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.Ar;T\ iL.^ fVOL. XXX;NO. 56 I’ji?-’*' - iiatki^prdtoi^'^ >. l^rdi 1C. -M«ekliis was in- •8 tbe RepabUean ca&di- . (or at th* Ratlier- oounty RtuublicaH coutod- ■4ion hero yoatordar. Aockmu fB Fatal . Tarboro, March 16.—Jonas G. roh, 85, o( Pln^ops, -waa dead r. as result o{ Injaries receir- vten th^ cdl truck he was orerturned on old Simrta Bear here late Saturday Itlbraries lacrease a^^Kalelgh, March !♦.—Librariae public and elementary ^n>el8 o( th» state contain- 1,^62>889 Tolumes in the _ ol yehr {*34-86, a large gain the past fire years. Indorse liandon -Asheboro, March 14.—Ran- ^ dolph county Republicans in con- Tention this atternoon unani- •Bsly indorsed Got. Alfred M. ^lABdon, ot Kansas, (or President called attention to the need ^o( reduction in gOTernraental ■fvma. Floods Threaten ^ein'York, March 14.—Con vulsed by rain and thaw’. New Sngland rivers swept great ice paeks toward the eea Saturday night, threatening coastal cities with the same flood devastation that already has wrought havoc among their head waters. Tax Collections Gain Washington, March 15.—Tax coUections (ar ahead o( last year | and weli above budget estimates, were anticipated today by the treasury from the first quarter ly installments on 1935 incomes. Officials had estimated a mini-1 mum of 1438,000,000 would be. received during the month in I pg...budgetary calculations, | prirately, the treasury ,ex-1 ts considerably more. I OeanScbadiTdls Detaib^utNew Farm AyProgram Farmers to tte lP«id For De* ▼otm# Pert of,Lend to Soil BoildittC Crops THREE OIMiECTlVES Hope to Re esteblUh Ferm Income et. Feir Lerels’ in the Netion Soil couservstion grants of 15 tb 20 million dollars. probably will be paid North Cafolina far mers this year under the new farm program. The exact amount, said Dean I. O. Schaub, of State College, will depend largely upon the num ber of farmers entering the pro gram and the amount ot land on which grants are to be paid. Although no contracts will be signed, as under the old AAA, farmers will be paid for devoting part ot their land to soil-building or soil-conserving crops, he ex plained. The three major objectives ot the soil conservation and domes tic allotment act are; Conservation of the soil thru wise use of the land. This will also check the overproduction of soil-depleting cash crops. Re-establishment and mainten ance of farm income at a "fair level.” Protection of consumers by as (Continued on page eight) Fublis^ ;Moi^if|^ri»d-thtirsd&]rs C., A. . — and Ghimi Robbery Attempt Fails Winston-Salem, March 14.— :;,.7wo sharp explosions in the aerlcan Oil compaf|y‘s plant argused nearby residents today and police who were Sed arreascd.- mmX^mateur" 4ri>qm. found bUb near the bnllding, gave their Sax ^ as Charles M. Huffman,' of Winston-Salem, and D. Frank Huffman, of Davidson county. Meteor Lights Sky ■Newark, N. J., March 14.—The most brilliant meteor to flash across eastern skies in recent years, turned night into noonday brightness early today and roused hundreds of sleepers from their beds with its tremor. The phe nomenon occurred a few minutes before 3 o’clock and although ap parently centering over New Jer- county, then without fire protec crease air'ComiSuM with figures for 1934, It was learned today in a report from the state depart ment of conservation and develop ment and released by W. H. Nich ols, of Purlear, Wilkes county tire warden. There were only 19 fires In Wilkes last year as compared with 36 in 1934 and the average , number of acres per fire in 1934 ■ was only 32 compared with 332 | during the preceding year. In 1934 there were a number of dis astrous fires, the worst one being a fire which sppread from Surry Above are pictured A. H. (Sandy) Graham. left, candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, and A. D. Folgrer, right, ct Monnt Airy, his campaign manager. Elsewhere in this nerwsp^ter is an ac count of Graham’s policies as outlined .in a radio' address Thursday night. Merchants* Assodatipn Organization GOP Convention To Be Saturday AV. C. Me^dns, State Chairman, Will Driver Keynote Ad dress Saturday W. C. Meekins, head of the Republican party in North Caro lina. will deliver the keynote ad dress befqre the Wilkes county Republican convention to be held at the courthouse In W41kesboro Saturday afternoon, March 21, two o’clock. The precinct meetipgs -will be held in the various -precincts in Che county Friday, March 20, at one o’clock with the axcestion of In Meetii^ Held Tlnirsday Ni^it Will Me«t Again Thursday Night of This Week; 28 Members 1 Semi-finals to Be Played To- ^ night; Fast Baaltra^ll is Diqilayed^ ' ’ INTEREST is HIGH Trophiea to Be Awarded to Boys' and Girls' Ch^- - pHMis in Toomey Thr«« -spools remain ia -th^ race for-the ohiun^onsfalp tiUe to be decided in the finals of the Wilkes county Goodwill bas- beaball tournament on Tuesday night. The tourney got under way Thursday afternoon and night with the Grst' eliminations and has been noticeable because of a fast brand of basketball and a splendid spirit of sportsmanship between the eight high school teams in the county. pirn 3 St. tionis C..- R. Reed Loss By Forest Fires in County Decreasing Fast Only 19 Fires in 1935 and Estimated Fire Loss of $2,314 The number of forest fires, number of acres burned over and the amount of damage in Wilkes uun u wnu luo wvtiiuiuu ui r lU'T6« ao.7Mc«F''WT)Sesboro No*- ^ two, which will meet at noon. * " •---■* It Is expected that a capacity crowd will -be present to attend the county convention and hear the state chairman open the 1936 campaign in Wilkes. Local merchants in a meeting Thursday night perfected the organization of a Wilkes Couniv Retail Merchants’ association. The organization was started on Monday night with 24 memr hers when J. Paul Leonard, C. p. Hadley and J. Paul Gilliam, of Statesville, explal^^ad. *^Sv..:han*^ . — \' anfl assisted in Setting up a tem porary organization. A total of 27 members were in the organization at the time of the meeting Thursday night, at which time various committees were named. Before the work of the organization was started Thursday night, many merchants addressed the meeting and ex pressed their views as to the benefits and that should result from the association and pledged wholehearted co-operation of their firms. Practically all lines of business were represented'' and much enthusiasm, together with a splendid spirit of co-operation aey, was visible throughout a large part of the eastern sea board. Duel F'ntal To Two Brooklyn, N. Y., March 15.— An early morning pistol fight in a street of the east New York district today claimed the life of a policeman and his opposing duelist. The shooting, according to Michael A. Lyons, third depu ty police commissioner, arose . after an argument in a cate where both victims were drink ing with two other patrolmen. The dead are Patrolman Dono- alo y. Pasquarella, 31, and James Itassi, 35, a chauffeur. VitfiU For Hauptmann teuton, N. J., March 14.—A aperate fight to save Bruno Hlchatd Hauptmann from the eleetrlc chair will be made in the next two weeks. Failure means Hmzptmann must die, probably OB th« 'Bight of Tuesday, March 31. flis chief counsel, C. Lloyd .Fisher, said today Hauptmann is rare his chances of escaping on are slim, hut is everj unfUeBt he wltl be granted a stay of exechtion. Erectn^ Bdldii^ - (hiC&reetHere M«derB Two-Story Structure Befatg CoBstmeted Adja- cent to L. S. Lowe's Store Workmen are engaged in lay- Ibf a foundation for a modern ip'two-story Structure on C street "%*jae»t to the L. S. Lowe store the new postotfice. *The new bnllding, a modern IBdek strootursi wlU.be the prop- r^%ty of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Dan- lBd Mr. and Mrs. Frank tThe work win be rushed etlOB. ^ regard to what the - Will . house hare pBhUc^^ tion, into Wilkes and -burned over a vast area. \V. K. Beichler, district fores ter. points out that the size of the average fire in 1935 being smaller than in 1934 indicates in creasing efficiency and is a true barometer of the warden service. The 15 northwestern counties constitute the state forest serv ice’s district two, and they have a total forest land area of about 2.308,000 acres, exclusive of na tional forest lands. Of these 15 counties, there are seven at pres ent co-operating with the state in forest fire protection as follows: Alleghany, Avery, Burke, Cald well, Rutherford, Surry and Wilkes. 'The forest area of these seven counties, again exclusive of federal lands (which are given (Continued on page eight) Dr. E. N. Phillips Is Located Here Has Office Over Horton Drug Store for Practice of Medicine Dr. E. N. Phillips, who for the past few years practiced medi cine in Cumberland county near j and goodwill, prevail^ throngh- Payetteville, has opened an of-! out all discussions. Permit Required For Selli^ Milk All Who Sell Milk Must Get Permit and Have an In spection Made In accordance with a milk or dinance passed in a recent meet ing of the county hoard of health, all who sell milk to consumers in Wilkes county must have a per mit from the county health of fice, G. 8. Odell, sanitary inspec tor, said today. ’ It is not only required that they have a permit but must have an inspection by the sanitary in- gpejjtor. Meanwhile the drive to raise the standard ot all dairies is going forward and those who maintain and operate dairies are making arrangement as rapidly gs possible to meet all requir'e- raents for selling grade A mllk^ The sanitary inspector will soon make an Inspection of all dairies, cafes and eating places and imake punbtic their ratings according to sanitary standards adopted by the state. fice in this city. Dr. Phillips graduated in. 1930 from Medical College of Virginia and was later associated with St. Luke’s Hospital in Richmond, I It was pointed out -by a num ber of those who addressed tfce meeting that this is the first at tempt in at least 15 years to -form an association here Va., before beginning practice in' that the city and its business has Cumberland county, where last | grown to the point where snch week he resigned as president. of | an organization is not only need- the Cumberlanff county Medical i ed but is essential. sored by the local school for the purpose ot cultivating sports manship and goodwill and attrac tive trophies wili be presented the boys’ and girls’ champions. The trophies will be the perma nent property of the schools win ning them in the tournament. Tonight Wilkesboro and Moun tain View teams will play in th^ semi-finals and on Tuesday night the winners of the games tonight will play Mount Itfasant teams for the titles. r Following are resnlts of the games played so far: Thursday Traphlll 9, Roaring River 26 (girls). Traphill 10, Roaring River 26 (boys). Mountain View 88, Ferguson 10 (boys). Mountain View 56, Ferguson 12 (girls). Friday 'Wilkeeboru 81, Millers Creek 11 (girts) staunch advocate of night Schools for adults, like tbd^.jtn.tkia dty where 9,000 adults anirairMed.. LW. Lunsford Passes At Home. In Somers Sectioh Col. Lunsford Was Widely Known in County ahd State; Filneral Sunday Col. Lewis WashipgteB - Luns ford, who was for more than half a century a well known and fa miliar figure in 'iYilkes county, passed away at bis hoipe ip Som ers township Friday morning- at 2:30. ; r , ■ He had been HI forseveral weeks and death w^o '^ttrlhuteiH^ to heart ” ■ ““ Work Week M3es of Roadwi^^ Re-En^tlaymant tiflica Rag^v. People f«i Road' with weather conditions (avw- able dirt will soon be flying on ifiore than fifty miles of the Bine Ridge Scenic Parkway extendlag from the Carollna-Virginia Ub» southward to Deep Gap on tkar the Blue Ridge between North WlTkeeboro and Boone. Contracts have been swarded (or sJe links comprtsing the Sni North Carolina sector sad coa- stfuctlon has been UndeF way oa ^he first two links, which ttaveraw Alleghany county to a point Bear Airbellows Gap on the Btna Ridge. Work is scheduled to begta next week on the next three liB^ a distance of about thirty mllaa along the summit of the Blaa Ridge to Benge. Contract (or the remaining link from Beng to Deep Gap was awarded some tiaia ago to C. A. Ragland, of Lonis- burg, and it was learned today that he expects to start work soon. Work would have already been under way had the contractors been able to move machinery over state highways with bitum inous surface to project starting points along the route. Representatives ot the district re-employment office h4re have been busily entiged do few weeks OfSTr S?. . Mount Plfimht 22, Ronda 13 (boys). Mount Pleasant 30, Ronda 25 (girls). Saturday Mount Pleasant girls defeated Roaring River 26 to 17 and Mount Pleasant boys won over Roaring River by the slight mar gin of 32 to 30. Admission to the games is 15 and 25 cents. Society to come to this city to open his office, which is located over Horton Drug Store. Dr. and Mrs. Phillips and one daughter, Helen, are making their residence in Wilkesboro. He is a brother-in-law of Dr. G. T. Mitchell. Wilket Girl Makes Splendid Record In Ffurensic Contests Miss Grace Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. cireen, of Ronda, won high honors in the southeastern United States foren sic tourney held at Rock Hill, S. C., recently. Miss Green, a student ot A. S. T. €., Boone, won .first plac« in the North CgrpUna oratorical K ontest and first place in the outheastern conteet. In debating she won first.place for the stoto and second for the southeast. Other WilkM students who al so made good records a( the tour ney included Neil Hartley and Ethel Davis, now at Mars Hill, and Marie Haigwood, student of Asheville Normal. Pupils Of Miss Robinson Will AT^petat 111 Recitnl Pupils ot Miss' Sllen Robin-, souls classes in piaBo and voice will appear'in rM.tal on Thurs day afternoop, t® the athcio) andltorinm'. - 'The public lipfl a most cordial Invitatton to attend. W. R. Abstaer, named tempo rary chairman in the first meet ing and who will continue to serve in that capacity, presided at the meeting Friday night. Miss Francis Cashion, who made the canvass of merchants of the city before and since the organization was start^, was elected secretary (or a period, of three months and will maintain headquarters at Carl W. Steele’s jewelry store. Commitees nam^ Thursday night are as (oIIo-ot;. Finance — Car^ W, Steele, chairman, A. 3. Cassel and A. L. Griffing. Membership—C. G. Day, chair man, W, G. Oa*brtel, R. ,M. Bramo, Jr., Ira Payne apd Bili Prevette. Trade Expansion ,— Lincoln Spainliburt. chairman, W. F. Gad dy, John, k. Blackburn, C;, .JE.^ Jex^Una, jr.,-T. S. Kenerly, F. D^’. Forester and A. A.‘- Cashion. . ’ Other commfttoes . will be named as the oiganisatlon pro gresses. 'The next maSUa* of tbn'*wso- clation will be wM it the citjr hall on Thursday night, March 19, at 7:30,t at .widch time it is expected that there will be a number of new members and dis cussion of number 6t problems of 'lnterat to merchants in all lines'Of. business. iiLjEkaBei Jay Anderson- TeadMfl Gbssin Hymnology ' . Jay AndersoD, son of Mrs. An nie Anderson, of thi^^ city, ^ teachings Hy^nologyu 'Vfaka Fbr^ Uolibge, when he is In’ hli senior yea'r. . ' ' J— New Grade on 16 Near Completion Machinery Used Day suid Night to Make Progress on Jefferson Highway Workmen are making much headway toward completion of and Larafilns » seven-mile link of high way 16 from WUbar to the in tersection of th^ Blue Ridge Parkway survey on the summit of the Blue Ridge. The new grade has been com pleted for over five miles and the construction forces are now blast ing the grade along the steeper inclines on the south side of the main ridge formation of the Blue Ridge on what is colloquially termed "the jumping off place’’ because of its ruggedness and picturesque beauty. T. M. Strider and company, contractors, have been using two shifts of workmen daily in order to rush the work when weather conditions permit and equipped their machinery with lights in or der to keep work progressing aft er nightfall. • — I After the grade is completed j a crushed stone and gravel sur face will be applied and a bi tuminous surfue will later be given after the crushed’stone and -gravel sqrface has been thorough ly settled and packed. Meanwhile contrspct will be let this month for bituminous sur face on the link previously grad ed, which .extends from the in tersection with the Boone Trail at Millers Creek Uve miles to Wllbar,. the begittoing .point of the project now under construc tion.’ Engineers who are familiar with the sew survey on number 16 agree that it will compare fa- vojBbly with the Boone Trail blgjtway, which is generally rec ognized as the best higlrway. that now crosses -the majestic Bine Ridge. news of his- death -mi ah oc«hk fon of sadness among many reiat tivee and friends in every part of Wilkes county and in other communities in the state where he was known. Col. Lunsford was -born in the eastern part ot the county and left the county for a few years of his youth to work in the cattle and wheat regions of Kansas. He returned to WJlkes and married Miss Sarah Ann Jarvis, who sur vives him. They had eight chil dren, all of whom are living, as follows; Lonnie Lunsford, Spur geon; Kernel Lunsford, Colum-. bla, S. C.; R. B. Lunsford, Spur-1 geon; Cleve Lunsford, Chicago; | Mrs. J. S. Henderson, Greens boro; Mrs. W. G. Myers, Cycle; Mrs. D. C. Mathis, Rural Hall; -Mrs. Ada Mayberry, Spurgeon. For several decades he took an active part in political and com munity life and wa.s probably the best known elderly man in the county. His home was known by his many friends as an abode- of genuine southern hospitality and warm friendship. In addition to his community, chiirch and po litical activities, he was a devout member of the Masonic lodge. Throughout his life he was a stalwart and sincere worker in the Democratic party and on sev eral'occasions made the race candidate for county offices, ai one time being on his party’s ticket as candidate for sheriff of the county. For more than fifty (Continued on page eight) office heRa.will -be at Lee J. Church’s store near Summit on 'njtrsday, March 19, and Thurs day, April 2, 9:30 a. m. until noon, for the purpose of register ing applicants (or work on the parkway. On Friday, March 29, and Friday, April 3, 9:30 until noon, a representative will be at Arthur Green’s service station at Deep Gap for the same pur pose. 3 From Wilkes on GOP Committees Mva. John R. Jotiet, J. T. Prevette and P. E. Brown Are Named Ifrs- J. C. Bmoot Is ipi Qliarlotte ;is^nf ta’ the homo ot her daurirter,6in. R. Ml'Poaa^^ ^ WiU Speak To Supermtendents W. D. Halfari’e on Program of North Carolina Educa tion Association Three prominent Wilkes coun ty Republicans have been ap pointed on important committees of the state convention to be held in Raleigh on March 24. Mrs. John R. Jones has been n.med on the platform commit tee. which will meet in Raleigh at seven o’clock on the evening preceding the convention to draft the party's state platform. Irvin B. Tucker, of Whltevllle, Is chair man. J. T. Prevette has been named on a committee of five on plan of organisation. Halsey B. teaT- itt, of Asheville, is chairman and a meeting will be held in Raleigh at the same hour of the platform committee meeting. P. E. Brown is a member of the Resolutions committee, which will also meet on the eveaiv preceding the state convention. It is understood that Mn. Jones, Messrs. Brown and Pre vette plan to attend the meet ings ot their respective commit tees. W. D. Halfacre) superinten dent of North Wilkesboro city schools, will address the division of county and city school super intendents when the North Caro lina Education Association con venes this week in Raleigh. The convention will open on 5 Thursday and oop.Uaae Until Sat^ ttrday noon. Srjits. ^er and^ Halfacre and a number of Wilk^i teachers are expected t'o' attend. Speaking from the. idAndpolnt of a school executive Supt. Halt- acre will discuss “Pi’erservlje Training of High School Teachr Others on the program tor AddreBtes oh sihiilar topla i|p- ctode Dr. ^rjanl of Wi^e Feres^ and Dr. thhM', of tke' Univendty Vrf North hir^Hia Issues Warning To Robin Killers District and County Game Wardans Say Robin Kill ing is Law Vielatkm W. C. Lick, district game war den, and W. W. Barber, coun ty game protector, today issued a iraraiag against killing robins. ;^Tlmy -pointed out that ‘ hoUi Mdlr^te laws protect YOblns at all times . and that thm Is no onm-wasoti. AnyoB* who klUa'routes M UaMe to MOMjntFm in federal,or-,st|$B Cbdilg ..the f ijnet ’jsBBiid. -
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