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lp^^HE Ji&t/gNAtPATWC?r HAS BLAZED^THE TRAIL OP P^OQ^SS INt THE.‘*STim '0P Wn4K”'^R ™IBTY YEa^^^^^| |e News Of te* Nation Told Briefly • Tob*cco Martlet Report Winstou-Salem, Feb. 11.—The ’Wynston-Salem market today sold 61,184'pounds of tobacco for 23,648.31, an average price of 9.41 per hundred pounds. For matoal' yoar baying ii|« kesbovo, th« tnOtag ot Vottbwftk )(b)fth Una. •'''-' ->• t .' ' ■' VOlTxXX, N0T46 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.. THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1936 , $1.50.1K .THE STATE—»2.00 OlfT OF THE STATE IJcenae Salee Gain ■ Raleigh, Feb. 11.—Sales of 1986 automobile licence plates through last Thursday aggregat ed 371,134 pairs, a gain of 25,- 105 over the 346,029 sold to the corresponding day in 1935. Injnrieo Are Fatal Feb. 11.—Lee Cannon. ■8, died at midnight Monday night from injuries received Mon day a^ernoon when a 12 by 15 feet hjUldlng fell on him and a companion, Adam Cody, 60, at ■Whltnel. Codv is improving slow ly. Resettlement To Loan Money.To FarmersFor Producing 1936 Crop Would Tm Quldlca ^ fe. lit Times In Court j High Point, Feb. 11.—Byron > Gibson, making his 21st trip into High Point municipal court as a defendant, Friday morning will answer charges of drunken driv ing and violating the prohibition law, for which he arranged yes terday a bond of $1,500, half of it in cash. 'A'adkln Man Suicide Yadkinville. Feb. 11.—James Bollin, 68, was found shot to death today at his home near here. Across the body was a shot gun. Coroner Ralph Long said all Indications pointed to suicide and an inquest was unnecessary. Chicago . . . Prof. F. O. Dick inson tabove), ot the University of Illinois faculty, is advocating that taxes to meet old-age pen sions be levied on bachelors, spin- isters and childless married cou ples. Parmer Is Drownetl Raleigh, Feb. 11.—Coroner L. j M. Waring and Wake county of- j fleers today watched the icy wat-1 ers of the Neuse river for some | trace of H. K. Baker. 4 8, who is ■ believed to have staggered into the stream late la.st night while in a dazed condition after his automobile crashed into a l)ridge ' hutment. Many Republicans In County Attend Lincoln Day Meet Held In Greensboro Last Night; Senator Dick enson Is Heard McDonald TeJJw Policies Roanoke Rapids. Feb. 11.—Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Winston- Salem, candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for tonight cited ‘‘large individual Incomes” as “an Important source ' of taxation now escaping almost enUrely linn." The Republican party Wilkes county furnished the largest ' delegation in its history at the Lincoln Day dinner at the King Cotton Hotel in Greensboro Wednesday night. Wilkes was represented by a- governor, i,Q„t jpo Republicans in the most enthusiastic Lincoln birthday cele- Iti' Worth Caro- District Office Is Located Here Supervisor Explains Meth ods Used To Aid Distress ed Fanners In State The Resettement Administra tion with national headquarters in Washington, D. C., and with a star.e office in Raleigh, is striving to help the farm population to become more self supporting. The administration desires to give fi nancial assistance to farm fami lies who do not have sufficient livestock or farm and home ne cessities to go forward with their plans for the coming year. Any family who has had one or more years’ experience in operating a farm and who received the major part ot its income from the farm last year may apply for a loan through Re.settlement. One of the first essentials for those seeking loans is tliat they have land, either owned or rent ed, sufficient for their farming operations. It is necessary that farmers secure land for them selves a.s the rehabilitation pro gram does not assume this re- spon.slhility. The administration feels that the program is not understood by many people who could he beni- fited by it. In order that the pub lic may become better acquainted I witli the work ot resettlement ■ they are publisliing the names of * ” I the personnel for Wilkes County whom you may contact for fur ther Information: Wade R. Mc- Hargue. county farm supervisor; Miss Iris L. Council, home super visor; and Mrs. Louise P. Cooper, secretary. The Resottlemeiit Administra tion office is located on the sec ond floor of the Bank of North Wilkwbpro buildlM i» Ijorth i Mis.Hqcy^, LDOgSeofli^^^inanUA Baton Rouge, La.—The surprise appointment of Mrs. Huey P. Long (left) by Gov. James'A. Noe of Louisiana (right), to fill out the unexpired U. S. senate term of her late husband, has been ac claimed a gracious move. The Long term ends in January, 1937. Mr. Noe succeeded to the governorship at the sadden death of the late Gov. 0. K. Allen. Mrs. Long took the oath of office Monday. She is the second woman actually to serve in the United States senate, the other being Mrs. Hattie Carraway, present senator from Arkansas. Mrs. Felton, of Georgia, once served an honorary one-day term. Forty Tons of Phosphate Arrives For TVA County Demonstration Farms • — Rev. Olin Deal Will | Twenty-Five Have Applied Pre'd'ch Sunday Morning | For Phosphates To Be At Moravian Falls i Used In Farming Alexander Rev. Olin Deal, of county, wjll preach at .Moravian Falls Baptist church Sunday morning, eleven o’clock. The pub lic is invited to attend the serv ice. Li,|uor Stores' Profit New Bern, Feb. 11.- -Sales the two ABC stores in Crav en county aggregated $6,435.75 for January, including $5,688.95 for the New Bern store and $746.80 for the Vanceboro store. Of this amount, the state drew $187.45 in sales tax. Estimated unofficially on a basi.s of previous profits, the county profit for the month would be $1,190.61. Money Made In Prison San Francisco, Feb. 11—.Y dar ing scheme whereby $10 counter-! feit banks notes were manutac- tured in San Quentin prison was revealed today with the arrest of three paroled convicts. Capt. Thomas B. Foster of the secret service said the convicts had managed to counterfeit excellent bills in the prison photographic, department. number that motored to Greens boro for the meeting. In addition to the feature ad dress by Senator !.■ J- Dickinson, of Iowa, short talks were made hy A. C. Davis, toastmaster. Worth I). Henderson. State Cliair- maii Meekins. Charles A. Jonas, and other party leaders in the state. Following is an account of the address of Senator Dickinson. (Jreensboro, Feb. 12.—Senator Dickinson (R. Iowa) asserted here tonight in a Lincoln Day address that the next election would be a “test of the very foun dations of democracy itself.” Speaking before a dinner und er the joint auspices of the Young Republican Club of North Caro lina and the Republican state committee. Dickinson inveighed against what he said was the new xleal’s "planned economy’’ and its “attempted bribery of the states’’ through the invalidated AAA and (Continued on page eight) r bration ever staged in the state. oBt Practically every 'WWf'''**»*»^'®^TWnEe8''irttr'T«pre6ente4 tt- lull perboanel each Saturday morning from 8:30 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. However, Mrs. Cooper, sec retary, is there during the week from S;?o a. m. to 5:00 p. m. each day and will l)e glad to give any infonnation desired. If there are persons seeking information who find it impossible to reach North Wilkesboro, Mr. McHargue or Miss Council will arrange fo meet them at their community store or some other ceniral point Welfare Office Is Located Here Moved From Courthouse To Second Floor Bank Of Nortl^Wilkesboro Offices of the Wilkes county welfare department, recently en larged to lake over many duties formerly performed by the emer gency relief administration, have been moved from the courthouse in Wilkesboro to the rooms for merly occupied by the ER.4 on the second floor of the Bank of North Wilkesboro building in this city. Charles McNiel heads the de partment as county welfare offi cer and Mrs. W. J. Bason, former social service supervisor for the ERA in Wilkes, is case worker. Miss Vera Bumgarner is office stenographer. Records and ca.se files of the relief organization in Wilkes have been turned over to the welfare department and are calculated to be of great help in performing the expanded activities, which includes the distribution of sur plus food commodities, clothing and bed comforts manufactured in the WPA .sewfng rooms. By enlarging the welfare department to include a case worker this can be done more efficiently and ef fectively and to 'belter advant age. Mr. McNiel said. .Moving the office from the courthouse to this city was neces sary because of lack of space in the county building. Skilled Workers May Obtain Jobs Through Re - Employment Service; Full Registration Of Jobless Is Urged In order to render the maxi- _ mum service to uneioDloyMl , .-ja, li III iMuin-i -.-..■gB—.IIm• for the phosphatA will be freight Forty tons of super phosphate from the Tennessee Valley Au thority plants have arrived here and are being distributed to 25 farmers who have agreed to con duct their farms for crop rotation and soil conservation demonstra tions. In a recent meeting of interest ed farmers a county soil conser vation and erosion control associ ation was formed. The members of this organization who agree to operate demonstration farms will he furnished phosphate in efforts to grow in c^p rotation designed to build charges from Sheffield, Alabama, shipping point, which will be to those in ing that skilled Workmen with out jobs keep their registrations active and keep in touch with the | about $6 per ton office its closely, as possible. W likes county. r\. G. Hendreii, Wilkes farm ; agent, said that there is eonsid- among the farm ers and that present indications point to successful demonstration J. B. Ha.sh, manager of the of-; fice. stated yesterday that the of-i„abie interest fire has calls for a ntimlter of' skilled workmen. A firm at Whiteville is wanting skilled brick masons and are of- tarms. Sc|i66l8 To Reopen Monday Morning If Weather Permits Special Service At M. E. Church Suiiduy School To Be In Charge Sunday Evening; Special Fea tures .^re Planned The service Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the North Wil kesboro .Methodist church will be iu charge of the Sunday school, this being the fourth of a series of services being put on the dif ferent church activities. Featuring the service will be special music rendered by the glee club of the North Wllkes- boro high school under th© direc tion of Miss Elizabeth Zurburg and a talk by Mrs. A. L. Grlf- flng, who attended the Young Peoples Methodist Conference at Memphis, Tenn., the latter part of December. Mrs. Griftlng, a consecrated worker and a gifted speaker, will have an inspiring message from the conference for all those attending. Congregational singing led by Mr. P. J. Brame and a drill in the small catechism to be given by the boys and girls in the Junior Department will supplement the program. Members of Bill Mar low’s class are to act as ushers for the evening. All members of the Sunday school are urged to be present and it is especially desired that parents ot chil^en in the Junior Department will cooperate with the program committee in seeing that their children are present to take part in the catechism drill. The public has a cordial invita tion to attend. Mercury Goes Into Nose Dive Tuesday Roads Are Practically Im passable In Many Communities Schools in Wilkes county, snow bound since the blizzard on Thursday night, will reopen on Monday, February 17, according to present plans by the school principals, providing weather con ditions are at all favorable. Snow ranging in depth from 10 to 12 inches mad© it impos sible for buses to operate on many of the roads and forced the closing of central schools. How ever, the Ronda school managed to remain open with a fair at tendance and with all buses be ing able to operate. Practically all of the individu al schools where no buses are used to transport students have remained open with a fair attend ance, weather conditions consid ered. During tlie past few weeks the weather has been the principal topic of conversation and people are reminded of the remark by Mark Twain that “Everybody talks about the weather but no one has ever done anything a- bout it.” Even the "old-timers” have agreed that the winter of 1935-36 will he one to he remem bered. On Tuesday morning this week the mercury went into another nose dive aud zero temperatures were reported from themometers in various section of the county. There were reports of minimum temperatures as low as two be low while others were said to reg- ferin;: eent.s per hour. Dairies and Cafes Co-operate With Sanitary Inspector In the County In Little Rock, Arkansas, there i is a company wanting a man ex perienced 111 the manufacture of low price bedroom furniture and wlio is capable of liandliiig 150 to 175 men. Tlie salary offered is $175 pfer month. A firm in Batavia, X. Y.. is calling for automatic bolt ma chine operators and offers $30 to $:15 per week. Anyone interested in applying for any of the above positions arc iisked to get in touch with the lo cal re-employment office, which is located on the second floor of the Bank of North Wilkesboro building. Await Weather Let Up For Work On Scenic Road Teer Gets Contract For An other Section; Options Taken On Much Land TWO DIE WHEN TRAIN HITS CAR Spartanburg. S. C.. Feb. 11.— almost instantly about 6:30 o’clock this evening in a collision between their car and a Southern passeng er train at Arcadia, in front of Mayfair mills, about four miles from this city. The dead are Miss Johnella ■Austin, an employe in the mill office, and her sister, .Miss Blanche Austin, a teacher Odell Says Requirements fill Be Met For Sanitary Establishments G. S. Odell, sanitary inspector!^"''’ '’.omen were killed who recently began his duties jn Wilkes county, said today that dairies and cafes have shown a wonderful spirit of cooperation In the health department’s efforts to raise their standards. Mr. Odell, who is working with the health department, has vislt- practically all of the dairies and eating establishments, advis ing them of the requirements tor high ratings. In practically all «i|KS, he said today, proprietors itSd managers of t>ie various es- tablislnnents ‘ hav© gone at the task of improving their places with considerable diligence. Several years had elapsed since the last inspections by sanitary inspectors and Mr. Odell stated that many places had kept up sanitary measures well hut in some instances many technical points were omitted. He further added that the work will con tinue until a safe fofod and milk supply is assured the public. In commenting on this pur pose, he .explained, however, that Washington Class Initiation Be Here les and many leading '© by no means lax in us- joitary measures and pre- bnt some have forgotton © material and techni- ents. the places inspected, will be published ve bad opiiortunlty Ir faults and a ion can b© made. Juniors Of District to Gather On Tuesday Night, Feb. 18, In This City Juniors from every council in this district are urged to attend the George Washington class in itiation to be held with North Wilkesboro council number 51 on Tuesday night, February 18, and bring along several candidates for initiation. The local council will have 29 candidates for initiation on that date. Monroe Adams, of Statesville, state councilor, will be present for the meeting. Officers of the North Wilkesboro council are urging every Junior, and especial ly the degree team, to attend. The meeting will start at seven o’clock with degree work begin ning at 7:30. Church Offers Free Weddings For Leap Year Worcester, Mass.—Leap year weddings are expected to boom in this city following the action taken by the First Church of Christ, Disciples. It ■ was voted to make the fa cilities of its pastor available without charge for weddings. Fruit Growers In Meeting Tuesday Orchard Problems Are Dis cussed; Field Demon strations Postponed 11. R. Niswonger, extension horticulturist, addressed the Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers in meeting at the courthouse in Wilkesboro Tuesday afternoon. Although a number of demon strations w;ere scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in several orchards, these were postponed until some time in March be cause of the snow and intense cold. However, the meeting at the courthouse was attended by many orchardists from Wilkes and northern Alexander counties. Mr. Niswonger made a report of demonstrations carried on at experiment stations and a general discussion of orchard problems was entered into. Dr. Zelgler, .Alexander county orchardist who was a member of the last general assembly, addressed the group, telling what had been done and what Is -planned for the protec tion of fruit growers. Enforcement Postponed Raleigh, Feb. 11.—Strict en forcement of the new state auto mobile driver’s license law will b© postponed again, this time to become effective March 1. 4 KiU^ In Train Wreck Hammond, Ind., Feb. 11—Four relief workers were killed today when their- automobile was hit by a Grand Trunk train at a cross ing at Maynard, a small hamlet south of here. ' The car was struck by the fast passenger train bound for Chlcar go, tossed 25 feet into the air and completely demolished. With the Blue Ridge thickly blanketed with snow and ice, con tractors for the construction of tile Blue Ridge scenic parkway in X'orthwestern North Carolina are anxiously awaiting a let np in the weather to begin work in earnest in order to complete their projects in the allotted time. Bids to he received today at the Roanoke, Va., office of the I)iireau of roads will call for the constrnotion of the parkway from Benge Gap to Deep Gap, the sec* tion representing the remainder of the parkway on the calendar for immediate construction in this part of the state. When the parkway is completed as far as Deep Gap, existing road.s will be used to connect with the Mount Mitchell sector until the inter vening links can be constructed. Nello Teer. Durham contractor who has constructed many of the leading highways i n western North Carolina, was the success ful bidder on the fifth section from the intersection with the new survey ot highway 16 near Glendale Springs to Benge Gap on the Ashe-Wllkes line. He now has contract for three sections: the first from the Virginia line to highway 26. and the other be ing from the intersection with highway 18 at Laurel Springs to highway 16. Part of the first sec tion has been graded and his rep resentatives say* work will begin on the other two sections he has contract for by March 1 or earlier if weather permits. Albert Brothers, contractors, have started grading the second section from highway 26 in Alle ghany county to Airbellows Gap on the Alleghany-Wilkes line and. when th© weather opens up grad ing will start on the parkway from that point to laurel Sptings. Perry McGlome, of Roanoke, :\Ib th© contractor. Contract will be let on March (Contlnned on page eight) Charged With Looting Mrs. Grace Minton’s Store On Sunday Night Miss Roxie Griffin, Monroe Griffin and Robert Huffman, res ident Of the Buck community, were jailed in Wilkesboro this week on charges of breaking in- {to Mrs. Grace Minton’s store Sun day night and taking n quantity of merchandise. Deputy Sheriff O. K. Eller aud P. V. Turner made the investiga tion and arrest of the brother and sister and neighbor. In the Griffin home it is reported that they found a quantity of mer chandise that was identified as l)eing from the Minton store. Evi dence was also found, it is said, that would indicate that other robberies in the community had been perpetrated hy the same people. They were placed iu jail in Wilkesboro to await hearing. &y'' Corning, catching many people off guard lii taking precaution! with water pipes, automobile ra(Tlators, and other articles subject to damage by Wednesday morning corres pondingly low umperatores were reported, freezing. ■As low ieniperat!ire.s continued local coal dealers were still able to supply the demand while rural people Iiave been hoping for fav orable weather to replenish the rapidly diminishing woodpiles. LIQUOR SLEUTHS RAID 16 STILLS IN ONE WEEK Although badly handicapped by had weather investigators of the alcohol lax unit of .North Carolina last week sinxeeded iu raiding 16 stills and making six arrests. They confiscated 108 gallons of untaxed whiskey and destroyed 36,700 gallons of mash. Two au tomobiles valued at $430 were confiscated. Charles Padgett Arrested Monday Night By Winston-Salem Officers Hitch-Hiker (Jets Lift i Charged With Holdup Of From Wrong Fellow | Lawrence Gray And Riverside. Cal.—George Wnl-1 Other Crimes ler. wanted by authorities on | oharles Padgett, wanted in three different charges, success-1 holdup and rob- fnlly “thumbed’' a passing auto-' mobile for a hitch-hike home. Under-sheriff Stephen Lynch who was driving the car promptly con ducted his guest to the county jail. THREE^LOW ZERO AT MOUNT AIRY Mount Airy, Feb. 10.—The minimum temperature here early today was thi;^ degrees zero—the lowest jH' six years. PCA Applications Are Being Taken By Miss Billings At Office Of County Agent A. G. In Courthouse Applications for loans from the Production Credit Assoclaflon are being handled in Wilkes by Miss Rosa Billings, secretary In the office of A. G. Hendren, Wilkes farm agent. Th© association which serves this territory Is located in Win ston-Salem and 'Miss Billings has been appointed to handle applica tions for loans to farmers who wish to secure funds for financ ing' the planting of the 1986 crops. , bery of Lawrence Gray, Wilkes- boro funiiturp dealer, was irrwe4-- ed in Winston-Salem Monday night and has been turned over to officers of Davidson county for trial on a charge of holding up a service station. In addition to being charged with robbing Mr. Gray of his au tomobile and about $75 in cash Padgett is wanted in a number of other place.s. Federal authorities at Charlott© urged that Padgett not be releas ed on hail until they could claim him, while a South Carolina sher iff telephoned that he held a war rant against Padgett for hi-jack ing a load of liquor. Officers have beeu informed that some six years of a federal sentence hang over Padgett for a violated parole. It was expected that R. E. Gunter, arrested at Charlotte and report^ly admitting he was with Padgett at the filling station holdup Friday,.would be held. It was indicated also that state highway patrolmen investigating a car which' Padgett and Gunter were reported using last Friday and which was recovered in Winston-Salem Sunday night would lodge charges ot antomo- bile larceny. The, car is reported to have been identified as 'belong ing to an Atlanta man.
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