.i^illthorltlM Mky
^o^ta^oTemwit . pro-
be «ver under-
, :;tlie «&ronal derelop-
, ,^XarUi CaroUaa faming,
h^rantn coopnrate vhote-
^7 .With the program, said
I. O. Schaub, oh fltate Col-
|{;lt will elerate' agflcallnre. In
r9taH,4o a higher jStene than
iM6r».
tee county tamers wilt
iaa opportunity to iearn a-
the new program in ji meet-
s**» to bo h^ at the eourthonse
pt.tV’Qfcesboro Friday afternoon,
' II 10, beginning at one ov
. Jirery lamer in the, coun-
l^jrhd Is interested in raising
agrkultnrai status of his‘
smtinity and county should at>
■ the meeting. . .
Phe" new gropram'- enibodles
^ the fundamental prln-
'adrocated hjr the soctM*
on eerrlce for years, Schaub
ltd, bnt it is much more eompre-
ttrasire and far-reaching than
anything that has gone before.
nature of the new program
aakee it applicable to every farm
In the State, said the dean in
urging all farmers to take part
In it M they can share in its ben
efits.
The program will give the
Camera direct financial aid In
the form of payments for limit
ing their production of soil-de
pleting «rops and for carrying out
various soil-building and con-
;; * serving practices.
From 15 to 20 million dollar;
wiil be available for distribution
Sis year in soil-conservation
i-to North Carolina farm-
Kiwanig Club ig SMceor qC
National Youtb Adbnmie*
tration Project
proct6r~giy^ plan
Efforts Wai Be Made to Aid
Youth in Ein^lbjrinent Aft-
or Scho^ Oeses
*? iodlrecUy, ft ■will aid mem fl-
(Continued on page eight)
Man Near
Under direction of the Nation
al Youth Administration in North
Carolina and with, the North Wll-
kesboro Kiwanis club as its spon
sor a Youth Gnidanoe program
will be attempted in Wilkes coan-
ty. • •
It a Proctor, director in
charge cu student aid and guid
ance in the NYA in ths State, was
in Jfortb Wipceeboro for a meet
ing of'the county NYA organiu-
tlon on l%nraday night and at
Friday noon outlined the youth
guidance program before the Kb-
wanis club, which passed a reso
lution to empower the club’s vo-
cationhl gni(Unce committee to
attempt the plan, which embodiM
the following principles: a survey
of youth, particularly high school
graduates, and compiling infor
mation about their pland and
prospects, either for higher edu
cation or vocation; gathering this
information by high school stu
dents, probably those who are to
receive aid through the National
Youth Administration; investi
gate available whole or part time
jobs; make an effort to place
youths who desire work.
In speaking before the Kiwan
is club Friday, Mr. Proctor out
lined the objectives of NYA in
the state and gave a resume of
what is being done at-'^e present
time. College stud^to''':!bhrntng
$15 per month threugtf^^he NYA
to help themdefracj'. expenses
number 2,800' whll^^ high school
students earning ..month
mmmhm.
Seattlft-r-Heie's (9e ot
things can’t happen, but do.
It is a tree-climbing truck, adtiev-
ed by racing wildly down a busy
street, narrowly missing pedes
trians and automobiles, plun^g
over a 50-foot embankmenb-^hes
climbing the tree, without injury
to any one.
Ko tXelinquents
On Sales Tax
MTnst CSeur TMlluqaeat
Salee Tax Bepocta Or Be
Cited T6 Cbtnrt
I, R. Roameaw, local tax
-eoUector for the states todiqr
gare oat a stalefnent which
he aald was the Ihul notice to
^^hoae who are dcdinqueat in
paying the satoa Uix.
He said that he had orders
from the jivnane department
to cite those to coart who are
dettU4(lient in maJdng sales tax
reports .and who will have
not mads ageit retain hr April
15. :
J; B. Williama in Greenabord
Night of Storm Attend
ing Inaursmce Meet
J. B. Williams, well known lo-
insurance man, was in Greens-
r^ro Thursday night when the
' ^^^ble tornado struck the south-
era part of that city. Mr. Wll-
Hams was only seven blocks from
the path of the tornado.
A meeUng of the North Caro-
• Una Insurance Agency Associa
tion had just been concluded at
the King Cotton Hotel when the
‘ Inry of the tornado broke loose,
’ Mr. Williams said, and soon am-
■' bnlanees and fire trucks were
K racing through the streets of the
bjfclty and all lights were out for
If'7i: nearly two hours. i
Mr. Williams visited the scene j
of devastation Friday morning
before he returned to the city.
Will Build Roads
Somi as Practical,
CJI-WaynickSays
Highway Chairman Replies
tQ Mayor’s Request Roads
Be CHnpleted
Ifcompletion of the North Wilkes-
baae-kiikin and Wilkesboro-States-
viUe highways will be as soon as
practical, Capus »L Wa^k.
Ti of th€ stfttc hiptwBy
coBlidaBion, said in a recent let-
B. T. McNeil, mayor of
Jforai Wnkesboro.
“ ■ liver McNeil wrote a letter to
- 1 Waynkk on March 28,
lintiiur OHt that Ihe two roads
are bSy needed and urped that
thay he eonstrocted as soon as
pniiih’* in order to serve the
cHBmamtie8 along the
^atw and that they might be
iMed sa ero«B-caintry highways.
cWwnan Waynfck said he rea-
f Uyd the hnportance of the roads
sad preaent plana call for hn-
“ "jg anrteciag on the sectioiiB
, have bein constructed. Jim
h WHkesbwo-ESkin road haa
graded and gravel surfaced
,~Bond» to and cmtract
^ this month for bitumin-
bce on that link.
, Wilk«*aro-Sta*esville high-
has been graded and gravel
•d from Statesville to- >a,
the fradell-Wilkea line
cotrtract has been let for
Jteasa are oampieted
^ Ubdroa tidU^ not haro a
*i. #jf^
in school are being given woA-
on numerous projects. The oth
er phase he discussed Included
apprenticeship training ahd voca
tional guidance, which is better
explained as the plan theJClwan-
is club agreed to sponsor.
T. E. Story, who is chairman of
the Wilkes NYA Organisation,
was program chairman at the
meeting. E. R. Spruill and W. L.
(Continued on page eight)
NYAMeetingHeld
Thursday Night
Youth Aid and Guic^ce Ex-
plained in Meeting of
NYA Organization
T. S. Bryan, 72,
Dies Saturday at
HomeatTrap^
Represented Wilkes in Leg
islature For Two Terms;
WaSi Widely Known
T. Sherman Bryan, t W ice
Wilkes county’s representative in.
the general assembly, died Satur
day. pxwning at his home in .the
Traphlii community. He was 72
years of age on March 18."
Death caroefollQirihg aevataL
Before a meeting of the Wilkes
county National Youth Adminis
tration organization held at Ho
tel Wilkes Thursday night Dr.
Walter Cutter, assistant director
of the NYA In the state, outlin
ed the plan of the organization
and said that it was a challenge
to all public spirited citizens to
get behind the program and to
promote a Youth Guidance pro
ject for the county.
Dr Cutter laid the responsibil
ity for the success or failure of
the measure squarely at the feet
of interested cltlxens of the
county whom he said could rend
er a great service by going at the
youth problem with determina
tion and enthusiasm.
Others who addressed the
meeting were R. S. Proctor, di
rector of student aid and guld-
anoe, and L. W. Teague,, district
snpervisor of the NYA. Attend
ance at the meeting was some
what curtailed by the storm
/nwraday evening.
Fanliain Hdps
To D^orn Cows
Dairy ^leciaKat Viaita Nuu’
bar of Dairy Farma in
County
F. R. Famham, dairy specialist
of the extension service, wm te the
qonnty Friday and 'aisfiisted a
number of farmers in dehorning
cows. V, .
He aod (bounty Fam Agent A.
a Hendren, visited a. i^ber of
dairy fanners and advised them
Bn several problems of import-:
ance relative to dairy farming. Mr.
Faraham is. vrell known in the
county, where he visited many
farms and homes, in orgaidring
routes f«r the Scott Cawese and
Butter company.
confined tb-hls Death WaU
■attributed to heart disease and
complications.
Mr. Bryan was one of the
county’s ouUtonding clUzens and
was known through the county
and by many people in widely
separated sections of the state.
He was a son of the late J. Q.
A. Bryan, a general in the Union
army and known far and wide as
the “Red Fox of the Mountains,”
His mother, who died several
years ago, was Mrs. Martha Bry
an.
He was educated at* Fairvlew
College at Traphlii and at the age
of 18 held the position of deputy
collector of internal revenue. He
served as brandy guager in sev
eral northwestern North Carolina
counties for a number of years.
During the administration of
President Garfield he served as
private secretary to Congressman
Romulus V. Linney.
In 1916 he was elected to the
legislature and was again hon
ored by that office 20 years later
in 1936. He was very prominent
in~the Republican party and at
tended every county convention
(Continued on page eight)
Most Dogs
And dii^ens Up
Police Warn People to Keep
Animals Coi^aed Accord
ing to Law
The North "Wilkesboro police de-
fArtment today issued a public
warning for people to kpep their
chickens and dogs confined.
Con^laints have reached the
police- department that some resi
dents of the city have been care
less the matter of keeping tlMir
chicked confined and it is a gen
erally known fact that chickens at
large c«i wreak havoc on newly
started gardens.
There is a state-wide law com
pelling cMh dog owper to. have
his or^her dog vaccinated against
and thm is a city ordi-
Moot
Ho.
McDUFFlR IS
Davie Attorney Had No
pMition and Nomination
'^Was Unanimous
dog divnera the loss of their
anhnals.' StaMy dogs imd dogs
running at large are cbntoually a
nuisance, it is pointed out. and
there is danger of rabies from such
animals.
iavest^ate Hre,
Intend
Forest Fire Srt at Five Points
Near Highway 16; Burn
ed 10 Acres
Be Shown h Ci|y
Moving Picture Reproduc
tion of Origuial’M>hrain-
mergau Play Mjere 22i$d
The Life of Christ, a dramiatic
pioturixation of the world's great--
eat of all Passion Pl^s
the Itfe story, of Jeens-Gfirwh’-’™'
be shown at the First
church hme on Wedneadajri»‘A1jH
22at?i« ipii9^ '
ti 1888,' the villaifs
mergau, in
a terrible plague, 'ftaulh* ems^-
^on, the entire p«g|uls^n ataw
a vow to perform the Pa|ni®n Plhy
of our Saviour every ttoth year
out of .gratitndd; .a vow which hak
ever since been faithfully obrorved.
The Imi^ewomAor of Christ consid
ers his part an mrf'of worriup. He
and all the rest who are to par
ticipate in the enacUnent are se
lected for thmr holy life.
It is truly Oberwnmergau over
again, and almost unconsdonaly
one is carried to the place made
Sacrosanct by tha piety and devo
tion of those who portray the
characters that eucunutsuced the
nfe, passion and death of our
Lord.
If in all your life you could SM
%ui one i^ture, let It he this one,
A silver offering will 5e taken
^at the door. ■
W. K. Beicbler, of Lenoir, dis
trict forester, was in Wilkes Fri
day conferring with W. H. Nich
ols, county fire warden, in regard
to investigation of a recent forest
fire and other matters In relation
to the forestry program.
The county has been fortunate
this spring In having but few
forest fires. The most recent one
was on Tuesday, when ten acres
along the old highway 16 in
Union township were burned
over.
The fire was of incendiary ori
gin, according to all indications,
and had been set at five points
along the road. Officials have
been investigating a number of
clues that may lead -to the appre
hension of the guilty party.
Attorney B.> C. Brock, promt:
uent OxTip county R^nbllean,
was named aa the Republican
candidate for state senate in the
'x>arentfoa of Republicans of the
24 th. senatorial district held Sat
urday i^teraoon ia Ysdklnv^e.
His nomination ;iras nnanimous,
there being no opposition. The
district is coutfoa^ot WHkm>
Darie and'Yadkin conntiM.
After hlV- nomination Mr.
BrOck, -who was Davie oeunty's
representative in the 19)6 gen
eral assembly, made quite ah en-
thuBlaaflc BddreiM,-In which he
stated his stand on a number of
issues. He safd that he favors’
abolition of the absentee ballot,
which he helped refteal for Da
vie, Yadkin and Wilkes; lowering
price of automobile tags to $3
and making up difference by
economy in administration and
gasoline tax; against sales tax
and "favors passing burden of
taxation upward,” and deplored
almost impassable roads while
the state highway fund haa $12/
000,0(io surplus.
The convention, which was well
attended by delegations from the
three Republican counties, d
gated to Mr. Brock -'the prlvlL_,
of naming the district orgau^Mi.-
J.-JLJ.
Cks
Attorney F. J. McDnfl^ who
todey tumounoed that he "ifea cim-
didate for represeotatin: m the
general asaembly ou Ike RaynUi-
cah tiricet. The (binary will be
held ba June 6.
F. J. McDuffie, well .kno-wn
Wilkes attorney, today announc
ed that he is a caUdldate for the
Rep'tiibUcan nomination as Wilkes
-fepresentative in the legislature.
The primary will be held on June
«:
^Attorney McDuftle'ls, favorably
known in Wilkes and- has taken
,intar^ In , effsira »f..|
PLAYING WITH PISTOL,
«1
BOY SHOOTS MOTHER
-Mich-
gram-
Passaic, N! J., April 3.-
ael Koroteff, li-year-old
mar school student, shot his mo
ther to death today with a revolv
er he' was playing with In their
home.
Detective Sergeant Thomas Mc-
Canu said the iboy admitted he
iired the shot pf ter-his mother,
L^/bitoisetta; had-'told -him to put
the gun away, f . - ^
Michael at tirijt^lasMted ahe
Bho$ herself, McCaSh>h&id, bat
changed his story. Undw qhestlon-
.:' —^ '^1',
tee aa-followsj WTlkeh, IrheiHfi
B. Soinera, D#ight Nichols ihd
Mrs. Claude McGee; Yadkin, Joe
Williams and Mias Ruth Hall;
Davie, J. N. Beauchamp and Mrs.
J. H. Robertson.
The other principal address be
fore the convention was by At
torney F. J. McDuffie, of Wllkes-
boro, who spoke enthusiastically
and in a most entertaining, man
ner.
"W. E. Rutledge presided over
the cunventlon and Walter Zach
ary served as secretary. The nom
ination 4 Mr. Brock was by R.
V. Alexander, of Davie, seconded
for Yadkin by Senator Joe Wil
liams and for Wilkes by Attorney
F. J. McDuffie. The convention
stood in silent tribute to the
memory of Representative T. S.
Bryan, who died Saturday morn
ing, and a commltteo was named
to draw up resolutions of respect.
The committee is composed of
B. C. Brock, ol Davie, A. B. Hall,
of Yadkin, and J. M- Brown,-of
Wilkes.
The convention was qult« har
monious throughout the proceed
ings.
It is customary for the three
counties to rotate in rfanflng'cail-
dldates for state senate. The pres
ent senator is Joe Williams, af
Yadkin county, and according to
the time honored, custenr, the
nomination went to Davie coun
ty man this year. In-1938 it -w41l
again bo Wilkes’ Gmo to name
the candidate, Jeter - M. Black
burn' I>elng the last senator olept
cd from Wilkes In 1982.
Wilkesboro P.-T. A.
Will Meet ’niurtdiiy
I Wllkesboro ParMt-Teacher Ah-
AiplaUbn will meet at. the achool
building Thursday at 3:15.
Annual election of offlwra win
be ohe of the major Items d* l>ds-
Ineaa and every member and oth
er Interested school' patrons are
asked to be present. '.. -
F.J.McDofBe
Announces For
RepreseatatiYe
Se^s Nomination om Repu^
lican Ticket in Primary to’
Be He4d June 6
^|*REClNCT,^i„»
Call
^DkyT
i. Romin Hhujuis.stt,
of the WHkes 'county Deinoefatio
^ecotive committee, annbanqed
today that Ue WUkes countr
. inoeratic convention will
held on Saturday,, May 16, II a.
m.
In the announcement he. also
stated that the precinct meeting*
urill be held oa Saturday, May 9.
two p. m., one week preceding
tba oouty eonvention.
The prertnet meetings win bo
held for the purpose of perfeetiag
the prechiet organisations and
Bsmlng delegates, to the connty
eonvention. The state eonventioa
win be held o» radar. June 12.
Mr. Rousseau said that the
formal call by the ehalrmah and
C. O. McNlel, secretary, would be
issued in a few days.
,^mpalga tor nbipJhatlon
lllcitor, "Ailng-fhe nomine
Solicitor Joh-n^ R. Jones.
He is the -first iw either party
to announce candidacy for nomi
nation for office in the June pri
mary. His notice of candidacy
issuld today reads as follows:
At tie request of a goodly
number of my friends, I have .de
cided to enter my name as a can
didate for the nomination as a
member of the next general as
sembly of North Carolina, sub
ject to the Republican primary
to be held in June, 1936. I will
appreciate the support of the Re
publicans of Wilkes county for
this office.’’
North Wilkethtno
P.-T. A. To Meet
North Wllkeeboro Parent-
Teacher association will meet
Thursday afternoon, 3:45, in the
school auditorium.' All members
and other inteiested school pa
trons ire urged to attend.
Prior to the P.-T. A. meeting
the mothers will meet Miss
Sam Johnson’s room for the atn-
dy course period at three o’clock.
Supt. Halfacre will disenss
^"Home Play and Recreation.’’
Help For
Hmidreds ol Lives Lost In
Tornado b 3 States Today
Houdreds dead aad property
daniage ranatng hiio' kevenl
rnilllm was tte report from
scenes of a tomwda wWrfi swept
over seotfams frf :tbree states
esidy this nspridiig- -
Bsdio reports’estimated the
dead at tram.
akd f. property
In
erty damailB was .heavy.- ^em-
ty t» were Injim.
U PeaMo, MisSn the toruada
took Us largest toll, -tlmio-be-
teg 45 daid ahd ItS ;
Ifagpflrts jbumrsmsiQer «4t|l4
%here the mam akiattnoa Hg
imdo In mgpy wnl
Gaddy Motor Co.
Wffl Move Soon
Into' New Building on Tenth
Street; Finishing Touch
es Are Made
The. Gaddy Motor Co., (5hev-
rolet dealers, are putting the fih-
al touches on the modern build
ing they have leased at 10th
Street, and will move in shortly,
W. F. Gaddy, president 'of 'the
company, announced today,
TTie company’s new home .is
o.ne of the largest and most ebih-
pletely ep nipped autonroblle deal-
eralilps iri this section of the
country. It is of brick, two stories
in height, and has 16,090 square
feet of, floor space; With, ample
facilities for new and used oar
disiriay and for a l&rge, up-to-
date service department with lat
est tools and equipment for serv
icing Chevrolet passenger cars
and tracks.
"Steadily - increasing buslnes?
has made expansion necessary,”
Mr. Gaddy, discussing the
move. "Each month has'seen 6M1
increase over the corresponding
period for last year. Demand for
the new ■ models is so kron that
greater display space is an urgent
need -today. Everythin* certainiy
points, to a prosperous automobile
year.” ^
F. R. PUTS OFF FI^^5^„
TO GO OVHt HIS MAIL
Miami, Fla., April 3.—President
Hbagevelt recriv^ a new bun^
of this afternoon and pot ^
faja fiMttsg until late today
ffrar- his eorrespondsDce.
' Two naval planes carried the
mafi to the U.a.8. Patomac a®r
id off Middie Kght, Awtret
lie anival^ of- the
Than $2,000,000
Bdney Ridge, director of ra-*
'dlo station WBIG, Greensboro, in
a wire to The Journal-Patriot
asks that a Red Cross disaster
relief fund be started for victims
of the tornado which swept over
a large section of Greensboro
Thursday night, taking more
than a dozen lives, injuring many
others and making homeleas
literally hundreds of people In
this city. The tornado was the
worst ever to strike In the state
and the damage In Greensboro
was estimated to exceed $2,009,-
000.
The Red Cross was Immediate
ly on the job and has been caring
for the injured and those render
ed destitute by the tornado. Re
lief funds may be forwarded to
station wiBIG or N. 8. Calhoun,
treasurer Red Cross disaster re
lief committee, Greensboro.
Plans Laid For
Sckoid Survey
In dK.Couidy
Rapresen$ativea • ojf. Yadkio,
. Surry, AHeghaay, Aah«
and Wilkes Present
■ " '.l—4 ■
Plans were laid .tor the begin
ning of a comprehensive school
snrvey In a meeting of school au
thorities of five counties helA at
the North ^llkesboro school oa
Tuesday afternoon.
North Carolina is one of tea
states in the union piekad for a
federal 'survey of schools, whteh
is to l>a sUrted soon. The coua-
tiee in this district of the survey
are Wilkes, YadUa, Alleghany,
Ashe and Wilkes and John Mc
Intosh is district supervisor of
th« survey.
The survey will, gather lulpr-
mation eonoerning achool piauts,
number dt students und dtstanae
from school, transportatton fa#l-
Itias, qunUfioaUbnB of thach^ig
penonnel, and other facts ^ that
would miuta tba survey a .OOte'
plets tabttlatipa' of school facts.
Fiddlura' CtmwDtion
At UBMtt GirMMi
^kb.iuevuiitk. anoudl’i^
diipibte ';d* 5^ ^