M
ad raoEdi
a4ikl ' o^ties .. wop
se to^T wl^ a
'IMit wuVl&ti^ae-
"Ui« e^t tak-
employM hi April,
Jaa*. 1933.
^m KlLLB CHILD
ta MonnUin, Jan. 39.—
Foster, three, was killed
- _• Southern passenger train
jWeaf-Jiia. hoB»» her* today. Wlt-
said he was play'ng in the
-'^ol his home and had wan
ed ^te the nearby traelA last
^>,the train passed.
CTED
-Jau. 13.—Charles Q.
hainnan ot the nnem-
t .. pi(^pient compensation commls-
gfe^ 'sald today h* had collected
Hviuents of $8S,84$ from 230
employers.
I
^^100.000 GIVEN
Balelgh, Jan. 29.—NTorth Caro
lina’s cash contributions for th''
relM of mid-west flood snfferers
. mounted to snbstantially more
. than. 1100,000 today and Red
Cross officials estimated the
state’s total ml^ht reach the
I2SO.OOO mark.
STORM ON COAST
Manteo, Jan. 29.—65-mlle
aale struck Hatteras island ear
ly today, washed seyeral small
honses off their foundations, In-
„,andated highways and crippled
ntillty lines. The freight boat
Jones was driven ashore near
Cape Hatteras and Its crew of
• three men was saved by the coast
grurd. An abnormally high tide
inundated large areas.
JJXXI, yo. 88 Publiahjed McmdayB snd Thmgdayd NORTH
MONDAY, PEB,
Sales Tax
Win Remain Tliree
Per Cent; Exen^t
Some Necessities
Proponents Lose ^ight For
Two Per Cent Ta* In
Committee Vote
MAY BEGIN AT 15 CENTS
Lsirislnture Hoim to Remove
Some Obnoxious Points
Of Tax Plan
Over Mfllion Homelea* In Ni
Flootl Zone AlonjBr Two
HUNT VICTHMS
Little Rock, Jar. 29.—^The
■‘revenooers’* who make trouble
for moonshiners in the river
countiy have stopi>ed tending to
their J)nslnees for th,i duration of
the flood. Rex P. Hayea, chief in-
reetigator of the federal alcohol
tax unit in Arkansas, said today
lis men, instead of looking for
^jnshlns stills, are now plying
le Mississippi lif search of flood
Victims.
I
ftRB BmN(Sei8«»^
. , Now York. Jan. 23.—Harass
ed {sy fire and storm, the S3,BOO,-
000 Clyde Mallory liner Shawnee
labared tOW«?d New York to
night after assuring other ships
along the coast that her 190. pas
sengers and 174 crew were in no
Immediate danger, Capt. E. A.
, Chelton, who cancelled a distress
1^1 during the morning after
jing a fir© In No. 2 hold
W control, advised the home
office-he would arrive around 3
*. m. tomorrow.
Raleigh, Jan. 29.—-Represen
tative King, of Scotland, leader
of 2 per cent sales tax propon
ents. indicated in the joint fi
nance committee session this aft
ernoon that he would not con
tinue his fight on the House
floor when the committee, by a
vote of 44 to 5, voted to tabl© his
amendment.
The committee had adopted a
subcommittee report recommend
ing a 3 per cent levy starting at
15 cents and exempting “necessi
ties of life’’ as llstf;! in the Dem
ocratic platform.
King explained that he would
withdraw from further debate
“in order to facilitate business of
the General Assembly so we
won’t be her© all summer.” His
stand drew applause from the
majority with Senator Johnston,
of Buncombe, declaring, "Mr.
King’s move displays the finest
spirit I have seen here this term.’’
The committee also heard rep
resentatives of the Railway Ex
press Agency and the Garrett
Wine Company, of New York.
Ask Lower Tax
W. F. Hope, of Brooklyn, N.
Y.. appearing for the wine com
pany, urged that low taxes be
placed on North Carolina wines
“in order to furnish encourage
ment to grape growers.”
,-8» mM tk*
superior-io California’s for wine
making purposes and declared
“economic conditions would be
improved by increased grape pro
duction.’’ Wines made of North
Carolina grapes should be taxed
only 5 cents a gallon, with a 40-
cent-per-gallon tax on imported
wines, he said.
The advisory budget commis
sion reeo.mmended a tax of 20
cents a gal’on on all wines sold
at retail.
Soil
!^te 193||
Pay For Dwer^
8cAI Conserration Act» Help
Farnieri Finance Im-
provsment of Soil
RATES ARE OUTUNED
t.*-
Criswell Teibl^at Allow-
ances Will Be Made For
Various Practices
Soil-bnildintf payments offmd
North Carolina farmers who parti
cipated in the goil-conaervatioii pro
gram this year have been an
nounced by J. F. Criswell, of State
College.
The maxinram amount of these
payments a grower will be digi-
ble to earn is called his soil-build
ing allowance, Criswell said.
These payments will be in Mo
tion to the divermrai payipents of
fered for taking land out; .soil-
depleting crops a»(l Tla]itiit^ j&^
soil-conserving crops.
On farms wherwe diversion pay
ment cw iw eani^ the soO-buiU-
ing allows^ w81 be |1 for ead>
acre, normally d^otexf to soil-con
serving crops, pl^ the -Slumber of
acres diverted from soil^epleting
crops. ■ ■
For farpie not.Vble tO’ CarA^y
diversion' payment, the soiKbaCd-
ing allowance wfl^ be 7b cents for
each , acre of crop land or f l for
each acre in soil-^onOjurv^ crops,
whichever amountl is -lai^r.
In both ca^ gdditie^ allow
ances will be made fer truck grow
ers, qrebardists, and da&ymen, Mr.
CrisweH continued, sf
The rate of sojUbuikUng pig
ments are:
Ehy planting approved seedsyof
legumes and peremiisl grass^t al-
■ ■■ |g^4)er aerd. red clover,
-I trian p«as,. veteh^ crimsoh
^ipldover, XQHke clo^^|glij|^4i)^^p9gt,^
^Ooatlhned on
i-jhi'Vifei'
^^leCoi
Cmstruction
Way on Li^^
Road to Jefferson _ 'f
SPLENDID IHGHWAY a
Is One of Best Routes Sealmc
' Blue Ridge Section In
North Carolina
Washington . . .• '*W* must
build ships,” said'the new Assisi-
tanl Secretary ot the Navy, Char
les Edison (above), as he settled
at his desk after being sworn In
on Jan. 18th. Mr. Edison is the
son of the late Thomas A. Edison,
Inventor.
Amount Doimted
To the Red Cross
Locally Is $132^.72
WOULD REVISE ACT
Washington, Jaa. 29.—Con
gressional Republicans started a
drive today for tho revision of
the social security act. They pro-
l>osed to Include domestic serv
ants and farm workers under the
old age penslod system and to
place the system on a “pay-as-
yon-go” basis. The drastic chang
es --which also would repeat the
disputed provision for an eventu-
^igtl reservq fund of 347,000.000,-
000—were offered in both house
and senate.
WALKERS COLLIDE
Goldsboro, Jan. 29.—A head-
on collision between two pedes-'
trlans here last night resulted in
|fl^rions Injuries to one and bruis-
and severe shock to the other.
Both-were taken by ambulance to
th« QclWsboro hospital. T. C. El-
11*. abottt 80, was on his way to
ylace of husineas during a
UUlv^tiltg rain. James Snlllvan,
man, was running through
tliellg^wnpoar, and the two met
force that the Impact
V -both to the payement, Ellis
_dng hlo head amt cutting it
b^y. Fifteen stitches were tak
en at the hospital to close the
wound.
^l^wayBe
jRegim This End
la Paaaed Asking
swsatrucitkn Hig)i-«r«y
168 Going Eastward
A North Wllkesboro Klwan-
in meeting PTlday passed
illon- directed to the sUte
, and public work* eom-
And T6fl«ei.tlng that een-
b^JoB of highway between
Wltkesboro and Honda he
the North Wllkeeboro
hAs beea pointed oat that
•'has been eoaetmet-
k~8nkin to Roaia, while
Ronda westward throngh
—of wnkea to Tat-
^in. Otidwell connty it re
in tM mud. Ikom that
to Lenoir a good
»as=%id«r ■ ceue8*Si«sii-.
^
Public Library
Open This Week
Representative State Library
Commission to Address
Social Council Friday
Of particular interest was the
announcement today of the ope
ning this week of the Wilkes
county public library, which has
temporary quarters in tho Girl
Scout "Little House.”
,-tnnouucemeiit relative to the
opening of the library came from
Mrs. W. R. Absher, chairman of
Wilkes County Council of Social
Agencies, central civic organiza
tion which promoted the library
project.
A representative of the North
Carolina Library commission will
address the next meeting of the
council, which is to be held on
Friday night. February 6, 7:45
o’clock, at the home of Mrs. C.
E. Jenkins with Mrs. Jenkins,
Mr, and Mrs. C.' B. Eller and
Mrs. B. R. Underwood hostesses.
Miss Gilbert, who will be the
speaker, wMl have a meesage of
interest and the council desires
to have representatives of all
civic organizations and public In
stitutions in the county present.
Bar Endorses 2
For High Court
Wilkes county bar association
in m«iptlEg last week endorsed
Judge O. V. Cooper, of Kinston,
and Judge Felix Alley, of Waynee-
vllle, for justices of the state
aupreme court.
The two judges, endorsed for
members of the high court are
held la- high esteem by seTural
local attoineys. Judge Alley la
now preeidlag over courts In
this diatrict and will preside over
the 'Vfilkea criminal oonrt In
March.
Two additional mmbera are
to he appointed oa the aupreme
coart because a conatUational ar
mendment to that effect was
NEWS PICTURES of flood Beenes, Pittsburi^ to New down
the Ohio and Missiaaippi river basins, all tell the same story Of record
flood peaks, loss of lives and great property damage. Fires, started
from topplings and bursting oil tanks in Cincinnati but added new
horrors and losses . . . Top photo shows raging bres. caused by oil and
gas spreading over the flood water from bursted tanks there . . . Sec
ond to top ... A crew of a Coast Guard unit leaving Chicago for flood
duty. 800 Coast Guards, 200 boats, 12 airplanes, and 24 portable com
munication outfits were sent into flooded territories, the biggest mo
bilization of Coast Guard for flood relief in history. Tliird from top,
a thrilling rescue of a critically ill citizen from flooded home. Lower
photo, scene as in all flooded towns as citizens flee to the hills for
.safety.
Demurrer Is Filed In
Swaringen-Poplin Suit
Aged Woman, 111,
Gives 5 Dollars
To Flood Relief
Many human interest stories
have resulted from the Act'd dis
aster in the mid-west and con
cerning raising funds for relief of
flood victims, but the incident
most strongly portraying the spirit
of sacrifice and giving in this lo
cality was reported Thursday by
Attorney J. H. Whicker, chairman
of the Wilkes chapter of the 'Red
Cross.
Mollie Alexander, an aged col
ored woman in WUkesboro, not
withstanding the fact that she has
been ill and forced to give up her j
work, telephoned Mr. Whicker and
said she wanted somebody to come
after her donation because she was
unable to g^et away from the house.
She said she was not overly
bleseed with niateiiat thht^ but
that she was warm, dry and cojnr
foitable and bad food and clotib^
while btiadreds of thousands at
flood victims suffered. She made
a donatka ef ftve doUahi'
Hui fiend dlsaater is a- cfcaltenge
for the American people to aid
their neighbom in distress. Many
have aBswared the dtalleiige ■
mfntiilF.
J. 0. Lyha, farm agent. Mr:
ports that several Mitchell eoia-
ty tarmera plan to dig trench el-
ke aegt ioalng ta belp :
passed te the Novembw election, winter feeding proMeai^^^liie
Defendant Seeks Dismissal
Of Action In Demurer
Filed Before- Clerk
Counsel for Leet Poplin, mem
ber of the county board of com
missioners who Is being sued for
title to office by D. B. Swarlngen.
on. Friday ftl^ a demurrer to the
suit with the clerk of superior
court.
Counsel for the plalatift has
agreed, it was learned today, that
the demurrer be heard before
Judge J. A. Rousseau in Winston-
Salem Tuesday afternoon, five
o’clock.
It Is recalled that the quo war
ranto suit was instituted by Swar
lngen, Republican, after returns
were certified by two members of
th© election board showing Pop
lin elected by two "votes over
Swarlngen, who until Poplin took'
office on December 7 was chair'
man of the board. Swarlngen''al
leged that he ,was credltikl with
too votes leM than he received in!
Uoek creek, town^p.
The demurrer tiled by attor
neys, for Fbplik^leimedtlMlt the
coiiVt hes' no jm^lctton because^
of ;lAllare to allege^iln the eomr
plAfftt that the ipletBttff. compiled
Wtth''the statnte In .. JtevlBg ^
matter heard brfere-the county
boerd of elections or tie stattl
keirt dt;ie#jf>'F'^ -;v
’ 'The •eMOd'lfem'ljf
rer said that tSe dma#bktt.
not state facts aat&leht-td
stltute cause ot notion and 4qH
not allege thaVJ^’^tMfiltff «om-
(Coatlnned. oa vsi$.Jiin|R) -
Berean Cla» In
Annual Banquet
Addreas Delivered bw Attor
ney Esurl Jamen) Wan
* . Enjoyable Affair
. ___— I,
Berean Bible class of'ffie First
Baptist Sdbday sohodl enjoyed its
annua] banquet on Fdday - nl^ht
at the American Legion and Aux
iliary clubhouse. The occasion
was described as one of the most
enjoyable banquets In the history
of the class.
A sumptuous dinner was serv
ed at seven o’clock by the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary to the'" more
than one hundred class members
and guests, in attendance.
Following the dinner Rev. Eu
gene Olive was master of cere
monies through a number of
games which provided much mer- ‘
rlment. This part of tne program
was opened by singing in Sia
mese ‘O Wa Ta Goo Siam” to
the tune of America. Relay races
and stunts rounded out the pro
gram of fun.
President C. O. McNlel presid
ed over the meeting and Attor
ney A. H. Casey laatroducad the
speaker, Attorney Earl James, of
Elkin. After a number of hum-
drouB Incldeuts were' recounted
ha spoke briefly concemlug tba
enviable position of Sunday
school workers and teachers In
any community and their respon-
slblUtles. His addreas was very
much enjoyed.
Legion WiD Meet
^ Friday N^Iit
Importaut Mkttera to B«
Taken Upr Amuaement
Features Also Planned
Wilkes post of the. American
Lqglbn -wilt meet on Friday night,
February 6th, at tho Legion and
Auxiliary clubhouse. The meeting
will begin at 7:80 and a large at-'
tiBBdgnc« 'f|:ask!^ • - .
After ibO me^ng th^*''wtt'^»
Appeal For Additional Sams
Given u Need For Flood
Relief Increases
Wilkes chapter of the Red
Cross has overpaid and sabscrib-
ed.ite original quota for flood
relief over 12 times, it was team
ed this afternoon from J. B. Wil
liams, treasurer.
Total donations and subscrip
tions up to two o’clock this after-
inoon were 31,024.72, or - about
375 less than the locally- estab-
lish^.goaLof 12,000 In the pres
ent drive. Wth the exception of
abont 360 all this amount has
been paid in to Mr. WjiHIams and
forwarded to Red Cross head
quarters.
mtfc more t^a one -
oil food^cldthlng^baddihg, skelter
and othe& necessities, the Red
Ch’oss-faCw its supreme task in
recent years in helping the un
fortunate during this great emer
gency.
Flood waters are slowly reced
ing in part of the Ohio rl#er val
ley, with several hundred miles
on both sides of the river inun
dated and damage unestimsted.
As the highest water on record
moves Into the Father of Waters
—the Mississippi—fear is held
that 60 miles on each side of the
river, a distance ot almost a
thousand miles, must be evacu
ated. '
Thus it is seen that the need
for relief funds is growing and
those who have not contributed
are asked by Red Cross officials
to compare their own circum
stances with the unfortunates In
the flood area and then donate
in such amount and manner as
they believe they should and are
able.
Contributions should be sent
or mailed to J. B. Williams,
treasurer of the Wilkes county
chapter of the Red Cross, North
WUkesboro.
Drunks Damage
Church Bulling
Windows and Door Broken
In New Cknrdi Building
In Harley Section
It was learned today from the
offled of Sheriff C. T. Doughton
that arests of two -or more^per-
Bons Is expected momentarily for
the “meanest crime” committed
Monday night when a party of
drunks did much damage to the
new Baptist church building near
Harley,
In the interest of solution of
the ease officers did not disclose
the names of persons suspected
or to be charged with- the crime.
is recalled that on Monday
nlgljit a parti, said to- have been
eqnposed of three persons, en
tered the church, which has re
cently been eonstruetod. and
broke out practically ell the win
dow r»ne». bureted the .doore
as^ broke a number of seats. In
k-atanliwr of gaoroe 'Jff doing other
MOuaement. IndBdlsg an ^kwkaUdlag. ktopd was f«^|gt«..yeanjptT
horseehoe pfteeing contest
tween North Wjl^eeboro |Ui£
idolbfjr Lritlooha:
glbk'feck ’tesar,
A-^he
th'hd^^hb depd^ to
Anyone desiring .tiiuuuifil$%tloa
to- the la niiaefilid: ttr,
4:© at Hotel WTlkea at
Finishing loaches were placed
on construction work - on that
section of highwak lIT beCtreea
Wilbar and the “Jumping. Off
Place” on top of the Bln* Ridge
lafct week, it was learned from an
official of T. M. Strlder company,
contractors.
Work on the project has been
under way for a year and engi
neers are loud in their praise of
that section of highway as being
one of the best to ecale the
heights of the Sltie 'Rtdjfe In
North Carolina.
The new road follows a direct
course in the vicinity of the old
“jumping off roau” that waa
the main artery of travel by
wagon trains befor© the day of
automobiles. It will bo the most
direct outletj for Ashe county to
this section and piedmont Nortii
Carolina.
One link of three miles remains
to be constructed before theJilgh-
vray Is completed between Millers
Creek, where It intersects with
highway 421, and the Jeffersons
In Ashe county. Nellp. TOOT has
the contract or grsiding and
stone surfacing the ■ three-mile
link between the “Jhi^|plng Off
Place” and Glendale Bprings,
and work has begun. From that
point a macadam road leads into
the Jefterersons. The shoti link
Ween tke “Jumping Ott Plaotf*
fiw^e^
aitd Glendale Springs will follow
In the fjdnlty of the route of
the Bln* Ridge Parkway.
New highway 16, In addUlon
to being a splendid route for
commercial travel, will abound in
scenic Interest, "the Jumping
Off Place” being a scene of rare
rugged grandeur with the high
way blasted along the side of a
500-foot precipice near the top.
Stone blasted from the face of
the precipice was used attM( ho-
Ing crushed to subsurface th*.
new link of highway and enter
prising quarry workers are now
mining additional stone for builA-
ing purposes. The stone Is very
hard and has a rich bine-gray
color. The strata is so formed
that large sheets of tne stone oa*.
be mined.
Hartley to Speak
At Lincob Dinner
Many Local Republicans Ex-
pec id to Attend Gather
ing At Greensboro
Congressman Fred A. Hartley,
of New Jersey, wUl be the guest
speaker at the eighth annual
state-wide Lincoln day dinner to
be held at the King Cotton ho
tel, Greensboro, February 12, at
6:30, according to announcement
made here by Republican leaderm.
The announcement stated that
Congressnuin Hartley was,ejected
In 1926 and Is one of the few Ro-
publicans in congress who hM .
been able to weather all Of
Democratic landslides since that ’
time. He is ani able and onh-
standing orator and the .commit
tee feels fortunate In having a»-
enred him for this event.
Indications are many 'Wllk**
Republicans will attend the din
ner, which win draw a ijago
crowd from all over the state.
Stoleo Car Is
LeftbyThidf
Ofticera today reported iaveo-
tigatlok ot an attempted robbery
last night of . A. B. Roberts eerr-
__ lee stetloa estahMshmeat on
dsaaagefy^ 421 supt; wt’SBtiWtorp alii;
about the bnHdtogr.whVsh indlcat-
- .^.^^tat the guilty partiee had
Mered at leapt minor iiBta
ravaging the bnildlag.
Woffaesday atgni from
tor, noaao «aa
BomeoBO pH4
tervleo stattoaf
sxohaaged tikoki''
m-
"«^ltled the eeqae, li
pore bred GmtBm tirs
mobile wSWli
the