>ae i»w» iitowMM ^
R&leicit., March 17.’—Twanty-
, drunks' lost their drlTlng lie
today. .
Low Record o Esc*^
ItalOiKh> Mareh 17,—The state
al division set a new low reo-
for-escapee in February as
^' only SI prisoners got away from
ons and tic^on camps In
V. North Carolina.
Ttii'Cl'
■, y V J '■ boome Tax Increase
“ Raleigh, ^arch 17.—Showing
;'4n liurease over last year's ti-
atate inccane tax receipts
Large CrawdWiB
Hear Chairman
Meekins Saturday
Meekina to Spook in Wflkoa
Republioon. Convention
at, Ceurthouae
the fiscal year through noon
^fenday totalled g5,S69,S02.42.
I Rofcipts for the month amount-
" :to tg,818,**S.69.
. Bums Fatal To Tot
j®?"Rocky Mount, March 17.—
^ Barns suffered this week-end
'when he stumbled and fell into
a pot of Imt wyter proved fatal
- in a hofpita! here today to Floyd
4 Dean Ardy, two-year-old son of
and Mrs. J. D. Hardy, who
linear Whitakers.
pj.t.,.'ChaiJotte.
^ xard-whlpped
i lCIte State
Mardi 17.—BUa-
snowdiifts blocked
highways, marooning ,
scheol ii^dren and others while -'Wllkesboro
high winds raked all parts of '
North Carolina today as a winter
storm swept over the state and
ont to sea, sending temperatures
tumbling toward the freezing
point.
Dust Storms Rage Again
Phoenix, Arl*., March 17.—
Dust hovered over a large part
of Arizona and New Mexico, re
ducing visibility and making
breathing difficult in some sec
tions. At Beaver, Okla., visibility
was cut to three blocks. Motor
ists were forced to drive with
their lights on in southwest New
Mexico.
Drew Pension 8 Years
Wuyetteville, March 17.—Mary
L. W. Campbell, a negro woman
preacher, was sentenced to three
years in federal prison at Alder-
son, W. Va., when she was con
victed in United States district
'defei^^
‘of Cumberland!
■wai'a r*
county.
Girl Confesses Murder
_ Hamlin. W. Va., March 17.—A
14-year-old girl pleaded guilty to
chargee ,of poisoning her family
and received a seven-year reform
wchool sentence Monday. Buxom
Glady Dillon stood before Circuit
Judge Thomas R. Shepherd, ad
mitted her guilt, heard him sen
tence her to the girls’ industrial
school at Salem until she is 21,
then said: “Well, thnfs a long
time.’
precinct meetings
Will Be Hdd «t Vodne
Placet on Friday After
noon «t 1 o'^Cloek
A capacity crowd is expected to
attend the WUkbs county Repub
lican convention in the court
house in WUkeshoro Saturday
afternoon when W. C. Meekins,
head of the Republican party in
North CaroUnt, will deliver the
keynote address, the convention
will open at one o’clock.
In the call for the convention
Issued by J. M. Browa. chairman,
and Kyle Hayes, secretary, pre
cinct oimirmen were asked to call
‘pi«efn£t meetlilg to be held on
Friday, Mareh 10, *t one o’clock
at the voting place In each pre
cinct with the exceptions of North
esboro prsolncts one and
two, which will hive their meet
ings at noon. In the precinct
meetings preplnet organizations
will he perfected and delegates
and alternatOB named for the
county convention on the follow
ing day.
In the county convention Sat
urday delegates will be named to
attend the state, congressional
and senatorial conventions and
any other business properly com
ing before the convention will be
transacted.
Party leaders are giving the
announcement of the coming of
the state chairman wide publicity
and it is expected that all the pre
cincts will be largely represented
in the meeting.
Following is a list of the pre
cincts and the number of dele-
(Continued on page eight)
inBenton
Court
To
Flood Control Talked
Washington, March 17.-^Flood
control advocates of Arkansas.
Louisiana, and Mississippi con
ferred today with Senator Over-
ton, Democrat of Louisiana, prior
to etqtected Senate action on his
bin to provide |270,-000,000 to
complete Hood control works in
the lower Mississippi valley.
W.'G. Meektaa, chuirmim
the Republican state exeicntjre
committee, who - will address fhe
Wilkes county Republican con
vention to be held Saturday aft
ernoon at the courthouse In Wil
kesboro.
Wilkes Man Must Serve
Sentence Imposed in Li*
quor Case Last Year
Branson Benton, Purlear resi
dent, who was probably the first
Wilkes county man to carry a case
before the United States supreme
court, lost his appeal before that
high tribunal and must serve a
:ientence in the federal prison at
Atlanta for violation of the liquor
tax laws.
Benton was convicted in a hard
fought jury trial in federal court!
at Wilkesboro at the May term on'
two counts, failure to register a
300-gallon still with the collector
of revenue and on a charge of ope
rating the illicit plant. On each
count he was given a sentence of
two years in federal prison and a
fine of $1,000 by Judge Johnson J.
Hayes, middle district jurist pre
siding. A penalty of $500 was
also imposed.
Officers who raided the large
illicit plant testified that it was
on lands adjoining Benton’s 600-
acre farm and that the signs of
travel led to Benton’s home and
through his bam. On this and
other circumstantial evidence he
j was convicted and he first appeal-
I ed through his attorney. Judge T.
jC. Bowie, to the circuit court of
appeals. The circuit court roied
that the lower court erred m the
first count, failure to register the
distillery, pointing out that regps-
»» — Will R* tration is required with the alco-
PUn. »»ol tax unit instead of the collcct-
Aid revenue. However,
Gets Another Dollar Bill
Stoneham, Mass., March 17.—
A toarth dollar bill came through
the mails today from an unknown
sender to Dr. C. A. Haysmer of
New Shtgland sanitarium. Thrice
before letters bearing Boston
postmarks bfougfat the doctor
■ money, with no clue as to the
I sender.
DenaturedAkohol
Is Fatal To Sam
Smithey, 35
Wilkesboro Resident Taken
Fatally III After Imbib
ing Solution Monday
Sam Smithey Wilkesboro
resident, died at his home Mon
day afternoon and his death
was attributed to drinking an
anti-freeze solution, presiun-
aWy made from wood alcohol.
Aooovding to retorts of his
illness ami death, he bad been
ler prejwreu m.
imbilfflig small amoanta of fee ^ .^espoaa
R\,%» jba intoxtoe^s*, ^ ' is
uioi^t -tliat 'lie tfcea drank
beiavfly of the potsoaons fluid
and became desperately ill, liv
ing only a short time.
He was Sfi years of age, a
.son of the late Will Smithey
and Mrs. Smithey, who stu*-
vivea. Also surviving are his
wife, Mrs. Pearl Smithey, four
children, Howard, Odell, Flor
ence and Alma Smithey, and
four Iwothers and sisters: Bud,
Shafter, Bessie and Edith
Smithey.
4 Funeral and burial services
were held at. Shady Grove Bap
tist church west of Wilkesboro
Wednesday afternoon, two
o'clock.
Farmers Wimt To Obtain
. Aid For Growing Soil
Bvlldfaig Crops
wakes county farmers wUl
meet at the courthouse on
IJ April 10—Good Friday—to
leant about Ihe new farm aid
program, it was announced
today A. G. Hendren,
county farih agent.’''^
E. W. Gaither, of Raleigh,
’^^district ag^t, be pres
ent on that date to outline the
new farin program, tell its
aims and purposes and the
benefits farmers may derive
by gitiwing soil conservation
crops in lieu of a portion of
the land ordinarily planted to
tobacco, cotton, corn, wheat
and other cash crops that
are classified as soil deleting
instead of soil building.
County Agent Hendren and his
assistant, W. J. Hanna, will at
tend a state meeting of county
agents at State College Monday
and Tuesday of next week, at
which time the new farm aid pro
gram and its teutatfle manner
of administration will 'be outlin
ed. By so doing they will b« bet
ter prepared to answer the mulr
AiplUi ; mpou^^
IntMVTOB faraniwTn I'egam to
the tvipb» A sutetitute^
Many fanners in tKh county
are showing much intaWst in the
. new farm program. IjBP■'inquiries
i about how it is to be 'admlnister-
I ed and how to go about getting
help to Improve and conserve
their soil* are heard dally at the
1 office of Mr. Hendren.
! Because of the diversity of
farming and crops in the county
Wilkes did not share so greatly
in AAA benefit payments, al
though there were about 50d to
bacco farmers, small scale grow
ers, who'signed contracts last
year.
#IYA Gumnittee
To Meet April 2
■ ^T'^tAvlsory and executive com-
reitaiBtttewwf $h«.NaUoi!«t TotXB
^i^lBtfBtotraJion' organization la
TftJkOi eoanty wHl have a meet-
at- Hotel Wfikes on the eve-
"sisg-oL l^^uesday, April 2, at.
"Mteb tlmq‘a, representative
^ V the ptate. 11)^ KTA will be
prcmiiit to asetat In perfecting the
orgahtiatlon and lay plans for
tyBUMwiimte action In the county.
Wilkes youths so far have not
“ shared very largely in the NTA,
' mainly due to the fact that there
'was no organization but it Is ex
pected that the organisation
- started in a recant meeting will
enable the needy youths, to take
utage of the opporttmltiea
kfforded through the NYA to the
Uest possible extent.
National Youth admlnls-
supported by federal
I be ns«d In giving yoqths
work to help In paying
in high school and
IfT. B. Story, thperlnten-
pltagborp district
of the advis-
thn ’jiidgmin*' of the district court
on the second count, operating an
mdwiided «till, was upheld by the
circuit court.
Benton then applied to the Uni
ted States supreme court for a
wr?t-.of certiorari, but his peti
tion was denied, and the duty of
complying with the judgment of
the district court as to the second
count in the bill of indictment now
evolves upon the defendant. He
reported to the office of United
States Marshal .W. T. Dodwd in
Greensboro Monday and in a short
time will be in prison in Atlanta,
it is expected.
Negro To Die Today
Ralelgh, March 17-—Governor
Ehringhaus said today he would
not intervene for Jake Johnson,
Rockingham county negro sen
tenced to die Thursday lor crim
inal assault. It will be the third
time in the state’s history the
electric chair has taken a life on
any day bnt Friday,* as It is Chs*
ternary to sentence men to m
on PVldays and ctsmencles expire
that day. "
Wilkes Cases In
The Supreme Court
The supreme court in Raleigh
yesterday handed down opinions
in five Wilkes cases as follows:
Tomlinson versus Cranor, re
versed.
Vannoy versus Stafford, no er
ror.
Sparks and Pardue versus Hol
land, appeal dismissed.
Anderson versus Holland, ap
peal dismi^ed.
- Miller versus Bumgarner, re
versed.
A case of the city of Greens
boro versus Guilford county to
compel the county to assume the
bonded indebtedness of Greens
boro for schools was decided in
favor of the county.
Eight 4-H clubs have been or
ganized in Caswell county with
a membership of 140 boys. Most
of the members will grow "corn as
their club project.
Teachers Hear
Dougherty Speak
Reviews Progress of Educa
tion in State in Meeting
Held Saturday
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president
of Apjjalachlan State Teachers
Co'flege, Boone, and a member of
the state school commission, re
viewed the high spots in the his
tory of the school system In
North Carolina in a meeting of
Wilkes county teachers held Sat
urday in Wilkesboro. Practically
all the teachers employed In the
high and elementary schools of
the county were In attendance.
After giving briefly the hls-
.tory of public education in the
state he_spoke about school fi
nances and. hpproprlatlons from
the standpoint of a member of
the school commission. His ad
dress was quite constructive and
was received with much interest
I by the teachers assembled.
Mrs. Kathleen Morehouse, wife of Robert L. Morehouse, is the
author of “Rain On the Just,” novel which is eipected to prove a
literary sensation. The book to be published in April by Furman,
Inc., New York publl(iBra- Mrs. Morehouse is a native of Massa
chusetts but for the past seven years has made heY home on the
Brushies near Oakwoods. . > ■ - ; ,,
Novel By Mrs, Moreho
-i
Snowdrifts Block
Wilkes School Bus
Wilkesboro Bus Opiating On
Brash)’ Mountain Route Un-
a’lle to Run Teeterday
The heavy snowfall and bliz
zard on Tuesday afternoon and
night causes deep drifts of snow
in several places on the Brushy
Mountains and the road over
which the school bus operates to
Wilkesboro was covered in snow
so deeply in places that the
school bus was unable to operate
Wednesday.
Reports from Ashe and Wa
tauga counties yesterday were to
the effect that In sports the snow
had drifted to a depth of five
feet or more. Traffic on some of
the highways was at a standstill
on account of the heavy snowfall.
Sunday Rally Day „
At Methodist Church
Sunday, Mareh 22, Is to be a
Rally Day In the North Wllkes-
boro Methodist Sunday school
and all members of the Sunday
school are urged to be present
and bring their friends and visl-
-A. •-
tors with thqTtt. At a recent meet
ing of the Workers Council the
teachers and officers present de
cided to make the day a Banner
Day in attendance and each
teacher is making a special effort
to have every member of his or
her class preeent. Dr, A. S. Cas-
sel is general superintendent of
the Sunday school.
MOUNT PLEASAST ORLS A® MOUNT^N VIEW
BOYS WIN IN
Mouht Pleasant girls and
Mountain View hoys were win
ners in the finals of the Wilkes
County Goodwill Basketball
Tournament Tuesday night. The
tourname^ was sponsored by
the North Wilkesboro high
school and the games, which b^
gan on Thursday afternoon, vtere
played In the high school gym
nasium. .
The finals wore even more
thrilling than expected. In the
eliminations both boys and girls
of two schools, Mountain,, View
and Mount P)easaat„/^iai!tMd dd^
cfeively to the finals and:4%(f bat
tle royals were all ttmf s^i^prs docistve riotai
-'.J:-, : idle half'Tis^
J ' ■ . • .
fOBSe Meufi^ Pleasant' girii down
ed Mountaip -View 38 to 26.
Haynes was unquestionably tho
outstandltt'g’ player for Mountain
View with 20 points. Following
are the names of the players and
scores for the game:' Mount i
Pleasant—BHedge 13, Blevins, B.
Church 28, Mathdtly and Church;
Mountain View—‘Haynes 80. Pqn-
dry 4, Rhoades 2,- Johnson, Wiles
and Carlton,
The first stringy and five suhe
were used by Mountain View boys
to defeat Mou^ |Teasa^ 39 V>
20^in a game'i!dlad with an ex
ceedingly fast braa^j^of baakep
ball f6r high school teams. How
ever, Mountain Vlew_galned ' »
could
Ing 'tae stellar roles jjn !4he ‘ of-
end
itlid half
beys-ta^lf
SCOESS^^tflinf-
C. Holder, Brown f, P. HolAr
8, Banguees, C. Brown, Wsiles S,
Rhoades,. R. Holder 'It. Hender
son 6, and Coffey; Mount Pleas
ant—ESlledge 10, , Huffman, T.
Church 1. W. Church 2, Green
2, Michael 6. Hamby and Broy-
hlll. *
Following the games Coach
Barker, of the North WUkesBoire
school, presented aMractive tro
phies to MoiriMf Plwasaht girls
and Mountain.Ytaw boyd;
In tta« aeml-flitaRii^An Monday
night . MmUIn TNew taams gain
ed declsiw;rictoris8 over Wllketf-
boro. ' thaii^is winning .81 to 81
and thjo’hoye Mta The atgM.
schpbls particRtaUng. in tte ^tap-
at --
‘^Rsun On the Juat*^ Por
trays Folk of titfs-Bmshy
Mountains
By RAY ERWIN
The South has won a victory
from the North, the Old North
State has marked up another gain
from New England, a great asset
of Massachnsetts is rooted firmly
to Carolina soil.
Of far greater worth to the lit
erary life of the South was the
acquisition of ..Kathleen More
house, Boston-hred author, than
the moving of 10 cotton mills
from New Bedford to Gastonia
would have meant in an indus
trial way.
Mrs. Morehouse has lived for
seven years in a hillside apple
orchard of the Brushy mountains
in Wilkes county—at Oakwoods,
five miles from Wilkesboro. Now
she has written an opus present
ing for the first time to the out
side world the folkways of the
virile Anglo-Saxons who inhabit
ed those rugged hills and deep
coves right after the War Be
tween the States—and still do.
Rain On The Just will be publlsh-
(Continued from page six)
Tax listers To
Begin Woik Soon
Appointments Being Posted
so That Work Can Start
Esurly in 'April
Taxlisters recently appointed
by the board of'bommisslohers to
list property for taxation in the
various precincts in Wilkes met
Monday at the doiirthoiiee in a
meeting called by C. C. Sldden,
of-Traphlll, tax supervisor for the
ensuing year.
Tho meeting was called for the
purpose of. giving information in
regard 10 the list taking and to
distribute supplies to each pre
cinct list taker.
Tax listers have arranged their
appointments in each precinct
and will post them at public
places in . order thg( all property
owners and those who must list
for poll tax may have ample
time to mhke arrangemeats to
meet the Hst taker at the most,
convenient jiolot. The twt listing:
will get under way early in April
and will he completed during
the month. Cooperation by
promptness in listing Is.ur^ by
the tax supervisor and’r%ther
county officials. ** o . .
A bi^ laec, tke it
11.65 MUm Fjcmi Wt
IW Staftmti
Among the 87 projeeb^
which the state highway and
lie works eonamlssion canvi
bids yesterday were two of
tereet to mikes connty.toople.
Hardaway Contracting com'
pany, of Colnmbns, Qa., submit
ted the low bid of |»,8I7 for
6.68 milec of surface treatmeat
on the new highway 16 from th^
intersection with the Boone Tro^
at Millers Creek to a point near"
Wilbar. This section Of the road
has been graded and graVel sur
faced for a. year and probnUy
would have beeavdinCaced earlier
if weather con#Hbnb had per
mitted.
The other proj|^V i^.-'Rica! is- ,
tereet whi^h is to get 'uiito J
soon Is surface treatment oat^
11.66 miles of highway.'4|J6 from 'j
a point near the Wllkiw-IredeU J
line to the end of the present ^
pavement near StateerWe. Klker
and Young, of ReidsvlUe, sub
mitted the low bid of $63.13&.$6.
The bids were opened Tuesdsy
and the commission met again g
yesterday to canvass the .bids and
hear delegations.
Chairman Waynick said in an
interview Tuesday that work of
repairing the damage done to
roads by the severe winter wea
ther would get under way as soon
as possible. In regard to improve*;’''
ment of secondary roads he said
that school bus routes and the
other moBe important secondary
roads would be placed in. as good
condition as the supply of ‘bigh-
unds would permit.
ly imes
Tropical Thunder Storm
Monday Night; Heavy
Snowfall TiM^ay
The weather, always a popu
lar topic ofi^onserTatiqn, came in
for an extre share of discussion
here Tuesday when in less than
12 hours this part of the state
was visited by a thunder storm of
July proportions and a heavy
snowfall.
On Monday night there were
a series of thunder storms with
brilliant di^lays of . Ugblhlng,.
Rain tell steadily’^ until Tuesday
noon, whe.n^ there was a - sadden
shift of wtnd^accompxirii^ hy a
heavy snowfall''with flabes more
than an incb’'iA''dlameter. Later
in the afternoon the snow took
on blizzard proportions and, al
though the ground was wet and
temperature comparatively high,
reached a depth of two' inches
before it ceased Tuesday night.
Overcoats which had Jbeen laid
away for spring and summer
were again in us* yesterday as
the mercury hovered near ths
freezing point.
Many from rurid^sectiona ex
pressed a hope tHFthe lath ra- .
turn visit of wigter weather
would serve to keep fruit trees
from blooming too early and stay
dormant until milder tempera
tures preivail. T
Penney Lot Sale
In City A Succe»*
Many Who Purchased Lots Plan
To BnlM Homes Soon; Real
Estate Active
The auction sale of lota In the
Finley Park addition to North
Wilkeatioro Saturday was quite a
success as many intereated buyers
placed bids on the desired prop
erty.
The sale was conducted by
Penney Brothers in cooperatioh
with J. I. Myers, local real
tate dealer. Mr. Myers, comment
ing on real estate business, said
today that “All indications are
that real estate is picking np and
taking on new Ilfs in North- Wil
kesboro and surrounding. .vlein-
Ity.” Hit advice to those vrho arsj- ^
interested In. real estate ' te
make purchase now -
prices hre csrtjjnly on an ui
trend.
Sevdral of thosb who pur
lota at the ^urday bye
T^dy '£tahW preparmtiqr-
build new t^wes.
'
The Al
deW.