fV' . -‘/n
3lir«e, ItofuM 9ft
10.—}oT«Tnor
-y— today pnroled three
Btcte yrieoiwrs end declined cleni^
Mwy oetltione of 37 othen.
More Dniak Drirers
jReleigh, April 10.—atete
hightrnr patrol toder re|(iatud
err^UnK 300 dmnken drirera in
Menh, compered with only 188
in Februery, n4lle total March
arteate were 2,311 compared with
!,««« in February.
MiaMen Play Pnadtboards
■ Black Mountain, April 10.—
minintera, ,aaya Rer. O. B.
Mh^er, Baptiat mioiater, are
pWlag puBchboards hereabouta.
Haicler appealed to the board
(Udennan. with three other
, .-"ch repreaentatiTea, to en
force laws prohibiting operation
of punchboarda becauae "even
pieaefaere*’ among others were
spending money on this form of
amusement.. .
VOL. XXX
JOBO, N. C.
Killed la Callision
Aberdeen, AprH 10.—Charlee
Langston, 24, of Moekarille, a
forestry employe on a WPA and
ettlement project near Hoff-
nan, who was injured in a head-
on automobile collision near here
late yesterday afternoon, died in
the Moore county hospital at
Pinehurst this morning.
Million Acres Flooded
Memphis, Tenn., April 10.—
Fire thousand residents of bot
tomland country in six states
sought the refuge of higher
ground today as overflow waters
from the Mississippi and its tribu
taries rolled over more than a
million acres of unprotected low
lands adjacent to the streams.
H.
Escape Jail, Captured
Lexington, April 10.—Charlie
Padgett and R. E. Gunter,
1 awaiting trial on highway robbery
Rchvges; James Varner and
James Baucom, held for lesser of-
fensM, qgMrpowered Deputy Jail-
^.«r. Junj^VBvans here this after^
him in a cell
July Istlf^ Ye«r
Delegation of Wilkte People
Pr^ent Cbtiiu to High
way Commuaioner
SIGMON GIVES VIEWS
■" ■ *\
Saya No Funds Be Available
Until After Begiij^&g of
New Fne|M >^r
People intereidedri^lhe com
pletion of the Nortg wilkaaboro-
Ellkln road may ex^ct action of
th^ project, aooa aMiyJuly 1, ac-
coidinr to Ttord Imcikived from
Mr. Sigmon; a ttemb^ of the
state highway eommlMion.
A number of' peopld of the
Roaring River community and a
delegatlMl of North Wilkesboro
citisens represetatthg'the Kiwants
club and the MiUies post of the
American' LegtOh, went to Salis
bury Wednesttay night to confer
with the cominlaaionec and to
find out what pfOBpedta are for
the completion of thd i^ad, which
has been completed between El
kin and Ronda and which has
been surveyed on through to
North Wilkesboro.
Mr. Sigmon told the delegation
that no funds are available for
another letting on this road un
til after the beginning of the new
fiscal year on July 1986. He
did say, however, that\ the first
money available for roads in this
county would be used in letting
another contract qn the road and
assured the delegation that this
would be done as soon after July
1 as possible.
Local people attending the
meeting were W. K. Sturdivant,
E. G. Finley, A. P. I^Jlby, J. C.
Reins and, J. ‘B.* JJcCyyi’
Washington . . . Congreuman
J. S. McOroarty of California
(above), may be given the title
of honorary poet laureate of the
U. S. . . . . Representative Mon
aghan of Mont., introduced the
resolution.
M. L. Gilreayi Is
Winston-Sidem
Man is Killed h
Wreck Sunday
Vernon Porter Held For
Manslaughter, Larceny
and Re^leaa Driving
Walter F. Gilley, 43, foreman
of a brick company In Winston-
Salem, died at The Wilkes Hos
pital this morning, 10:30, from
injuries received Sunday after
noon when his car and a car driv
en by Vernon Porter, of this city,
collided on the Boone Trail high
way 13 miles east of WUkesboro.
According to reports of officers
who investigated the wreck Por
ter was racing past another car
when he collided with Gilley
traveling westward toward Wll-
. 4t$shoro.
^erhoB-^o^r was driving., a
Plymouth coach satS'TSTiave been
jitolen from his employer, Shuba
Minor - T«chnic«l Obataclei
to Be Removed Before
Work ia StmrtedI
COURTHOUSE ADDITION
Will Sorye as Agricultural
Building; is a MajcM*.
WPA Project
When a few technical obstaelea
are removed work wilt begin on
a two-atory addition to the court
house in Wilkesboro to he used as
additional county office space
and quarters for county agrlcnl-
tural otticea.
A WPA project to extend the
rear of the courthouse 85 feet
has been approved and slightly
over $9,000' allotted > for labor
and materials with approximate
ly 80 per cent of the cost to he
paid by the county and the re
mainder by the Works progress
administration.
As soon as architects Complete
blue prints and technical details
of the plans it is expected that
WPA anthorlties will say the
word that will start work on the
project, which A. G. HOndren,
county agent, has worked untir
ingly for during the past six
months.
The Wilkesboro structure will
be the only agricultural building
in this district and in addition to
serving this purpose will mean
that more office space will be
available in the courthouse for
general offices. The first floor
will be nsed for additional coun
ty office space and the top floor
will house the county agent’s of
fice, assistant agent's office, as
sembly hall for gatherings of
favors and office space for ad-
ntnistfatflnr aid
program and other p
and extension
New York . . Above ia youth
ful Jean Dickerson, operatic col
oratura, who is being sponsored
by the famed' Lily Pons of the
Metropolitan . . . and presented
in a recent recital here.
Wflkesboro Gub
TfJce's Prases at
FeiM^atHHi Meet
Awarded Vase For Most
Outstanding Community
Service Work For Year
The Willkesborq Woman’s club
was awarded two coveted prizes
in the state federation meeting
in High Point last week. Mrs. C.
H. Cowles, president of the club,
attended the federation sessions.
The club was awarded the Na
than O’Berry N. C. F. W. C. vase
for the most outstanding com
munity service work.
Foj the third consecutive year
the club won the Fannie K^hase
Staton Goblet for the most out
standing garden work by the
garden department.
These awards are among the
outstanding honors conferred up
on indivlduprcluhe by the tede-
J(A&£lfeRae
sViews
Ckislolto Cagfjiidipih for Gov
emor ifore
KiwAnU CKik
Jobn A. McRae, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
governor, addressed the North
Wilkesboro Kiwanis club Friday
on “Wtsdoffl and Patriotism of
our Rider Stateamen.**
He favored "the Meral and
state governments staying o n
tbetr own side of the fence’’ and
deplored the fact that the fed
eral government collects $284,-
0000 in North Carolina while the
state can scarcely get $61,000,-
000 in taxes annually. He said he
favored economy ia government,
saying that tbe."federal govam-
ment is the most ^ravagant
responsible government on
earth,’’ deplored concantratlon of
wealth and biiUbess in towns and
cities, said governments have too
many office holders, declimd
himself strongly In favor CM-
stitution government and landed
the state and national supreme
courts, and declared for a "free
ballot and a free, count, terming
the absentee ballot law a "ballot
box corrupter and asked all good
citizens to watch the ballot box
with jealous eye.”
McRae was the fourtu guberna
torial candidate to address the
club, McDonald, Craham and Hp-
hy having previously spoken
tbe cl
(kddier
Crowd
Gather
INTEREST IS SHOWN
Educarional Maatkigg to Ba
Held is SFTspi^^pmtral
ConoMmitios '
A crowd of Wllhm. farmers es
timated at 600 gathered at the
courthouse in Wilkesboro Friday
afternoon hear the fundament
als of the new soil conservation
act explained 1^ G. W, O^fur,
a district agent from the
sion awvioe.
The soil conservation act,
which is to replace the AAA in
validated by the supreme court,
was explained as a measure vith
a two-fold purpose: to build up
and conserve soil and at the same
time reduce acreage of soil de
pleting cash crops in order to
avoid farm surplus and to as
sure equitable prices.
In order to carry out these
purposes the federal government
will pay benefits to farmers who
voluntarily leave land out of
cultivation of cash crops and
plant it to soil building crops and
practice erosion control methods.
Mr. Gaither explained.
'Htfr meeting was purely edu
cational and was for the purpM
ofaeqt
Didn’t .Notice Town
Laurinhurg. April 10.—This
throbbing semi-city, basking In a
civic consciousness engendered
by remarks of visitors to the ef-
that "thli; is the busiest lit-
town 1 have seen lately,’’ Is
covering from a shock. Police
ran down q North Carolina car
'which dashed through a red traf
fic signal at 50 miles per hour on
Church street. “On my word, of
ficer, I didn’t know I was In a
town,” the driver pleaded.
Representative Quits
Montgomery, Ala., April 10.—
The Alabama legislature today
lost a member who resigned ‘‘ra
ther than sit here idly and draw
the taxpayers’ money.” Represen
tative A. L. Hanks, of Talladega,
handed In his resignation with
tbe explanation he could “see no
possibility or probability of work
ing out anything that would re
bound to the benefit of the suf
fering masses.” He thereupon
strode from the chamber.
Is Fatally Injured
Kinston, April 10.—Mrs. Oscar
Lewis, 45. was Injured fatally
here about 9:30 o'clock tonight
when struck by two automobiles
at a street intersection. Mrs. Lew
is, with her husband, was cross
ing the street when she was
^■Rocked down by a car driven by
Maater, Kinston youth, and
aiMhine operated by Preston
.elosely following, ran over
and dragged her about
Chief of Police Ike
said.
Jafled For
' ItokrWoodto* Charfe
ttf AaouUt Wito DMair
^ Weapon Su4«7
Rob Woodle. was placed in Jail
i lit Wilkesboro Sunday night on a
charge of shooting Robert Love,
17-yeay;^ld stepson, and assault
ing Kls^wlfe at their home west of
"tills etty,
The disturbance In the home
ythok place about eight o’clock
jutd W deputy sheriff was called to
^'.-nttke the arrest of Woodle, who
* ^aald to be In a drunken con-
,a. According to reports given
officer, Woodle had struck
rife: and shot his stepson in
with a revolver, which
rber found lying on tbe
1th three empty shells In
[lb’s Injary was treated
Hospital, where
low showed that it was
neidi wocnd.-
Jay Mot _ _,
nei^l SStrice HWN Hniins'
v^.TkU Afternoon
Marcus Leander Gllreath, age
72. died at the hospital here
Sunday morning following an ill
ness of several days.
Mr Gilreath was born in Alex
ander county, a son of the , late
Rev. .‘Alexander and Sarah Gll
reath. When a young man he was
engaged In carpenter work and
in business as a contractor, later
establishing a shoe repair shop
which he operated for many years
here. He was a member of the
First Baptist church here and
was highly esteemed by the peo
ple of the city.
He was married to Miss IjOU-
venna Hendren, who survives.
.\lso surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. John Rhodes, of this city,
and Mrs. T. K. Thomas, of Wood-
haven, I.ong Island, N. Y.. and
one son, Bryan Gilreath, of this
city. Two children, Wade Hamp
ton and Della Matilda Gilreath
preceded him in death. , .
Funeral service was held this
afternoon at the First* Baptist
church and interment whs in the
Baptist cemetery in this city.
.ip*; ■...
Mr. Gilley was carried by am-
bnlance to the hospital here and
no hope was held tor his recov
ery. Porter was carried by a mo
torist to the Hospital at Elkin,
and it is understood that his con
dition is not critical. He was
placed under arrest this morning,
it is understood, on charges of
manslaughter, larceny of auto
mobile and reckless driving.
Mr. Gilley was a son of Wiley
and Belle Rash Gilley. He is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Rosa
Richardson Gilley. Funeral and
burial service will be held at
Clifton cemetery Tuesday after
noon, two o’clock.
administrator, coTlCeTOlng the
building and was assured that
work would begin as soon as
practical.
’I —
a woitiiii’B fNub' project.
Auction Sale To
Be Held Saturday
Si.\tj I>ot.s To Be .Sold At Finley
Park .Addition On Saturday
.Afternoon
Woman ArrejiJed
On Liquor CEarge
^ S'-
Federal Revenua NAgotit#
Take Pair at Horn* Near
Ci^ FritUy
Federal revenue agents arrest
ed Roy Davis and Edith Billings
Friday on a charge of possession
of liquor on premise*
man’s home jieat here.
Agents making the arrest were
E. A. Bennett, C. F. Klrksey, A.
L. WUliams, Leonard Roope and
Deputies Sheriff W. B. Spgrks
and G. O. Holland. The quantity
of liquor found was sold to be
five gallons.
They filled bonds of $200 each
for aTPearanoe In federal court
at Wilkesboro in May. following
a hearing before J. W. Dhla, com
missioner.
Penney Brothers, the original
twin auctioneers, wJl conduct
two auction sales of valuable real
estate Saturday morning and aft
ernoon. 'The sale Saturday morn
ing ten o’clock, will be small
farms four miles east of the city
on the Boone Trail. This Is very
desirable property and It is ex
pected that many will attend the
sale.
The afternoon sale at two o’
clock will be sixty lots of the
Examination For
R, F. D. Carrier
Civil Service Announces Ex-
aminarion For Carrier at
Roaring River
The United States civil service
commission has announced an
examination to fill the position of
rural carrier at Roaring River.
Applications for the examina
tion, which will be held in North
Wilkesboro, will close on May 8
and the examination will A)e held
later in the month.
The examination will be open
only to citizens who are actually
domiciled in the territory of the
postoffice where the vacancy ex
ists, who have been actually dom
iciled there for six months next
preceding the closing date for re
ceipt of applications. Applica
tions must be on file with the civ
il service commission at Wash
ington, D. C., prior to the close
of business on May
The salary for a rural carrier
is $1,800 per year for a standard
route of 30 miles with an addi-
Finley Park addition to the city.
The sale recently held there wa*otlonal $20 per mile per annum
— M—,_T*— —of 30
Pardue Brothers Get
Sinclair Plant Contract
Pardue Brothers, weli*.' known
local contracting firm, has been
awarded tbe contract to con
struct tbe iulk plant for the
Bason Oil Company, locUl Sin
clair Oil distributors.
Work on the new, plaqt started
V'. '
thta morning and construction
win i>e rushed to completion as
npidly as possible.
The ptaDr is located i^ear the
cogl and wood site 8f *ko' Mty
Fuel Yard, formerly operated by
C.' A. ptmmette.
very successful when oyer .forty
lots were sold to several well
known citizens of North Wilkes
boro, Including C. O. MONiel, D.
J.‘Carter, L. M. Nelson, B. R-
Underwood, S. B. Richardson, T.
H. Waller and others. Deeds have
been delivered for the lots and
some of thW'e who pursi^ed lots
are already pla'nalng to erect res
idences.
Edwards TownshiR
S. S; Convention
Following Is the program of
Edwards township Sunday school
convention to be hejd at Little
Elkin church four miles northeast
of Ronda on Sunday* April 19:
9:46 a. m. Devotional, Martin
Luffman.
10 Sunday School Lessen.
10:46 Song.
10:50 Reports of Sunday
schools.
11:80 “'Wihat Is Sunday school
to me,” M. L. Pettyjohn.
11:45 “The Value of Sunday
School to the Church,” Rev. J.
H- Luffman.
12 M. to 12:30 P. M. Ronnd
Table Diseassion.
12:30 p. m. Diiuer houf.
l:30.^ngs.
1:46 ijdrw^'by Pro*- T. B.
i Story.
tor each mile excess
miles. ' vy-
W. D. Hallacpc To
Speak Sunday At
WiikesborQ C^nveh
W. D.. Hallwg*! superintendent
of North urakesbbro city schools,
wUl speak at the Wilkesboro
Baptiat church Sunday morning,
11 o’clock.
Rev. Avery Church, pastor of
the church, is expected to return
early In May from liOUlsvlile,
Ky., where he has been studying
during the past two months In
the Baptist Seminary.
R.
■ ^‘CLA^^Y^EATH
Fnneral service was held at
Lewis Fork Baptist church, Fri
day morning for R. J. Mlcheal
who died In the hospital in Ra
leigh where he had been a
tient from several months. ''
R. J. was born April 8, 1921,
died April 8, 1986, age being ^-
toen years and four days. Surviv
ing are his father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Michael,
six qjfteim iind one brotheff-Mrs.
Vera' WaiYev*^d Dallas Mlchwl,
of yiUe
1^*
4»ii
Many Are Givii^
To Aid Victims
Lock! Red Cross Chapter
Still Receiving Donations
For Disaster Relief
Wilkes county chapter of the
Red Cross continues ■ to receive
donations for relief of flood and
tornado sufferers and any who
may wish to contribute are asked
to send their donations to J. B.
Williams, chapter treasurer.
Although several days has
elapsed since the disastrous tor-
I nadoes in Greensboro, N. C., and
Gainesville, Ga., th^ need is still
great because sul^pers must be
cared for and homeless sheltered
and clothed until reconstruction
gets under way.
So far the Wilkes chapter has
succeeded In raising well over
$600 and It Is hoped that many
who have not given will help
while the opportunity Is extend
ed.
Following Is a list of those
who have given to the Red Cross
since the last list was published:
M. J. Beardslee, (second dona
tion), W. T. Church, A. M. Fos
ter, Mrs. A. M. Foster, Miss Irene
Foster, Mrs. M. N. Grist (second
donation). Current Topic Club,
Turner-White Casket Co., Miss
Beatrice Holbrook, Miss Mildred
Holbr'H)k, Mrs. Tom McNeill, H.
M. li^tehens, Oenlo Cardwell,
Mrs. Annie Belsh, Donald Bejsh,
Lila Ann Belsh, P. W. Wlllftnls,
Dr. J. S. Depns, Hadley-Moore
Hardware Store, Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Finley (second donation). ^
RED CROSS taking
CARE OF THOUSANDS
WlheeUai^. W, JtaMio^ll.,
Charles W. Carr, regional direc
tor for the’ Red Cross, said last
night 23,00) families are being
cared for by his organisation In
the Ohio valley region.
He said the total Is the largeet
for any flood region In 14 east
ern states, and tho upper Ohio
valley Is the largest territory af
fected.
Carr said the total families be
ing cared for in other regions
are:
New England. 22,900; New
York, 1,800; eastei^ Pennsyl
vania, 21,0()0: central Pennsyl
vania, 17,000; western Pennsyl
vania, 28,000; Potomac river, 2,-
200; Indiaiia,'Kentacky and Ten
nessee, s,30o; a
lor^
’Rdem;jSni' a"'visiting. KiwssMan.
J. B. williams returned to ) the
membership of the club and was
presented with n button by Genio
Cardwell.
Announcement was made that
there Will be no luncheon meet
ing of the’club here this week
and that the full membership is
expected to attend the division 3
inter-club meeting with the Win
ston-Salem club on Thursday eve
ning, 6:30.
Special Services
Very Successful
^
Closed at M. E. Church Sun
day Night; Much Inter
est Shown
The two-weeks’ series of spe
cial services closed Sunday night
at the North Wilkssboro Metho
dist church.
The services were quite suc
cessful from' every standpoint.
There were ten additions to the
church and seven were . baptised.
Throughout the two weeks the
services were largely attended
and it is felt that the church
and the community have been
greatly benefltted by the meet
ing. The pastor. Dr. R. B. Tem
pleton. did the preaching In a
most able mahner.
The services Easter Sunday
were quite Impressive and large
ly attended', including the early
morning service and celebration
of the holy coasmunlty, the morn
ing 'wirehlp service and the
evening service which closed the
meeting. The special offering
Sunday amounted to over $300.
yard of her home and placed a
liole through her body. Bhe left Naomi Higgins, TraphlJI.
A — Aktssaa nf IkAT’ — « i x.m^t_i
Wornao Kills Self
Goldsboro, April 9.—WllUard
Jones, about 28, shot and killed
herself at her home in Duplin
county Just over the Wayne Hue
near Seven Springs late Tbiesday.
Wednesday, DupUn officers pro
nounced her death a suicide.
The young woman went to the ghany county. He leaves six chil
dren: Burette Higgins, Wtnston-
the meeting Mr.
the county and eOssanttity coai-
mitteefl and explained In detail
the plans for admlnletintlon of
the new farm measure, "which will
not differ to any appreciable ex
tent from the plan used by tho
triple A. The county and com
munity committees wllT play an
important part in making the
new farm aid plan a success.
In order to acquaint more peo
ple with provisions of the. act.
educational meetings, will .be held
in various coram-unities* within
the next few weeks and applica
tion blanks will be distributed.
The county committee is J. M.
German, H. C. RoberU and Coy
Durham. The si* community com
mittees are as follows:
1. T. W. Ferguson. Paul J.
Vestal and C. J. Hendren.
2. C. M. Wellborn, C. L. Com
er and J. R. Calloway.
3. R. L. Profflt, H. H. Be-
shears and G. D. Wellborn.
4. C. H. Colvard, W. M. Ab-'
sber and A. R. Miller.
5. J. M. Blevins, Lonnie Bil
lings and Wiley Brooks.
6. L. B. Murray, Jack Hoot*
and Walter Gentry.
Dr. Higgins IKes;
Fiiner^ Tuesday
Well Known niyticikn ol
TrapkOl Vicinity Pasaes;
Hiflily Esteenedi
Dr. T. H. Higgins, a well and
favorably known medlca! doctor
in the Traphlll section of WUkc*
county, died at The Wllkcs Hos
pital this morning. ''
Dr. Higgins, oae of the moet
highly esteemed cHlzcM of tbe
northern and eastern part of the
county, was taken III several
weeks ago and during the past
few days his condition became
serious and little hope was held
for his recovery.
Dr. Higgins was 81 years of
age, a son of the Ute Thomas and
SalUe Cheek Higgins, of Alle-
jr.iu Mrs.' E. D. Holbrook,
gun against her left breast Springs, Wyoming; Paul
pulled the trigger with a board, jjiggjnB. gUb Fork, W. Va.; Mra..
officers said. The load tore a Harris. StatesvlUe: Claude
Mr. and^Jlw. Weaver Starr and
littte dauii^i Mary MUlOL sp*n^
Itf Mfs. Stafi^
a note, asking forgiveness of her
huBbaad:*and her mother. Besides
her husband she leaves three chil
dren. Q
Ofheore who Invsstigated as
signed domestic HMculties, as
tbe .^nsfrof the Urt.-
C. Branch of Columbus
opunty t^ugb $sedlBg corn, to
his hogs^fnd. SsRlng tbe snlmsla
a Strata* profit his
sold the com
L Vtt him $l.k« a
turtey OJs autlwd.
Funeral and burial service wilt
be held St Walnut Grove eburck
In Walnut Grove township Tuea-
day afternooim two o’clock.
Q Aniqli^^^Ght
-^ket unit til UglM
Uiary will myt ■-
nlng, 7:46, at Ilia
Ivey Moore wttk,
2T*
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