TWO DIE IN WRECK
, Concord, Feb. 19.—Injuries re-,
o^ved In an automobile accident
Sunday afternoon near Harris
burg proved fatal today td C. K.
Qalloway, Cabarrus farmer, in a
■fociU hospital. Hl£ wife succumb
ed ibiesday to Injuries received
la the same accident.
WANT PART PROFITS
Raleigh, Feb. 19.—Raleigh’s
otty commissioners put In a form
al request today for a slice of li
quor sale revenues if Wake coun
ty votes for alcoholic beverage
control stores. In a resolution
addressed to Wake’s members ol
the general assembly, the com
missioners asked that municipali
ties be permitted to share on a
per capita “or some other equit
able basis’* in the profits.
DEAD SUSPECT
'Sacramento, Calif., Feb. 19.—
Fingerprints of a man found dead
In a freight car at Portcla, Calif.,
Monday night are being studied
at the federal bureau of Identl-
ficstlbn here, agents said today.
Interest in the case -was aroused
because the dead man resembled
descriptions of the kiduap-slayer
of Charles Mattson. 10, of Ta-
corpa. Wash.
RAINS ON DUST BOWL
Guymon, Okla., Feb. 19.—Be
grimed residents of the high
plains “du^t boivl’’ breathed to
night the first respite'in six days
Troitt choking clouds of blowing
soil as federal and state forces
marshalled a determined fight to
check the 'black blizzards.’ Light
rain, snow and subsiding winds
largely dispelled the, fog of dust
from parts of western Oklahoma.
Kansas, Colorado and Texas, but
dusters spread a pall over
hpma
Gpodwili Basketball Tourna
ment to Be Staged for
Third Year at School
FINALS MARCH 6TH
[Championship Boys and Girls
to Be Decided in Elimi
nation Games
The third annual Goodwill
Basltetball Tournament sponsor
ed by the North Wllkesboro high
school for the schools of Wilkes
county will open at the local high
school gymnasium on Thursday
afternoon, February 25, when
Ferguson and Traphlll meet In
the first elimination game.
The annual tourney was insti
tuted three years ago by the
high school here as a promoter of
goodwill among the high schools
In the county and each year the
tournament has been a decided j
success, -Much interest has been
sV.oTrn arid another successful ]
tournament Is anticipated tor
this year.
The Wilkes County Schoolmas
ters’ club for the past several
years .sponsored a county sche
dule whereby the championships,
both boys and girls, were decid
ed but this year did not arrange
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Arranging For
Victory Dinner
Dinner in Celebration Dem
ocratic Victories March
4th at Hotel Wilkes
’Feb. 19.—^Highway
patrotmien arrested 2,612 persons
V In Janui^fy, Captain Charles D.
FtirsMf .reported today, and con-
▼IWlOB 2.0T2 with acquittal ot,
only it- followed at court trials.'
-Pines of $21,977.84 and costs of
$13,793.22 were levied on the
violators and patrolmen reported
recovery of $10,175 worth of
'T|P*tolen property. Inspecting 15.-
> 113 vehicles, including 182 acci
dents, the patrolmen traveled
291,979 miles. There were 204
arrests for driving drunk.
PLANTS RESUME WORK
Detroit, Feb. 19.—General Mo
tors corporation’s automotive
plants rapidly neared capacity
productldn tonight as its nego
tiators ended four days of con
ferences with union representa
tives on issues remaining from
recent strikes. The nation’s big
gest automobile producer report
ed 222,000 of its approximately
235.000 employes at work to
day; the relatively few idle were
workers in plants where material
shortages still delayed cuera-
tions.
Baptist Boy Scout
Troop Reorganized;
Much Interest Taken
Lloyd Succeeds
Atkinson Here
Local Policeman Resigns To
Accept Position With
Firm In Valdese
Two Important meetings have
r^ently been held for the pur
pose of reorganizing the Baptist
troop of Boy Scouts, which has
Inactive for the past few
i^flbimths.
Tlhe two meetings have
largely attended by both those
-who wish to he members of the
troop, and also others who are
intereated In seeing the move
ment go forward. Much Interest
Is being taken in the work and
an Indications are that the work
Lane S. Atkinson, for the past
several months a member of the
North Wilkesboro police depart
ment, has resl.gned to accept a
position in Valdese with the J.
M. Brinkley I,umber company, his
been 'resignation to take effect March
1.
The board of commissioners of
the city met Saturday, accepted
Mr. Atkinson’s resignation and
appointed C. V. Lloyd, who has
been connected with Smoak Fur
niture company, as his successor.
w'ni soon be going along splen
didly.
About thirty boys have enroll
ed thus far, with Isaac Duncan
•s Scoutmaster, and R. C. Jen
nings, Claude Elledge. Hale Jones
and Bffner Eller as assistant
Scoutmasters. Each of these offi
cials will be In charge of distinct
phases of scouting, afld will put
special emphasis on bis partcnlar
subject.
It Is hoped that within a very
short time a hut will be erected,
and until that time, the meeUugs
will be held In the City ball.
The next meeting will be on
Friday, February 26, at seven p.
Every member Is urged to be
present at thU meeting, as there
is some ImporUnt work to be
dons at that time.
Ralph Duncan was sworn in to
succeed I. E. Pearson, resigned,
as a member Of the city council.
Mr. Atkinson has a good rec
ord as an officer here. He and his
family will make thslr home in
Valdese.
Unusual Fatal Accident
Washington . . . Farm leaders from all parts of the country con
ferred here with, the Secretary of Agriculture. Henry Wallace, to
study plans for an “ever-normal” granary. The plan ca.’.r, for storage
ot excess production in good years. In the conference, left to right,
seated: Senator Elison D. Smith, Secretary Wallace and Rep. Marvin
Jones. Standing: E. H. Everson, Farm Union President; Louis J.
Taber, National Grange Master: H. R. Tolley, AAA; and Edward
A. O’Neal, president, American Farm Bureau Federation.
GOLD. SILVER AND FELDSPAR
FOUND ON L. S. LOWE’S FARM
NEAR MORAVIAN; IS ASSAYED
TIm-e valuable ininerahs,
gold, silver ami feldspar, liave
l>een found on tho farm of L.
S. Lowe near the village of
Moravian Falls four miles
south of Wilkesboro.
.Tiist how valuable the i)rop-
erfy may be for mining purpos
es lia.s not l>een a.sccrtainwl but
91r. I.owe stated definitely tiiat
tile three minerals had been
found in quart z vtens on tho
farm.
•■Issays arc being made from
a number of samples to deter-
sliort time.
Tliougli ll'-e new.s that the
(juartz bears some quantity of
gold or silver or both, Mr.
Lowe is more interested in the
feldspar finds and sonic sam-
ple;s taken from the stone ap
pear to be very rich in the
mineral, which is used exten
sively for Industrial purposes.
Tlie evidences of gold in the
.stone is quit© evenly dlstribut-
el and the opinion has been
e.\pres.sed that It will be found
in greater quantities and In
entrated
in celebration of Democratic vie
tories in the November election
will be held at Hotel Wilkes on
tho evening of March 4th, seven
o’clock, it was learned today from
C. O. McNiel, chairman of the
Victory Dinner for Wilkes coun
ty.
The dinner to be sponsored lo
cally is one ot many to be held
throughout the country on the
..;amo date in celebration of Pres
ident Roosevelt’s overwhelming
victory on November 3 and an
nouncements of the dinners have
been received with much interest.
Arrangements were being made
today to secure a prominent
speaker for the occasion and a
large attendance is expected.
Profits from the sal© of tickets
will go into tho Democratic
campaign chest and tickets may
bo obtained from C. 0. McNiel,
chairman. Other details concern
ing arrangements for tho dinner
will be announced at an early
date.
of development. Reports are
expected from, the assays In a
point where the samples were
taken.
Begins Work As
Game - Forest
County Warden
Tells How Soil
Benefits Shared
Homer Brookshire Gets Com
bination Job With Depart
ment of Conservation
Homer Brookshire. popular
young man of the Moravian Falls
community, has been appointed
game protector und forest war
den for Wilkes county and began
liis duties in that capacity last
week.
The two offices were combined
by tho department of conserva
tion and development and Mr.
Brookshire will serve in both
capacities. Previously W. W.
Barber, of Wilkesboro. was game
protector, and W. H. Nichols, of
Purlear, was forest warden. The
consolidation was calculated to
be In the interest of economy.
II. Grady Farthing, of Boone,
i.s now district game protector.
Wilkes having been moved from
the district under W. C. Lisk, of
Richfield, to a district composed
of Northwestern North Carolina
counties.
J. R. Spratt, of Lenoir, is dis
trict forester and E. P. Simmons,
also of Lenoir, is district ranger.
R. G. Finley Confer. With Repre«ntalive
Local Government Commission Rela
tive To Finances
R. G. Finley, chairman of tie
Wilkes county board of commis
sioners, and W. H. McElwee, one
■of the county’s attorneys, were In
Raleigh Wednesday conferlng
with representatives of the local
.government commission relative
to Wilkes county finances.
A problem that has been
bothering county authorities toy
years Is how to finance the couni^
ty general fund from the general
tax fund levy of 15 cents on the
hundred dollars' valuation of
property, the levy being limited
to that figure by the state con
stitution.
During he past several years
the general fund has been run
ning behind and there are sever
al thousands of dollars in unpaid
claims now pending and many
have been pending for some time.
During the past year the ap-
pronriution for the county not in
dollars valuation of property,
calculated to raise about $33,-
000. The county gets considerable
revenue from various fees but
there still is a great dfference in
revenue and appropriations.
In conference with a membef
of the local government commis
sion, Mr. Finley and Attorney
McElwee were advised that the
audit, which lias been suspended,
be completed and that George
Adams, a representative of the
commission, would come to
Wilkes within a short time and
endeavor to find a solutlOB to
the vexing problem of meeting
;he general fund expenses.
The county holds a sizable sum
In tax sale certificates, which If
collecteS would make much head
way toward meeting the county’s
past due obligations. Many of the
hack taxes which real estate own
ers were unable, to pay during
eluding debt service was about the depression have been settled
$CS,000. This, however. Includes during the past two years but
the poor fund and health fund. | the county still ihoids a largo a-
Th'e total tax" levy for all these | mount in uncollected taxes in
fn«g Is 27 cents on the hundred lahd sold for taxes.
Hackett Endorsedi Sheriff Erwin Is
As Commissioner Hopeful of Early
Of Road District
Kiwanis Club Gives Endorse
ment to Local Man In
Meeting Friday
Gordon Hackett. North WU-
kesborO' citizen long" prominent
in ipubllc life in the state, county
and city, ^as'endorasd Friday In
meeting of the North Wilkesboro
Kiwanis club as ai candidate for
member of the state highway
commission.
Tho matter was brought before
I th^ civic organization by Post-
Among Tenants'^‘^a
^'q^i^that the state highway com-
(Imlsslon was about to be reor-
Authorities Believe Efluita- ganlzed with- a Commissioner for
ble Arrangement H&s
Been Worked Out
each district. He i^lnted out that
North Wilkesboro awuld be a
logical center for. a" district and
Soil-conservation payments for | that'it vmuld b'e entirely fitting
.'11 1 A TMOn T\A TU^TnAH ft.
Find Still Near
Millers Creek
Deputies Destroy Big Plant
and Beer Before Any
Liquor Is Made
Bobby Black, four-year old
boy, of Matthews, Mecklenburg
county, was Instantly kilted Fri
day when he fell fr«m a sowing
machine and stnek a fir© poker
In tho back of his head. The child
wss alone In the room at the
time. He was playing with a
poker, and had taken It with him
when he climbed on top of the
sewing machine. In some manner
he fell, and drove the sharp end
of the Iron poker In his head.
Officers wef© a move ahead of
moonshiners Friday and destroy
ed a large distillery near Millers
Creek before Its operators were
able to make a drop.
Deputies Odell Whittington
and J. M. Beshears, accompanied
by Winfield Nichols, constable of
North Wilkesboro township, raid
ed the largo plant, which had a
capacity of 200 gallons.
A large quantity of .beer, es
timated at 2,fllK> .' galNms.' %a»
destroyed but there was no evi
dence that any liquor had been
made at the atUl.
1937 will be divided between North
Carolina landlords and tenants ac
cording to the following rules, said
,1. P. Criswell, of State College.
' Cotton and peanut diversion
payments: 37% per cent to the
producer who furnishes the land,
12% per cent to the producer who
furnishes workstock and equip
ment; the other 50 per cent to be
shared in the .same proportion that
the crop is divided.
Diversion payments for tobacco
and general soil-depleting crops,
in per cent to the producer furn
ishing the land, 15 per cent to the
producer furnishing workstock and
equipment: the remaining 70 per
cent to be divided as the crop is
divided.
Payments for soil-building prac
tices will be diviaed among the
producers according to the amount
of work and expense incurred by
each in carrying out these practic
es.
The soil-building payments wjU
be divided on the same basis used
last year, Criswell stated, but a
change has been made in the meth
od of dividing the diversion pay
ments.
Last year diversion payments
were divided thus: 16 2-3 per cent
to the producer furnishing the
land, 10 2-3 per cent to the pro
ducer furnishing workstock and
equipment, and 66 2-3 per cent to
be divided in the proportion that
the producers shared in the soil-
depleting crops.
It is believed that the method of
dividing the payments this year
will be more equitable and less
complicated to ■work ont, said Cris
well.
that a Io'ctI man be named
member of the commission.
Mr. Reins made a motion that
the club endorse Mr. Hackett for
the position and the motion was
approved by the club.
Break In Case
Three of Suspects Are Being
Held in Wilkes Jail on
Federal Liquor Charges
Make Progress On
School Buildings
Five Nash county farmers have
rive ivasu 
tions on their farms and to keep
records on the resxdtn.
Lost His Case
“Gentlemen of the jttrj,!’[
shouted the antl-New Deal
yer. In a suit concerning proc
ing taxeS'' dn bdgsf ‘liBere wpre
over six million hogs
ed; please remember^ai^
6,000,000 hogs —
600,000 times as te't.
Needlees' tr say;
bis case. /, 'A
About too Men Given Em
ployment on Three PWA
School Jobs Past Week
Contractors are making pro
gress on two large school build
ings in Wilkes county and hope
to have them completed by mid
summer, it was learned today
from a Public Works engineer In
charge.
The two buildings now under
way are the Millers Creek and
Mulberry school plants. The oth
er PWA school project Is thq
Benham building, which has been
constructed and Is being made
ready for occupancy. Workmen
there at present are engaged In
drilling a well and the heating
system has been installed. The
new Benham building will be
used during part of the present
term.
Approximately 100 men were
given employment on the school
buildings during the past week
and the aggregate weekly payroll
at this stage of the project is
over $2,000, there being many
skilled or semi-skilled workmen
used in construction work.
Sheriff Walter Irwin, Alle-
ghanr blficer hr charge of the
Investigation Into the assault-
murder of Pretty Elva Brannock
in the Saddle Mountain section
of Alleghany county on Febru
ary 8, Is hoping for an early
break in the case but in an In
terview with a representative of
this newspaper Friday declined
to make any predictions about
when the expected break in the
case may come.
Sheriff Irwin declined to make
any comment on findings, if any,
from questioning Connie Wright,
age 28, being held in Wilkes
jail on moonshine charges by
federal officers, other than that
ho did not attack much import
ance to the detention of Wright
as far as the girl murder case is
concerned.
Three of the men who have
been questioned in the case are
now in the Wilkes jail on moon-
shining charges. They are Everett
and Veit Fortner, brothers arrest
ed over a week ago on assault
charges in Alleghany and later
brought to the Wilkes jail on
federal liquor charges. The other
is Wright, who is afflicted with
convulsions and who fell on the
jail floor and received a painful
injury to his head soon after he
was placed in Jail.
Sheriff Irwin has been assisted
in the investigation by other of
ficers, Including Special Deputy
R. C. Jennings and Deputy J. M.
Beshears, of this county. Mr. Jen
nings aided in the questioning of
Wright Friday.
The Allegbany sheriff said ho
appreciated the cooperation ex
tended and that he and Mr. Jen
nings are working along the same
lines In the investigation. He em
phatically denied previous news
paper reports that he promlssd
arrest of the guilty party within
any specified tlme^
Ronda Teams Win
Basketball Games
. konda high school basketball
teams, both boys and girts, have
been quite sncceesful In recent
Mnteets.'^Tha.^W,
Jfttfkla'there «4 to iraSir ^ ti«,a«aonviiie: ana
^•; Itpadi|.Slrla lost jitf- The beaver became ebctinct
Meet^ Relative
To New Soil Act
Sections of Couaty
MANY FARMERS ATTEND
Round Table Discussion Is
Held in Afternoon; Pat
ton Heads Discussions
Wilkes farmers showed their
Interest in the soil cons'ervatloa
act by attending the educational
meeting held at the courthouse
Friday afternoon.
The court auditorium was al
most filled throughout the after
noon as H. A. Patton, compliacsa
supervisor, went Into detail con
cerning the act, explaining-maay
of its principal phases. Every see^
tion of tho county was represent
ed in the crowd, estimated at
more than 350 farmers, ,
After the act was explained la
general a round table dUcnsslOB
was held in which Mr. Pattoa
answered many questions per
taining to benefit payments for
diversion and for soil Improve
ment. Cash payments will be
made to farmers who divert land
from cash crops and who grow
crops calculated to Improve and
conserve soil.
Further meetings will he held
in various communities through
out tho county in order to broad
en opportunities for farmers to
learn mor© of the soil cansorva-
tion program before the signup
ot work sheets for this year be
gins, County Farm Agent A. G.
Hendren said.
For the year 1936 about 1,-
000 farmers signed work sheets
and more than 900 complied with
provisions for payment. There la
no .compulsion, a farmers percly -
getting paid for thft'^ractlcee m
wishes to carry out in accordance
with rules for payment.
In the meeting held Friday
questions of payments to owners
and tenants, rates of payments
for diversion of certain crops and
for growing soil improvement
crops were explained by Mr. Pat
ton.
Safety Picture
Feature Friday
Kiwanis Meeting
Kiwanians and Many Guests
See Accident Problems
and Remedies Shown
MISS BUMGARNER AT
Y. W. C. A. CONFERENCE
Greensboro, Feb. 21.—Mem
bers of the Sophomore Y. W. C,
A. Council at the Woman’s Col
lege of tho University of North
Carolina who attended a recent
joint meeting of Y. W, C. A.-Y.
M. C. A. In Chapel Hill were:
Misses York Kiker, of Wades-
boro; 'Helen: Westbrook, of Kin
ston; Rrfth Tyler, of Thomas-
ville; Kathryn Mewborn, of Tar-
boro; Grace Me-wborn, of Snow
Hill; Helen Bumgarner, of Wil-
btj^ro; Gladys Best Tripp, of
Nancy McManaway, of
HMidmonvine; and Rath Gor-
Through the courtesy of the
Coca-Cola bottling company here,
a very impressive illustrated safe
ty talk was given before the North
Wilkesboro Kiwanis chib Friday in
a program in charge of J. B. Wil
liams.
For the program, which dealt
extensively with the accident prob
lem, there was a large attendance
of club members and many guests,
representing firms and industries
in the city which use motor vehi-
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Bank Merger Is
Expected Soon
Action on Part of Bank at
Bums'ville Deferred In
Meeting Friday
11 r, ^ Yoan ago.
The proposed consolidation of
four of the leading banks In
Northwestern North Carolina In
to the organization of the North
western Bank was again delayed
Friday when stockholders of tho
Farmers and Merchants Bank at
Bakersville deferred final action
on the plan, which has already
been approved by stockholders of
the three other banhs—the De
posit & BavlngB, Bank In North
Wilkesboro. Tho Watongti Coun
ty Bank In Boone and the Bank
ol Sparta at Sparta. ’ ■
Unddf the plan North 'Wilkea-
boro would be headquarters for
the three-mlllon dollars Instttis-
tlon and the general board of di
rectors would^ havo three mem
bers from eacltdd the tokf mem
ber banks.
Althongb the plan wae not ap
proved at Bakersville Friday it in
expected that the eocaoUdatlM
plan will go forward.