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^^Duriit^ til* ^
yewc j^9SS-84, la;««t. yw,‘ fbir
wKIft eompanble ’ flkurw - m
KTtUii^te. the state of NTorth Cai^
oUita mrent less tbaa one-halt the
ttrenuce per pupil tor the whot^
nation. Clyde A. Ehrwln, aaperiA-
tendent of public Instruction,
said. , '
“ The I Tcrage per chtM for the
nation was |67 compared to
124.18 In North Carolina. Only
two states. Mississippi and Ar
kansas, spent less than North
Carolina. New York topped the
list with 1124.IS whUe Arkansas
was lowest with 122.60, the ro-
lK>rt said.
Antons the 10 southern states
Maryland ranked high with an
expenditure of $68.64 'per pupil
in ayerage dally attendance.
Elrwfn said there are sereral
factors, which contribute to the ^
dltfwence in costs in the several ■;
plates, including the Question of
density 'of population. He said
' tkose. statee In the west and!
nbithweet, spent more per capita
than the average of the natioh,
and it is noticeable that the
sontkern states as a group epend
IQES 6^ pupil than the national
''Affs^nif^only one southern state,
liitf)teMi'4int»g above the na-
ttonal average, he said.
^ .the northern and central
states, teachers are paid more
♦hen teaeb'ers in other sections of
the country, he said. The average
salaiT of teachers in the nation
was $1,217 as compared with the
average In the southern states of
-only $714.29, Brwln stated.
In North Carolina, however,
the state provides a larger per
centage of funds for operating
the schools than any other state
except Delaware. The low per
capita expenditure in this state
will be Increased as the local
units vote supplementary taxes,
New York.—Fashion designers say smart dresses ^an have their
furs dr leave them alone in spring coat styles. Above left is a self-
checked gray woolen, three-quarter length coat with full draped
sleeves, trimmed with a flattering collar of blue, dyed fox. Right,
is an imported navy woolen coat, sans {xxt, with bishop sleeves and
bloused waistline. Both hats are of straw, navp and veiled.
Mother Gives Children to Strangen to
Save Them Ivmn Hardship, Hunger
San Francisco, March Sllti,
T.iT^M Jones, 22, said toni^
had found happiness by gmng her
children to straigera—to save
them from “hardships and hun-
ger.”
But the children’s paternal
g^randmother sttid their father
would investigate the action of his
estranged wife before he would
consent to their adoption.
Jones told how she enlist-
unlts vote supplementary taxes, i
Ld a. the state makes larger ap-jed the help of a woman fn^d m
obtaining new homes for two of
propriatlons, Erwin said. | her thr^ children.
Surprises InYestigator [ “My neighbor wants to give her
baby away,” the friend, Mrs.
Kathleen Elder, told unbelieving
passersby in a nearby park.
So it was that Mrs. Einar Sor
ensen visited Mrs. Jones’ drab
basement room. Mrs. Jones said
she had given Mrs. Sorensen per
mission to adopt baby Dolores
Jones. But officials of the state
Bishop Hill, 111., March 16.—
When Mrs. Mary W. Thompson,
72, filled out an application for
a State old age pension she sur
prised Investigator B. A. Ken
nedy today by remarking “Moth-
,_w8nts on© too.’’ The mother,
Andrietta Ulrika Oak, wrote
IS her age. Both were born
Sweden.
S^iejMrtment of social welfare said
;pemission must be obtained from
father, Marion E. Jones, a
plasterer.
The young mother said she did
not know to whom Marion Ed'
ward, Jr., two, had been given.
“I know he has a lovely home,”
she insisted. “I’m satisfied with
that.
“I was desperate,” explained the
youitg mother. “There was noth
ing ahead of the children but hard
ships and hunger. They were un
dernourished.”
Mrs. C. H. Hess, Jones’ mother,
said in San Bruno that he is “cer
tainly going to investigate” his
wife’s action.
“She does not have exclusive
right to the children,” Mrs. Hess
declared. “My son and his wife
never llhve been divorced.”
The couple’s third child, Edna,
three, lives with the father.
Pay your 1936 Taxes on or
before-.April 1st, and save
additional penalty.
P. L Lenderman
Tax Collector, Town of
Wilkesboro, N. C.
NOTICE
To Water Consumers of
Town of Wakesboro, N. C. j
If you don’t want w pay for thej other undisturbed places.’
water you consume _ ettch month,
then pay up and quit using same.
Unless you pay your water bills
Adam ai^ Eve Blamed For Plaiitmg
FnreT^^fefc-the Garden of Edm
Evanston, III., March 15.— Once given a start, however.
There were no weeds in the Gar- he continued, weeds can never be
den of Eden, a Northwestern uni- completely eradicated because of
verslty botany professor said to- their deep roots which store up
food and enable the plints to
j Not until Eve bit into the apple | survive cold winters: this ability
and Adam had to hoe his own to grow In a vrtde range of soils:
! row did the tares oy)ibllcal par- their long f’owirlng periods:
i able spring up. Prof. Oliver Dug- their abundance of seeds, and
i declared. efficient methods of seed dls-
: The botanist made the asser- persal: their heavy leaves, which
tion at the end of a long search drive out neighboring plants,
I tor an answer to the question: and their Indifference to climate.
! -Why is a weed a weed?” ! Some weeds—the ragweed, for
1 His answer: [instance—can live in the soil for
. i more than 30 years -after they
i “Weeds are found only where i appear to be dead, the professor
1 man has disturbed the soil and j explained. His study covered 100
[set the stage for their growth,” : weeds common to the United
' Prof Dugglns said. “They are States. Of these, V6 per cent were
or I natives of other countries,
brought here in ships.
•No.';! ,
[krarda No; —
Mbin No: 1^—
Ohs Cabin No, 2.
is Fork
iWace --C.-—.—
toravlan Falls l.—
f ulberry No. 1 -—— t’
utberry No, 2 ....
Ifew Castle'
North Wilkesboro No. 1 ...
North Wilkesboro No. 3 _
Reddies River j.
Rock Creek ..........—^
Somers
Stanton
Traphlll No. 1
Traphill No. 2 
Union —-
Walnut Grove No. 1
Walnut Grove No. 2
■Wilkesboro No. 1
WllkesbatD Ne; 2
Time h “Critical”
For Nation*#Jloadt
Ralelgk March l6.--^WlUiam
T. Chevalier,: preei$«iU'^Mt of
ti>« Ameriean.BoadJSnllder’s As-
:boelation, ton^t told .abm«'400
contractors, engiheim and high
way officials the nation Iftw reach
ed “a critical stage th its high
way program.”
He asserted the highway pro
gram must ho lifted immediately
out of the emergency category
and ,mad6 once more an economic
measure. The highway, he said,
is the basis for one-tentb the na
tional economy and unless the
road improvement program is ex
panded greatly along several
lines, the nation faces disastrous
consequences.
Capus M. Waynlck; chairman
of the state highway and public
works commission, and Charles
M. Upham, director of the Road
Builders’ Association, aiso were
on the program.
. Without criticizing the attempt
to solve the unemployment prob
lem through the roads improve
ment setup, Chevalier said the
time has come "to give more
thought to what the taxpayer
gets tor his dollar than to the
number of jobs created by that
dollar.” ^
tlwcmllk fa
spilled.’;--;-.^.
Coi^otfiae with tfie_devll and
he will stVV right with you.
Onlr "low-brtwrf” will
"hlgh-l^>yott;
No t^jiiMPtl^by can taka, the
piece
^ A haff-baljpd, fallow Is usually
a.“8iw|^ Alaek;”
payipB should strive to
keep li^te.d.
Even the most talented man
should pse. some, tact
It takes, 'a aiighty^ood cook to
oauM j^uh^&andl’te'love the
’“lett-K)voiiL.”
■ A good doctor—one who can
.give his patient a bitter pill and
make-;hltt'like Jt,--...
Ubpstj^ loyalty is not much
better than hone.
' k’s mhCh etisier to Clip wings
than to grow them.
An ed^lave will raise his hat
JtP a lady, and he shtisfied in the
ddtehew; a “modernised” negro
will push her off. the sidewalk
and park himself In the parlor.
Lincoln said, when asked how
long a man’s legs should be,
“They'should reach the ground.”
Today, it makes no difference, he
doesn’t walk any more anyway.
A noble girl—one who keeps
no secrets from her mother.
It’s as easy to believe that a
frog is a fallen eagle as It Is to
believe that an eagle is a risen
^frog.
' A person who Is determined to
be an ass should learn to bray.
Greater love. hath no boy for
his father than for the boy just
to let his father wear out rather
than to rust out.
Take the "pie” from the po
litical counters and the ardor
will melt like snow in August.
The "Model-T” has lost Its
"high standing.”
A dicfhtor will wield his scep
ter of authority and yet claim
that he is a servant of the people.
About 4,060 fugltivea from jus
tice in the United States are de
tected by fingerprints annually.
S Tfc- at
MrsiJJ. cr Chaidk-
. iMrr'R. C."'Eller, who'hda-h#*
Is :i|ach his
frt«90 lrilUjs^^d to
gPk^pa.glCf ^ note tte
family ef W- M;"^y8, who have
bean very sick wH# flu. are
coverlng.-
Mrs. Walter Pierce 'continues
very..Sick, her friends will’ be
sorry to learn.
On‘ last Sunday a family re
union was held at the. home of
Revi* and Mrs. Jas. T. Nichols,
also a l>iMhday dinner was given
in honor of their daughter, Ar
lene, it being her IStk Mrtltday.
It was a happy day for the fa'm-
ily and a most enjoyable occas
ion. The six children of the fam
ily were all at hon»e together for
the first time in several years.
Quincy, Earl and his family, Dor
is, Dolly and her hnsboBd, il$r.
J. H. SUncill, all of Wluton-
Salem, Mahql and her gSMand,
Mr. T. G. Miller and taidfly. of
Idlewild.
It was a great pleasure to wit
ness the joy that eame to Mr.
and Mrs. Niehols and the . chil
dren as they once mpre sit 'round
the dining tahldt-together. Mias
Arline received oOTeral preeents,
among which was a guitar pre
sented to her by her brothers and
sisters.
CONFESSION AIX^ED
IN GASTON HOMICIDE
Gastonia, March 16.—Gaston
county officers announced to
night Kenneth Bailey, 19, had
signed a written confession that
he beat Zeb V. Harmon, 62-year-
old barber, to death and robbed
him of $30.
Bailey was quoted by officers
as saying ha gave half the mon
ey to hlB 22-year-old uncle, James
Bailey, but insisted he was un
aided in the slaying.
Harmon’s body was found in
his adtomphlle on a country road
between here and Beasemer City
10 days ago.
'-fumr^aad.
flul I
,of
Tkarc were 444
and 469
Storku, whea-^hl
to fasten their nest, to a
roof, attach it with 4 so$
glue. -
Major Peter:s*Di^!
burled npslde down, mI
becanse he thought the w|
“topsy-turry.”
TOUR THBATRE
LIBERTYi
Ahraye the Beat All Waykf
>!1 3
TODAY ONLY
If Tm UM ^
«Tk« IHiHi
aai
‘'Stnilia* Through’'
YaaH Say Udi 4w j
Gruul Picture —'
“MELODY
LINGERS ON*’
JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON jS
GEORGE HOl»TON
JOHN HALUDAT
MONA BARRIE
HELEN WESTkBY
LAURA HOPE CRBWES
.... T$ut|
I Dreams
TODAY True in^
ONLY StM^
I Thai
ever
FRIDAY ONLY
SYLVIA SYDNEY m
“MARY BURNS
FUGITIVE’’
promptly it will be necessary to
cut the water off as ordered by
the board. North iWilkesboro is
now charging 33 1-3 per cent,
more for water supplied our town
than formerly, ther^ore, it is im
perative that all water bills be
paid promptly—unless you want
the minimum rate now charged to
be increased.
See me at orce and make settle
ment and avoid the embarraaa-
*raent of having your water supply
. cop. off from your home or place
. -:rttgi8hieBs.
LENDERMAN,
Tax CailectYH-, Town of WiUces-
boro, N. C.
Ashe County Lady
Is Taken By Death
Mrs. Matilda Edmonson, 63,
wife of A. W. Edmonson, of
Hemlock, died in The Wilkes
Hospital here late Tuesday fol
lowing an extended Illness.
She was a member of a well
known Ashe county family, being
a daughter of the late Elihu and
Mary Oraybeal. There are three
surviving children: Millard Ed
monson, Hemlock: ’Mrs. Hattie
Pennington, Pig; and Mrs. Faye
Tucker, Tttckerdale. i
Funeral and burial services
were held ’Wlednesday at the
Oraybeal cemetery In Ashe coun
ty.
NOnCE s
UST YOUR PROPERTi^FOR TAXATION, IBM,
AS OF APRIL 1ST, 1936 .
. I will meet the taxpayers , in the City Hall. North
R Wilkesboro, N. C., with the County List Taker^on
■each day (except Sundays) from April 17th, 1936,
April 30tli, 1936, both dates inclusive, bel^een
the hours of 9 o’lHock a. m. and 6 o’clock p.. ni., for
the purpose of taking lists of the taxable property
and polls for the Town of North Wilk.esbdPO for
the year 1936.
Owners of real estate are requested to give their ■
Jot numbers and the number of block or blocks in
which such lots are located, or if land or lots B«i‘
Numbered, give brief desertion as to Ideation am
:%umber of feet or acres o'wned^ ' ’
-.rrhis the 18th day of March, 198^
FvpRKB^Y,nlist Takir
.orjifiim wi
ASTRONOMERS STUDY
’SUigPE’ IN HEAVENS
Pasadena, Calif., .March 17.—
Astronomers at Mt. Wilson ob
servatory here are studylng;a 7,-
000,000-year-old "star suicide”
—a preview, they say, of what
the end of the world may be. .
Savants term the star anlcld©
one of the most colossal catastro
phes of matter man has been
privileged to witness.
Mt. Wilson astronomers discov
ered this supernova January 18.
They trained the world’s largest
telescope upon it and obtained
the first spectrograms ever taken
of a supernova.
It was exploding at the rate of
4,000 miles a second, with a
temperature of some 300,000 de-
.groes cenlrlgrade, and about as
brilliant as' 20,000,000 suns. It is
drooping in intensity and soon
lay be a darkened mass of neu-
‘ons.
The explosion occurred 7,000,.-^ [
OOO years ago. The star is so tsi.
iVay it took that long for the
light to reach the earth, soiRe
f«2,000,000,000,000,000,000
A ypar ago last January Pn^
Fritz Zwlcky, n^ed astrpphyslc^
of the California Institute of
Technology, urged- sclOTtlsts to
look in Virgo constellation for -
‘imeh a supernova. He predict^a
bUe. Would' occur within two
yeai^ ...
Dr. Eidwln P. Hubbjo, who pr®-^
sides ovqpL,tl;^ Cwn^ie Instlt ^
tlos of . Washington; -4 0-incb micr
;||Mt.tapiHfEops in the-study of ^ti(^
..-J. , foimd thlB''
j-Kv G. C,;4*
^^ould^like:
ope fqpud vdfQier
, but not
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