F«li
. nar-
He
tto jHMiu. Vlfe
dijdilt U tli« inad.
b«a^^ r«totTor mnd
of T4m woman
aarerad aa. att«C7 in h«r
wUlkik (iaer WMa in a
I «i^ide oft«!B9t-
Z-
wlafiMiai-'
oro, ' Vay ti.—Albert
«* known and
" ^^Wiywo oennty
waa lOond dnad in aboot
Jn hla mill ibond
in Yi^lan Si^Ka~township aboat:
S oWack this momiiK. H« had
s^OtlQktBsselt with a ahotgna
tarS^ the heck, severing the
JnS^lar vein.
VMence With Both
Qalnesville. Oa.. May S*.—Vlo-
^ lenee attended both the birth and
death of William Perry Mo«
wMhln a span of eight weeks. Be
was bom to Mr. anj^Mra. Qny
Moss April 6 daring the Gaines
ville tornado, which killed 312
persons. He was crashed to death
Wednesday night in a motor ear
accident.
Glass Eye Explodes
Raleigh. Hay 89.—A glass eye
that exploded in the head of a
worker gave the department of
compensation of the WPA a new
1^ problem today. Fred J. Cohn, di-
rMor of the bureau of ihforaia-
tjon, said the employe, Earl
Brant, was working on a recre
ation center at Lakedale, near
Fayetteville, Thnrsday when the
glass optic "blew up," cutting his
face and Injnring his eye socket.
Cohn attributed the "explosion"
to the eye’s becoming overheated
in the torrid weather prevailing
Thnrsday.
V . n1
Shot To Death
Benderson, May 28.—Clarence
■Elbert Clark, 39, was shot to
death in the yard of his home,
a tew miles north of Henderson,
shortly after last midnight by a
man said by a reputed eyewit
ness. Van Watmaa, ta hays been
n^iew of the dead
Wan. 'Phe aUaged slayer has not
been appr^tended.
According to Coroner J. S. Al
bright, Eatman said Jlobie Clark
came up to Clarence Clark’s home
and the Clarks passed some
words and Robie fired, one load
taking effect In the left arm and
"^the other near the heart.
To Participate
In New Farm Aid
Program For *36
\pproad1nRtol7 400 in Coan-
ty Seok BonoAto For bn-
prorinf thoir Soil
INTERECT INCREASES
The time tor OUagf applica-
Uoas under tbe new fann pro
gram has hseo'extended to in-
dnde the wedt ot June 1
through ttaui 0, A. G. Hen-
drew, county spent, said today.
; Not knowing whether or not
there will be another exteetdon
ot time, fafnrestpd tarmerp are
wgently req(aeeted to fOl apidl-
catkm to say Otenber of the
eommnnity ooaqplttees or at
the county agpnfs office this
week. Eariy s^Uon is eqtedally
requested.
-As late returns from commun
ity committeemen came in Satur
day the number ot applications
by farmers to participate in the
•new farm aid program reached a
total of approximately 400
The application is termed a
work sheet and merely states the
acreage of various crops grown in
1935 and the number Q^ acres in
the farm devoted to other pur
poses.
In the fall of this year the
farmers record for 1936 will be
checked by the committeemen
and they will be paid according
to what they have done that con
forms with requirements for ben
efits prescribed by the new law.
The application is by no means
a contract and It la entirely op
tional with the farmer what he
1^1 or shall not dp with his
J. G. Earp First
To Pay '36 Taxes
Faymeot Made To Goonty Ac-
couatawt Fm«|Msoi) With
Buffalo Nlckles
To J. G. Koep, well known
iwrideut of the Ookwoods omn-
unnityt gOM the honor of be
ing the first wakes county
oitkyn to pay his 1080 taxes.
Mr. Earp, for a nvuher of
years, has enJoyeU the dls-
tinction of Jielag among the
first to pay' his tax, and this
time, as nsoal, he made his
payment with baftalo nltkles
which he saved daring the
year.
Adult Schools
Commencement
District Conunencement Held In
Boone Thursday; Wilkes Well
, Represented
juiall or shall not do with nis.
Ifrm tends. ‘WtlWtiWrT.^ «ay» ^
ments will be according to
the soil bnilutna'^^^ conserving
practices and accorMB^ to the
acreage formerly planted to cash
crops and diverted this year to
soil building crops.
Quite much interwt was shown
by farmers of some communities
while in others very few farmers
signed work sheets.
Gives Rates of
SoilCiHiservii^
Payments in 1936
Dean Sebnub Explain^
of Payment in New l^nn
Aid. Measure
WILKES $6.90 AN ACRE
The average rate ot the soil-
conserving payment in Wilkes
county under the 1936 fram pro
gram has been fixed at |6.90 per
acre, according to Dean I. O.
Schaub, of State College.
This rate applies to general
soil-depleting crops other than
cotton, tobacco, and peanuts, the
dean said, and will vary with in
dividual farms.
A district commencement for
adult schools in the sixth WPA
district was held at Boone on
Thursday, May 28.
The program was featured by
addresses by W. H. Jones, as-
sistaiit director in the state, P.
L. Withers, district director of
fiaance, and Miss 11a Holman, of
WUksshoro, head of the women’s
division of the WPA of the
North Wllkesboro branch office.
Wilkes was represented by a
nambm> of adult school teachers
and a splendid exhibit of home
work and handcraft that compar
ed very favorably with exhibits
from other counties in the dis
trict.
HMnorialServke
on Saturday
r. R. B. Tcnspleton Delivers
H m Auwie1 Serv-
iee in Cky
i challenge for peace was the
of Dr. R.*B. Templeton’s
tjlg^ien at the annual Memorial
service condnebed at the
marker on Memorial avenue Sat-
pi^y svening under auspices of
American Legion and Auxll-
• Tboss who took place In the
of march, eolor guard, Le-
and Auxfllarr, and Boy
assembled at Hotel
.and marched to the mark-
the Impressive service
to the addreee, the
I iuMudsd t^-i^ing of
sit tbe marker in sacred
of those whd were klll-
Ag four wars In which tbM
participated, and a solute
sqaud of. Company
C.M.T.G1 Quota
Is Not Completed
Opening for Number of
Wilkes Youths Still Avail
able for Training
With the enrollment campaign
of the 1936 Cltlsen’s Military
Training Camp now entering its
final stage, the Wilkes County
quota to attend the camp remains
unfilled, according to information
received yesterday from Fort
Bragg.
Young men of this community
who are interested in attending
the camp must make appllcatloh
prior to July 1st in order to re
ceive consideration, it was stated.
After that date vacancies remain
ing in the local quota will be fill
ed by surplus applicants from
other counties.
The camp is to be held at Fort
Bragg from August 5th to Sep
tember 3rd. All expenses are
borne by the government, and no
future obligations of any kind are
imposed. The purpose of these
campe is to promote good citixen-
sbip among young men between
17 and 24 years of age by thifty
days military training combined
with generous amounts of recre
ation and sport.
Mr. Joe B. McCoy, of this city,
is county chairman of the com
mittee which is assisting young
men to qualify for camp, and
Doctor H. B. Smith has volnnteerr
ed to ghrs the required physical
examination.
Persons interested should com
municate with the county chair
man or write to the C. M. T. C.
Officer, Fort Bragg, N. C.
L^hattr gf Didoth, on ^
Iriiiqb for.'tlM test time
mn, sH»ed on tbs rido-
broto-]^ leg-
has 6dCii (Mtenntned
to the average ppoducUvlty of
general soil-depleting crops in
that county.
The rate for an individual
farm v 111 be above or below the
county rate in the same 'propor
tion that the productivity of gen
eral soil-depleting crops on the
farm is above or below the coun
ty average.
The general productivity of
each farm will be based upon the
average past yields of soil-deplet
ing crops other than cotton, to
bacco, and peanuts.
For to'oacco and cotton the rate
of payment has been fixed at
five cents a pound on the aver
age tobacco and cotton yields of
the farm. The rate for peanuts is
1 1-4 cents a pound.
The soil-conserving payment
will be made for shifting land
from soil-depleting Into soil-con
serving crops this year.
A farmer who takes high pro
ductive land out of cash crops
and puts it into soil-conserving
crops is making a bigger sacrifice
than the farmer whose land is
low in productivity.
For this Veason, the dean ex
plained, the rates of payment
have been based on the produc
tivity of the land.
The average rates per acre for
general soil-depleting crops in
nearby counties are u follows:
Alexander, |6.70; Alleghany,
38.09; Ashe, |8.10; Caldwell,
$7.10; Iredell, -36.90: Surry,
37.10; WaUuga, 38.30;. Yadkin,
S7.30.
Dr. Eller .RiM County Nurse
to Announce Appointinenta
in Few Days
IMPORTANCE STRESSED
Three DisesMet Absolutely
Preventable by Immuniza
tions, Doctor Says
Dr. A. J. EHler. county health
officer for Wilkes county, said
today that he and Mrs. Bertha
■’Bell, county nurse, will soon be
gin the annual task of adminis
tering vaccinations at rarloun ap-
polntments in the county.
This is considered a highly im
portant phase of the health de
partment and Dr- Eller Is urging
cooperation on the part of poF-
ents In seeing that their children
be vaccinated against typhoid,
diphtheria and smallpox.
• Dr. Eller, in urging large at
tendance at the vaccination ap
pointments soon to be tilled, call
ed attention to the fact that In
1986 in North Carolina there
were a total of 646 cases of ty
phoid and over 1,706 eases of
diphtheria, all of -which could
have been prevented by 1mm nnl-
xation.
. One dose of diphtheria toxoid
iB^'idod to: life, Dr. Eller said,
and urged that all children over
six months and under six years
of age be vacclhated. He explain
ed that vaccine for diphtheria
cannot be furnished tree by the
health department makes a
charge which only covers cost,
that being 26 cents for each
child vaccinated against diphther
ia. Typhoid and smallpox vacci
nations are given without any
cost.
This is the ideal season ot the
year, Dr. Eller continued, tor Im
munisations. Since some ttn^,
viSawSonoi^siil Sot be in
danger of contracting diphtheria
when the season for that disease
rolls around next fall. Typhoid
immunization works more rapid
ly and a person who has the three
prescribed doses within the next
few weeks will be free from dan
ger during the summer, when the
disease is most prevalent. All
children, he said, should be vacci
nated against smallpox in order
that the disease may be eradicat-.
ed.
Head of St^jlti^yj
State nfilflTui 6jijjlif l|H
THIRTY-FIVE SENIQpS
Pi’eaented Hitb Sdrool-"^-
plomsm; Sdiool Enjoyed''
With a sliaUenge to graduates
to seek adventure In .the fields
of economics, chemistry, industry
education, the spiritual a'nd
peach. Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, state
suiterintendent of public Instruc
tion, d^Ivered a forceful adufees
in the final program of the North
Wllkesboro high school Friday
night, at which time diplomas of
high school graduatien were pre
sented to a class of 86.
On Thursday night a rery de
lightful and inspiring class day
program In the' forin of a centen
nial of edneatton was rendered
by the graduathn before another
large crowd in the state anditor-
inm.
The program Friday night
opene'j with the singliu: of
“America, the Beautiful" and In
vocation by Dr. R. B. Templeton,
pastor ot the local Methodist
church, and next was the award
ing of prises and medals as fol
lows:. medal for the highest
scholarship record, Sarah Poole;
scholarship to Leee-McRae col
lege, Rose Wade Scroggs; schol
arship to Greensboro College,
Oleta Church: Balfour key to
student excelling In scholarship,
loyalty and achievement, Mar
cella Pendley, J. B. Williams,
member of the city board of edu
cation, prj||pented medals for toy-,
en years ‘perfect attendance to!
Mack MUlsr and B. Cj Wood
Mnslopi nupMVKv
ed.
Local
'Bade'
; At .rnmtmh*
•lay.
: Dick Gwn, ye«|
INUteesa nha krBMs sMgs ii
'poteacW Mcsriber of
riab sod foUciiy.
of fame by hariag mgdt. a
hole fia one while ^yh^ oa
Uie Oteea Pwk ODoppL^
Blewhig Rock Saturday aftcr^
Boou, May BO.
Bfr. Owym’s hole-ia-^ vaf
im the ninth hole, wUob I9
170 yards and he »Md a'anm-
ber six bum.
He was playing la k foor-
Mme with Hsory Mnocn, Bigie
HutclMns and Rusel Bod^psa,
it this otty, triaaii the aaopual
teat was ocomn^lMted.
-’FdiatT
TWO OTHI
Many Visitors
View Scales (ki
Scaiic Parkway
Summit Of Blue Ridfo In
Many Locklitiaa Dimrupt-
ed by Conotmetion
The summit ot the main for
mation of the Blue Ridge, for
centuries undisturbed, in a center
of activity in Alleghany, Wilkes
and Ashe counties as huge and
monstrous machines are cattigg a
road bed for the Bias
arkway, that boaiev:
Miller Receives
Braslier Award
DANVILLE MAN SAVES
LIFE BY BTVER IMVE
.-DMtvllle, Va., May 38.—^Henry
Gosney probably saved his own
life last night by a hasty dive in
to Dan river. He bad gone tiah;
4ng 'With a gasoline lantern which
exploded settiiMt fire to b i',s
clothse. Re dropped everything
and plunged into the water. Even
BO, he was severely burned and
Waa broaght to the' office of a
Danville doctor for treatment.
Wilkes Seokw At Unlvenrity Hon-
ored By Mechanical EuginoM’-
ing Group
anist. A qni
by Mildred TiniBX, Owendolyh
Hubbard, Annie B. Pardue and
Mary Nichols.
J. B. McCoy, member of
board of education, presented the
certificates of seventh grade pro
motion and high school diplomas
were presented by D. J. Carter,
vice chairman of the school
board. The class valedictory was
by Sarah Poole.
W. D. Halfacre, superlntan-
(Continued on page six)
Party Lines Most Be Followed Qosely
In Primary, Substance SeaweD Ruling
District Conference .
Of Methodist Church
Meets At Jonesville
District conference of the
Mount Airy Methodist district
■was held at Jonesville -Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Those from the North Wllkes
boro church attending were Dr.
and Mrs. R. B. Templeton, Tues
day, and on Wednesday the regu
lar delegates, Mrs. Ira Payne, J.
R. Hlx. J. H. Rector and P. J.
Brame attended. W. D. Halfacre
Is the delegate to the annual om-
ference from the North Wllkes
boro church.
Rev. A. W. Lynch, pastor, Mrs.
J. B. Henderson, of Wllkesboro,
and Miss Winnie McLean, of the
Union church, represented the
Wllkesboro charge at the district
conference.
R. A. Miller, senior at the Dnt-
versity of North Carolina and a
son of Mr. and Mrs. 6. 'W. Miller,
of Call, was presented with the
Brasher award, given to the moot
outstanding senior in the Ameri
can Society of Mechanical Engi
neers, at its last meeting of the
year Monday night at Chapel
Hill.
This selection was based , on
his attendance and activity . )n
the society and his efforts to
make the'society a success. Mr.
Miller waa president of the soci
ety during the past year.
At the meeting James Marshall
gave a brief talk on air condition
ing and Miller gaye an lllustrat-
6d talk on ball and roller bear
ings,
Mra^ T. B. Jeokias, Sr., Mr. and
B. Jenktaa. Jr„ of Wia-
th*' .wrnlMmd
Mr. and Mra. A. H. Taylor, of
Newton, annoualA the birth ot a
danghfer at i>avis Hospital la
teawp*^ 6ji'.:|tw^80, hir. ani
Jones Pulls Out
‘ Sheriffs Race
Somers t\ud Pailtmr Omly
Coodidaiem Seelmf Re
publican Nommatian
J. W. Jones, candidate ftwthe
nomiaation tor sheriff on the
Republican ticket, announced to
day that he Is withdrawing his
nama from the race. Mr. Jones,
In an Interview with a represen
tative of *ne Journal-Patriot,
stat^ that owing to illness in
his family and the press of ur
gent business matters he hks def
initely decided to withdraw hie
name as a candidate.
He. said he iriBhed to express
to his many friends his. detest
appreolation for the Interest that
they ihm^e taken in his candi
dacy, and that he regr^ exoped^
ingly'to disappoint hlfe friends,
;tn1 at Uu^|UiU' that he. made
the gomonneem^t he had' no way
to anticipate theunlototeaa
evsdts.
W. 9^.
Voters Cannot Change Party
Affiliation Registration
On Day of Primary
In response to Inquiries regard
ing participation in the primary
on June 6 A. A. F. Seawell, At
torney General, has given some
Information that should clear all
doubt as to who will be allowed
to participate In the primaries
for Democratic or Republican
choices.
The attorney general says that
In his opinion a voter registered
In one party cannot vote the pri
mary ticket of another party and
that he cannot change his affili
ation on primary day or after
registration books have been
closed (reglatcation books for the
primary closed on May 23),
Those who are not members of
the party, that Is to say, are not
affiliated therewith, bare no
right under the law to participate
in either primary,’’ Mr. Seawell
says.
The ruling is explained, how
ever, to mean that If for any rea
son the party affiliation of the
voter is not on the registration
books, the voter may, on the day.
ot the primary, declare his afflll-
atloil with -either party with the
sanction of party lenders, accord
ing to recent advice from Jaamu
M. Anderson, chairmen of the
Wilkes board of elections. Thoae
registered as Independents will
hot be allowed to pariidpato in
the primary. Votes of those whose
party affiliation Is not on the
registration books and who de
clare themselves polls will
be Bublect to challenge.
ehinery In the giant task of bund
ing a scenic road through the
^ yaatest scenic section in eastern
UAt Ameriea.
Over a sector fifty milee in
length from the Virginia line to
Deep Gap can be heard any day
the grating sound of maohlnes
niovfiig dirt or the rumbling blast
of dynamite and blasting power
moving stone for the roadbed
over which millions are egpected
to travel.
The exceedingly clear weather
of recent weeks has facilitated
the work and by late fall it is
expected that the grade will be
virtually completed over the first
North Carolina sector. HoweTcr,
it cannot be expected that the
grade will be a finished Job un
til next spring.
Of great interest to peop\e lo
cally and elsewhere is the govern
ment's plan to develop parks a-
long this great boulevard, whicb
only a few years ago was only a
fond dream hut ie rapidly ap
proaching reality.
On the Blue Ridge above Ab-
sher postofflce In Wilkes county
is a scenic paradise long bidden
from many human eyes beeause
it was inaccereible to the general
public. This land, it was learned
here, has been optioned for pur
chase by the national park serv
ice. which plans rather extensive
de'/elopment of that area into a
recreation ground. Nineteen such
parks are planned along the park
way, according to recent newe
from the nation's capital and of
fices of the park servioe.
Althongh the parkway work
has just gotten under way. sev-
dral miles on the various 'pro
jects have been graded and there
is already an influx of visitors
who want to get an advanoft vJaw
of the wonders that are soon to
come to pass.
wi^on's
W. C. T. U. Meei
To Be HeH On
Local chapter of
Christian Tempereoc*: BaJon wiir
meet ■ Thnrsday evOBlngt.- 7:M,
with ie*. R. M. -BrtmS «
teas. Solis
to be iiJten
■- ■
Two dead, and two'll
the reenlt of an authmofl
lislon near the Wlfke^
line on the Boone TWI
about midnight 4Bl£Kgiay
The dead are: ' Mlsa' TPtoh
Cashlon, popular young lady
this city; and Frank .Vhittti
ton, w^l known local resM
Mrs. Whittington and Hut
Mathis BBstatned painful, but
serious, injnries.-
The tragedy ocenred whoa
this’ ear, in whidi he, Mr.
Mrs. Whittington and Miss Cash^
ion were riding, was hit by
car occupied by Rob Feimst
Earl Parks and Robert WOlker^
of the Harmony vicinity.
Coroner I. M. Myers soaunoB
ed a Jury Sunday and an Inqdsot!^
was held at the courthouse in'
Wllkesboro Sunday aftbnioon.
After the evldenee offered by Ma-^
this and J. J. Johnson, slated
highway patrolman who investi
gated the wreck, was taken Felm-^
ster, owner of the car, and.Parker j
who was said to havers Jmea drtv^;|
ing, were ordered No^_a(;
the occupants' ^-Fela
were injured.
Ac
Siqierior Ctwrt
Ui^r Way Today
ing and that the collit
on Mathis’ right tide’of the hlgt'-^
way going east.
Miss Cashldh. age 23, was a
member of a prominent and -well
known family here, being a-
daughter of Mr. and - Mrs. A. A.
Cashion. She was secretary of the
Wilkes County Retail Merehants’
Association. In addition to hsr
parents' she is survived by six
brothers and sisters: John A..
Paul, Roy, Ray, Neal and Blisar ..‘-j
zeth Cashion.
Mr. 'Whittington, who for- sev?-
eral years operated a taxi service
here, was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Noah Whittin^on, of Halls. Mills.
Funeral awyice for Miss CgSlH
ion is being held this afteraoen,
two o’clock, at the North Wllkeo-
boro Mebhodlsit chnroh and last
rites for Mr. HatHtingtoa will ba
Held tbere, beginning at 3:30.
G. 6.
Wilkes superior court for trial
of civil casee opened in Wtlki|'
boro this morning with tom.
Hoyle Sink, of Oremboro, ppp
sid^. ' order ^03
'Tba te^.will be‘for two wreljl' ptj-to a
and the hgloidar was mate
in a reett)t,meetlng of, 3h»
being several hj|P'
pending trial,
tjoek th
' Jtito
01
Milk OrAbamce
In Effect Somi
Dr Eller Esj^^fatiiu
to Assure People of Pure
MOk Ssipply
Dr. A. J. Eller, health officer
for Wilkes county, said today
that the U. S. milk ordinance re
cently adopted by the county
board of health will go into ef
fect on July 2.
When the ordinance was pass
ed a few months ago It -was speci
fied that it was to go into etfset
on June 2 but the health officer
declared a moratorium of 30 dagnr
in order that daliymea who
striving so bard to meet
A requirements may complete tho-^
task.
Dr. Eller explained that the
sole purpose of the milk drdi- ,
nance is to assure the public,.
and especially children, of a pore
milk supply. In an Intervle'ir Rri-
day he paid milk a high
as the most important artfa
diet and said that the atOi^U
health departmate Jal" ~
milk, better
Milk, he i
mouBt ot
''Sii^.;^^IS,.4osket is badlj