in
the county on jobs at once.
Already more than 600 have
been placed on jobs and about
too yet remain to be assigned.
Foremen have reported little
difficulty In getting the men to
work diligently and with wil
lingness on the w’ork projects
that are under way. Those who
were given assignment slips and
who are not working are mainly
those that have work that must
be done at home or have found
other employment, a condition
that is encouraged by the works
progress administration.
Farmers to Meet
At Mountain View
Agricultural Teacher Will
Talk On Soil Improvement
and Soil Conservation
I WARM SPRINGS, Ga. ■. . . Patients in-the Warm Spring Foundation here,
’, look forward through the. year to the arrival of their illustrious toastmaster,'
President Roosevelt, for their Thanksgiving Day dinner. Photo shows the
joyful greetings of the little folks upon the arrival of the President last
week, for his annual sojourn with them over Thanksgiving.
Actual Cmstnictien ’ of' Sec
ond Link Pending Accq>t-
ance of Deeds
TO RUSH CONSTRUCTION
Safety Program Is
Launched In Schools
All Organizations
Will Co-operate In
This Undertakii^
Institute of Government to
Distribute Safety Pam
phlets Thru Skthools
Sponsored by the institute of
Government, the first week in
December has been set aside as
the time for a program of “Acci
dent prevention and motor ve
hicle law enforcement’’ and the
week will be observed by the
schools.
Farmers of the Mountain View
comraunitv are invited to attend
an important meeting of farm
ers to be held at the Mountain
Vie-w school building on Wed
nesday, December 4. The meet
ing will begin at seven o'clock,
p. m.
Prof. Thorntou, vocational ag
ricultural teacher In-the Moun
tain View school, will deliver an
sddress on “Soil Improvement
and Soil Conservation.’’ two top
ics that should be of major in
terest to farmers of any com
munity in Wilkes county.
To Install Officers |
Methodist Churches
WiHcesboro Charge
An installation service to in-
stal the boards of stewards of
the Wilkes’boro. Union and Roar
ing River Methodist churches
will be held in the Wilkeshoro
■Methodist church Sunday eve
ning, seve.s o’clock, according to
an announcement by the pastor
of the charge, Rev. W. Lynch.
Every official of each of the
churches is urged to be present
and the public has an invitation
to attend.
Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Casey had
as their Thanksgiving guests, Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Walker and two
q?»ildren, Billy and Alice, of
and Mr. James White,
of Sioux City, Iowa.
’THe'Tnstitutc nf government
is distributing to every high
school principal phamplets to be
given to each student and special
,stre.ss will be placed on .safety
throughout the week.
C. B. Eller, superintendent of
Wilkes schools, stated today that
he is urging that all schools co
operate in the movement and to
the end that observance of the
week may be of greatest bene
fit.
Following is a copy of the lat
ter mailed by the Institute of
Government to each school prin
cipal, together with a supply of
highway safety phamphlets:
“More people are being killed
and more property is being de
stroyed on the Streets and High
ways in North Carolina this year
than in any other year in our his
tory. Figures tor the past five
years show that greater destruc
tion of life and property has
occurred in the month of Decem
ber than in any other month.
“In the effort to reduce this
terrible toll of death and destruc
tion the Law Enforcing Officers
of ^orth Carolina call on the
students and teachers'ln the high
schools of the state to help them
carry, during the first week in
December, a program of Accident
Prevention and Motor Vehicle
I>aw Enforcement into every
school and every home in North
Carolina. (Nearly one-third of
ail highway accidents fall with
in the ranks of youth.)
“The Institute of Government
has taken the first step in this
program by preparing its splen
did study “Guides to Highway
Safety.’’ 250,000 copies of this
pamphlet are being sent to the
school authorities in more than
800 high schools in North Caro
lina, today.
“We call on the Superinten
dents, Principals and Teachers of
Civics and Government to take
the next step in thjs program;
(1) to acquaint thei»r V't®*
once with “Guides to Highway
Safety,” (2) to put copies of
this pamphlet in the hands of all
High School Students as the bas
is of systematic study and in
struction beginning Monday, De
cember 2, with the request that
they take them to their homes
and discuss them with their fam
ilies, (3) to enlist the bel’K
high school students In putting
these pamphlets In the hands of
all officials in city halls, county
courthouses, state departments
and of all members of local civic
and business organizations. (4)
to get In touch at once with the
mayor or other appropriate offi
cial In your conununity^ and with
(Contlnui^ OS 'page eliAt)
A. R. Miller Kills
Four Giant Porkers
.A. K. .Allller, well known
citizen of A'annoy, should have
the dLstinction of being tiic
chaiupion producer of jiork.
He recent l.v butclieretl four
Ijogs that weighed a total of
;i,-40K |M>unds q( dreesecl i>ork.
The porkers wore O. I. C.’s
from the sjune litter and were
one year old. Their individual
dr»\ssed weights were 108, 508,
tilO and 507, making an aver
age of 003 i)Ounds of i>ork per
hog.
In Quiet Maimer
Very Few Arrests, No Major
Accidents and Few Dis
orders Reported
Thursday, Thanksgiving Day,
wa.s observed very quietly lii the
Wllkesboros and throughout
Wilkes county.
The police department here re
ports very few arrests and coun
ty law enforcement officers had
no more than an ordinary day’s
work.
Enliinsiasm for huntin.g. u ma
jor .-sport in this section on
Thanksgiving Day. was dampen
ed considerably by a slow rain-
i fall that continued until mid-
j afternoon and a majority of the
j would-be-hunters preferred the
comfort of a fireside at home to
tramping through wet fields.
Churches of the city and many
rural churches observed the day
with special .services and Thanks
giving.
Ronda Teachers
Entertained By
Junior Council
Alcmbors of the Ronda school
faculty were entertained by Ron
da Junior Order council in a
meeting held' on Tuesday night,
November 26.
A very interesting program
was carried out as follows: ad
dress of welcome. J. B. Bell; re
sponse, W. L. Bowman, superin
tendent Ronda district schools;
introdnetion of council officers,
E. D. Byrd; talk on Thanksgiv
ing, Rev. T. G. Williams; coope
ration of parents and school
teachers. W. L. Bowman; rela
tionship of Junior Order to
schools, C. B. Eller, county sup
erintendent of schools; benedic
tion, Rev. R. R. Crater.
After adjournment refresh
ments werie served. The occasion
was very much enjoyed by the
teachers and the Junior Order
members present. . ,
Fourth Sector of Scenic Road
Will Extend To Horse
Gap on Blue Ridge
Capns M. Waynlck, chairman
of the state highway and public
works commission, has amionnc-
ed that bids would be opened in
Roanoke, Va., on. December 5 for
construction of the fourth sec
tion of the national parkway and
at the same time expressed the
opinion time will be e^ctended for
getting the project under con
tract.
The part of the parkway on
"which bids are to be received
December 5 will be from the In
tersection with highway 18 to
what is known as Horse Gap. The
fifth sector, on which bids are to
be received a few weeks later,
■will extend to Deep Gap. There
construction will end for the time
being and existing roads by way
of Boone to Blowing Rock will
he used for some time. It is und
erstood.
Actual construction is under
way of one sector of the park
way, to connect the great Smoky
mountains and Shenandoah na
tional parks, and bids have been
received on two sectors but &■.
ward of contract has been he!
up pending acceptance
to rigjRsrOf-l^f “
sent to Washingfon several days
ago.
Waynick expressed the view
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
would grant an extension of time
for the parkway even though the
secretary was quoted frpm Wash
ington this week as saying the
December 15 deadline for PWA
jobs would apply to the project.
Plans were expected to be comr
pleted by November 26 for the
fifth sector of the roadway and
that bids will probably be asked
on it “late in December or early
in January.”
About 238 miles nf the .scenic
highway would be located in
this state when the project is
completed, and the four sectors
for which plans are complete are
about 40 miles in length.
Deeds for two sections of the
Southern Appalachian Parkway
hi North Carolina, Just south of
the 12-mlle stretch already und
er construction adjacent to the
Virginia state line, have been re
ceived by the Na' lonal Park Serv
ice in Washington and "appear to
be o. k.,” according to park serv
ice officials.
Bids already have been receiv
ed on these two sections. Involv
ing expenditures of $387,169 and
$364,040, respectively, and award
of the contracts has awaited only
receiving of the deeds.
The deeds will be reviewed by
Arno B. Cammerer, director' of
the service, the solicitor of the
Interior Department, and finally
by Secretary Ickes’ office, but It
is believed this review will be a
matter of routine, since the deeds
seem to be in accepta’ole shape.
Bruce Barton, (abov^, noted
author and highly succesSfiTl bus
iness executive, comes back as a
regular member of this news
paper’s staff, with a new and
current series of articles which
we are confident will meet with
the approval of our readers. Bar
ton Is one of the most Interest
ing and forceful writers of the
day. His comment on events
paralleling the news is always
well worth reading. The first of
the uew series of his articles
will appear next Monday.
Red Cross Drive
^|s Having Good
’|lL»poi|se Here
luw^axt Sendmg^Out Invita
tion For Teachers to Join
Before 15th
Marine Vacancies
The U. S. Marine Corps Re
cruiting Station. Post Office
Building. Savannah, Ga., will
have twenty-five vacancies for
graduates of high school during
December, it is announced by
Major C. E. Nutting, officer in
charge of Marine Corps recruit
ing activities for this territory.
Applicants must be between 18
and 25 yean of age, minimum
height 66 inches, single and in
excellent physical condition.
The annual Red Cross roll call
in Wilkes county this year is
meeting with splendid response
and prospects are bright for en
rolling the largest number of
members in the county’s history.
It was learned today from Rev.
Eugene Olive, roll call chairman.
A letter to each teacher invit-i
ing their membership one hun
dred per cent is being mailed by
the roll call chairman and the
roll call is being held open until
December 15 In order that every
body, Including the teachers, may
have an opportunity to join.
A meeting of the teachers of
tile central schools and all oth
er schools not too far away for
teachers to attend will be held
in AVllkesboro on December 10 in
the afternoon. An opportunity
will be afforded the teachers to
enroll at that time.
The ijiVitation to join Is still
being extended the people in rur
al districts and others who have
not been canvassed and those
who have not joined may do so
by sending one dollar to J. B.
williams, chairman of the Wilkes
county chapter, or taking It to
him in person.
Any who have not joined so
far are urged to consider the Im
portance of aiding the Red Cross,
called the “world’s greatest mo
ther,” before the roll call ends.
Federation Traveling
Carolina Artists To
Exhibition Of North
Be In Wilkeshoro 6th
This exhibition which compris
es pointings of some of North
Carolinia’s outotaadlng .artisU,
will be etAibltod In the Wllkes-
borp high school *^ecdhomics de-
part^nt on FTlda3f^..^tej’nk>n,
?Biiewter t; from $ aVslock^to
o'clock by the
and «if^
m. W; *• the
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place by the Junior W'oman’s
Club of Wilkeshoro. During the
hours of each exhibition a silver
tea will be given by the two
clubs, the proceSdls to be for the
benefit of the, community house
and expenses of the exhibit.
The iBvi^
share hi-this iA9e'«P«^anity
1^ fbiM ^^^^vork ot
Missionary at
Baptist Church
Miss Alda Grayson, Mission
ary to China, to Speak
Wednesday Night
Miss Alda Grayson, Baptist
missionary to China, will speak
at the Wednesday night prayer
service at the First Baptist
church. It was announced today
by Rev. Eugene Olive, pastor.
The address of Miss Grayson
will be a part the observance
of a “week of prayer” for foreign
missions. The service ■will begin
7:30 and the public Is Invited
to attend.
WILKESBORO GRANGE
TO MEET TUESDAY
Wilkeshoro subordinate Grange
will hold Its regular meeting on
Tuesday night, seven o’ldoek, at
tba'WUke^ro school ^Ittog.
Ab' intereetlng program is plana-
ed M«l »tall attendance of
ben if nrged. '
Robert Dyson, 42-year- ^
old resident of the B)omer ^
community, lived for nine a
days in an old abaniifXBed ^
well and still lives to telLthe ^
tale of that horrible exper
ience. V
Dyson left Boomer post- •
office on the night of No
vember 22 to go to his home
a few miles distance but did
not reach his home. For ‘
nine days a frantic search
was made in the hills of that
community and on Sunday
morning he was found still
alive in the bottom of a 30-
foot well.
And he can say that he owes
his life to a dog because it was
a dog’s instinct that caused him
to be located by passerbys who
called an ambulance to' carry
him to The Wilkes Hospital here,
where he is slowly regaining
strength lost during the nlno
days without water and food
and by exposure in the damp
cool atmosphere of the well.
He was reported to have been
drinking and lost his way home,
stumbling into the old well which
years ago had been dug to fur
nish water to a sawmill. The well
is about one mile from his home.
On Sunday morning, nine days
after he had disappeared from
the face of the earth, Tommie
Laws and another man were look
ing over some timber and their
dogs were playing along through
the forests when the old well
was discovered, a dog was snif
fing about the well and the men
Investigated, finding Dy:^on in
the bottom.
Aid was summoned and Sheriff
W. B. Somers and Coroner I. M.
Myers were called hut when they
arrived it had been learned that
Dyson was still alive and that an
ambulance and a physician was
what ■was needed Instead of a
coroner. An ambulance and a
physician were called to the
scene and the almost perished ,
bod.v was removed from the
thirty-foot hole by means of rope
and blankets. A stimulant was
administered before he was
brought to the hospital.
When rescuers entered the
well Dyson was able to speak
faintly and asked for water.
He is not yet able to give a
coherent account of his harrowing
experiences while making 'What
he had evidently considered a
futile fight for life In such un
pleasant and uncomfortable sur
roundings but the inside of the
well told a tale of desperation.
By means oi' a pine stick which
had fallen into the hole, he had
put up a good but losing fight
for his life by digging toe holiLs
Into the banks of the well and ,
by this means had raised himself
to within less than ten feet from ^
the top only to find that ho~
could not gain his Ireedopi. and
could do no more than hope for
rescue by chance or wait a hor
rible death.
He is a man of average frame *
and the long fa.st, thirst and ex
posure has taken about thirty
pounds from his body. When ask- ,
ed if he had had any water in
the well he mentioned mud and ,
wet dirt, presumable from the
rain on Thanksgiving day, and Jt,
that he had covered himself
with dirt to protect hla body from
exposure i'fler he had passed the
stage of nixing a fight for his
life. \ • .
At the hoAHal be la- taktnv
nottrishment as it is dMmr-..
ed safe to adm^Uliterjtt and kaa -
a fair chance Us
strength.’ Dyson, s Aeaant faras-
er, has a wifi^;6gdx*vss ehfldros.
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