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S»ttnil«y Sckool
^ F*b. 25.—The state
s^Mk^cominiseion reported today
anperinteadents of
aekooitmiU are congesting Sstur
day a^siOBs to m^e op some of
the tiiae lort due to bad weather
, and impassable roads.
Wesun Is Suicide
Whlteville, Feb. 26.—Mrs. Wes-
(fi^ley Harrelsm, 21, member of a
.^l^rmninent Cdnmbos family this
sUKenoon ended her life with a
simt gnn at her home, one mile
from Cero Gordo. She had been in
itt healtii for sereiW weeks.
^ * Off tree Cracks Skull
l(puiS*Pdis, Feb. 25.—Walter
Kannapolis policeman, is
piT patient In a Charlotte hospital
ms the result of a fall Sunday
nfght. His skull was fractured
when his head struck the tiled
floor of a cafe.
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VOL. XXX, NO. 60
Published Moodayn and Thursdays *^NOSTHj^
10, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1986 fl.60
! Sf ATIM2.OII OUT OF'
Three Die In Auto Crash
Demming, N. M.. Feb. 25.—
Roger W. Toll, superintendent of structure and have laid
Malting Progress
OnjCtHtdraction
Schod
Good .Weathmr Fmcilitmtes
Work on' Btilldlng At
Moontmin Viow
WILL BE modern PLANT
Will Have IS Rooms and
Spacious Auditorium;
Coat $26,000
Construction of a modern
school building at Mountain View,
perhaps the most Important
t^rks Progress administration
project in Wilkes county. Is pro
gressing more rapidly following
the l3t up in the weather.
For some time severe’ winter
weather greatly hampered the
work but it was learned today
that the workmen have practical-
i ly completed the framework of
the
•CTT
Yellowstone park, and two oth-
en were killed seven miles east
of here today when the automo
bile they were driving crashed
Ion with another.
Carries $6,000 Gold
Toronto, Feb. 25.—Hyman Her
man, 38. of Toronto, was carrying
^.000 worth of melted gold in a
canvas vest worn underneath a
tightly-laced pair of corsets when '■ Qf material.s is being paid
he was arrested tonight. He was' (jy t^e WPA while the county is
charged with having g Id ore >1-j supplementing with the remain-
si'h floor. Some storm sheeting
has also been put in place.
The building, erected along
lines approved by the state de
partment of education, will con
tain 15 roems and a spacious au
ditorium.
Cost of the project will be
slightly less than the $25,000
maximum prescribed for WPA
projects. Labor and a portion of
legally.
('(ft .Memlx-r .Slain
Los Angeles, Feb. 25.—A Ci
vilian Conservation Corps enrol-
lee killed a companion today, and
seriously injured another at a
camp in Monrovia canyon. Sher
Iffs deputies started a search for
p musician, apparently tem-
,rlly Insane.
Married In Jail
Asheville, Feb. 26.—“Curley"
D Nichols will be married tomorrow
‘ in the Buncombe county jail on the
«we of his departure for Raleigh to
begin, serving 38 to 40 years for
^ ^ his (he Mars Hill bank
of
An- (Uclaved bonight.
der of the materials needed and
.such labor as the Works Pro
gress administration does not ]
have available for the project.
When the building Is complet
ed .Mountain View, the largest
rural school in the county, will
be well equipped with building
facilities. Through an ERA pro
ject one of the buildings former
ly a part of the old Mountain
View College property was salvag
ed and placed in good condition.
I'ntil the building is completed,
however, the school will he with
out auditorium facilities, the old
auditorium navlngi been con
demned about a year ago on ac
count of fire haafurds.
Sentenced For Robbery
Danville, Va,, Feb. 26—.William
Snead, of Spray. N. C., was ken-
traced to five years in prison in
federal court yesterday afternoon
for postoffice robbery after it had
been disclosed that he had served
terms in the North Carolina peni
tentiary.
Jones to Jones to Jones
McAlister. Okla.—It’s Jones to
Jones to Jones in Pittsburg county
financial affairs. County Judge
William Jones computes the earn
ings of his court, which are col
lected by Court Clerk Clay C.
! C. C. C Members
Are Making Road
To Connect Mt. Zion Com
munity With Boone Trail
Highway Harley
Washington . . . A check for
$274.00. signed by Guy F. Allen
(above), of tfie Treasury Depart
ment, Is the first social security
payment under the new Federal
law. It went to Pennsylvania for
social security payments through
out the state.
To Explain NYA
In Meeting Here
On Friday Night
Offers Help to High School
and College Students; to
Name Committee
A meeting of people interested
in the National Youth administra
tion aiding high school and col
lege students In Wilkes county
will be held at Hotel Wilkes on
Friday evening, February 28, be
ginning at 7:30.
L. W. Teague, field representa
tive of the NYA in North Caro
lina, asked T. B. Story, head of
the Wllkesboro district schools,
to act as chairman to call the
meeting, at which time an advis-
Central Schodg;
hi Ctmnfy Open^
Roads Are
Bum Able' to Sonre Pr«c^>
'oily‘All Rooteo Yegter*
dey Morning
PROSPECTS~^E GOOD
For High Averege of ^ At>
i’tendanco During Remain-
*' f . der of Term
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High schools and .larger ele-
iheniafy’schools closed since the
heavy ’ snowfall oh “ February 6
reopened Wednesday.
Schools reopening yesterday
Included Wllkesboro, Moravian
Falls, Ferguson, Mount Pleasant,
Mountain View, Traphlll, Ronda
and Roaring River. Millers Creek
and Maple Springs reopened Mon-2
day. ‘
Bus drivers today reported that
the roads over which they travel
are again is passable condition,
although lacking much of being
in good condition. However, bus
es were able to cover practically
all territory on their routes, ex-
porleiiclng difficulty on north
sides and shady slopes.
School authorities are hopeful
that weather conditions will per
mit the schools to complete the
term without further difficulty
and that attendance averages will
not be materially lowered.
Meanwhile, the smaller schoc's
where no buses Sre used have
been operating practically all iho
time with but tew absences on
account of the weather.
ft.
Fort Knox7 Ky'—Confftruction work is now well under way on
Uncle Sam’s gold vault here where the UniW States government
plans to store its immenseholdings in the central part of the
nation. The vault proper, when completed late in May, will be 64x40
feet and two stories high, all underground, topped by'a building of
bomb-proof granite.
Noted Surgeon Is .
Here With Father
basrads. ory committee wlH be named to
cbdnty.' HauV repr*Benlativo'cltt-
eens of' the county have been ask
ed to attend and any others who
may be interested in learning
more about the administration
of the youth aid fund are al.so
invited.
A representative of the Nation
al Youth administration will be
present to explain its aims and
Members of the branch Civilian purposes. It has been pointed out
j Conservation camp located near
I I’urlear are engaged in the con
struction of a road between Mt.
Zion and Harley.
When Camp James was dis
banded in January authorities
were prevailed upon to establish
a branch of the Morganton camp
at the Camp James site to com-
Jones and handed f^*" . pjg^g some projects then under
to County Treasurer Dan Jones. i Zion-Harley road be-
Lived With Iron Lung ^ ing the most Important.
Oakland. Calif.. Feb. 24.—Ray
mond Rambo, 19, infantile para
lysis victim who lived 696 days
wnder an “iron lung” respirator,
fied tonight from a digestive dis
order. Hospital authorities said
they knew of no one else who had
lived so long through use of a
re.spirator.
Small Baby Growing
Oakland, Calif-. Feb. 26.—Nancy
Vogt, who weighed about a
A at birth 23 days ago. tipped I branch camp for several
& scales at two pounds, 5% [ resigned on February 15.
The road will serve as an out-1
let for many people in the Mt.
Zion community to the Boone
Trail highway. Heretofore they
have found it necessary to travel
many miles to get to the high
way and the road now under con
struction will reduce the distance
by half.
About fifty men are kept at
the branch camp with Lieut. Ter
ry in charge. T. A. Finley, of this
city, who was in charge of the
weeks,
New Telephone
Directory Out
Clasaiified Directory Sec
tion New Feature for
Local System
A classified directory section is
new feature of the Nortli. WO-
which has W'UB distributed dar
ing the past few days by the local
branch of the Southeast Public
Service company.
In addition to the regular di
rectory, the publication contains
n classified section In which plas-
es of business and professions are
listed. This feature heretofore
has been confined to larger cities
and is the first tvine to be used
in North Wilkesboro.
It will mean a great conven
ience to telephone patrons, es
pecially those who are not thor
oughly acquainted with the com
munity, in that they will be able
to find a firm’s name listed un-
r A 1 proper heading. For In-
Daug^hter of Mr. And' stance, if one wishes to call a
physician, he can look under the
heading of ‘‘Physicians'’ and
there find the names and tele
phone numbers of the local physi-
j cian.s. The same applies to other
professions and places of bnsi-
ness.
It any customer of the tele
phone system has not received
his or her directory the telephone
company will be glad to deliver
one when notified.
All telephone users are strict
ly advised to call by number, as
any other pv'ffctlce retards the
service to all concerned.
Dr. Eugene Billings, of Phila
delphia, Visits Father, A.
C. Billings '
Dr. Eugene Billings, Phila
delphia surgeon, who was the
first to successfully perform an
operation on a man’s heart, is
here this Week with his father,;
Avery C. MiIiiics,-oC ^ys, whe
is (pnte, ill if * tim
Criminal Term
(tf Wilkes Court
Begins Monday
Judge Sink to Preside; Many
Cases Are Now Pend
ing Trml
Spring term of Wilkes super-
.ranrt for trial-.
Pfednets W
County Coowantioii to Name
Defeiratm to Dtttrkt mid
State Meednga ’
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Will Be Delivered By Wide-
ly Known Repuljlk^ui
Leader in 9Wfe
Wilkes county Republican con
vention will be held at the court
house in Wilkesboro on Saturday.
March 21, according to . the call
issued Wednesday by J. M.
Bros n, chairman, and Kyle
Hayes, secretary, of the county
executive committee.
The convention will open at
one o’clock and some widely
known Republican leader In the
state will deliver the keynote ad
dress. Chairman Brown said to
day that some state leaders are
being contacted and that the
name of the speaker will be an
nounced soon.
The precinct meetings will be
held on Friday. March 20, at one
o’clock in the afternoon with the
exception of the two North Wil
kesboro precincts, which will
meet at noon on that day.
Chairman Brown explained that
the precinct meetings are usually
held on Saturday with the con
vention on the following. Monday
but this year
•r: • !>%'
that as yet many people in this
section know very little about the
NYA and the meeting Friday
night is tor the purpose of gain
ing a wider knowledge of what
the NYA
youth.
offers to deserving
Mrs. McMillan Dies
I Buried Sunday Afternoon In
Greenwood Cemetery; Dierl
On Friday Night
ounces today. “I’m thrilled, ’ ex-
the mother, Mrs. Paul
The mite’s tfet has been in-
cTCAsed to 51-4 teaspoons of moth-
ra’a milk every two hours, fed
through a tube.
Defentis Witnesses
- 'Trenton. N. J., Feb. 25.—Attor-
.itajr ^icneral David T. Wilenta
ruklied to the defense tonight of
..gmte witnesses, whose testimony
wain at Bruno Richard Haupt-
mran has been attacked by Gov
ernor Harold G. Hoffman, with the
»t,imt«n,*aii>ent he will not tolerate
their "persecution.” j
“• Smokerr. Blamed For Fires
Raleigh, Feb. 26.—There were
136 forest firee in 56 North Caro
lina counties organized for fire
protection during January, the
- conservation department reported
today, but they burned over 3,177
acres with damage set at $4,315.
Smokers were charged with caus
ing 44 of the blazes and all were
Hated as preventable as none
came from lightning.
.Suggests Statute
cord, Fteb. 26.—Judge Fe-
ly of WaynesTllle, presld-
at the current civil
abairuB superior court.
North Carolina Legls-
|bl enact a statute, to-
^O'dpuree to^;be taken
Mrs. Clarence Call left Tues
day for an extended visit in
Florida.
Mary Sue McMillan, age 2 1-2,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \V. D.
McMillan, of West Jefferson, died
at their home there Friday night
following an illnes.s of pneumon
ia.
She is survived by her parents,
who are well known here, her
mother being a daughter of W.
E. Colvard, of this city.
Funeral service was held at the
Baptist church In West Jefferson
Sunday afternoon and the body
was brought here for burial in
Greenwood cemeteryr
Saturday Is Last Day For Aiding
Veterans in Bonus Applications
Dance On Friday
Night For Benefit
Of Baseball Team
People of North Wilkesboro
and vicinity are invited to a
dance to be held at the Legion
and Auxiliary clubhouse Friday
night, February 28, eight till one
o’clock.
There will be plenty of good
music, round and square dancing
to round out a program of enter
tainment for the night. Script
will be 50 cents with ladies free
and profits from the occasion will |
go toward financing the baseball
rlub here this year.
Marriage Licenses
Licenses to wed were issued
daring the past week by Oid
Wiles, register of deeds, to three
couplra: Thurman Myers and Lilly
Shoemaker. Union Grove,’ F. E.
Horton and Mattie-EUis, both of
B^ns a^ briepe$idenoe. Va.; Boyal Holland,
WeeC and Celia Lowe.
Wilkesboro. '•
(Uleat persons eharg-
^1 erhaet.
Those Who Uave Not Ap
plied Should See A. F.
Kilby This Week
Saturday, November' 29. will
be the last day of the free ste
nographic service supplied by the
Legion and Red Cross to Wilkes
veterans of the World Whr who
wish to apply for ^nus payment.
Yesterday more than 250 vet
erans had culled at the office of
A. F. Kilby at the Yadkin Valley
Motor Company to secure blanks
and receive assistance In filling
them out but there yet remains
many who have not applied. A
stenographer will be employed
through Saturday of this wuek,
after which the service will be
discontinued.
No doubt all of the veterans
wish to file application and they
should do so at once in order to
dispose of this task while they
cati get Infonuation*' and asalat-
ance free of ebarfe. Tbey are
asked to* bring their
and atatanient of amount bmow-.
ed on their bonus la applyfhg for
blanks.
Manufacturers
Trying To Sell
Terracing Outfit
Repi-esentatives In ftounty To
Talk With Commissioners A-
boat Machine Purchase
Representatives of tractor and
terracing machine manufacturers
have been in the ceunty recently
to contact members of the coun
ty board of commissioners rela
tive to the purchase of a terrac
ing machine to be used In soil
erosion control.
The plan being used in many
counties is for the commission
ers to underwrite the cost of
equipment and a charge la made
for terracing that Is designed to:
make the project selt-liqaidating.
The manufacturers sell the ma
chine on two-year terms and In
most instances the machine is
able to pay for itself in that time
by terracing lands at $3.00 per
hour, making the cost per acre
tor a permanent type,of terracing
innge from $1.50 to, $2.00. Con
siderable Interest is being shown
•by farmers In Wilkes, who realise
the damage to their lands ,by
erosion. •
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^ ^ ItalfamTio^ Saa ‘:
‘^Napise, Fob, 26;—Jforo tl^
dtochargel4,000 soldier* and workmen sallr
^ for Kkst Atrlta today uboM;
the ktoanisblps Llgurte NsMlrio
ITitd Ssuro.
reared in witkes county*
for many years hss been a
member of the staff of s wide-
ly known Philadelphia hospital.
TVAFamisMust
Keep Up Records
Stresses Producing Own
Food and Feed and Soil
Conservation Crops
Farmers who agree to conduct
demonstration farms in order to
secure phosphate from the Tenn
essee Valley Authority must keep
accurate records of what they are
doing with their farms.
They are furnished a large rec
ord book to he kept through the
period they are members of the
soil conservation association. This
book has space for farm inven
tory, record of crops on various
fields and space for each expen
diture and every item on Income.
In joining the association the
entire farm must be included and
they must follow a system of
planned farming. Particular stress
is laid on producing food and
feed on the farm and reclama
tion of soil by soil building crops
and erosion control methods.
About thirty Wilkes farmers
so far have made application for
phosphate,.which is furnished by
the TVA at cost of freight " and
storage.
' Tb*'
likely
that the calendar cannot be clear
ed in the two-weeks' term, al
though Solicitor John R. Jones
has expressed a determination to
make as much headway as praett-
cal and clear the docket if pos
sible.
However, there are several cas
es pending trial that promise to
be hard fought. There are ten
homicide cases but It is under
stood that no defendants will be
placed on trial for first degree
murder. Four of the homicide
cases involve automobile- acci
dents on the highways.
All cases not sent up by the
magistrates when the calendar
was made out last week will be
called on Tuesday, March 10, sec
ond week of court. Witnesses
summoned before the grand jury
will be excused after they testify
j before that body until the date on
which the case is calendared for
trial In court, Solicitor Jones
said.
Prisoner Leaves Alcatraz
San tVancisco, Feb. 25.—Ray
Lagomarsino became the first
prisoner to win bis liberty from
Alcatraz island, by court order.
Federal Judge Michael J. Roche
granted him a writ of habeas
corpus. Lagomarsino, CoUna,
Calif., post office robber, was
sentenced 10 years ago to a term
of 20 years.
Counties Agents of Wktt and
Adjw^ Counties in Meeting
Boys And Girls
To Play Shelby
On Friday Ni^t
Boys' and girls’ teams of the
North Wilkesboro high school
will play the Shelby high school
teams in games in the local gym
nasium on Friday night, the.-first
game beginning at 7:30.
Shelby has one of the. best
teams in the western part of the
state but the local cagers are ex
pected to put up., plenty of com
petition. All basketball fans are
Invited to be? present.
Tired Boys Beonae Anmial
■ ' ■Mf'
New York, Feb. 25.—^Attar l6,»
pop experiments in which college
students oh- Federal rpUef pay
colts.vere etlmulated by pretsels,
Btot' candies and Imaginary
steah, a Cohunbia ualTmlty
phychoiogiai ’ eohelnded tonight
that human mtodS'drop toward
:the animal levd when tired or
under emotional itreaoA
Plan to Promote 4-H Club
Woric During Coming
Year; 13 Attend
County farm agents of Wilkes
and adjoining counties . held a
meeting 'Tnesday at the court
house in Wllkesboro.
The meeting, attended by 13
county agents, assistant agents
and home agents, was held es
pecially for the purpose of pro
moting 4-H club-work and to give
the agents an opportunity to
learn more'about the aims and
purposes of thp Tennessee VallsT:
Authority to supplying' phosphate
for demonstration farms and tor
soil conservation parposes.
County agents wsre present
from Alleghany,. Caldwell. Wa^
tanga, ftdkto' and 'Atonadpt:
counties. Wilkes was represen|^
hr A, Or -Hendrsn, county agent,;
and w, J. Hanna, asabtaht a^ent^
to. charge of TVA demonatration't McDuffle
farms and aoil conservation work.^
The,, extension servloe was rap-
resentod l>y O. •Ht; MeCtary* dla-
triet 'ageat, and L. R.' Harrlll,
(Continaed on page eight)
bontenti6a'.'wnf be -on
March 24 and the district conven
tion on March 23. He pointed out
that it was necessary that the
qounty convention be called on
March 21.
Following is the call for the
convention issued by the chair
man and secretary:
Pursuant to the direction of
Honorable W. C. Meekins, chair
man of the state Republican
executive committee, notice is
hereby given that a convention of
the Republicans of Wllkea coun
ty is hereby called to meet in
Wilkesboro on Saturday, .March
21st, 1936, at one o’clock, p. m.,
for the purpose of electing dele
gates and alternates to the state,
congressional and senatorial dis
trict conventions and for transact
ing any other business that may
properly come before said con
vention.
The chairman of the various
precinct organizations are hereby
requested to call a primary to be
held at the polling place in each
respective precinct on Friday,
.March 20, 1936, at one o’clock,
p. m. (Except North Wllkesboro
precincts one and two. North Wil
kesboro precinct number one will
meet at the Mayor’s office in the
town of North Wilkesboro at
twelve o’clock, M, and North Wll
kesboro precinct number two will
meet at the voting place near
Blair’s store in the town of North
Wllkesboro, N. C. at twelve o’-
cloA, M.). The purpose of' the
precinct meetings are . to elect
delegates and alternates' to the
county convention herein called,
and to transact any other bnsi-
nees that may properly come be
fore said precinct meetings.
The Repnblicans of each pre
cinct are requested to meet and
assemble to perfect the local or
ganization, electing a townahip
executive committee of not less
than three and not more than rive
Totsrs, and recommending from
each precinct a member for the
Wilkes county Repabllean execu
tive committee.
In the new precincts that were
created tost elMtion, and which
have no present org^sation, the^
(oUowtog RepabUegw am detig->
Mated to toB tbr me^lngs to or
der and to prepide until a chair
man Is elected by votere M the
Mnlbei^ nomker'one,
htSif. Atelier; Mulberry niimher
B. Sebaattan; North WU-
number - o n% . B. M. .
North inikeaboro
number two, P. W. Bekelrnkn;
Wllkeaboro number one, F. J.
Wllkesboro number.
^ C. O. Olaaa. ^
Tlie^bllowing ii tee na»bec_
delegatee and alternate*
arah praetoct will be wtitled
(OiiiiMaed aa‘Me eight)