In Fta>»
Irk., March 20.
ioet 'to4ay In
'''£.j|H|EM ^Jlftii^^aioat. Blmnltaneons-
-tetMnaaa district her®
hoasa aeroas the state.
''Vain. Baan Fatal
.mtiittam, Mardi 20.—M«-
^*ngcy 8l|p. 21. ot $03 South
snt sUedt, died In a hdffital
here this morninc as the fesnlt
of a sell'admlnistered doee of
pofeoa,'Coroner Asa W. Allen re
afternoon.
Meeklas Is ladoned
March 20.—Dole-
of the county RepabUcan
parky, sseettng in the Johnston
oourtkouae yestwday, in*
^ , onwd- Federal Judge fsaac M,
^4la»lciBe,-of Elisabeth City, for
.-jslMthm for President of the
riTnited States. •
Pattotasan Killed
• ThomasrtlK March 20.—Clar-
C Lacgett Fidler, 28-yeaiM)ld
^st^ bl^war .patroiinn.
killed here late today arbep his
sMorcycle stmog a.. .telesfiosa^
St as he attempted to arold a
collision with a car driven by
Clifford Watts, of ThosMwvllIe.
r-
1(0,000 Pmston EUglMee
Raleigh, Maycb 20—North Car
olina has as eiigibles for old age
jeaslons probably 50,000 per
sons, Covemor Ehringhsus said
thin, afternoon in releasing a
statement complied by the state
.beard ot charities and public wel
fare.
Farwier Is Suicide
Hickory, March 20.—Roy Spea-
gle, 27-year-old farmer of Bran-
dys township, was found dead in
with a single-barrel
stween his knees, u-
10 o’clock this morning.
Watts, bis father-in-law,
Itound the body.
ij'-
McRae Uquor Plan
Rnlelgh, March 20.—John A.
MoRa*. ot Charlotte, candidate
V tdr the Damocratic nomination
for governor, tonight advocated
o1 ewM#>l plaB tor North
'CaroBiit to. thO; Virginia
' tioB but
eforas.*
Planes Ilrop Food
Harrisburg, Pa., March 20.—
Relief came t o flood-isolated
ttova today when seven bomb
ing planes from Langley Field,
Va., dropped food and provisions.
Seven other planes from Phila
delphia, unable to land, sloshed
down in a sea ot mud at Lock
Haven with medical supplies,
which were taken to Renova by
truck.
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Tr^hill School
koof It Damaged
Wind WedwHdny Tears Part
df Ro«rf Rnsn Baildinif;
Dumairn Repaired
'
.Mandt wiiafc wKh almort
the vdochg ot » tofnade le^
a porttott of ^ roof from the
Trapbitt sdiioot hiittding Wed*
weetey.
Workmen were soon placed
.on the Joh and the damage wns
repMked in tlM» to preyeiit
further oamuee to the bniMliiff
^ the steddy rtdafaU Fripy.
Xi»M 0i$r F#w HMm After
Showel
Nwur Wa^Mboro. Va..
Ben Whittington, a member of
a prominent Rilkes family, was
fatally injured Thursday after
noon when he fell from a road
shovel which he was operating
near Wayrnesboro, Va., on a grade
of the Blue Rtdke Parkway.
The accideat oMured about
midafternoon ahd he died about
ten o’clock Thursday night In a
hospital there.
Relatives here and at Reddies
River were Immediately notifi^
ot the accident and news of his
death was ah occasion of sadner.s
to a wide circle of acquaintances
in Wilkes.
He was a son of the late John
L. Whittington and Mrs. Whit
tington, of Reddies River. He
leaves his mother and the follow
ing brothers and sliiters: Eugene
WhHtlngton, B^dfee River;. Q.
K. Whitt
ef’. Rev. Waiter whkingfoft, pas-'
tor of West Jefferson Baptist
church. West Jefferson; Mrs.
Harl Bumgarner, Reddles River.
.\l80 surviving are two halt sis
ters, Mrs. S. M. D. Ward, North
Wllkesboro, and Mrs. M. M. Dan
cy, Reddles River.
His body arrived here Friday
night and the funeral service was
held Sunday at Reddles River
church In the presence of a
throng of people saddened at his
passing.
One Man Arrested
M..*.
Me
Red Cihnke. Conitthtee Sey t
Quota, la Raised In
Short Tinae
■ ■■' : '
• tt wan -lo^pert tbla morning
«knt WRlMlI^ounty'o «notn of
gnoo for irtM of flood Saffeaw*
hns been vuiead 'by - tt)e local
rtuHtfer of the Red Chose.
nils is. iionaUiMd a good
record ior tblF^Wlikes ebaf«w«
and shows thak the people
the rownty nse.Mn^ a«L eski-' '
«r to 4id ;Mlpdsrtuwte la
time of disaster. However,
many have not been cootaeSed.
and the drive -tor toads will
oonthrae until uR have beeaft.
gtven a chance to help. A fnU .
report ot jcotttrtoiitlaas and ^
namm ot contrthntors will be
puMiSbed la this newspaper
Hiwridsy.
EARLIER REPMtTS
Wilkes county chapter of thO
American Red Cross has received
from Cary T. Grayson, national
Red Cross chairman, a telegram
asking that the loial chapter
raise |500 as quickly as possible
for relief of flood sufferers In
eleven states.
The telegram, received Wed
nesday night by J. H. Whicker,
chairman, was as follows;
"Reports received late tonight
indicate thirty-eight thousand
families in eleven states driven
from their homes in flooded
areas. This number expected to
increase. These i>eople all looking
to Red Cross for immediate re
lief including shelter, food, cloth
ing, medical care. Minimum re
lief funds of three million dol
lar necessary to provide oaiw
.for flood rlotiros for indefinite
1WSM4Hi'rty_jthar:; '' '
Ithaca, N. T. . v , Carl SnaveJy
(above),' new- foottell coach of
Cornell, Succeeding Gil Dobte, is
being acclaimed a good selection
by foo^tell coaches throughont
the laiA His winning records at
Bueknell. ahd ^orth Carolina
Uhdmi the Job for him.
'aimers in
Mountain View
Y.T.H.F. Meeting , n 'J A Oxll!
On Monday Night |n Raid On Jull
’i
Monday. March 1«, the Moun
tain View Chapter of Y. T. H, F.
Reid Its regular meeting. The
■ hoys decided to take as a group
project two acres of corn and one
acre of tobacco. The crop will be
cultivated by the members and
the returns go to the chapter.
Edgar Alexander, Roy Myers
and Bruce Felts were appointed
as a committee to purchat>e and
sow the tobacco seed, Wayne
Brown, Ralph Henderson and
Eaudie (3othren we>« named as a
cbmmlttee to direct preparations
Of the seed bed and plant the
rn.
Sherrill Gregory, Earl Johnson
and John Robert Church will be
ia charge of a Father and Son
net to be sponsored by the
ilOTntala View T. T. H. F. dub.
y-The program of work as. mapp-
gpLrtt by tho.progfh™
-mlttee and accepted by the ehap-
aa fotlowa: >■ Tfo develop the |
ty of the student and to bal-j,
crop and' Itrestock enter-
tfjBttea.. 'to to encourage coopera-
iraytog and selHag. 3. To
quota of $660 In behalf of these
disaster stricken families. Feel
coofldent people of your com-
rauaity will wish to give prompt
ly and generously. Remittances
should be forwarded to h^d-
quarters as promptly as possible.
Report progress at least twice
each week.’’
Thursday following the receipt
of the message Chairman Whick
er called the Red Cross chapter
committee, composed of himself
as chairman, J. B. Williams
treasurer, Dr. R. B. Templeton,
Rev. Eugene Olive, E. R. Spruill
and T. E. Story, and they issued
the following appeal the peo
ple of Wilkes;
‘"Ye earnestly urge pur people
rk. tX'M. • rr make liberal donations In ap-
Orncert lirt Uutrit m Lling- preeiatlon of what national head
man Community; Morgan ' quarters has done tor us in our
Martin Taken distress. Donations will be re
ceived by J. B. Williams, treas-
ShoyHtw Much Intarert in
Pliw.Fur Pemangtr»tion
Farihk in the County
Fifty Wilkes county farmers
have made applpicatlon to con
duct ’Tennessee Valley Authority
demonstration farms this year, it
was learned today from W; J.
Hanna, assistant county agent in
charge of TVA and soil conser
vation work In the county.
Farmers have shown much In
terest In the ’TVA plan of soil
conservation and planned farm-'
ing, Mr. Hanna reported, and it
is hoped that all those whose
applications are approved will be
able to obtain phosphate as al
lowed by the TVA plan. Speci
fied amouts of 47 per cent pho^
pbate furnished by the ’TVA are
allowed each acre of soU buili
crops provl4'
Many of the fifty applications
have been approved by the coun
ty committee, composed of J. M.
German, H. C. Roberts and T.
W. Ferguson, and have been for
warded to Raleigh for approval
by state authorities.
In case the applications are ap
proved there the farmers will be
given requisitions to obtain their
supply of phosphate from the
forty tons which are now being
stored here. The only cost to the
farmers for the phosphate will be
freight from the shipping point
in Alabama tq North Wllkesboro
and a 'smalt citarge for storage.
■: ....
Fwrm A|cmM
Bmergenef croi^ Sind prOduc-'
^tion er^lt loana iRB no#' being
granted ^and all taiimeA* toaf^gpi
cthem are’ urged taf dinW apfillu-
lion at the WtrUeik^ posable'co»^
veiflejice, it was lecned today
from a representative’of the de
partment of agriculture dn Wll
kesboro to make mrrangemeBts
for Uklng the first applications.
These loans arp frbn;: Ue^ fed
eral' government and ate rbr-the
purchase of seeds to aeeist farm
ers to i»t out their crops in cases
whe^'they. wbnld not be_a^|p to
get oat a crop without'a loan.
Details concerning- the loans
may be obtained from the office
ot A. G. Hepdren, county tat*
agent, where applications are-now
being recelted. Thoee who fte
interested, in loans should lose' ne
time in,making application.
Last Ritec Held
For N. M. Felts
ITomiaent Otizen Of Spargeon
rommoBlty Passes; Was
Widriy Knovm
Funeral service was held this
afternoon at Mt. Pisgah church
for N. M. Felts, prominent citi
zen of the Spurgeon community
who died Saturday night.
Mr. Ftelts was well known and
highly esteemed in his commun
ity and by many friends through
out rhe>'’county. He was a mem
ber of the Masonic lodge.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ida Jarvis Felts, aad.,^ five
ll(
'I:
WorlH ITa(|MT|(^^phMSMtlon
forces, have a eroalF
ed stone sbrfaoV^n ■;tW-'^9^oir
road in*thlB,ei^ and 10%.
yards of snch, surface has been
completed.
Under the arrangement speed
upon by the WI^A and - the city
of North WjHieMdro,: sponsor p
the- project, the 'WPA furaishss
the lahor and. city the stone
to he used in sarfacing.
. Ttie .lyogdon roai -wks flnt ito'^
proved two yedrt ifo ^ CWA
foross. Eighteen mop/WA no# .em
ployed with A. .U. RllUngB as
foreman.
HaKacre Speaks
Before N. C. E. k.
Seven School Authorities in
Wilkes Attend Annual
Convention
Federal revenue agents ope
rating in 'Wilkes Thursday raided
a moonshine still and arrested
Morgan Martin, colored. The ar
rest and seizure of the still and
materials for manufacture of Il
licit whiskey were made in the
Clingraan vicinity.
iJtartln was released under
bond of $500 for appearance In
the May term of federal court
following a hearing before Com
missioner J. W. Dula. Agents tak
ing part in the raid were A. R.
Williams, Leonard Roope, C. C.
Noble and J. T. Jones.
Roscoa Prevette was arrested
Th-ursday by W. A. Jones on a
warrant charging violation of li
quor laws.
urer, E, R. Spruill, Hays; T. E.
Story, Wllkesboro; R. V. Day,
Millers Creek; S. E. Matthews,
Mount Pleasant; W. L. Bowman,
Ronda; C. M. Cook, Roaring Riv
er; Carl Hendrix, Traphlll.
“Our quota is five hundred
dollars and this amount should
be donated at once. Names of
contributors and total amount
donated will be published in lo
cal papers trom time to time un
til quota is raised.’’
Wllkesboro M. E.
Churidi Revival
Will Begini^ Easter Sunday
and Continue For Period
of Two Week*
Mrs. John B. Fraley
Licenses to wed were issued
during the past week by Old
Wiles, register of deeds, to two
couples: LinvHle'Sidden and Al-
tia Byers,, both' ’ of . Dockery;
Smith Jolnes, Wllkeeboro, and
(5ra Church, North Wllkesboro.
Rev. A. W. Lynch, pastor of
Wllkesboro Methodist church,
has announced that a revival
would begin there on Easter Sun
day, April 12.
Rector Robbins, a widely
known singing leader of Ruther
ford county, has been contacted
to partiel'pate In the meeting by
leading the singing and the pas
tor will do the preaching.
Rev. Mr. Lynch stated that the-
meeting is planned to continue a-
bout two weeks.
Mr. Isaae^ Duncan and gurats,
Jimmie ^eveni;'"Dick Watson iuid
Pete Bowea',^ spent Saturday in
Bliaabethton, Tenn.
W. D. Halfacre, superinten
dent of North Wllkesboro schools,
addressed the division of city and
county superintendents of the
North Carolina Education Asso
ciation in annual convention in
Raleigh Friday.
The convention opened Thurs-
d a y evening and continued
through Saturday morning. Supt.
Halfacre’s address o n Friday
morning was on the theme of
"Pre-service Training For High
School Teachers.’’
Those from Wilkes attending
part or all the sessions Included
Supt. Halfacre and C. B. Eller,
county superintendent. Miss Cla
ra Gentry, T. E. Story, E. R.
Spruill, R. V. Day and Vaughn
Jennings.
Statesville, March 21.—Mrs.
Jbhir B. fthdey, 32, died late laat
night at her home on East Broad
develoFiBg'the {qU^jring nine weeks’ 111-
_ ehsiigg prod'ietlon practices
1)jr use of record as basis of
/Itttrther ptonniag. to develop
f : the al^llty »f th« Student to In-
^toase yiplds per here.animal
, .and develop jWgheir iwoducU. 4.
Tto de^^op abIHty of student to
rotate crops and ' improve soil,
son conservation. 5. To de-
^^^{flldcsn leadmhip. «. To de-
«^' vetop'*the Ability to repair and
HBtfprtC end homo equipment.
, ,, ■ To carry on a beautification
^program. 8. To have a Father and
banquet. 9., To enter all
^ijudging contests. 10, To sponsor
least one camping trip. H- To
or a connnunKy fair. 12.
play a llve-at-home exhibit.
. .have a group project. 14.
ater public speaking conteet.
onaor athletic acHvUy.
{er chapter contest.
Ctrltoa, prominent
^n ' section,
jj^-^'Nertfa
a tke 'veek.-
ness. Mrs. Fraley, who was,Miss
Margaret Elizabeth McAuley be
fore marriage* was born In Hunt
ersville], Mdeklenburg copnty. a
daughtw 'bf'-'Mrs. Edna 'Watts
McAulay and the late W. M. Mc-
Aulay. ''
She is survived by her hus
band and a son, James McAulay
Fraley; her 'mother, Mrs. Edna
.Watts' McAulay, of HuntersvlUe;
four sisters and a brother, Mrs.
J. R. Savage, Miss Martha Mc
Aulay and Mrs. Mary Brown, of
HuntersvlUe, Mrs. Lee 'McLemore,
of Davidson, and Hugh M. Mc
Aulay, of Charlotte.
The funeral will be held from
the residence Sunday afternoon
at 3: o'clock.'
Junior Order Meeting:
The Oriental degree #1)1 be a
feature of-the Junior order meet
ing of the North Wllkesboro
coancU Taa^r nighU^A^%(m-
b*rs are uf^ to
llerclaiiti’Assoctalkm Membershqi
Incr6asmg; IntemtiBg Meetii^ Held
Wilkes Coun^ Merchants' Ab-
soclation held
meeting on Thursday night ahd,
planned' a banqnet to be held in
the near future.
The membership committeie of
the newly organized aasoclatloi
reported a number of new mem
bers Thursday. night and also
brought word that several other
merchants are planning on enter
ing the association soon. The
membership at the time of the
meeting to^ed 31. Other com
mittee reports were also received
and aU indications were that the
aMoclatlon is gening off to a
very good start and. will prove
to be a great help'''to the mefeb-
an Interesttitf, ^dei$ iiiTir li||Tl^pPMim
ants and to the city as a whola i mssoeMCion, it Is;' mqmeM
J I ,
w:. R.-; A'bsher,, president,
Frances Ca8hloB,.. s^retaz$t read
a cbBsUtqtlob and bjr-lhws'which
had been frepwed and4hey were
adopted tbe'assoclatibn. Miss
Cashion Mso tbid of spending two
days in . the office of the merch-
wnts’ association in VPIlnstoii-Sai-'
em, where she learned many
things' that will be of value to
the oiganizatlon here. Talks on'
the benefits of a uerebants’ as
sociation were made by A.
Casset. W. G. Gabriel, A. L. Grif-
fing and E. M. Blackburn. Other
membenr took parflB d^ussios
of aeno^ to‘pi»
'With 31 merChanta now In tiw
Last Rites Held
For W. H. Hamby
At Mt. Pleasant
W. H. Hamby, 61, died at his
home near Boomer March 14,-and
was burled at Mt. Pleasant
church March 16.
His death was a shock to bis
family and friends. He had been
in in health for several years,
but had spent the 'week prior
his dsAtb with his brothers and
slstefs at ChhmPldw and Pnriear,
returning home Saturday evening
■ji few hours before' his sudden
death. &
He was well known as “Dick
Hamby”, being a good singer and
before hb health failed Uught
vocal -music. -
Rev. A. B. Watts, of Taylors
ville, was in charge of the funeral
service. Pall hearers were ne
phews of the deceased. Flowers
were carried by his nieces. A-
mong those ^om a distance at
tending the funeral were Bov.
and Mrs. Grady Hamby, of Le
noir; Mr. and Mra*-J; B. Haariw,
of Valmead; Mr. and" Mi* J. B)
Madeline, -of ’FannemiBei
Mr and MfA W. £- Worrell aiiS'
Local
Cruise to
Seoitobl Witt AttOEd Nortli
Caroliiui Bankora’.Conwpa-
tion fal
Raleigh, March 20.-*-Several
Nerth' Wllkesboro hanbera, their
wives and friends have made res
ervations for the. c'onventlon-
cmise of the North Carolina
Bankers Associatton. to Bermuda
in June, according to. an an
nouncement made bf Clarence T.
Leinbacb, Winaton-Salem banker
who is president ot the. Associ
ation. •• >' ■
Among those, going frppi North
Wllkesboro are: C. T. Doughton*
r. ana Mr8..j^C)t..llcNi
T€e' ^nifibt#1and tbelV
will rid! from Norfolk June 7 on
the 8. S. Reliance, arriving in
Bermuda June 9 for a two-day
stay, and returning to Norfolk
June 12.
Business sessions of the con
vention will be held on board
ship to and from Bermuda, with
a number of prominent bankers
scheduled for the programs. *
Mr. Leinbach stated that reser
vations are being taken rapidly
throughout the State and that
only a limited number of addi
tional reservations could be
made. He urged all bankers who
plan to make the trip to sign up
immediately. Reservations are be
ing made thft)ugh H. H. Allen,
convention manager ot Thos.
Cook & Son—Wagons-Uts, Inc.,
587 Fifth Avenue, New York
City.
Millers Creek P.-T. A.
Will Meet Thursday
^ I
•Parent-Teacher Association of
Millers (?reek school will meet
Thursday evening, seven o’clock,
in the school building. R. "V. Day,
principal, will have charge of an
interesting program wbiep has
been planned and all members of
the association and other inter
ested school patrons are urged to
be present.
FergOBOR P.*T. A. To
Me^ On Wednesday
Parent-Teacher Association ot
Ferguson school will meet on
Wednesday night, March 26, ai
7:80. All school patrons are
urged to attend.
A6k DonatkMut
' For Fire Di^.
Aoioant Raiaoti -so Far Net
Enorngli to Gat An Ei$«iip-
maot Noedad
Several days .oofi- a dflve was
started to af£W_cDa&ibnUons
for the pnrpdle 01 bo^ftg sOme
needed, equipment for th« North
WUKeaboro ftire "tfepartiilent. 1
4iMion(h the response from
manutartursrs. many bnsinese
men and some iadividoab has
.. . be.ea . quite saUrfaotory, the
Hamby an! toughters, bila aad b still sosm-^jirt
of 4k#''Svila needad'aod tha ra>
cGQtrfliiitlonB is renAV**
PEmCTi
J. M. anrK^4
l\V^IPdW'r WVnwO I
Republicans of Wilkes coun^;^
held a most harmonioos eoassa-i
tion id Wtlkeebqm dptorday, per-j
fected the corner'';^nnIsatlon,;i
named delegri^|H|M||jLgtate, eon- ^
greaeioaal and[ wmaSnil -d8inraa;;
tions and Ibdijpi’if,wfflkri>pt in-:
terest to an enthoslaatje denna-.
ebtlon of thiuiy poli*:!
etee by W. C; MeeMiia: etqdpnBaa
ot the RepoMbM state eitocative
committee. , ,
J. M. Broirii,' chimiBaii, aadl-i
Ryle Hajni', secretary of the j
county ezecatiya comirtttee, were^
reelected unanlmonsly*; Yhe coa-
vention mo^id--*aloiu;y''l^P9otUy
with no conioitS'resolu
tions and motioas o^i#d were
carried withont a dtoaentiag vote.
Wilkes bar 32 delegatM to tba
varioos convMitiona and a reso
lution was passed indorsing Fed
eral Judge Isaac; M. Meekins, fa
ther ot the state chairman, aa
North Carolina’s choice tor the
Republican nomination for the
president ef th®' United States. A
resolution was also pasted indora-
ing W. C. Meekins for state chair
man and C. Ac Joaas for nation
al committeeman and tha. dele-
gaUe were instructed
effect.
The conve
llaQW nrKb words of pdsise for
the Republican party in Wilkes,
Which he later referred to as the
Banner Republican connty in the
state and the one looked to to
lead the party to victory thte
fall.
“The campaign this year,” he
said, "Is more important than,
any since the Civil War’’ and
went on to explain his declara
tion that the adminbtration b
not practicing Democratic or Re
publican policies but Is prac-
tlclsing socialism. He referred to
the three ex-candidates for pres
ident on the Demoertidb . ticket
and declared that all three are
fighting the New Deal socialbm..
Further bmbasting the Roose
velt administration alodk this
line he said that the Republican
party is the only way true pa
triots can turn In facing the test
and crisis of American liberty
life and opportunity. “I consider
the campaign of the Republican
payty In 1936 a patrip^jp «j^y
ther than a partisan matter,” the
speaker declared after referring
to what he termed Roosevelt’s at
tempts to stir up resentment a-
galnst the supreme court follow
ing the NRA decision.
He attacked the AAA as a
means whereby the adminbtra
tion sought to seek prdsperity
through scarcity and went on to
say that the AAA had caused an
influx of foreigm meats, dairy
products and grain. He urged Re
publicans to rally to the cam
paign andlinpport a constltntlon
that “stands between the auto
crat aikd the humblest eltben of
the land, guaranteeing him free
dom, liberty-and opportnBtty.”
He attacked the state Demo
cratic adminletration as* never
seeking economy hut always try-
Ins to find new taxes to ralM
revenue. He said the R^nUican
party was strongly opposed to
the sales tax, which be denounc
ed as a “vice in name of a vlr-
tne,” and said the party favored
practicing economy to replace the
taxes gained by what he termed
the “unfair and ineqnfuble tax
In bis dbcassion of the state .
school syatem he charged poli
ties In the schooU.
Turning briefly again to ja-.'
tional aftafrs he desaribed the.
WPA as a political' setup
high sabried qtfiosrs and d^ln-';;
Istra^ors ^o haigl out mere PiUI ,
W. G._Ga>rle! W. F. Gaddy, G
G. Day ahd^. S-^itoasel were ap-^l^ne s
Ifknouni
wlthlp .’the, next '_m«itth-:
- "t, * .