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jtO '^liuck*'' fls Constitution "Into
itb* ocean.”
Italy May Withdraw
' tlOMTa.—^Italian circles Indi-
.iied today that Italy would bo
IMsiy to leave the Ioague o{ Na>
1 If It imposed aa oil em-
bifM In penalty for her war on
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VOL. XXX, NO. 44 'Published Mondays and Thui^sdays ■ NORTH^WILKESBORO, N.
Veterans Rling
Applications For
^us Payment
A. F. Kilby Delegated to Aid
Ex-Service Men With Ap
plications Here
SHOULD BRING PAPERS
^SSZ
New Hospital Plant Open For Itepdetion To^y
- 1___ ^ 'j|a»
lauidoa’s Friends Active
New York, Feb. 4.—Supporters
of Gover^r Allred M, Landon
of Kanaas for the Republican
jjgilirtfintinl nomination have op
ened headquarters for him here,
[it waa learned today.
Veterans Asked to Bring
Discharge and Loan State
ment; Many Applying
.-t
Clweece May Pap Up
tWaBhlngton, Feb. 4.—A Greek
offer of partial war debt pay
ments today marked the first
break in the impasse resulting
from wholesale default by a
^^osen other European nations
two years ago.
Greenville Boom Town
ensrlUe. — The population
has Increased 6,000 since
ail'd civic leaders say the
t ,|s on the boom. Greenville
boasts between 14,000 and 15.-
000 persons. In IgSl the census
figure was 9,194.
Tried For Old .Murder
WaynesvUie, Feb. 4. — Ance
Phillips, 56, charged with the
Wilkes post of the American
Legion and the county chapter of
the American Red Cross have
delegated A. F. Kilby, active Le
gionnaire. to make bonus appli
cation blank.s available to World
War veterans in AVllkes county.
Mr. Kilby has a supply of
bonus application blanks at his
office at the Yadkin Valley Motor
company and already many veter
ans have called for blanks. A sec
retary is employed to assist them
in properly filling out the appli
cations and giving them instruc
tions about sending them to the
proper office to await payment.
Mr. Kilby stated today that it I
would greatly facilitate matters |
if veterans will bring with them '
their discharges when calling to
fill application and they should
also have with them statements
of amounts borrowed on adjusted
compensation certificates.
Al the time the first bonus
measure was passed there were
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’■ ;Co(lg«rted' Docket' Fact
March Term For Trial of
, Criminal Case*
Above is pictured the modern plant of the and kitchen quarters. The second floor is used
. , , . , -HI. ' ontirelv for pateints’ rooms and the top floor con*
Wilkes hospital, which will be open this afternoon i-'iviivi.v lui *„i
YY iiaes iiusp , I i tains the operating suite and additional
and tonight for inspection by the public. The new
building on the right, containing about thirty
COMPLAINT DRAWN. UF
Amount Involved is (57,000 Commissioners Admit Tiro
B . • I J .. T R HnaBkalY.RMutlM
Principal and $6(000
Interest ^ ..
. tp T. B. H^itsJfiRotttiM
Matters Heard ,
The town of North WlUtetlwrte ^ Bjoard of county coromUatoa-
.( - ** . V.* ^
first degree murder of Jim Sul-, about 900 veterans in Wilkes en-i
ton at a Christmas eve celebra-! titled to adjusted compensation,
tion 36 years ago. and who was! Many ha\’e borrowed on the cer-1
arrested last month after being a | tificales but there s still ap-i
fugitive since 1900, was arraign-' pcoximately $389,100 due in bon-1
ed in Superior court here this ! ii.s to World War veterans in the
afternoon i county.
The service being rendered in,
tains the operating suite and additional rooms.
I The remodeled and renovated building on the left
coniains offices and laboratory, department for col-
rooms, was erected according to the most modem „red people on the ground floor and the nurses’
plan for hospitals. The ground floor has an am- home on the top floor. The opening hours today
balance entrance, emergency ward, dining room are one to four and six to nine p. m.
f, ^"^Fiays Foreign Deblors
Washington, Feh. i.—Senator
distributing and aiding in filling
out applications here is sponsored
Board Educatimi
In Quiet Session
On First Monday
No More "OUCH!"
vv rtri». f.— j tnu. i*v» c —
Bobert R. Reynolds joined in the by the Legion and the Bed Cross
Senate today with Senator J. j and no charge is made for the
Hunilton Lewis, Illinois Demo-; services reiidemd. This service
1*^;- cnit, in chastising foreign nations ! will be offered throughout this
tor their failure to pay their war j month and will provide oppor-
Cebts to the United States. : tunity for all veterans in this vl-
W. H. Hayes Named on;
Committee For Mulberry
Central School District i
, cinity to secure and fill out their
Tlie Wilkes county
education held a ver;'
hoard
quiet
ruary session Monday with C
■Ml
^l.'^iWood, So., was
^ abarked loday upon his third
nrarrlag^— his second in six
and Mrs. Mary Price,
^f Nevada, were married yes
terday. He married Mrs. Mary
Konkler. of Creston, Iowa, last
August 19. They were divorced
in October.
^Legion will meet ♦'rlday night, at
the Legion and Auxiliary club-
hnuse. 7:-30, to discuss bonus ap
plications and othei important
matters of interests to ex-service
men. .411 veterans in the county,
irrespective of whether or not
they are mcmber.s of the I.«egion.
are urged to be present.
Marry, Starve or noth'.’
Stockton, Calif.. Feb. 4.—On
the theory, apparently, that mar
riage is to be preferred to starva
tion, a war veteran in.serted this
advertisement today in the “help
wanted, female’’ column of a
Stockton newspaper: “Wanted, a
.wife Veteran, refused relief by
SERA, must marry or starve."
Collecting j. P.’s
Must Pay Taxes
schools.'-
C. O. McNiel, chairman, and,
It. R. Church were present for
the meeting. Routine matters I
were rarddly disposed of and
there were few people liringing
matters before tlie board. '
W. II. (Rill) Hayes was nam
ed 011 the Mulberry central
school district committee tq sue- •
eeed J I' Hall, who died re
cently.
] j State Income Tax
Returns Must Be
Filed By March 15
NEW YORK . . Dr. LeBo;
Hartman (above), of Columbia
veraity faculty, ia the man who dis
covered the dental “pain killer”
formola to use while drilling teeth,
lie forfimla is free of royalty feee
to all dentists. It is nst to be pat
ented by the University,
J. R. Rousseau, Collector
Here, Will Assist People
in Filing Returns
March 15 is the time limit for
tiling ineopie tax returns to the
state of North Carolina, J. R.
Lestty-:^enue-inllscU)r here.
All single persone with an in
come of $1,000 or more yearly
and all married persons with an
income of $2,000 or more year-
through J. H.' Whicker, aftora^
has instituted suit against W)lkn
county asking the court to f5m-
pel the county to assume the
school bonded debt for North
Wilkesboro. The amount involved
is $57,000 In principal and a-
bout $6,000 in Interest, making a
total of $63,000.
The complaint in ' the man
damus action has been drawn and
was to have been filed today with
the clerk of court.' Among the
allegations in the complaint Is
the constitutional duty of the
county board of coramlsslohers
and the board of education to
provide necessary school build
ings in all districts and that
heretofore the school building
cost in North Wilk«»boro has
been borne by the city. It Is also
claimed that the county has and
still is levying ad yalorem prop
erty taxes to pay s:hool building
indebtedness in all other districts
and that bonded Indebtedness of
special tax districts has been
taken over by the county.
It is further alleged in the com
plaint that the county is levying
at the present time 28 cents on
each hundred dollars valuation
of property for the purpose of
paying school building Indebted
ness, all this being in support of
the contention that the ' county
should now assum^he remaind
er of the spq|ia!
bonds ouM^ding
The ^aplalnt further
^ _ _■■■,.
iJ)rop«rty YxItBrawk for the
fy more than $3,000,000 is
district
In
Stale Wants $50 Each From
Magistrates in Bill Col
lecting Business
Double Header Cage
Games Friday Night
Niswoi^[er Will
Demonstrate h
Seven Orchards
Faces Murdei’ Trial
Raleigh, Feb. 4.—Beachor I’.
Patton, 28, w«ht on trial in Wake
county Superior court here today
for the second time within two
months on a charge of seond de
gree murder in connection with
the slaying several months ago
of Vernon Knight. 2 6. Patton ad
mitted the killing and sought to
establish a plea of self defeii.se.
North Wilkesboro basketball
, learns will play Morgantoii in
.1 K, Rousseau, collector of ^ W e s t e r n Conference schedule
revenue for the state of North i games al the school gymnasium
Carolina for Wilkes and Yadkin hiere on Friday night. The first
counties, today called attention game will start at 7:30.
of people in this section to the All basketball fans who are
state law which says that a jus- inlerested iu the sport are asked
tice of the peace engaged in col- lo be present and add moral sii))-
of
Whistle, in I,nng 50 Yean.
Montreal, Feb. 4.—The little
histle Philllppe Pettigrew
^ Jore than a half century ago
been found in his right lung.
Dolton) who located it today,
while probing an irritation, will
attempt to recover it Wednesday
Yvlth the aid of a bronchocoscope.
y^rtlgre'w, liow 51 years of age,
jie remembered swallowing
.ArUhitlft When he was a child
of (ehf.
lecting accounts for compensa
tion must pay a privilege tax of
$50 to the state of N'ortli Caro
lina.
Mr. Rousseau said that he uud-
erstood that .some justices in this
port to the home teams.
I vicinity have been engaged in
collecting for compensation aud
that they are required by law to
pay the specified privilege tax.
Cse of copper sulphate on
eastern Carolina soils, as one of
the important minor elements in
fertilizer, is gaining wide atten
tion. Recently the Experiment
Station had a request from Ger
many for further information a-
bout the results secured.
WSkes Expected To Furnish Large
Delegation At Lincoln Day Dinner
Auto TeeCs
Feb. 4.—The staie
putfn) after February
15 will «tart conducting "sur-
priie!' fnnpectlons of automobiles
oyer [the state to determine that
they are mechanically fit to use
Capl. Charles D.
Anv Deairing Transportation I \Yant Homes Fof
May CsJl J. M. Brown
or Kyle Hayes
'Che Republican party in Wilkes
county, sometimes known as the
“hotbed of Republicanism in
North Carolina,” plans to send a
large delegation to the Lincoln
Day dinner to be held at King
Cotton Hotel in Greensboro on
the night of February 13, it was
4 Children Now
At County Home
the highways .
Parmer of the patrol | learned today from J. M. Brown,
the efflcers would check “utomo-. Republican coun-
Mles at the same time they J® executive committee,
quire motorists to Attorney Brown said that ...
complying with the new dr ready many have slated their in
nl-
lieense act
rails.
by carrying their per-
lention lo attend the dinner and j
it is expected that Wilkes’ dele-
j—i liquor Store Profits
~ Henderson, Feb. 4.—A net
profit of $32,985.60 had been
,4^e by Vance county’s one
' ij*ij*tT^~’'7*“’ liquor store to
' V 1, according )p an audit
Ade public. The store had
•les of $18,550 in January,
Qded in the audit, which
Otal to $165,493.45 in
the date of the
f July 15, 1936,
hary 31, 1936, a
land a half months.
4H»f&ess shown in
(h .jDetfpmbor 31
|46;
50.
I gation will number between
and 100. He has asked that all 1
' who desire to go to get in touch ^
i with either him or Attorney Kyle ;
' Hayes, secretary, in order that i
: an adequate number of tickets
be purchased. They will also
make arrangements for transpor
tation for those who have no
means of conveyance.
Senator Dickenson, of Iowa,
' keynoter of the 1932 national
! convention and a nationally
known Republican who has been
mentioned as presidential timber,
will he the future speaker at
(Contiaaea on page eight)
Wanted: homes for four chil
dren — one baby girl four
Yveeks old; two boys seven
years old and one boy nine
years old; nil bright, and good
looking.
The above is the SOS ,1. M.
.Abshee, keeper of the county
home, a-sked t»> be inserted in
today’s paper. Anyone who nuiy
be interested In providing a
home for om^ of these unfor
tunate chlldi'en is asked to see
Mr. .Vbsher as early as possible.
H. R. Niswonger, horticulturist
the extension service, will be
in Wilkes on Wednesday and
Thursday. February 12 and 13,
for the purpose of conducting six
orcliard demonstrations and
meeting with the Brushy Moun
tain Fruit fJrowe.rs in annual
meeting to discuss orchard prob
lems.
The first demonstration will be
al J. J. Hendren’s orchard, where
Mr. Niswonger will continue
pruning demonstrations started a
year ago. The second demonstra
tion on Wednesday will he at
i 10:.30 a. m. at the Crawford
(Redney Rrother.s) orchard. In
i the afternoon at 1:30 a demon-
1 stration Yvill be held at the Boone
* Trail orchard west of this city.
F'ollowing the demonstration at
I the Boone Trail orchard all mem
bers of the fruit growers associ-
I alien and other interested orch-
I ardista r 1 meet at the court-
, house, thr^e P- m.. to discuss
orchard problems. These discus
sions with Mr. Niswonger have in
the past proved lo be quite valu
able to orchardists of the asso
ciation.
Demonstrations on Thursday
will begin at nine o’clock at the
II. S. Deal orchard in northern
Alexander county. The remainder
of the day will be consumed with
further demonstrations at the
orcliards of B. C. Price and 1. J.
Broyhill.
North Wilkesboro and that taxes
are paid on this property for
county wide school purposes.
The total amount of school
building bonds sold by North Wil-
kosboro was $87,000. $30,000
having been' retired as of July 1,
1935.
ly must file returns regardless of
exemptions, taxes o r Interest
paid.
All places of business doing a
gross annual business of $5,000
or more must file returns and re
turns must be filed by partner
ships and corporations regardless
of the amount of business done.
Mr. Rousseau emphasized the
importance of tiling returns ear
ly. Anyone desiring blanks or fur-
iher information about state tax-1 Presbyterian Pastor Dur-
91NK WILL PRESIDE
^ In February session this*
dreF jurors for'the March teria''
of Wilkes superior court whlck
will convene in Wflkesboro on
Monday, March 2. Judge Hoyte
Sink, of Lexington,, will preslda
over the two we^s' termf whlel
will be for trial of criminal cas
es. ''
The court will again -face a
congested docket, .notwithstand
ing the fact that the calendar was
practically cleared during the
last regular term. A number of
homicide cases are pending trial.
Except for drawing Jurors for
court the board did litte outside
of the general routine of auditing
claims''and receiving reports and
held a quiet session. Two patients
were admitted to the county tu
bercular hospital and some chil
dren were temporarily admitted
to the county home. All members
of the board, D. B. Swarlngen,
chairman, M. P. Absher and
Ralph Duncan, were present for
the -meeting.
Following is the list of jurors
for the March term of court:
First Week
Joseph White, North Wilkes
boro; B. F. Brown. Mulberry; J.
K. Eller. Reddies River; J. L.
Walters, Jobs Cabin; S. J. .Miller,
Union; Ivey Triplett, E3k; Glenn
Shell, Elk; H. L. Wyatt. Union:
T. R. Nicholson, Somers; J. E.
Parks, Edwards; Edgar Brooks,
Wilkesboro: W. C. Waddell, Wal-
Grove; Arlon Tripiett, Wil-
WaNfe’
Cabin; M. F. Phillips, Jobs Ca
bin; Vestef Farrington, Mulber
ry; Jim Pardue, Wilkesboro; Guy
Cox, Traphill; V. C. Cleary, Wil
kesboro; J. S. Bryant, Edwards;
R. L. Eller, Lewis Fork; Mack
Moore, Wilkesboro: W. D. Wood,
Jr., Rock Creek; J. G. Adams,
Dr. John S. Foster
Will Supply Here
«s may call Mr. Rousseau at his '
office in Hie nono.'-il & Savings
Bank building.
ing Convalesence of Rev.
C. W. Robinson
Healing Is Postponed
A preliminary hearing for three
persons charged 'vith the robbery 1 supply
Dr. John S. Foster, former
pastor of the F'irst Presbyterian
church of Winston-Salem, will
as pastor of the North
of Spurgeon Johnson in the
Doiigliton community a few weeks
ago will be held befoip, Magistrate
P. i,. Lendetman in Wilkesboro
Kebniary 20. The date of the
hearing Yvas postponed from Sat
urday.
The two defendants in jail are
.Mrs. Sallie ^plbiook Murphy and
MozMle OwtYns. Riitus Wagoner,
of Jouesvine. was arrested and
released on ball.
Wilkesboro Presbyterian church
during the convalesence of Rev.
C. W. Robinson, venerable and
beloved pastor who Is recovering
from a seige of illness.
Dr. Foster will preach each
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
and no Sunday evening services
will be held. The Men’s Bible
clas.s will continue to have charge
of the prayer meetings on Wed
nesday evenings.
Mrs. W. R. Absher Will Not Be Able
To Attend Child Welfare Conference
New Castle; Albert Baity, Brushy
Mountain; A. C. Pruitt, Wilkes
boro; L. B. Murray, Edwards; T.
J. Brock, Moravian Falls; K. I.
McNlei, Reddies River: \V, M.
Blackburn, Traphill; G. H.
Brown, .Moravian Falls; Ed Dan
cy, Union; Columbus Weils, -New
Castle; Robert Holland. Wilkes
boro; U. C. Adams, Brushy .Moun
tain; Parks Roberts, Somers;
Estel E. Hawks, Walnut Grove;
J. F. Walsh, Lewis Fork: George
McGlamery. Reddies River; W.
.M. Holder, Rock Creek; Cran
ford Blevins, Walnut Grove.
Second Week
B. F. Staley, Union; Com Huff
man. Reddies River: Jeff Rus-
Booraer; F'. T. Myers.
New Castle; Jacob Bare. Union;
WUey Miller, Mniberry; G. C.
Green, New Castle; D. L. Hen
derson, North Wilkesboro: I. M.
PInkenton. Stanton; G. D. Well
born, Elk; H. E. Ilarrold, Mul
berry; G. A. Bumgarner, Reddies
River; T, G. Johnson. Walnut
Grove; A. T. Shumate, -Mulberry;
H. C. Miller. Union; A. L. Sid-
den. Walnut Grove; E. C. Foster.
Lewis Fork; C. M. Dearman,
Rock Creek: W. L. Haynes. Mul
berry; T. E. Holder, .Moravian
Wilkesboro: P.
Native of Wilkes
Dies In Bel Air
Wilkesboro PTA
Sponsoring Play
Miss Pearson Is
Named Postmaster
At Moravian Falls
, Falls; Ed Crysel
Still Suffering Intense Pain B. Brown, Wflkesboro:. W.
From Injury to Arm Sev- ] Absher, North Wilkesboro; W
eral Months Ago i Holcomb. TTaphill.
“The First Commandment”
■To Be Presented In Wil
kesboro 10-11
The pOstottlce department at
Wa.shington has announced that
Miss Louise Pearson, daughter of
Mrs. C. S. Pearson, has been
named postmaster at Moravian
Falls. N. C.
Some time ago examination
Was held to fill the vacancy at
this' place and a number of appli
cants took the test. The postoffice
has announced the eligible list as
follows: First. Mrs. Carrie B.
Mix; second. Miss Louise Pear
son; third. Mrs. Clyde Vestal. ’
Miss Pearson is expected to re
ceive her commission from Waah-
I ington within the next feWi days,
j after which she will take charge
I of the office.
Mrs. W. R. Absher, child wel-j
fare chairman of area C of tljo I
American Legion Auxiliary, stat
ed at her borne here today that |
she will not be able to attend the:
area child welfare conference of
the Legion and Auxiliary to be j
held in Atlanta, Ga.. on Friday
and Saturday, February 7 and 8.
Mrs. Absher said that she is,
still suffering intense pain as
the rfe.sult of a broken arm re
ceived on October 20 when she
fell on a sidewalk in Raleigh
while on a visit to her brother.
Major A. L. Fletcher, commls-
■bloner of labor.
Mrs' Absher has secured Mrs.
J.- Reverdy Miller, of Charlotte.
: vlc^ chairman of national '■tel-
i farej. to pinch hit for her in pre-
Is Rested On
Larceny Chai|;e
Grayble Prevette Held on
Charge of Looting Store
at ClingiiMin
Charlie Crabb Victim of In
juries Received Sleigh
Riding-in Maryland
The remains of Charlie Crabb,
29, native of the Lomax com
munity of Wilkes county, who
met instant, death while riding on
a sleigh near the present home
(CoBtlnu'ed oo page e'tght)
J. R. Rousseau Will Be
“The First Commandment,’’ a Transferred- March 1
Biblical drama of the highest J- R- Rousseau, of this city.
type, will be presented In the
l^lkesboro .schtfoB ■Mqditorium
Monday and Tuesday iftghts, Peb-
nfary 10 ao4 11.
The play is unusually enter
taining and carries a message and
story that are destined te te of
(Gontlnned oq page '
J. R
who has beea collector of rev«4|ps
for the state In WllXee and Yad
kin counties for several ^ysare,
said today that-he win be "hAiiBr
ferred from this " territory op ;necUon
March 1. However, he has not
been ttotlried.'qf■ ita futttfe lopa-
Uon.
siding for.the Auxiliary at the
conference. She was also on the
program for an address on “^tl-
ficahon Child Labor Aaited-
meut.''; Th|s topic,'she said; will
be discussed by E. Heniy .iSspps^
mann, oLfonth CaroHna, in oon-
his'’ sdAreed on
'‘Workl4f (Inward Rid^catten.”
.whlA
Attthef^a'TMSbrdays program.'
Grayble Prevette; resident of
JonesvlliB. was placed in jail at
Wilkesboro Friday on a charge of
being a member of a party that .
looted J. C. Green and company
store at Clingman of about $20»
worth of merchandise nearly a
year ago. , •
The arrest of Prevette was
made by George Holland, rural
'poltoeman, Friday afternoon. It
is understood that officers bad
been looking for him for' some
time. ' '
Carl Ballard, one of the duar-
tet charged with tlw is
eqrvipg a tbreo-year Jwntenp^.te
prison n»etod'pnt. dftrtegj^W^^iv:
g*sC2tetes OP soniEti
j^ye bpen teftni ’