MAN HELD
^an. HL-*-A cS»rrW of
St "HIL* rt^twood, lo
ft iflYer, vari'ant
Mt». 'W'orloy Wat'
OKt ■whose home he Is charged
enteriag hy force.
te^URNS TO OlifATH
^ imehnow, India. ^ A huge
crowd watched a Brahmin widow
willingly burn to death today on
^Mlie funeral pyre of her husband
;vj;o prore her wifely excellence,
act, the rite of suttee, was
the. enatom of bereaved
Bi^mia wires but has become
iZ.almost eatinct under British rule.
Published Monday# and Thursdays
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NORTH Wn^ESBORO, N. C.,
Deposits'Of;
90m ^ TRAILER
taat^ury.—^The stork overtook
iH«r family” here early to-
^y. A-hehy was born shortly
er the man, his wife and three
ehUdren pulled Into a tourist
ibamp hei^The trailer, bearing a
South Carolina license plate, was
-headed north.
SHOULD BE WORKING
Washington, Jan. 15.— Five
hundred WTA workers, chaper-
o n e d by Washington police,
marched from the White House
to Capitol Hill today chanting a
demand tor more relief jobs at
higher pay. Their leaders said
they had come from 25 states
and were members of the Work
ers’ Alliance of America.
Increase Payment
Soil Conservation
Program In State
To Inclnde Costs
Increase Pajrment Five Per
Cent to Those Participat
ing in New Program
FARMERS ARE PLEASED
Boost Will Cover Cost of Ad
ministering Farm Meas
ures In Counties
STOLE HIS LOSSES
Laurlnburg, Jan. 15.—Dave
SHm) Watson. 30, filling station
L operator, wa.s jaMed here today
by Sheriff W. D. Reynolds on a
«barge of robbery with firearms.
It is charged he secured a rifle
and returned to a card game
where he had just lost all his
money, held up the crowd and
forced them to deliver the a-
^.mount ha had lost. Watson told
tSe 'sheriff he borrowed the mon-
^;«y back but admitted Jie fondled
^his rifle ^s he requested the loan.
L.
PRISONS CROWDED
"WlashhiTCon, Jan. 15.—Sanford
;at«8, director of “Grievously uv-
,_.’crowded” government penal In-
sUtntionB are operated under con-
found In “no other civlUa-
^ i^tfdn.'’' "The most populous
prison in Great Britain houses
lees than 1.000 men,’’ Bates said.
But in this country on December
25, there were 3.120 federal pris
oners confined in Atlanta peniten
tiary; 2,972 in Leavenworth main
3',.-^i8on and 1,329 in Northeastern.
LES TAX HEARING
lelgh. Jan. 15. — Willard
^11 number one anti-sales tas-
fr and. lobbyist foi the North
Carolina Merchants association,
called on the 1937 general as
sembly to carry out what he said
was the solemn pledge and prom
ise of Governor Ehringhaus and
the 193S legislature, the com
plete repeal of the sales tax after
the passing of the emergency as
he appeared before its joint fi
nance committee this afternoon.
But the committee in its vigorous
cross-examination of the merch
ants’ leader showed Itself to be
only Interested in administrative
features of e. tax which they in
dicated was inevitable.
An increase of five per cent
in the rate of diversion payments
to North Carolina farmers who
participated in the 1936 soil-con
servation program has been an
nounced by J. F. Criswell, of
State College.
The increase will tend to off
set the co.tt of administering the
program, so that In most coun
ties farmers will receive the full
amount of their payments as
originally scheduled, he stated.
Under provisions of the pro-
fram, farmers were to receive
certain payments for diferllng
lang from soil-depleting to soil-
conserving crops. From these
payments, administration costs in
each county were to be deducted.
The administration expenses In
various counties range from a-
round three to six per cent of the
growers’ payments, Criswell add
ed. This amount took care of the
expenses of county committeemen
and of carrying on compliance
work.
In counties where administra
tion costs are only threo or four
,per_sent j>f lPJaLw“uunt of^
payments, be went on, gtotrers
will receive one to two per cent
more than the amount originally
offered.
That is, if a grower was to
have gotten $100 in payments,
the five per cent increase would
raise the amount to $105. Then
after deducting $3 for adminis
tration expense.', he would re
ceive $102.
But if the grower were in a
county where difficulties In ad
ministering the program increas
ed the administration cost to $6,
say. this amount would be deduct
ed from the $105 payment and ho
would receive $99.
On the other hand, if the five
per cent increase had not been
made, the grower would have had
to deduct the administration costs j
from his $100 payment Instead of |
from the $105 payment. I
In the county where the admin- |
i.stration costs were -six per cent. '
he would have gotten $94 instead i
of $99.
Outer Gltts et 79
Sponsor A Contest
To Secure Scenes
For Card Pictures;
Advertiw County
[ For
Bitter Pen
1
Kiwanis Club Offering fen
Dollars tor Best Pictures
Submitted In Contest
TO GIVE THREE PRIZES
Pictures Must Be OI Subji^iits
of Genered Interest
To Visitors
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!^r Ml ^cal Ini
^
Stocldiolders h
■Washington . . . Above Is Sena
tor Carter Class of Virginia, who
at 79 is the oldest member of the
U. S. Senate, He first served In
the 57th Congress. He was Secre
tary of the Treasury In the Wil
son Cabinet. Senator Glass cele
brated his birthday tv;o days be
fore the opening of the present
7 5th Congress.
Local Merchants
Association Held
Meeting Thursday
Retail Merchants Association
Will Elect Officers At
Next Meeting
The Wilkes County Retail
Merchants Association met In
January meeting Thursday night
with several matters of. Interest
coming^ brforsfci the ■
nornTnatraL
appointed and officers ■will be
elected In the February meeting
to be announced later. Several
other matters of interest will be
before the association and attend
ance of every member will be
asked.
In order to advertise Nortt
Wilkesboro and ■Wilkes county
the North Wilkesboro Klwanls
club will offer a toUl Of ten dol
lars in cash for the best photo
graphs of places of Interest in
the city and county.
The need for postcard views to
sell to tourists and other visitors
here has been apparent for some
time and the Klwanls club In
meeting Friday named a commit
tee to arrange a plctnre contest
and report at the club’s next
meeting.
Although details of the plan
have not been fully decided, the
club Friday agreed to give ten
dollars In cash for the best pic
tures, the first prise to be five
dollars, second three and third
two.
This contest will be mainly
for the purpose of securing suit
able vie'we for use on postcard^
pictures and all pictures submitt
ed will be the piroperty of' the
club to use as publicity for the
city and county.
Details of the contest.
ing, ruiw, will be sai^tii
Mirror Pkmt To
Begin Operation
HereWe^esday
Ani^ Meeting
Here Thursday
Will Start With Force of 18
Men Soiofi Glass Is.
Obtained
Angel» . . . t*
(afsovejj, editor, of, Moun
tain Vie#, Oalif,, this week faced
a court on .crlmboal libel charges
based on an editorial he wrote at
tacking President Roosevelt. A
local Democratic County official
instigated the court aoth>n.
Representative
Will Interview
People Jan. 2Sth
Attorney F. J. McDuffie Will
Be in His Office to
Hear Constituents
Christmas Seals
Net Almost $300
Will Be Used In the Fight
Against Tuberculosis; 75
Per Cent in County
Fund.s raised during the past
Christmas season In Wilkes coun
ty from sale of tuberculosis
Christmas seals lacked only 35
cents reaching the $300 mark,
according to a report today from
Mrs. Tip McNlel. chairman of the
seal sale Committee of the Wo-
(Continued on page eight)
REINS-STURDIVA-NT
forms branch at
WEST JEFFERSON
Relns-Sturdivant funeral home
and burial association have es
tablished a funeral home and
branch office in West Jefferson.
The establishment is located in
the Roes building.
Carl W. Arnold, fo merly with
■ tfuires Funeral home. Is in
^arge of Relns-Sturdivant In
■Weat Jefferson. They now have
iBoeral home# and offices in
WJlkaeboro. Sparta, West
Jefferson and Boone.
TO PLAY LENOIR
■ THURSDAY NIGHT
North Wllkeaboro high school
tasketball teams, both boys and
llrts, vriu play Denolr here on
f««^y nlgfit, beginning at 7:30.
AdfldMioh ■*rtll be Id and 25
sanU. All local fans are Invited
jnt to -witness the games.
The Lions undefeated stretch
jf games was not broken Friday
Blglit When they played Malden
It lialden. winning 37 to 20. The
gin players used In the game for
frertff VWlkesboro showed up
Joaea wse high scorer with
ilOVE INTO NEW «OME‘
and Mrs. H. O. Duncan and
in Brio, moved FHday Into
lelr new home near. Cub Creek
imrch on the Moravian IWte
ighltray. The home, of brick con-
ruction, has ten rooms, and Is
of the most beautiful resl-
that community.
tiiMre volcanooa aw soWom
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County Health Officer Tells Of The
Importance of Pure Milk as a Food
Former Resident Of
iVlliCCS Is ijtriCKCn Passed in the County
Jasper C. Haigwood, 31, resi
dent of Winston-Salem, died sud
denly in Kinston Saturday after
noon. He ■ft'as born In Wilkes
county, a son of Cleveland and
-Mary Cain Haigwood. He had
been a resident of Winston-Sal
em for the past 12 years, where
he was engaged in the produce
business with the firm bearing
his name. Mr. Haigwood went to
Kinston on business and was
stricken suddenly.
Surviving are hU wife, who be
fore marriage was Miss Thelma
Worley: two sons, Odell and Ed
ward Haigwood; one daughter
and his mother, Mrs. Cleveland
Haigwood, all of Winston-Salem;
two brothers, D. A, and W. J.
Haigwood, of Winston-Salem, and
three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Hayes,
Mrs. Pearl Langley and Mlos Mat-
tie Haigwood, of Winston-Salem.
Funeral arrangements had not
been learned here this afternoon.
CONTINUED RAINS IN _
midwest ISHREATEN
Chicago, Jaa. 17.—^Additional
flood damago threatened the mid
west today. General rains fell
through the area, pouring more
water into steadily rising rivers.
Dalmation puppies are bom
white! The sp^ appear with
age.
Dr. A. J. Eller, Wilkes heaUh
officer, in an article issued today
for publication, explained the lim
portance of as an article or
diet and the great importance of
keeping milk pure.
Tire article follows:
Milk is our most Important food.
It is the best single food. The ex
ceptional value of milk is due to
the fact that it contains all of the
essentials of a balanced diet. Is
is rich in some vitamins, the qual
ity of its protein is especially
good, the fat favors growth, and
it has a high calcium content in
readily usable form. Milk is the
only single substance whose sole
function in nature is to serve as a
complete food. It is a perfect
food for the young of the same
species.
Milk, furthermore, is palata
ble, readily digestible, and is
ject to a great variety of modifi
cations. It is one of the cheapest
of the standard articles of diet,
and the most economical Bouicea
of prpteitt. Milk is a protective
food, in tiiat it guards againat d»s
ficiency dteeaisea when used regu
larly and in sufficient quantity.^
While good xUlk has done mova
than any other single food to ph>
tain and maintain health, BAD
milk is responsible for room slcfc-
ness and deatha, than perhaps all
(ConUBSia4 oa page eight) .
time those who are Interest^
taking pictures for the contest
may £,o ahead with the assurance
that the project -wm carry
ihrough.
Of course, the condition of the
negative will be considered in so
far as whether or not a good re
production can he made but the
judging will be mainly upon the
subject matter ;i( the photo
graph.
In order that the public may
gain some Idea of what Is desired
it IS suggested that such scenes
as views of North Wilkesboro,
bridges, highway scenes, moun
tain scenes, waterfalls, public
buildings, industrial plants, . or
chards, poultry farms, dairy
herds, or any points of unusual
interest. Those who wish to win
should keep in mind that the pic
ture must be of some object or
scene that would be of general
Interest, always keeping In mind
that the picture must be some
thing that would advertise this
section.
Attorney P. J. McDuffl®,
Wilkes county’s representative In
the general assembly now in see-
skm at Rftlelgh, request® tlmt it
aipaouncad $hat be -will' be in
--
The annonnivsment was re-
The Carolina Mirror Corpor
ation, North Wilkeeboro’s newest
industry, will begin operation
Wednesday in the plant located
In the Palmer building on Main
strept, it was leaned today from
Bid F. Gardner, who Is In charge
of the plant.
All new and moden machin
ery has been installed and the
plant will manufacture mirrors
for use in the furniture industry.
It is one of the best equipped
plants in the Carollnas and ii is
understood that the corporatfon
has ample capital for expansion
should business justify It.
Mr. Gardner, who Is .head of
the plant, came to North Wilkes
boro from Mount Airy, where he
was With the Mount Airy Mirror
Corporation.’ He and Mrs. Gard
ner and two children are making
their home here.
Mr. Gardner said today that
the corporation had been able to
secure some glass, despite the
tieup in the glass Industry, and
that the plant wrlll begin opera
tion Wednesday with a force of
eighteen men, all, of whom have
been selected.
No Changes in Organization
Of Bank of North WQkes-
boro Jfor Ensuing Year
AYCOCK iS CASHIER '
At Deposit & Savings Bank;
C. T. Donghton Chair*
men of Directors
■With resources and deposits
climbing, by steady growth to new
high marks In their record of bus
iness here. The Bank of North
Wilkesboro and the Deposit A
Savings Bank enjoyed ^very suc
cessful and prosperous' year In
1936 and look forward to Ike
ensuing year with greatest confi
dence and bright prospects for
continued growth and progress.
The growth of the two financi
al institutions H considered an
index to generally Improved brs-
iness conditions.
Splendid reports were submitt
ed to stockholders In their an
nual meeting. Each bank held
stockholders’ meetings on Thurs
day.
Resources of the Bank of
North Wilkesboro are now past
the million and three quartan
mark, an increase of $306,000 to
1936. Dsposlto how totol
tlM a mlUlbn *knd a half with
' ~irowih.^pTpjLi!toi$psd «ns-.
quested In order .that anv peoiile
interested might see the repre
sentative on that date. Mr. Mc
Duffie said , that he Will be glad
toi see any Interested In legisla
tive matters.
V«-dict of $7,500 Awarded
I. M. Myers In Akron,
Ohio, Court
3 Scouts Attain
Eagle Rank Here
Robert Wood Finley, Pat
Willisuna, Jr., and Paul
Haigwood Past Marita
Shoulder and Leg
Are Broken by Tree
Three ^members of local Boy
Scout troops .have attained the
Eagle Scout rank and will be so
recognized iji the ye^ruary meet
ing pf the Ooifirt of Honor.
As the result of merits passed
in the January Court of Honor
meeting Pat Williams, Jr., and
Paul Haigwood have attained the
Eagle rank, Robert Wood Finley
having pre^ously passed all re
quired merits.
Pat VHlllams, Jr., was granted
(Continued on back page)
1. ii. Myers, Wilkes coroner
and manager of Call Hotel, re
turned Saturday from Akron,
Ohio, where on Wednesday he
was awarded a verdict of $7,500
In a damage action against the
Bronart Cab company, of Akron,
Ohio.
The action grew out of an au
tomobile colHson at Waycross,
Ga., ou January 6, 1935, In which
Mr. Myers sustained very serious
Injuries which proved near fatal.
Whiter Myers and his wife al
so have similar cases pending in
court at Akron, Ohio, but their
cases were continued for two or
three weeks on account of the ill
ness of one of the defendant’s at
torneys.
The local people are represent
ed In the damage suits by Attor
ney Eugene Trlvette, o^. this city,
and. Attorney J- E. Holshouser,
of Boone.
Eugene Hoppers, resident of
Laurel Springs, suffered serious
Injuries near his homej Saturday
when a tree fell on him, break
ing his left sbeuld^ and his left
leg. ’Treatment la being given -st
the Wilkes hospKal, where he la
apparently on die "road lo recov
ery.
Road Conditions Cause Three Central
Schotds to’Close; Buses Cannot Run
Revival Under
At Fairplains Cbiwcb
“Relief ’Subject
OfMr.SronceIn
Address to Qub
The revival which began t at
Fhlrplalns Gospel Mission church
on January 17 continues Into this
week with services each evening
at 7:80. Rev. B. C. Jenkins Is in
charge of the meeting, assisted
by Rev. Roby Johnson, who la
doing the preaching. Rev. John
Miles, of Galax. Va., will prSach
in the services Saturday and Sun
day, January 23 and 24, It is an
nounced.
Statesville Daily Editor De
livers Interesting Talk
To Kiwanians
Choosing “Relief” as his sub
ject, Ben Sronce, former editor of
The Wllkea Patriot and now edi
tor of the Statesville Dally, de
livered a thought provoking ,and
interesting address Friday before
the North Wilkeshorol; .Klwanls
club.
. ’other teatuivis on the program
Inpinded two ■social numbers by
Miss Bllen Rohlhson, •*Wh$n My
Ship Comes Sallinr Hbnifi," and
"Homs On The Bange.’*£J
Following Is the text ot Mr.
Sronce’s address* v
. “Kellef,”/according to the dic
tionary It"The act of reil«v>
5ng, dr late ot bain^ellev-
(Continasd ea iMgs |Wt)
W. L. Pierce, 78,
It Taken by Death
Last rites ■#ere conducted Sat
urday at Arbor Grove Methodist
church for W: b. Pierce, 78, well
known resident of the Millers
Creek community who died Frl-
dsy.
He leaves three chlldtSnf’'Wal*
trt' Pisree. Mrs. Annlp; Nichols,
and Mrs. Lola Eller.
The funeral sery&, whteh
amended by ■ a .torgel anther ot
friends and acqualntonces. vaa
conducted by Rev. A.. Wi ffller.
Burial was in the churoh ceme
tery.
Roads Get No JBettmr Fast
With Three Fair Days
In Three Weeks
With only three fair days In
as many weeks, condition of dirt
roads In many sections of Wilkes
county has reached the impas
sable stage, forcing schools to
close where buses are routed ov
er dirt roads.
The stockholders’ meeting ot
the Bank of North Wilkesboro
was held, at the bank Thursday
with a splendid attendance. Fbl-
lowi-.g the excellent report by J.
R. Hlx, president, the board ot
directors was re-elected as fol
lows: J. R. Hlx, R. W. Gwyn,
John E. Justice, Jr., Ralph Dan-
can, S. V. Tomlinson, E. M.
Blackburn, R. 0. Finley and A.
A. Finley.
Following the stockholdors’
meeting the directors re-elected
the following officers: J. R. Hht,
president; A. A. Finley, vice pres
ident; S. V. Tomlinson, vice pres
ident; R. W. Gwyn, cashier; and
W. ■'V. Starr, assistant cashier.
The Deposit and Savings Bank
also experienced a very success
ful year with steady and rapid
growth of resources and deposits.
The statement as ot December 31
showed resources slightly under
the million mark for a new high
In the record of the InstltuiKm.
A splendid report was given
the stockholders in meeting St
the bank Thursday and prospects
were deserfoed as very good for
another prosperous year. The us
ual dividend whs declared.
The meeting was well attended
and directors were re-elected as
follows: C. T. Doughton, R. L.
Dougbton, J. T. Prevette, Carl A.
Lowe, George S. Forester, Ralph
Duncan and C. O. McNlel.
Following the stockholders'
meeting the directors met for or
ganization and C. T. Doughton,
who took office as sheriff ot
Wilkes county In December, re
signed as cashier and Vas named
chairman of the board of direc
tors.
R. L. Doughton, 9th district
representative In congress, was
re-elected .president of the bank
Ronda, 'ioarlng River and
Mountain View, It was definitely
learned today, had closed pendingl. Aycock, who has been
more favorable weather condl-’hmk treasurer, was alsets
tione and reports reached the of- jeagitier to succeed Mr. Doughton.
nf fha miintv sunerlntendent other officers are:- J. T, Pre-
fjee of the county superintendent
of schools that In all probability
Mount Pleasant and Trapblll high
schools would find It advisable
to suspend operations until buses
could run ■with some degree ot
certainty.
With more sections of Mhool
bus routes and mail routM reach
ing the. Impassable stage etery
day people are becoming qi^e
much interested In secnrlbg bet
ter secondary ronda In the county
and InUmd to teU highway an-
Ithorltles of tlislt iraiatog needa.
C. B. Bll«, county aupertoton-
dent of schools, has prepared a
Biap of school bus routw, show*
iXEg i&o number o^mi^ of sur-
Gilreath Resident
Claimed By Death
i^ntlnued on TwgB
(Continued on page eight)
Funeral serytos was hold Frl- .*1
day at .Bethany church for^Mrs.
S. B, Hayea^ v.ho died ^nrada^^
morning of .heart dlsBadtt^.-kife,
home near Qilrsafh. - \
She leaven the’,JollpwlBg AO-
dren; D, G- HnyaA jWddsstlts; F.
L. Hayes, Port* KpiK'.'V' .•H?
Haysa, North
dRe.;eomiet^^