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‘^J^&fMi-PATBI©TiHASj BLAZEIX;^ ^ iteNewsOf" ' State-Natioii Told Briefly Shotgiui Ban«t BonU TbomuTllle, Feb. 14. R. Theodore Keanedy, who llrea on route one. was seriously injured while hunting this afmnoon when the barrel o( his gun burst and wounded his left arm below the elbow. Killed la FaU Kinston, Feb. 14.—Troy Jones, 34, Moss Hill filling station ope rator, was found dead today out- lide the home of his father, W. W, Jonee, alter be had fallen out >1 a second story window. A bro- ti^r found the body. RAIL ^f^'7 . 'f - VOL. XXX, NO. 47 Published Moadaya and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY, X7, 1986 |1,50 PfTHESTAT^IlOO 0 -Assisbait County Agent Begins I& Dutieg In County W. J. Hsuiiia To Look After. TVA Demotiatration Farma In.Wilkea COMMENCED WORK Reported Sahird^ to Coun- f^ood la Eastern N. O. KMgb, Feb, 14. — Eastern ir$kc Carolina rivers, swelled be- «tnse of Thursday’s gMieral rains and accompanying dissolution of snow and Ice, were rising slowly today and floods were in prospect by early in the week. sturdy ty Agent; la Graduate Cletnson College It Construction Picks Up New York, Feb. 14.—F. W. Dodge corporation reported to day that all types of construction In the 37 states east of the "ocky Mountains increased to $204,- 792,800 in January from $99,- J73.900 in that month last year. McRae Is In Race Charlotte, Feb. 14.—John A. McRae, of Charlotte, said today he would discuss all state issues in the formal opening of his cam paign for the Democratic nomi- ipition for governor in an address here Tuesday night. Influenza Epidemic Raleigh, Feb. 14.—Frankly ad mitting the reports probably cov ered only one-fourth or one-fifth of the estimated cases in the state, the board of health today reported 300 influensa cases in North Carolina since January 1. -Accidentally Shot Dnnii, Feb. 14.—Clifton Hobbs was accidentally shot and seri ously wounded today while hunt ing with his uncle, Dewey Simp son. Simpson, walking ahead with bis gun on his shoulder, fell over a log; his gun discharged, lodging a load of No. four shot In Hokb’a kbfont Greensboro, Feb. 14.—Declajr- ins that the psychology of the ag ricultural adjustment act was IWrong, L. J. Taber, of Columbus, Ohio, master of the National Orange, said in an address at the courthouse here tonight that he favors a program which will pay people tor doing something, not for doing nothing. •lobs For Tcacherji Raleigh, reo. li.— rue works progress administration is in pro cess of spending $149,999 to give employment to school teachers, the allotment having been for January and February, W. H. Jonee, assistant director of edu cation for the WPA in charge of emergency education, said Thurs day. A special allotment of $40,- 140 was spent in December. Continue Low Rates Washington, Feb. 14.—Rail roads operating in Georgia, Ala bama and Nolth Carolina today asked the interstate commerce commission for authority to con tinue until December 31 low ex perimental passenger fare sche duled to expire April 1. The ex- pMlmental tares are based on a of 1 1-2 cents a mile in ehes. W. J. Hanna, who has been In charge of soil erosion control work in Surry county for some time, has been designated .as as- sisUnt county agent for Wljkes county by O. F. McCrary, district agent. Mr. Hai.na reported to County agent A. G. Hendren Saturday to begin work. Reports from Surry county In dicate that he has been quite suc cessful in soil erosion control work in that county and Mr. Hen dren said today that the main project Mr. Hanna will look aft er In Wilkes will be the delnon- stration farms on which Tennes see Valley Authority phosphate is to be used. The remainder of his work will be in the general ca pacity of assistant county agent. He is a graduate of Ciemson Col lege and is considered to be well fitted by training and experience to render valuable service to the farmers. Forty tons of TVA phosphate has arrived here and is being stored until the applications by 2'i or more Wilkes farmers to carry on demonstration farma are approved. Then the phosphate will be apportioned on the basis of what the TVA allows for soil conservation activities. The cost to the farmers will be freight and a small charge for storage and handling. WEUr-WlKTtR CA»^n •'WN* 9 Homi^ CasM ArePendum Trod h Superior‘Coifft A Congested Docket Face* Court Term To Bogin On March 2nd SINK WUJ. PRESIDE ( Bmera Three Homicide* Result Of Automobile Accidents Ott The Highway* Nine homicide cases are on the docket for„ trial in' the March term of Wilkes court beginning' on Monday, March 2. However, not all the nine cas es have originated slnpe the last criminal term In August, sever al having been continued from that term. All of the defendants in the murder cases are free under bond and it Is not expected that Solicitor John R. Jonee will ask for any verdicts of first degree murder. TJie .homicide cases are as fol lows: Conrad Bell, youth of the Roaring River vicinity who Is al leged to have killed his father; Oscar Owens, driver of an auto mobile which ran over and killed J. H. Pennell; John Jones, bus driver indicted for manslaughter in the death of Miss Wllhelmlna Triplett and Mrs. Hubert Canter, killed in a bus-automobile col lision: Dave Jonee, who is charg ed with beating John Robinson to death in an altercation in this 1 P IS Dedrion Reac^, In Meeflng Hdd ; Dirt Roads Are Still Verjr Soft From 'Snow And Henwy Rainfall mm SERGT. LENTZ SPEAKS Safety In Bn* Transporta tion Discussed By Prin cipals, Drivers Hanover, N. H. . . . There’s plenty of “wlAter*' up this way for the 26th annsal Dartmouth Inter Carnival. The election of Queen witnessed the coronation of Miss Ann Hopkins (above), daughter of President Hopkins of Dartmouth College. New York . - . Despite aching feet and frost-bitten fingers, news photographers continue to plow through to picture snows and bliz zards which have gripped the nation. Top, is a Nebraska scene as ueam m an on.cii,a>,.i/u .a — great rotary snow plows battle to open rail transportation lines. Low-j city several months ago; Julius er left, the National capitol when Washington was buried under a 14-1 Minton, driver of a pickup Which inch snowfall in about 12 hours. Lower right, a view of New York skjdine through the ice-coated riggings of a fishing boat which dragg ed itself into port. Business Census Gets Under Way; Three Enumerators In Wilkes Fire Siren TeUWhereaboid$ F. C. Forester Returns Home From Hospital Number of Blasts Will Indi cate Zone Where Fire Is Located City authorities have worked out a system whereby the public will be informed as to the ap proximate location of a fire with out a telephone call. By the number of blasts from the fire alarm the people will be able to tell from what zone a fUe alarm is turned In. Following are the fire alarm signals: Two blasts: In and around fire zone—business section. Three blasts—B and 6lh street lower eastern section of city. Four blasts: upper eastern sec tion of city to top of hill. Five blasts: top of hill north. Six blasts: section of city west of fill and north of business sec tion. Seven blasts: western section of city. Eight blasts: Boxtown. Nine blasts: Wjoodlawii. Hereafter the telephone opera tors will not give out information (Continued on page five) laent local bnsiness man, has re turned from a Statesville hos pital, where he has been for sev eral weeks receiving treatment for an infected hand, necessitat ing amputation of the thumb on his left hand. His many friends in this section of the state will be glad to know that his condition continues to improve. Farmers To Study Culture Of Beans Meeting Dates for Mountain View and Haymeadow Groups Announced On Wednesday, February 19th t h e Mountain View farmer’s group will meet for the discussion of bean culture methods and the control of the Mexican bean beet le and other pests. The HSy Meadow group will meet Thursday evening to discuss diseases of cattle and their reme dies. 'I#Oip*hi,clpal discussion will center around "Bangs” disease, its cause, spread:-and Control. Cooperation Asked From Business Firms; Benefits Of Census Cited D.-W. Maddox, supervisor ot Anderson. if bsslaiiss *S4||^ jp. . ;saifiSi^'H4^;8mlt;: «f *’•13*%^ congressional district, nss *n- preside over the two- “• nounced that 28 enumerators have taken the oath of office and have begun work. The three enumerators who have begun work in Wilkes are Miss Jack Hart, North Wllkes- boro: Domer Huffman, Congo, and Vernon G. Eller, Purlear. 'The enumerators will present bussiness census forms to busi ness houses and help them in filling out the necessary informa tion.- Mr. Maddox stresses the fact that i..formation given enumera tors will be held in strict confi dence. All enumerators and oth er persons connected with the census ■work under a drastic cen sus oath not to disclose or dis cuss any information submitted for census purposes. He stated that under the census law it is a criminal offense to violate this confidence: that no access to in dividual reports Is permitted, not even to other governmental state (Continned on page four) Preference To Veterans Philadelphia. Feb. 14.—fed eral court ruling decreed today that honorably discharged wax TSteraoB and their dependents are enUtied to preference in work- r^Uet employment on all except rdsd-building projects. The re lief administration in Washington jjjiumptly announced it will fight thp-decision. Ordinance Outlawii^ Hogs Wfll Be Efieedve In City ^er March First Mrs. W. H. Stan- Taken By Death Well Known Wilkesboro Resident Passes; Funeral Held On Sunday People Warned to Kill ^Or Dispose of Hogs During Remainder Of Month Shoot Crows On Wholesale Scale McDonald Bafie Boosters Wtegram, Feb. 14.—The claim ,h ijarol^Ji^ds in edu- state con- ^&nt of the total cost than any other state was sharply criticized and char- aeterlzed a s "another smoke sereen" in an address by Dr. Ralph McDonald, candidate Democratic nomination governor, here tonight. for for Greenville Man Suicide Greenville, Feb. 14.—Caiv-n Joyner, about 60, died instf.ntly this morning from shotgun wounds which Coroner A., A. miwanger said were self infllct- i. The shooting occurred at the ne of hi* son, Jasper Joyner, Joyner’s Crossroads in this :Coroner Bllwanger said I had threatened on sever- doxB to take his life. kT, Brunn apd Anthony t^cethers-ia-Iawi .died ' OB same Jhoor, apd in ■S-hotel in JUSbrsttkee. Mayor R. T. McNeil in a state-1 ment issued today reminded peo ple of North Wilkesboro that the ordinance outlawing hogs and hog pens in certain zones in North Wilkseboro will go into effect on March 1. The city board of commissioners a few months ago passed an ordi nance making it unlawful to raise hogs in certain business and resi dential sections of the city and specified that the ordinance would go into effect on March 1, allow ing ample time for people to pre pare their hogs for butchering and dispose of them by the time the ordinance was to go into effect. The mayor’s statement follows: ‘This is to remind the owners of hogs or pigs in North Wilkesboro that there has been an ordinance passed prohibiting the raising of hogrs in certain districts and which was published several weeks ago. This ordhumce takes effect March 1, and all hogs shall be killed be fore tihat date. On failure to comply with this ordinance, all parties will be hailed into court’’ V. Any persons who do not know iiM tetent of the zones affected by . the («dinanoe nuiy secure this talr format!m by crdHng W. P._ Kelly. Farmers In the hUllers Creek vicinity have been making some well placed shots to dis pose of some farm peets In the form of crows. M. M. Bumgarner recently killed ten at one shot; J. W. Martin killed nine at one shot and''A. G. Bumgarner killed seven at once. They baited them on their fields and were aide to kin the Ujaj^'wambers gatfu^nSd to eat tttir liStt- DRENCHES BODY IN WHISKY; BURNS IT Idabel, Okla., Feb. 15.—A roadside slaying, in which the victim was shot twice, his body drenched with whisky and burn ed brought murder charges today against three McCurtaln county farmers. County Attorney C. D. Wilkin son said Virgil Crowder, 26, con fessed he killed Robert Warren, 22, and asserted >he was paid $25 to/do It by Albert Swann, 52, and Cecil Waliace, 25. A quarrel between Wisllace and Warren wgs believed by WilUu- son to haks been the mot^e Funeral service was held at the residence In Wilkesboro Sun day afternoon, two o’clock, for Mrs. Hallie Weaver Starr, age 73, highly esteemed lady who died at her home Friday night, follow ing an illness of several days. Mrs. Starr was born In Iredell county on July 18, J862, a daugh ter of the Ute Lafayette and Mar tha Smith. Weaver. On December 26, 1889,.she was married to W, H. Starr, well known business man and church leader who died on January 23, 1936. For many years Mrs. Starr ,ias a member of Wilkesboro Meti^ dlst church and was a highly es teemed resident of the town. Of the invmedlate family there are two surviving children: Weaver Starr, assistant cashier of the Bank of Norths Wilkesboro; and Miss Eloise Starr, member of the Wilkesboro school faculty; also surviving is one sister, Mrs, George B. Gill, of OHn. Rev. A. W-.’Lynch, Methodist pastor, conducted the funeral rites, assisted by Rev. Avery Church, Baptist pastor. Burial was In Mountain Park cemetery. Pali bearers were J. H. LSokie, J. R. Henderson, C. H, Huloher, t^d J. L. Garwdo). floral offering was members of tbo Methodist slonsrjr society, nelfflfers other friends of the collided with Jack McLain on a motorcycle, causing McLain's death; William H. Wood, driver of a truck which struck and kill ed Roy Foster on the Boone Trail five miles east of Wilkesboro; Dock Anderson, charged with fa tally shooting Dink Love a few years ago; Robert Lee, indicted for the death of his mother-in- law, Mrs. J. O. Teague, In an au tomobile accident; Fred Glass, who Is Extension Men ToVisHFamiers b The County Dairy ' Sjyecialist Coming 24th; County Agents Will Meet Feb. 25 F. R. Farnham, dairy special ist of the extension service will be In- Wilkes county to advise with dairy farmers Monday. He will Btoudreit Tn a meeting of school princi pals and bus drivers held Satur day in the office of the county board of education it was decided that central schools in the coun ty will remain closed until Mon day, February 24. It wag previously understood that schools closed on account of Inclement weather and bad roads would reopen today but it was learned in the meeting that the condition of secondary roads is such that school bus travel is problematical and highly im probable. The meeting was called by C. B. Eller, county superintendent of schools, for two purposes: to -decide on a date for reopening the schools and to discuss safety in school bus transportation, Sergt. W. B. Lentz, of this city, head of the state highway patrol in this district, was present and talked to the group about safety measures and precautions. The meeting was well attended by the central school principals and county bus drivers, who showed an active interest in the purpos es of the gathering. Pair weather of the past few days has greatly Improved the condition of the dirt roads but ly the inud was still so pleo- Wn, will preside over the two- weeks' term, whidh will be for trial of criminal cases only. Al ready more than 300 cases are pending trial but court officials are hoping to clear the docket of the major cases during the two-weeks’ court. Expect Many To Attend Meeting Of Junior To Be Held In This City On Tuesday Night, 18th Members of Junior Order coun cils in this district are asked not to forget the Washington class initiation meeting- to be held with the North Wilkesboro coun cil Tuesday night. February 18, beginning at seven o’clock. , The North Wilkesboro council will have 29 members for initi ation and the other councils in the district are-asked to bring as large number as possible. A highlight Of the meeting will be an address by Monroe Adams, state councilor. - Harrell, . er, and Dfstflef: Agent D.-sF. ’Wi’- Crary will meet with county agents of five counties at the courthouse in Wilkesboro on Tuesday, February 26, to map county plans for club work this year. County agents of Wilkes, Alexander. Alleghany, Watauga and Caldwell counties will be present tor the conference. C. F. Parrish, extension poultry specialist, had an appointment to be in Wilkes on Wednesday. Feb ruary 19, but it was learned last week that he is 111 and will not be able to visit the county until a later date. WINTER TIGHTENS UP ITS HOLD ON NORTHERN STATES Chicago. Feb. 16.—Scattered snow and piercing cold tightened winter’s protracted siege in the j northern states today. j Snow ranging from flurries to several Inches fell in many sec tions in the upper half of the na tion. More was in prospect. No relief from the frigid conditions that have formed the rule in the midwest for a month was sighted. prifVSlMpf iti'"iV«ather-«eBSitloiis; it is hoped that the condition of the roads will show much im provement within the next week. Decision to further delay the reopening of the central schools where buses are used was Influ enced by the fact that students unable to reach the school would be deprived of their educational opportunities and a desire to in sure safety in transportation. Although the sky toduy had an appearance of rain, tediperatures rose to normal mid-February levels in North Carolina while the west and north were hit by another severe cold wave. Wea ther prophets during the past few days have expressed a belief that severe winter weather for this part of the country has pass ed its zenith. Mountain View Y. T. H. F, Sends Delegation To Ju^png Contest 170 Apply For Bonus Payment At Legion And Red Cross Application Office Here; Kilby In Charge Infant Dies J. Harold Sheets, age eight months, son of Glenn and Mary Billings Sheets, of Roaring Riv er, died at the hospital here Sun day. Funeral and burial services were held today at Rachel church with Revs. Gilbert Osborne and Fred Dancy in charge. Surviving are the, parents and two brothers. WILKESBORO P.-T. A. RUEETING POSTPONED It was announced today that the meeting of the Wilkesboro Parent-Teacher Association sche duled for TTiursday of this week has been postponed due to the condition of the roads and the school being closed. School pa trons are asked to watch for an nouncement of the' date of the meeting. ‘ TWO »!EN DIE IN AIRPLANE CRASH , Dallas, -Pex., feb. 15.—Two men were killed todays in a pH:* Tate alrplade crash In a street In l>ark, adjoining Dallas. J. K. nenaerson, v. «. The victims were Identified George Kennedy^, R. Rousseau lenUtlvely as George L. Culver, A bautiful president of the Culyer Oil com- carrled by pany, of Qladewater, Tex., and of mis- the Daljbm Qulyer Aircraft, tnsqr- and porat^, *nd Paul Snick, hi* new ly appolntsf siiB* tusnager. Four Youths Represented Newly Organised Clpb At Show Wednesday On Wednesday, February 12th, the Mountain- View chapter of Young Tar Heel Farmers sent a seed judging team to High Point to compete In a seed judging and plant Ident^jjj^^^^^^^^l^ There were 48 schools repre sented by teams taking part In the contest. Each team represent ed a chapter of Y. T. H. F. The MonnUln View chapter -was organised only a week before the date of the seed exposition and the boys did not expect to carry off any of the state honors, but went with the deterolnatloB to do their best srifl to get all the good that was to :. he obtained frwn the contest and seed show. . The contest cqnslsted of judg ing four samples each of five classes of crops Including com, wheat, oats, lespedw, rye and barley, and of Idontlfjring fifty speeSmens from mounted plants or seeds or hothi selected from a large list of grains, cereals, clov ers, cowpeas, sCybOans, potatoes, peanuts, grass**. and diseases. 'V^le the hoys did not win any ■ (Ctmtihttui oh pag* fire) World War veterans in Wllkea who have applied for bonus pay ment at the office of A. F. Kilby in this city today bad numbered 170. Mr. Kilby v.as designated by the Wilkes Legion post and the Wilkes chapter of the American Red Cross to fill out applications for veterans in the county. There are around 800 veterans in the county who are to receive bonus payment and acoording to the number of who filled out blanks at Mr. Kilby’s office, there are many who have not filed ap plication to date, or have recelT* Sd blanks from other sources and hdve sent them In to the Vetsi^ ass Bureau. Condition of the roads in some parts of the coun ty has, no doubt, kept many from coming to the cltjj;. and It Is ex pected that the number applying will be boosted considerafily when road conditions are improved.! Mr. Kilby is asking those who come to apply, to hrlng their, dis charge papers and statement of smottbt borrowed on adjusted compensation, U any.. The amount due Wilkes veUrJQ aoB ai the present time is 4M^ prpxlmstely $489,000, aeoortfng > io latest figures from reBable sonroes^ Psyment pf ^ besss In baby bonds is expected by July t under prorWons of the ams- Bure which pessed the ho«iiJ|>d. senato ont the preeldeS^ a few weeks ego.' :. yf’'--liSr''" . taiio.
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