ION FATAL
rtapton,'Jsn. 22.-^C. Mar-
^Stroppe, 43, eastarn Burke
and flBwinni operator, was
oibers were
i^en the boiler at a saw-
exploded la the^utb moun-
^ ai^ miles aonth of Mor-
The two employes, Obe
FraakllB and Berg Tranklln,
wera severely burned by the blast
”i.wbteh icnoeked them 30 foet.
^ P. a R. ON JOB
^l^ahiii^on, Jan. 22.—Preel-
deot RooMvett took perMnal
command today of federal rel’ef
for"'flood Tiotims, ordering every
agency of fh.» government to
leadji ^nd. He delivered bis in-
atrvo^ds at a cabinet meeting
after Rear fkdaalral Cary T. Gray-
n, chidrman of tbe Red Cross,
33b^^d^-tltat 126,000 refugees
bad. ^heen moved out of flood
•ones to the mid-west and south.
FltUrr DAMAGED
Ang^e^ Jan. kg.-r-IVinter
the balf^bUUon dc^r Cai-
eitrus fruit Industry Its
;'blow to 24 years totoy.
tok
the
rrePt
of
crop
oramgea, lemons and grapefruit,
vn^ke unestlmated. Temperatures
in the heart of the 250,000-acre
citrus empire dropped as low as
14 degrees—16 below freezing—
early today.
JGIBL Np LS SELF
Lshevs|_,, Jan. 22.—A coro-
here this afternoon
St Pauline McElrath, 16-
F«ld girl employed at tbe
borne of ChrU Moshoures, near
Bnka, dlsd of a seif-inflicted bul-
l«t wound. Mies McElrath’s body
was found in a bedroom of the
Moshoures home Yednesday aft-
oriKXto. a ,22-«al. or bullet hole
in her chest and a rifle lying be
side ker on tba floor.
holding s®Ecr
' Luray, Va., Jan. 22.—Sheriff
•toha William Ruffner. of Page
county, said today he was holding
a man picked up at the Stanley.
Va., railway station today for
Questioning in the Charles Matt-
-^rson kldnap-slaylng case. Sheriff
Ruffner said the man “answered
d,»crlptlons” of the man who
snatched the 10-year-old Tacoma,
.Wash., child from his home and
.' later toft his beaten body In the
•now near EJverett, Wash.
THREE QfUAIK
Montreal, Jan. 22.—(Canadian
Pfpnn) Doctors and nurses tried
toniglit te preserve the life of the
only kttrvtvtog Rondeau quaSlmp-
tot baby after her two brothers
sad afster died, only a day and a
?*ke ehlWren, horn yester-
AO-year-old Mrs. Arcade
a^u in her farmhouse at St.
Thomas. 4« miles northeast of
Montreal, escaped Injury as an
watoilnnce taking them to the
hosplle* crashed into a snowplow
bn au icy highway.
TROIJBLE jP^^^^Meckleu-
Jan. 22.-r-MecKjen
^^unr r«r»» busing
^iaetadsB l»T«tl«atlng thefts,
were tubberfssted to find their
ttot guns bad
>- ^ded. Some high-powered
began at home, and
officers discovered one
Hie ‘ikeapons—literally taken
- ttpder their noses—in an
^srashop. Wy A, Harris,
,„jr rmral policeman, later
rarterted and sentenced in
gcaaty teemrdirt ^
a ot the roads. Harris did
itify hut Rural Pollce'Chlel
Moseley tfkOted the former
be took the
was hungry.
persons'to the
eweoct Apec-
s^it^A^iiwiMies that
eyeActe and ever
More than 100 people Interest
ed poultry raising, represent
ing teg counties, attended the
poultry short course held In
Wllkesboro Friday.
Counties represented by coun
ty farm agents and poultrymen
included Yadkin, Iredell, Alex
ander, Caldwell, Catawba, Wa
tauga, Ashe, Surry,. Alleghany
and Wilkes.
Wilkes, now becoming one of
the leading poultry producing
centers In the state, was well rep
resented by representatives from
the hatcheries and a number of
leading poultry producers.
Representatives of the exten
sion service who conducted the
course were O. F. McCrary, dis
trict agent; C. F. Parrish, Roy
S. Dearstyne, H. J. Guager and
C. J. Maupln, poultry specialists
from State College and the ex
tension service.
The meeting opened at ten o’
clock and continued until 3;.10 In^
the afternoon with an Inten-nls-
slon for Innch at noon. The fore
noon session was devoted prin
cipally to discussion of subjects
pertaining ta successful poultry
management and In the afternoon
a number of diseases chickens
were examined and special em
phasis was laid on dikbase preven
tion.
iteem interest was fhowu
'‘^d^
icribed as very successful.
Berean Class To
Banquet Friday
Interest'ng Program Planned
for Members and Guests
at Legion Clubhouse
Berean class of the First Bap
tist church, one of the largest and
most influential Sunday school
classes in this part of the state,
win hold Its annual banquet at
the Legion and Auxiliary club
house on Friday evening, seven
o’clock.
jVnnouncem nt of the banquet
was made yestercay by 0. O.
McXiel. president of the class.
Every member Is asked to be
present and cost of plates for
members Is paid by . the class
treasury. The cost of plates for
guests will be fifty cents each
and reservations should be made
with C. O. McXiel or Attorney A.
H. Casey.
Those who desire transporta
tion to the clubhouse should call
Frank Tomlinson, chairman of
the transportation committee. An
interesting program Is being
planned for the banquet meeting.
Home CominR For
Jr. O. U. A. M. Here
A home coming meeting has
been announced by officers of
the North Wllkesboro Junior or
der council to bo held Tuesday
night and every member of the
council is urgently requested to
be present.
There will be side degree work
and refreshments will be served
following the meeting. Visiting
Juniors will be welcomed.
J. C. Livingston
Hatchery Improved
Announcement la made today
of Improvements at the hatchery
and poultry farm of J- C. Liv
ingston, located two miles from
Wllkesboro on the Moravian Falls
highway.
New and Improved hatchers
and Incubators have been Install
ed and the capacity of the hatch
ery is greatly Increased to fill a
growing demand. An advertise
ment ©Uewher© in this newspaper
gives details about the Improve
ments and has a special message
to poultrymen.
George Spivey, a inemher ot
the Renly 4-H club in Johnston
county, has ordered 300 baby
chicks for his broiler proljeet tUs
spring'. He clear«d exactly. $27
on 3,00 broilers faat sepoa.
DETROIT . . . Above are motor aad labor officlAi fa IB honr confer
ence with Governor Frank Morphy, in attempt (roqsd for-truce
in untangling the rtrike of anto workers in Cleigtokl Mot^ plants.
They are, left to right), Wm. S. Knndsen of Q^ral Rotors*, (Sot-
emor Murphy, James F. Dewey, federal mediator,J^toner Martin, J, A,
Wyndhajn and John Brophy of the workers’ Gopinjlttee loir Industrial
Organization. Below: Scene as “sit-down^ str^ket* maijjhed from a
Detroit plant following first trhee agrfeement.-
P. C. A. Meetiiig
WiUBeHeUOn
Saturday, Jan. 3(
Announconant Of Annual
Meeting laaued By Paul
J. VestsJ, President
The annual stockholder’s meeidnjf . , ,,, . _ ^
of the Winston-Salem Productlow
Credit Assodatoia-.egll be lud4.iii
the Focaytb ooonty co^^OllBBe,,Jm
Saturday, mornipg,' . Jat^|ny 3^^
at W p. ‘m-," promptly, fccpr^'-^ *^-
People.
. Linea ‘
At tfc*.
A Ratal
in Wtikesko
January if.;?'
day Mi :i
riri^lecbo^
meet-
^urUjMse
dn^ay,
aeM to>
^’;^ilkes
LATN'T RBPOiVr
Atteney J. H. Wblduc; Red
Cross cbainnMi Irtoe, ssMl tbia
afternoon. that tber gooln far
tbe ebapter li^ tana . 4 b«im'
raised by volnatary snbsccip-
tlons and without^ sotlirttsUii|».
However, the need for fmito
increases hourly and contribu
tions from tbose wbo have abC
already given wlil h^p to a|>
levlate suffertng in the flood
devasted areas.
Mmptoyees of the Wilkes
Hosiety Mins were reported
this afternoon to hava subscKb-
jd about flBO for flood relief
end ^ployees of the totemas.
tional Shoe company plant hem
a siiiillar amonnt. flgmns
do not Include donations by the
compaale& Napoes of contribu
tors win i>e published later and
Ihe Red Cross chapter bam to
day exjireeeed deep i^ps^ria-
tion to’the" many vMktitMy
contrflMtors.
- yoday reportsi from the flood
ed sectoVs of the Ohio valley and
triWtgrtes Indicated that
Washington . . Among the
-women in Wpshington official life
Is a Treasury Department official,
Mrs. Marlon Blair Banister, who
Is Assistant Treasnrer of the
United States. }■
* , ..
AdieCoi^MaB
Is Vktini of Auto
Acjcidoid Prid^
Wilkes county schools oloasd
on account of bad road conditiow
will remain closed: through fliis
week uiilsss them is a c^Age in
the weather, it was learned to- O
day from C. B, EHer, eonuty sup
erintendent of schools.
High schools elbeed inclnda)
IWkeeboro, Ronda, Roaring QJv-
er, Traphlll. Moantain Vtrw,
Mount Pleasant and Fergoaon.
Blementary schoolg’ elpeed *)■!►
Boomer and Morariad Halls.
Snpt. Bllet said that action Im
bloelng the schools was taken hsr
cause it was pntctledily iapoa-
sible to transport chUdrsa by.kur-
es to the schools and ;^ool au
thorities did not wish to dsprlTs
any of the children of the oppor
tunity to attend each day’s ew-
sion. Another factor which enter
ed Into tbe decision -was that Of
danger of exposure oh the port
of the children, it hetog couaid-
ered detrimental to their health:
to allow them tO attend school
u-nder prevailing weathOr cohdl-
tions.
Millers Creek was today tbs
only central school in operation
(.lid the opinion wu expreomd
that the school would not be
forced to close this'week' g
With almost. tocemnt ,ra)tolau“
luring, the past monrii dlMr j
t(iday bad reashsd>«;
lorab
invited to-httend/ * '
The annual meeting is thp asost
important' meettog bs)9 by the
Prodiiction Credit Association dar
ing the year, be added-. • The stock
holders present wiB elect two -di
rectors. In compliance with the
by-laws there can be no voting by
proxy. The board of directors and
the secretary will report on the op-.
erations of the association for the
period ending December 31, 1936.
H. L. Gardner, vice-president of the
discuss the Farm Credit Adminis
tration with particular reference to
the Winston - Salem Production
Credit Association, Any questions
pertaining to the association may
be presented and discussed at this
time.
In order to have additional inter
est, the association is giving to the
lucky person present four valua
ble prizes, consisting of three fine
pigs (female) and a pen of thor
ough-bred barred Rock (diickens.
These prizes have been selected
from the finest stock obtainable
and can be used for breeding pur
poses. Each person present will
receive a handsome souvenir.
The Winston - Salem P r o-
duction Credit Association is a
farmer’s cooperative organization
cliartered under the Farm Credit
Act of 1933 for production pur-:
poses. Financial aid on business
basis is offered fanners in Alle
ghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Davidson,
Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Watauga,
Wilkes, and Yadkin counties.
Council of Social
Agencies to Meet
Friday Ew«an^ at the Hmae
of Mrs. C. E. Jenkins;
Attendance Urged
Wilkes County Council of So
cial Agencies, a central civic or
ganization composed of represen
tatives of civic and social organ
izations and public institutions,
will meet, on. Friday evening,
7:45, at tbe borne of Mrs. C. H.
Jenkins.
The council 1» apenaoring some
very worthy oSJectvea and a full
attendance of members is desired
for the meeting Friday night.
Rural SleS
College and
ce
serVlca,
will open att.ten o’efa^ ani all
persons int^^ted In’ ike subject
are Invito^ tiS^-attend.;',
M, G. Siutn«> manager of the
local branch Of Duke*Power com
pany, will be present*:Imd-people
interested in obtaining ijilectrio
lines in rural communities Will be
able to learn, under wAat.jGircum-
stanceti ^w' lines are practical.
During: the past year more
Production Credit Corporation, wjU--^han 50 miles have been added to
rural lines Of the power company
In Wilkes and hundreds of homes
Lave been provided electric fa
cilities through the extensions.
Several branch Itoea are now
under construction while many
have been completed.
People from communities
where lipes have already been
constructed are also Invited.
Speakers r will streer the advant
ageous uae of electrlctty and
there will be Interesting facts
presented to those present.
Local Teams Beat
Mountain View Hi
Will Play N. c7s. D. Here
Tuesday Night; Morg-
anton Friday Night
Five From Wi&m
In Tobacco Cnurse
FIto from Wilkes coauty aV
tended the annual tobacco grow
ers’ abort coarse held at State
College Taeadax,^throug)i Huep-
day of last weeij
North Wllkesboro high school’s
Mountain Lions ran up the score
on the strong Moantain View
high school basketball team here
Friday night to wla 22 to It.
The first half was a straggle with
the score being lO to $ with
North Wllkesboro holdtag the
edge, which Increased as the
game progressed.
North Wllkesboro used ten
playei* kg follows: Day, ITt Ckaw-
fprd; Jones, 8; WUllama; Sink,
3; Hudson, Wendland, McNeill,.
Sturdivant. 3; (tttoyson. The
Mountain View playeto Included:
Brown, 8,'. Holdaf.jgit ,C. Brown,
1; R. Holder; Rhoadra; Johnson,
and Henderson, a
The North Wilkeshoi^^o i all-
Btart defeated Vrt|Bte Okjfs from
Greensboro by the clara- neore of
3Jl to 22. : _
The loealB will beg^ th® Weet-
ern conference acb^ule ttls^ehk
hy games rtlth' rt-" ^- -^ Rhr-
ganton, here ‘ftiaalay nigd^t, both
hoys and, glrisT: a«r, ISfl^gantoa
Wgh on Friday ,
Citizen ur new
CastlR
east throughout tbe'eon
In this illsaster which has ren
dered so many homeless and In
desperate need the American pe^
pie have been asked to contri
bute a.,fund of two million dol
lars to the American Red Cross,
that, motherly organization that
Is always on the job and ready to
help the distressed.
In view of this Wllkee people
have been asked j contribute to
the fund being gathered by the
Wilkes chapter and Attorney J.
H. Whicker reported today that
already half the first quota had
been subscribed by personal call
and by telephone.
'The following telegram from
Cary T. Grayson, national chair
man of the Red -Cross to Attor
ney Whicker tells something of
the flood relief needs at present;
“In order to meet hourly In
creasing needs of flood -victims
In eight states Rcri Cross is call
ing on people of United States- for
minimum relief fund of two mil-,
Hon dollars. Reports "received late
tonight Indicate total of 279,000
men, -Women and eWtdren driven
from their homes and now de
pendent on emergency relief, In
cluding shelter, food, bedding,
medical attention and warm
clothing. Raging blizzards and
freezing weather In many floodedf
section add to suffering of refu
gees and greatly increase need for
Instant relief. Bare people of your
community will wteh to aid
promptly and generously. Urge
you take immedtoto ^ction to
raise yoQr chapter quota of fl’kO;
Please report daily progress your
campaign.’’
This Is ihe appeal from the ®a-
tlonal chairman of ■the Red Cro^
aad-ioegl chapter- officials : ar^
confident that the people of this
city add county will, woe a^to
resppnd roa^y and UhegaliT W.
aid BuffMing people, ^yeral , con
tributions have, alr^d.?
made and ai(.,ap^peal la Atodo to
thdse who have'^not contributed
to contribute any .^amount they
wlifa. Donationa.'should be sent
or mailed to J. B. Wtlllams, toeas^
ucer of the Wilkes
;of the Red Cross, North Wiltss-
’boro.
’Fhfap who have read, newspap-.
-Bdirfn’sthisni. a
Lansing, Ashe county, mei almost],
ion that tWo or thrao
fair weather would .silow
instant death Friday about noon
have llteteced to radtoe'during thA
ipaht'few da)re could* not help-her
tog Impressed wlrix-tlse need]^«g
vmu to the hoMWefa jeSre^Februarr
J. F. Cooke, kilt '
of. the How
Those attending were A. (I.' dl^ on
Hendren, Wilkes farm agent, 0, apBrlde wan.
C.^Tharpe, Q. A. Keys, H. O. Rob-
r'lS a.ud; Afiie'Gray^^. : ...
lag, many of whom have
their po«(r|(Bal»s a^ «»
nepd of told, clothing tand iho)tfir.
-Wlfll .Mleaisslppl
rfrors canflnnHig to nse tod«r
when his car colUded *■ with • a
truck on highway 421 about a
mile wesf of this city.
According to the investigation
of the accident made by a pa
trolman, it was learned that
Sturgill, alone In his car, was on
his way from Ashe county to a
hospital ih Statesville. His car
skidded Into a truck and over
turned. He died while on the way
to the hospital here. No charges
were preferred against the driv
er of the truck, Eugene Holland,
of SUtosvllle, -who apparently
was on his right side of the road
when the collision occured.
Funeral service for Mr. Stnr-
glll was held in Lansing Satur
day.
roads to become nearly
solid for. travel. T
Superintendent Eller said that
if weather conditions should sud
denly Improve that some ecbooht
may be able to open some time
this weiek. In which case eveir
effort would be made to inforai
the people of the date schobla
would re-open.
NeW Sidewalk Is
Being Made Here
Connects Main stnd C Streets
Through Alley and
Poaioffice Lot
Construction work on a new
sidewalk In this city to connect
Main and C streets has been com-
pletod.
Forms had been placed for the
sidewalk and incessant rains pre
vented completlcHi of the work for
aevesal days. The sidewalk cob-
hecta with tbe alley between tbe
Deposit d.Savlqgs Bank and the
6. P. Store and follows the west
sidi( of the postotfice lot to C
staat.
? , ’nje sidewalk, which will be of
gr^t convenlenje to people going
l^""and from the postofflee and
nearby business, firms, was ob
tained through .request of C. T.
Doaghtqn;. J- T. Prevette and At
torney 'J. Milton Cooper before
off’dais to Washington, D. C.,
last summer.
Pi^alty Cfe Taxes
After February 1
W. ,P. K«Uy, clerk and tax col-
W reports ol the flood dlsastop, rtrftector' for North WJUraboro, la
eaUlng attention to the fsqt that
a panaRjr be added to hn-
paid'tiw if not paid on or be-
Taxpayers dre u'rg^tly re-
*quested to pay. during the re-
rmainder. of tl^ nlohth and savo
the.eort of thaiPanalty.
Peh^ty will j^alsd be added to
the relief need Is gro-wing rapidly: nnpato county ItaXpa after Feb-
and ll fa probable: that ani«ldad- ri»^;'l and SberlH C. T- Dough-
R^gjkiakltlng-i^oi^Jtolpiy th«lr
" taxes fam if posrihle r *
Dr. Pepper Spei^
To Kiwanis H»«
Varied Program Friday B#*
fore Local Civic Oria>H
.ixation Meeting
Dr. J. K. Pepper, of Winston-
Salem, lieutenant governor of Ki
wanis division 3, dropped to un
expectedly on the North Wllkse-
boro Klwanls club Friday, heard
a good program and responded to ‘
a request tor an address.
The Kiwanis division heed did
not find the locai club napping
because there was a good at
tendance and all wag set for a,
good program with Rev. Eugene
Olive, program chairman, to
charge.
However, Dr. Pepper was cidL
ed upon first and he proceeded
to outline,four things hi wanted
the local club- to 4° in 1987: in
crease Its membership IP. per
cent; report all actl-vltles, no mat
ter h(fw trivial,, to the division
office: send large delegation to
the international conventloiJ at
IndiannapoHa; p*y more atten
tion to normal children- as well
as underprivileged, with partteal- .
ar stress on vocational *'**^*l^®**^->
Rev. Eugene Olive, who
prepared the program along ’’the
Kiwanis theme, outlined
lowing aims; give primacy to^
man and. spiritual; enc?u;ag^^
dally living of' the goldeiTTrtito
promote - higher social and
fessiofial sUndards: - develop^
telligent and serviceable
ship: provide' for enduring
ship; "promote 'co-operation
s&reral other cbmmendata^^j
poses.
The program was In ch
.pt Uwania annl
Nikrrts*,wiis' n .f
CardwelL at - 'the'
PeppOT was
A, Bronson,
em.
' Halley"
tobib«h
was