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Wd,' Am' 7.—Th» MJnne-
l>-'lHl»lature aored to
. ^ on of tlie siBjrinE
Of Wat^vljM^ cruMding Mlu-
K H*»PoU« '5rfB|6j!©r, today by pro-
1 - Tl^ng IT,500 In rewards, and
f. f^ds for Inveatigatlon.
Office of $8,000
ro, Jan. 7.—A search
tonight for three
who held up the Leward
mills office at WorthTille,
len, this morning and es-
l^wtth a Itttle more than
Victims of Wreck
^llle, Va., Jan. 7.—With
c/,eath yesterday of H. A.
hall, Roanoke contractor,
the toll lu Saturday's automobile
^-xaMdfdent north of Chatham was
>':thised to two. yernon I'''reeze,
driver of a bread truck which
was in collision with Marshall’s
«ar, died instantly.
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J. P. Morgan Testifies
Washington, Jan. 7.—With J.
lArgan seated placidly before
It, the senate munitions commit-
filled an important gap in
rid war history today with a
closure that Woodrow M’ilson
elf removed obstacles to the
of many American loans to
allied nations.
Bonus Bill To Pa.ss
Washington, Jan. 7.—A vet
erans organization bonus bill,
allghfly amended as to its financ
ing
features, tonight was steered
toward a house vote on Friday
which Democratic leaders con
ceded would approve it by “an
overwhelming majority.”
New Jwdge Speaks
New Bern, Jan. 7.—Sounding
ihan^^^dirn^t^appeal for stricter ob-
>aefvmiioe of traffic laws and
warning that if the alarming
highway death rate in North Car
olina is continued it would soon
not be safe for any motorists on
the roads. Judge Marshall T.
Speara, of Durham, new Superior
ednrt jurist, made his first charge
UTa. Craven grand jury here Mou-
opening a week’s criminal
Store Profits
Jan. 7.—Lenoir coun-
Ijtty well in the liquor
St year. The first of i
ktores opened July 24.
' ITom the opening of Kinston and
ImOrange stores until the close
of business New Year’s eve the
control board collected $134,900.-
30. The country’s profit approxi
mated $31,700. The Pink Hill
store did not open until some
weeks after the others.
Branch of C. C.
Camp Assured at
James Camp Site
Part of Moiyaiitim Camp Will
Be Transferred to Wilkes
to Complete Work
FINLEY BE IN CHARGE
Efforts Made by Congressmen
to Have Ca^ Retained
IndeHnitdy
Word was received here last
night from OongreMinan Wal
ter I^unbeth advising that the
Civilian (tonservatlon camp
near Pnrlear, which is being
disbanded this week, will be
again ocrnpled within a few
weeks and will be operated a.s
a branch from the camp at
Morganton.
Fifty men will be Sent from
the Morganton camp, it Is und
erstood, to occupy the AV’ilkes
camp and to complete «ync
unfinished projects which were
under way when the camp was
disbanded as an individual unit
of the OCC.
The branch camp will be
under the .suporvisiou of the
Morganton company and T. A.
blnley, of North Wilkesboro,
who for the past two years was
connected with the James
camp, will liare cliarge of the
men and direct the work.
Congres.sman Lambeth stnt-
cxl that effort.s were nuide •“
retain the original company
but to no avail. Realizing the
need for the c.imp and tlie a-
mount of work tliat can ire
done in forest conservation
and soil erosion control, inter
ested citizens are still liopc-
ful that the camp can be re
establishes! with a full enroll
ment.
Work Gcmg
mic
Ctiabeli 7,000 Defata |
Rigbt pf Way b
Baling Geared
Third Sector
Contiact Let fm: Construction
Southward as Par as
Horse Shoe Gap
EMPLOYMENT BOOSTED
Many Jobless Along Route
on Blue Ridge Are Being
Assigned to Jobs
Construction of over 30
miles of the Great Scenic
Parkway to connect the
Shenandoah and Smoky
Mountains national parks is
now under way in north
western North Carolina.
J. 15. Hash, director of the five
county re-employment office here
! which furnishes labor for all
I public works projects in the ter-
I ritory served by the office, re
ported today that work has been
i going forward for the past few
‘ weeks on const ruction of the sec-
I Olid North Carolina link extend
ing from the intersection with
! highway 26 in .Alleghany county
Widely Known Citizen of This ) to Airbellows Gap on the Blue
Part of State Passes; | Ridge. He also stated that men
Funeral Wednesday ! pieced to work at
■ i clearing the right of way for the
John Chappell Henry, a widely | third link extending southward
4?a
oigg&r. rcHin inppniB;
Is Boosting Sales
I, Ull.
auzM
MTAIV
• Altt
lOU Increase over 1933
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KNOXYILLil, Tcnn Charles
Q. Armstrong (above), merchant,
made a Christmas present of $38,000
to 7,000 charge customers. He
“wiped the slate clean’’ on all ac
counts. “You don’t owe me a cent,’’
he said.
J. C. Heniy Dies
At His Home In
No. Wilkesboro
Owner Recovers
BorrasmLAwtoi^
v ' ^ ' death In I
R. L. Wootenfs C-ar Found
Friday on “Dead Man’s
Curve” Near Cycle
K. L. Wooten, manager of the
reemployment office here, has his
automobile again.
It was stolen from a garage on
B street on Thursday night. Jan
uary 2. and was found wrecked
known citizen in this part of the
state, died at his home on 6th
street in this city Tuesday after
noon.
He was 63 years of age, a son
of the late Captain Benjamin C.
Henry and Sarah Dawkins Henry.
When he was a child the family
moved to Chgriotte and later to
county, near Davidson,
9^ ISe attended school
at Rutherford College, later com
ing to North Wilkesboro where
he resided the remainder of his
life except for some lime, spent
in West Virginia.
For many years Mr. Henry was
a prominent merchant in North
Wilkesboro. retiring from busi
ness life when his healtli failed
and during the last several years
on "dead man’s curve’’ near Cycle i of his life he was an invalid, con-
Washington Tuesday
Washington, Jan. 7.—Follow
ing the deci.sion of the Supreme
court yesterday that the new
deal, in the field of agriculture, l
as well as of industry, had been i
operating outside the limits pre-'
scribed by the constitution. Wash- |
ington continued today in a state i
of confusion worse confounded. [
President Roosevelt maintained
an unbroken silence. At the same
time it was perceived that a num-
ter of men had set about task |
of salvaging something from the ; .Secretary Ickcs today retorted
4ebri8 in a spirit not altogether j "Captious, trivial, pettifogging,
lacking in hope, as Secretary! faultfinding and querulous. You
'Wallace Issued a call for a’ con- ' might add insincere to those." he
terenee of- farm leaders. remarked.
in Yadkin county Friday by the
sheriff of Yadkin county.
The sheriff at that time was
searching for a car believed to
have been used to transport $600
worth of cigarettes stolen from a
I'adkinville firm about that time.
The automobile, a 1934 model
Ford, has suffered the lo.ss of one
door and the fenders were hadly
iliiinaged.
You Might Add ‘Insincere’
.Miami. Ha.. Jan. 6. To Re
publican criticism of President
Roosevelt's mcs.sage to Congress.
U! II
obile Accidents Leading Cause
«atfa in North Wilkesboro in 1935
'nttHis From Auto Accidents I
Total 13; AH Natural
l*-> Causes T^e 62 - i
Automobile accidents led all oth-,
County Boards In
January Sessions
peqaea of death in North ,Wil- Wilkes county board of corn-
coring 1935, there bemg, missions and the county board of
»v f^ar *’****^' *^i education held their regular ses
A.*'BulIiSt registrar of vital js>o“s ^his week with little of
fined to his home here.
Mr. Henry was a citizen with
high Ideals and was always in-
terested in the betterment and
progress of bis co.mniunity. He
held positioii.s of public trust, be
ing at one time a member of the
town hoard and also served his
community as president of tlie
Retail Merclianis Association.
.Mr. Henry was reared in a
Christian home and this influence
was shown throughout his life.
He was a member of ihe North
Wilkesboro Methodist church,
for which he served as a mem
ber of the hoard of stewards and
as treasurer.
In 1901 he married .Miss .Ada
Sue Mc.Niell, of Millers Creek.
Surviving are hi.s wife and three
children: Dawkins Henry, inan-
jager of the Duke Power company
i branch at Marion; Miss Ruth
j Henry, who holds a position in
I the offices pf the state depart
ment of education at Raleigh;
and .Miss Sara Henry, who has a
position with Woman’s College of
the University of North Carolina
in Greensboro. Also surviving are
one brother, Wm. B. Henry, of
Tarboro, abd one sister, Mrs. P.
(Continued On page eight)
to the intersection with highw'ay
IS at .Mulberry Gap and that the
contractor is expecting to begin
work soon on the fourth link ex
tending southward along the
summit of the Blue Ridge to
what is known a.s Horse Gap.
Meanwhile plans are under way
for letting of the fifth link, which
will complete the North Carolina
section of the parkacay. as
'T'HE above chart ahowt a aubstantlal lucraaae in tale# to fanners tor
the first six monlbs of 1936 as compared wtth the first baU of 193$.
This stimulation of business has resulted in an increase,in emplo^ent
and payrolls In many Indnstrlea In the farm Implement industry, tor
example, employment In tbe first 10 months of 1986 was mors than 9H
times as great, and payrolls were more than 3H times as groat At in tbs
first 10 months of 1932. For Industry as a whole, it la estimated tbat at
least 40% of the Increase In factory employment from 1932 to date Is due
to the improvement of rural purchasing power, in 1938 tbs farm cash
Income was $4,328,000,000, as compared with an estimated farm cash
Income of $6,800,000,000 for 1936. r
Large Volume of Goods Made by
Women in WPA Sewing Rooms Go
To Five Comities in the District
Tf B.
SchoioUl^^ls
intersection of l:he ’B6one “rrail
highway between North Wilkes
boro and Boone.
Allbert Brothers, of Salem, Va.,
have the contract for the second
link and grading has begun in
earnest. Nello Teer, Durham con
tractor, ha.s about three miles of
the 'Ink In .Alleghany coun
ty graded. Perry McGlome, of
Kansas City, Mo., is contractor on
tlie third link and Nello Teer for
the fourth sector.
The sectors now under con
struction are furnishing employ
ment to many along the route
who would be otherwise be job
less and the laborers furnished
so far have proven quite satisfac
tory to the contractors.
The parkway enters North Car
olina from Virginia at a point
near Low Gap, crosses Alleghany
county in a soiithwestwardly di
rection. regains the summit of
Ihe Bine Ridge at Airbellows
Gap oil the line between Alle
ghany and Wilkes county and
proceeds on and near the main
ridge in Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe
and Watauga counties.
Kills 10 Crows
With One Shot
(.'fows arc perimps the most
violently hated pests that in
fest. tills part of the state but
since M. M. Bumgarner, resi
dent of WUkesltaro route 1,
took a shot at g (lock of them
on New Year's day there ate
ten less to ravage the fields.'
Noticing that flock of crows
coagi
Women Wade Snow and Mud
to Get to Woris in Sewing
Rooms in the County
•240 WOMEN AT WORK
them and
Wilkes Post Of Legion
To Meet Friday Night
Wilkes iiosi of the .American
Legion will hold its frst meeting
of the new year on Friday night,
7:30, at the Legion and Auxiliary
clubhouse. Members are request
ed to bring their due-s to the
meeting.
Several matters of interest are
to be taken up and u full at
tendance of members is urged.
coR^aifd, hin^f.
bet wort’ two stacks of feed.
M'hcn they gatiiered to eat the
bait he killed ten with one
loud from hLs shotgun.
Sales Tax Report
Must Be Made By
15th Each Month
One Dollar is Minimum Pen
alty Added to Belated Re-
turns, Rousseau Says
A penalty of 20 per cent with
a niinimnni of one dollar must be
added to sales tax for each mer
chant who does not file a report
of Hie preceding month on or
before the 1.5th of each month,
it was pointed out here today by
J. R. Rousseau, revenue collec
tor for the state in this territory.
This warning lias been publish
ed before but it was pointed out
that many engaged in retail trade
are delinquent in filing .sales tax
reports and are penalized.
The new law calls tor reports
to he made for each month and
the penalties are prescribed for
those who do not mail the re
turns on or before the 15th. The
letter containing t li e returns
must bear the 1.7th (or previous
date) postmark if the penalty 1s
to be avoided.
Although winter weather at its
worst has kept practically all of
the men on WPA payrolls in
Wilkes county off their jobs dur
ing the past few weeks, more
thaiOi^tOO woqLga£|||rv^pt con
stant
and mher projects, it
hire tpday from
vision of the WPA l)i~
tory served by the five-coonty^'^.,^,
fice here.
.Men are placed at work on ont-
door projects, a majority of them
on roads, and when the weather
le too bad for work they still
draw their pay. However, the
women work indoors but many
AB Tubc9««tu’ Swpecte im
School 8b6y Be.
CITY -
I» Part of HealHk Prognt;
Health AuthorHIcs Ote
Opportnoftffes
• — J ■
A clinic bU'
spects in the schools of
Wilkes county, ^ill ^et-und
er way on Monday,^ttary
13, it was learned ve^rday
when word ‘ wi^^r^^eived
from Dr P. P. JtfcCaln, sup
erintendent of tfte state san-
itorium, that a clinician
would be availably."
The school clihie in
Wilkes was scheduled i for
1937 but due-to - the fact
that some other counties
were not ready for .their
clinics local authorities
were successful in getting
the date for Wilkes moved
up one year.
The clinic will b.egin in the
North Wilkesboro city schools,
where a similar one was held
three years ago. The clinic will
be a part of ih'g health program
in the city schools, a program
whicli is gaining ’.vidor.p'.'^ad a*-
tention because of attention giv
en to students who are under
weight and who show signs of ill
health.
Health authorities point out
that childhood tuberculosis is dif
ferent from that in adults 1^ that
it more readily responds to treat
ment and can be definitely cured
if the disease is dlscovgf^. and
USllSKJCBt started V in its earUar
is regium
itlooi,P«ftihre> reaction to 0)a,
yi'W Is absolutely'' harih-
lees, does not mean that the child
has tuberculosis but is taken aa
an indlcatlbn that further exami
nation is necessary for a complete
diagnosis.
I FV)llowing completion of the
of them have been wading snow j clinic in the North Wilkesboro
and mud for miles to get to their] city schools, the clinician suppli-
johs, officials stated.
.As a result of inclement wea
ther very little progress has been
made on road and other outdoor
projects during the past three
i^’ceks but the women have turn-
^ over to the county commis
sioners of the five counties in
he district, Wilkes. Alleghany,
Ashe, AVatauga and Alexander, a
total of approximately 1,300 com-
forter.s, dre.sses and pieces of
underwear to be distributed by
the weTTare departments to des
titute families.
There a total of 240 wom
en .It work on WPA projects in
Wilkes county at the present
time. Of this number 226 are
employed in sewing rooms and
the remainder are on clerical and
recreational projects.
(Continued on page eight)
ed by the state sanitorlum will
proceed with similar clinics In
tho other central schools in the
county. The clinics are being of
fered free by the state and coun
ty health departments and there
will be no charge for tests and
examinations.
Dr. A. J. Eller, county health
officer, and school lenders stress
the importance of people taking
advantage of the opportunities af-
torded by tho clinic.
Dr. F. C. Hubbard, proprietor
of the Wilkes Hospital, said in
discussing the clinic that “I con
sider it a matter of major im
portance and the clitiic should
have the unqualified support and
cooperation oi all school pa
trons.”
Dr. J. 11. .McNiel. local pliysl-
(Continued on page eight)
Shortened Schedule On Rainy Days
Conserve Health of Gulden
public attention before either of
the two bodies.
The commissioners me( on
.Monday for tran.saction of rou
tine business and again today to
take up additional items of bus-
i iness. The board of education was
released figures on the
’ nspiber of births and deaths yes
terday. During the year there
.,rere 177 births (including 11
8tiU hlTf^) the sex classifi
cations •were 99 males and 78 fe-
Births wejre 87 in excess ot; session today.
deaths, there being 90 deaths, m-,
eluding the 11 still births, from -
an causes. ! \)X, JOllll TOSter
It is interesting to note that ac
cfalental deaths totaled 23 and.
that four homicides and one sui-!
Lt^' eide boosted the number of deaths
kiv violent and accidental -meams
. p^njpared with 62 deaths
disease. |
•geddental deaths were das- j
follows: Automobile ac-
JUDGE BOWIE DELIVERS DYNAMIC SPEECH
BEFORE LARGE JACjCSON DAY DINNER CROWD
IS; airplane accidents^ 1;
f^lorioTij Ij bullet wound,
$; ’> carbon monoxide
1; dynamite explosion.
1_ fVtdl in fall from
gunshot wound, 1.
* l l6W vntS vt^ second
that jM$omobile ^
^ imy
JiiSh tn IfiHrtJi ■Wilkesboro.
f !*■' ••.f.
Will Preach Here
Dr. John S. Foster, former
pa.stor of the First Presbyterian
church in Winston-Salem, will
preach at the 11 o'clock service
at the North Wilkesboro Pres
byterian church Sunday, it was
learned here yesterday. In this
service the quarterly communion
will be celebrated.
Friends are glad to know the
conation of Rev. C. W. Robinson,
venerable pastor, continues to
improve. He has been quite ill
for leverai .weeks.
beth.
Then followed a program of
hilarious entertainment by a vau
deville troupe.
Short . but enthusiastic talks
were made by F. G. Hackett, Judge
T. B. Finley. J. C. Reims, S. V.
Tomlinson, A. A. Cashion, D. F.
In a Jackson Day dinner meet
ing before an enthusiastic gather
ing of 160 Democrats at Hotel
.Willses last night. Judge Tam 3.
Bowie, of West Jefferson, charged
the depression to the Republican
party, asserted that the chaotic
condition of this country in 1930-
33 was a “direct result of control
by the Republicans” in enactment J. Milton Cooper, Thomas Bowie,
of what he termed “inequitable! C. B. Eller, Attorney R.'C. Jen-
laws that allowed 90 per cent ofj nings, C. C. Faw, T. S- Kenerly.
the wealth of the nation to bel D. J. Brookshire, C. 0. McNeil, J.
controlled by two per cent of the R. Rousseau. N. S. Forester, P. E.
people.” I Dancy and James Piperis. Attor-
The dinner, one of many held all j ney H. A. Cranor introduced Judge
over the country to open the 1936 Bowie.
campaign, was a success from ev
ery standpoint. C. T. Doughton,
president of the Young Democrat
ic club in' Wilkes, who was in
charge of arrangements for the
dinner, presided. He read greet
ings from Besiie B.’ Phoeniix, state
^airmn j)f the Young Denjo-
emts. SenfUdr 'Jqsiah “ ff. Bailey
and Congressuan" Walter Lam-
Judge Bowie opened his address
by stating that for centuries be
fore the United States govern
ment was founded an individual
had no rights in govemnaent ^nd
that the greatest, ^hievement in
the history of ciwtsation was' tiu
founding of the
emment in whicS^ifl.$he tmniU-
est citken had a ri^ as an indir'
■is'
] vidual to participate in making
the laws that governed him. He
pointed to Andrew Jackkson as
the real founder of the Democratic |
party which he said wrested the.
government from the hands of ari-1
stocracy and wealth and placed it ;
in the hands of the people.
Shepherd, H. G. Minton. Attpmey.- Turning to moire recent political j
, ,r... ^ mi T,—.subjects he compared Jackson’s i
policies “for the average man” to'
uie actions and policies of Presi
dent Roosevelt. and declared that
they paralleled.
In a vehement attack'.upon the
Republican party, Judge, j^wie
deciai^ “that lio business’" can
prosper without the brains' and
hands of men and no government
can prosper unless in the iumds
men interested in public, and not
private. - affairs.” I This led to hjs
statement that - Bepiriilicans " . bad
centralized 'wtSidth ip ‘the ..lior^
and east hj^rdtuietii^" at
^laws on prodiKU
(Cei)Ji$aad on pag» ehfht)
I City Schools To Be Dismisfied
! at One o’Qodt 0» Rainy.
Day Schedule , ’ ' •
I in order to better coi^erve the
health of chlldj^n who have.no
I means ot'convoyance to and/from
[ school, the North Wilkesboro city
I school is beginning today a
I shortened schedule for rainy days
j and ■when the shorter schedule is
I in effect no children will have to
return to school in the afternoon.
This plan has been under, ad
visement for several weeks and
it is believed tbat its operation
will conserve the health.Of thpee
who have no means of getting to-
and from school other than walk
ing.
At 11:20 on each rainy da^f if
it is still raining and the sky
gives the appearance of continu-
! ed rain the office-will notify the
JAY ANDERSON PLAYS | variotfs rooms that school '■ will
AT BTU CONVENTION I operate through the lunch period.
At 11:40 a receai of 15 minutes
Attends Jackson
Day Dinner Meet
In The Capital
W. A, McMel, prominent lo
cal business man and a leader
in th«^ iiemooratic paKy in
Wilkes, represented the coun
ty’s Deraocnicy at the nation
al Jackson Da,r dinner held in
Washington, D. C. last nig^t.
A central Jaclcson Day din
ner was held at the Mayflower
Hotel in the nation’s cf^^ital
and was addressed by Presi
dent Rooservelt at ten o’clock.
Mr. McNiel was one of the few
from North Carolina who at
tended the dinner in Washing-
ton, D. 7. , , .
Jay Abdersop, son of- Mrs. An
nie Anderson, of. this'city, s]^ht
the holiday vacation with a
sehooinute in Clanton, AlfihktM,
and while in Uiat state attended
ihe sputh wide convention of .the
Baptist Training' Hnloa, In ^ tl|e
will be allowed for recreation in
side the building and claasee wiil
resume work • at ” 11 ;^6.^; one
o'clock all grades' in the sebeSi
will be dismissed.
This schedule will-, not T aidtte
the omission of any recUStj^ in’’
the ’filth whool ^ 9To-
Bmio tor the BUpairvliod 'atn'
conv^^H he Play^ on the 9«p^ each ported as Is 'dar-
aMU»0ad: /jalectrlc^*6i*an; Hr" Vied ont in the xegnlar
is nutting quite a ropu- Practically fhe only Inconiren-lir
tatlon as an orggnist, ^ t . . iConUMi