4e News Of
Slate - Natioii
Told Briefly
- Pta* Bmmy
^»*kigh.'Jane 19—Edwin Gill,
r coteulaaioner of p*role8,*‘said to
day Uw United States depwtment
. of justice would conduct a survey
of the North Carolina parole sys-
^ tern starting about July IB. i
On NRA Schedule
Raleigh, June 19.—The depart
ment of labor reported today a
study of 1,358 industrial establish
ments in North Carolina revealed
‘‘tte majority are maintaining the
eight-hour per day and 40-hour i
per week schedules as adopted un-
v^^^r the 'NRA codes.”
On 40-Hour Week
Reidsville, July 20.—The Ameri
can,Tobacco company is operating
^ cigarette plants at Reidsville.
v,E(!nham and Richmond. Va., on a
|40-hour per week schedule. More
than 6.000 employes will enjoy the
.enlarged pay envelopes, it is stated.
To Attend Convention
Morganton, June 19.—Miss Beat
rice Cobb, Democratic national
conunitteewoman, Friday left for
, Philadelphia to open headquarters
the North Carolina delegation
to the national convention which
will get under way Tuesday.
Reciprocal Agreements
Washington. June 19.—Demo
cratic platform planners were re
corded tonight as insistent that
the party pledge itself to a '‘non
partisan reciprocal trade program”
make the United States a
TKAH, O^R^GRESS m Tife‘^S'rATE^F_Wn.KES” MOR^
VOL. XXX, NO. 74 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WniCESBORO, G., MO:
Farmers Will Organize Wort Is
On Saturday, June 27th\J^^
to
■“moral force among
of the world.”
the nations
$3,300 Hoidup I.a>ot
Henderson, June 20.—Five hold
up men. using a pa.ssenger car and
a truck bound and gagged three
operators and two truck driversj,.,. jj, throu.gh
at a filling station near Creedmor, mails as to wliicli meeting
Committees For
Communities To
Be Chosen Then
lAll Farmers Who Signed
' Work Sheets Are Re
quested to Attend
TO BE NOTIFIED
Each Farmer to Attend
Meeting Scheduled For
His Community
Approximately 9 0 0 Wilkes
county farmers who have signed
work sheets in anticipation of
participating in the 1936 soil
conservation measure will meet
at central points in six communi
ties in the county on Saturday.
June 27, to elect community
committeemen to administer the
act and to certify compliance.
A member of the county com
mittee will he at each place to
conduct the election of the com
miiiiiiy conimitteemcn and every
person who had filled out a work
sheet will he entitled to vote. Helps Farmers
The committees who have been i
serving were apixtinled to serve |
temporarily and on Saturday the
permanent committees will bo R- ^1- Ellis, engineer of the
elected. j .Vorth Carolina extension service.
A. (1. Hendieti. county fann , ,).,yg the county last
New York . . . Reported as
working to the end of uniting
with the Tuwnsend Old-Age Pen
sion group. Rev. Gerald L. K.
Smith (above), of Louisiana, new
leader of Huey Long’s Share-the-
Wealth following, conferred with
Townsend leaders here this week.
Engineer Spends
I Several Days Here
Lay Plans
For Installation of Water
Systems
agent, said today that each helping farmers with plans
early today and escaped with $1,-
300 in cash and liquor valued at
. around $2,000, officers here were
I--.^^'.dvised during the afternoon.
Killed In Collision
High Point, June 19.—Ernest
Chappell, 25, of Thomasville route
one, was instantly killed and his
cousin, Hassell CThappell, 20, of
Point, probably fatally in-
about '10:30 o’clock tonight
the motorcycle on which they
. rid’j.g, driven by Hassell,
-'iith an aut^njobile on the
homS’^.e^ro'^ four miles
from he»v
• H^h
MaS^ar. nilots
June 19.—Officials of
state board of elections today
--had completed mailing 1,450,000
ballots to be used in the second
Democratic primary July 4. Ray
mond C. Maxwell, executive sec
retary, was in New Bern assist-1
ing .Adrian Mitchell, board mem
ber. in file distribution. Of the
number pr'uited 1.‘200.000 are
regular, 150,000 are absentee and
100.000 are sample ballots.
he
shotild attend and that it is very
important that the signers give
this notice special attention and
attend the places designated for
them.
The meetings will be held at
the following times and places
on Saturday. June 27: Boomer,
nine a. m.; .Mount Pleasant, one
p. m.; Somers schoolhouse, nine
4U m.; Bonham aci)OollVU>se oho,
p. m.; MltrcVs Greek schoolhouse
nine a. m.; Mountain View
schoolhouse one P- m.
During the past few weeks
farmers have shown increased
interest in the plan and the num
ber of signers exceed the number
holding contracts under the old
triple A by about 150. This is
due in part to the fact that un
der the soil conservation act any
fanupr may participate while the
triple A dealt mainly with cash
crops and more especially tobacco
' and cotton in this immediate ter
ritory.
for installation of water systems.
Mr. Ellis succeeds Engineer Rai
ney, extension engineer who died
a few months ago.
During the past few years many
progressive farmers and other ru
ral residents have taken advant
age of nature’s generosity by in
stalling gravity water systems and
rams in streams. The services of
the extension engineer are avail
able to those who-aM'interested.
. Re-employment Office re
ports Many Placements on
Construction Jobs
VERY FEW NOW IDLE
Over 1,000 On Parkway
Projects; Other Jobs Using
Many Men Now
Approximately 1,500 men are
now employed on highway and
public works projects in Wilkes
and adjoining counties, according
to information gained from the
re-employment service office lo
cated here.
More than 1,000 are being used
on projects on the Blue Ridge
Parkwa.v, which is now under
construction all the way from
the North Carolina-Virglnia line
to Deep Gap. following along the
summit of the Blue Ridge in
Alleghany, Wilkes, Ashe and Wa-
taii.ga counties.
Contractors are using two or
more shifts daily in an effort to
I like advantage of every daylight
liour possible.
Coii.structiou of tlie new grade |
on highway IG from Wilbar to
the Wilkes-Asbe line is virtually
complete but much yet remains ‘
lo be done in the way of gravel
and c.nished stone surfaciiv;.
'I'he other projects under way-
in Wilkes is surface treatment of
highway 16 from Millers Creek to |
Wilbar and surface treatment on
26S betweer Honda and Elkin.
Merchants Meet |
Thursday Night
Several Matters Taken Up in
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State Privilege
License Taxes
Were Due June 1
Penalties Will Accrue After
July 1, Deputy Collect
or Advises
—liPayment Checks
Are Expected In
VeryShort^ime
All schedule B, or more com
monly known as privilege taxes
to the state, were due on June 1
and penalties will accrue if not
paid before July 1, according to
a statement this morning from J.
R. Rousseau, local collector of
revenue for the state. He advises
all persons in the county who
are required to pay privilege tax
es to make Immediate payment
and .save penalties.
He also stated that all coopera
tions are required to file fran
chise reports by July 1 and after
that date penalties will be added.
He called attention further to the
fact that the minimum penalty
will be ten dollars.
Mother of Dr.
A. Taylor Dies
Mrs. Caroline L. Taylor
Passes in Mooresville;
Funeral Sunday
Mrs. Carolina Long Taylor, 85,
widow of C. J. Taylor of Laurel
Springs, died in a Mooresville
hospital Saturday morning where
she had been under the care of
her son. Dr. George W. Taylor,
tor the last month. Brief funeral
services were held at the Taylor
home Sunday morning at 9:30,
and the remains were taken to
Cranberry Baptist church in Al-
Sotne Veterans Elect to Hold
Bonus Bonds as Nest EtZ
Investment
MANY CERTIFIED
Vast Sum Distributed in Na
tion Expoctad to Boost
Business
Call Meeting; Meet Again leghany county for burial.
Convic't.s Kill Giiaril
Ketrieve I’lisuii Karin. Tex.,
June 111.- Three Texas prisoners,
-listed as among the “worst” in
the state, killed a .guard with his
own pistol today and escaped into
the trackless underbrush near
thisNiOiith Texas prison farm. The
break occurred while guards were
taking a squad of convicts out to
plow. Felix Smith, guard'ng the
rear, was jerked from his horse
and shot to death.
Holiness Qnirch
Revival Services
Will Begin On Wednesday; i
Rev. J. F. Joines Will Do j
Preaching j
A revival meeting will begin;
at Pentecostal Holiness church in \
this city on Wednesday, June 24, j
according to an announcement
(today by Mrs. C. W. Martin, pas
tor.
Rev. J. F. Joines. a former pas-
' tor of the ciiurch. will do the
i preaching and services will be
I held each evening at 7:45. The
j public is cordially invited to all
I services.
i To Render Concert In North
i Wilkesboro School Au- 1 ent Kevival Is
j ditorium j Commenced Here
j The .Vorth Carolina Symphony
orche.stra. a product of the music
N. C. Symphony
Coming Tuesday
Monday Night
.>VUkes Retail^
anti Assii^ljlatloJi met'iS-"' a ■ estt
meeting at the city hall on
Thursday night.
A. S. Cassel presided in the
absence of the pre.sident, who had
resigned and a nominating com
mittee was appointed to report at
the next meeting to be held on
Monday night, June 22. at which
time a large attendance of mem-
liers is requested.
Miss Elsie Nichols, newly elect
ed secretary, made a report of
I her recent visit to the office of
the merchants’ association at Le
noir, wliere she spent one day ac
quainting herself with the duties
of secretary.
Surviving are 10 children, Dr.
G. W. Taylor, of Mooreayllloi Dr.
Mre.
Bess Crltchsr of Furchss, Dr. B.
C. Taylor, Mt. Holly; Mrs. W. E.
Colvard. Mrs. Ben Colvard of
North Wilkesboro: Mrs. Robert
Fender, of Whitehead; Mrs. Lena
Billings, of Laurel Springs; H. J.
Taylor, Troutdale, Va.
Rev. Wade Patrick, a widely
known evangelist from Alliance,
project of the Works Progress ! ouio. is conducting a tent revival
administration, will render a con- j on the Tomlinson lot on B
cert in the North Wilkesboro
Radir.al Propot-al
Washington, June 19.—A flur
ry of debate was precipitated in
tile senate Thursday by a speecli j direction of Joseph De Nardo
Democrat,
aymnaslutn on Tuesday night,
June 2:i. beginning at eight o’
clock.
The orchestra is under the able
of
The meeting began on Sunday
night and will continue through
July 5 with services each evening
[at 7:45. .The revival is under
auspices of Friends Mission and
everybody is invited.to attend.
b y Senator Bilbo.
Mississippi, advocating a consti-
^^tutional amendment to give Con-
Stress the power' by a two-thirds
Totp'to enact into law any meas
ure held unconstitutional by the
Supreme court. The Mississippiau,
who was Interrupted often by
.qUter senators eager to give their
|jfT55s”'on the question, said he
'would offer such an amendment
to the next session of Congress.
Federal Officers
AirestTwoMen
tF. , ■ ■ —
’4 Bl^t Still Destroyed In
Trapkill Vicinity Friday;
" Oat On B^d
international fame. No admission _ Mary Wilkerson, a former
will ho charged. ; resident of thei city and who has
It is expected that several hun-1 makine her home at New-
dred people in the Wilkesboros
rahTRIe Burchetts and George
_ Burch^te were arrested in a
1^ TS« on an JUlclt sUll in the Trap-
Wll section ©f-^^Ikes county at
aeon Friday.
iliV>lh>wing a preliminary heerr
iig. before J. W. - I>i^.
Staiaa .eoaissis*io®**^> -they* were
'raleased under bond for appear-
at the Norember term ot
oral court In Wllhesboro. Both
second offenders •ndjwnd
Kr Graatllle was set at $1,000
^ad George $600.
Ofttcers taking in the r^d
•wtn *S- A. Bonaett, C, C. Nol^
J, 'T-Jonee, O. F.
Boo*, n.v’ ..
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and from all sections of the coun
ty will avail themselves of the
opportunity to attend the concert.
Following is the program:
I. Rienzi Overture. Wagner.
II. Symphony No. 8 in B Minor
“Unfinished’’. Schubert: Allegro
p/oderato; Andante con moto.
Intermission.
HI. Festival at Bagdad from
“Scheherazade Suite.” Rimsky-
Korsakov.
IV. Mississippi Suite, Grofe;
Father of Waters: Huckleberry
Finn; Old Creole Days; Mardi
Gras.
V. Marche Slave. Tschaikowsky.
been making her home at New
port News, 'Va., for'the past four
years, has returned to the state
and is now with her sister, Mrs.
C. A. Dimmette, at Ronda.
Wilkes Has 40 In
A, S. T. C. Term
Enrollment for First Summer
Term at Boone Passes
Thousand Mark
Forty Wilkes people are en
rolled in the first summer term
at Appalachian State Teachers
College in Boone, according to a
report released by J. M. Downum,
registrar.
The school now has an enroll
ment of 949 from 82 counties in
North Carolina and 75 from 4 3
counties in other states, making
a grand total of 1,024. Of this
number 188 are males and 836
females.
Watauga furnished the largest
number ot students with 110,
Surry with 65. Ashe with 58. and
Wiilkes is fourth with 40.
Play And Baby
Contest Success
T’he play, “Oh, Doctor,’’ and a
baby contest at the Wilkesboro
high school 'Thursday and Friday
nights were highly successful and
netted the sponsor. Wilkesboro
Woman’s club, a profit of $100
to be used in supplementing the
Community House fund.
The play was well presented
and all characters acquitted
themselves well and to the com
plete satisfaction of the audi
ences.
In the baby contest much inter
est was shown. Little Miss Nancy
Brown, daughter of -Attorney and
Mrs. J. M. Brown won first prize,
a silver loving cup. William
Smithey, son ot Mr. and Mrs.
John Smithey, won second, and R.
V. Hendren, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Russel Hendren, won third.
Checks to veterans who have
turned in their bonus bonds for
cash payment are expected in the
mails within a few days.
Bonds of $50 denomination
and checks for odd amounts were
delivered to veteran* In
I last week and those wh^ de-
' sired immediate caish payment
have had their bonds certified at
postoffices and sent in for cash
payment. Checks to veterans in
I this territory are mailed out from
liie Asheville disbursing office.
However, many of the veterans
are electing to keep their bonus
bonds as a nest egg investment,
which will I'aw iliree per cent
Vincennes, Ind. ... A general
view of the George Rogers Clark
Memorial here which was unveil
ed by President Roosevelt be-
fore a crowd of 30,000. The me-; interest annually,
morial stands upon the spot
where Clark and his little band
stood against the British.
.1/
The payment of the bonus in
the nation amounts to approxi
mately two billion dollars and
this amount distributed among
the veterans is expected to ma
terially boost retail trade and
business in all lines of industry.
The amount to be received by
around 700 veterans in Wilkes
county was recently estimated by
the veterans’ bureau at $389,000,
this being the net sum dus when
i n 1 J ; loans made a few years ago were
Bristol Shoemaker Returaed j from the principal a-
mount.
The original bonus, m^ure
provided for payj
Iredell Youth
Recovers From
Throat Injury
to Home in Harmony Vi
cinity Sunday.
Bristol Shoemaker, 2Q. returp:
for
-The mehinfe passed
by
’Cbmumniij
day from 'The Wilkes **HospftsI
and Is on the way toward a ml- j „
• gress this year provided for Co
raculous recovery from a horrible j certificates a
injury received in an auto wreck
on Hinshaw street in llii.s city
two weeks previous.
It was on the night of June 6
that young Shoemaker was riding
on the running board of a model
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no interest to be charged on the
loans made in previous years.
Payment was made in bonds in
order that those who do not need
immediate cash luiglit have their
funds in a safe, interest drawing
A'warded Scholarlship
Banner Elk.—Fate Beal, of Lin-
colnton, and Worth McGrady, of
North Wilkesboro, both of whom
graduated from Lees-McRae col
lege this spring, have each been
aw'arded $50 scholarships to Wake
Forest college.
The scolarships were a'warded i since he recovered from
on the basis of scholarship, char-'
acter and achievement.
Discount Offered
On County Taxes
A three per cent discount is al
lowed by law on 1936 county
taxes paid on or. before July 1.
-'Those^^ wbo 4SMre to pay 1936
taxes early and. take advantage of
a discount that will really mean
a consideri^e saving should see
C. H. Perrfson, the county ac-
connunt, who will figure the
tax on the present valuation ac
cording to the estimated tax rate.
Should the tax rate ibe different
adjustmenU will be made after
the rate Is set by the commls-
STAGE SET FOR NOMINATION OF
ROOSEVELT AND GARNER TICKET
Philadelphia. June 21.—The
gathering Democratic legions
pledged to Roosevelt and Garner
paused tonight in a Sunday of
generally harmonious convention
preparations to -ponder the con
sequences of the “take a walk”
invitation issued in New York by
five prominent dissenters.
Words flew thick and fast in
hotel lobby and quieter confer
ence room, but few of them were
for publication. Making the only
fonna] comment on the demand
of A1 Smith and the others that
the party turn from Roosevelt
and nominate a "genuine Demo
crat,” National Chairman James
A. Farley said:
“The convention will nominate
a genulno Democrat—Franklin D.
Rooeevelt.”
Later, atta:'.«o.me conferences
with his poUtieal 'aides, he added
the following statMneat:
Report Not Surprising
“No one is surprised by the re
port that certain people promi
nent In organizations like the
Liberty league will send tele
grams to the convention or issue
statements—the objectives and
connections of -people of this kind
are by this time thoroughly well'
known to every American.”
A we^ ago party leaders were
talking only of a great harmony
meetlog- at Bhiladalphlg. ■ Tbqy
out'of tune 4|rltk the ^^BudBovSlt
regime, but they predicted freely
ilv.t nothing much would .come ot
that. Now, on oonv'ipitioa eve, the
Roosevelt tlekdt ttaie"'8oth the
new Lemke-CoughllB - ^Nnniseod
union party oh the left, iuid- on
the rl*kt of
tion picture greatly so far as
lobby speculation and talk of the
future is concerned. There is no
sign It has changed the intentions
of the delegates. On every side
the prediction hj)Id8 that the con
vention opening Tuesday in Phil
adelphia’s flagdraped auditorium
will renominate Mr. Roosevelt
and adopt a platform indorsing
his administration—all with sub
stantial unanimity.
- A few controversies are expect
ed, but over matters not touched
upon specifically In the New York
antl-Roosevelt appeal. There Is
some opposition among southern
delegatee against the proposal to
drop the old rule requiring two-
thirds to nominate a tiekat. Farm
reUef,.ffi(Aey, and wage-and-hour
Togjaiirtloa may cause debate over
8m“lth*.nd ?he-cth^ -I
•' r j. J mrifft'
joined with Wm, , , , ,
’ Ihat' has ^changed the oenTen
$hat''’tha RooBOTelt force* ar* in
aodtidU ^ -■f’'-
— investment and in order that the
T roadster when >t failed to make ! burden of immediate payment for
the government might be lessen
ed. 4
The general trend of plans tor
use of the money by a majority
of the veterans indicate that they
will use their money wisely in
purc'hase.s of a worthy naftire.
Stores To Close
Monday, July 6
Holldey Will Not Be Ob
served by Stores On 4th
But On Monday
In a meeting held Thursday
night the Wilkes County Retoil
Merchants’ association voted to
observe a holiday on Monday,
July 6, instead of Saturday. July
4th.
The general opinion seems to be
that this practice will be of great
er convenience to the public, in
that many people, especially those
living in rural communities, nat
urally set aside Saturday as the
day to come to the city to trade
and that observing a holiday «i
Saturday will inconvenience them
to a great extent.
To Cooperate h
Parking ProUem
Members of Merchants* As
sociation Would Park on
Side Streets in City
The Wilkes County Merchanta
Association in meeting Thorsdajr
a turn and overturned on the
.stl^et. It landed upright but in
the wreck the windshield brace,
a piece of steel almost one inch
in diameter, had plunged through
his neck from front to hack and
he was in that manner fastened
to the car.
Rev. Carl Bumgarner, who
lived nearby, was the first to
reach Uie wrecked car. which
carried nine persons, and discov- !
ered young Shoemaker’s plight. '
While others went for a hack
saw. Mr. Bumgarner, who is a
blacksmith by trade, used an or
dinary carpenter’s saw to saw off
the windshield brace and with
the piece of steel through his
neck the young man was rushed
to the hospital. After the projec
tile was removed a fight tor his
life began and after transfusions
he began to regain some of his
strength which was rapidly van
ishing because of great loss of
blood.
He was consciou.s at the time
he was cut loose from the car
and carried to the hospital but
emer-
gency treatment he is hardly able
to give any coherent account of
the accident or the agonies he
suffered. His case is regarded as
truly remarkable in that his
jugular vein, main arteries or
spinal column received no in
jury that would prove fatal and
in that the ragged wound re
sponded so readily to treatment.
Mer^ants A^
Cleao-Up Week
Pledge Co-operetioii In Move
For Two Such Evente
Each Yeer '
- ‘ '
Wilkes County Betiul Merchants’
association ip s cnii jitcoting
ten weeks m esdi fn»r, spi^ *na
ffcll, as dean-up events and iwt •»
organisation pledged their co-ojte*'
ration. At ;* n ' .
Rj>«H«ing- the t inq^rtance an^
value «f cleanliness, the ne$ee$>: ^
.1 “
night started a progressive atove-, ■
ment by agreeing that alUoiem-
bsrs of the. association park their
cars off the main thorooghtaraa
In the city in order to allOtr
more parking space for cnst^mr l^
era, eapeoially on Saturdays axid,^
other days when burtupi ’t» 1>rtult: ^
the city. s
By thts method the association
hopea.,.to provide more parking
■pace on B and Thn^i streak ,gwg,f,l'
op Klnth atieet troit'
fSwniture eoiwepy sqhtk £o B