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r^ther
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-r^y/vton thoy'irere ^ruek by
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trical atoni^'0lar»lkbara «£d tWb'
; :j|^ns, anl Huab, vere
. / Tokina )tbelr vky luMQ«i woas
PDja fleld oti^ the filaataUon all
ithree w«« struck Idwii hy lUrhtn-
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[G REWARD
Traaciaed, July 24.—Syd-
Jey e. 9d^an, doae friend of
George raMfiM- PatnaiD. announo
^ today a reward of If.dOO for
duay InformatkHi which would
*deflnttely clear up the mystery'
surTOUDdlne the dleaweerance of
Amelia Earhart and her narlga-
tor, Oapt. Fred Noonan. Putnam
Is the husband of Miss Earhart,
who. with Noonan, was lost In the
south Pacific on an. attempted
world flight.
REE INJURED
Hendersonrllle, July ?4. —
Three men were injured, two seri
ously this afternoon when a tire
blew out and the automobile In
which they were Plunged
160 feet or more down a steep
embankment on the Oreenrille
highway, about 20 miles south of
Hendersonrille, In South Caro
lina. The Injured, all brought to.
the Patton Memorial hosplUl
here, are: H. D. Phillips, 67,
irllle carpenter; H. D. West,
BlTendty Bidge, Greenville, and
T. B,. BaUard, Jr., . of J>ixedo.
« ADVISES SOLONS
Washington, July
24. — Dr.
George W. Calver, whose job Is
to guard the health of members
of Congress, prescribed for them
today less worry and more relax
ation. Noting that the death of
Senator Robinson, the majority
leader was the fourth since the
start of the session due to heart
leases he advised: ‘‘We might
fit more by being less tense,
do less driving of ourselves, to
relax and enjoy life w© pass
through it.”
wqp-ol
DIES IN POVERTY
Budapest, July 24. — Gabor
Ssakacs, 44, inventor of a flame
thrower used by the central pow
ers during the world war, died
In poverty yesterday after a kid
ney operation. He was credited
with Inventing 40 new devices
tsed by Germany and Austria
during the world war. They In
cluded a machine gun and a steel
piercing bullet. Siakacs was be
lieved wealthy, but police said his
only preeentable suit of clothing
was in pawn.
Two
>re
HO|J) YOUNG DRIVER
H^koiy, July 24.—-W. D. Boa-
-J^in. 1'7-ysnr-old W«t Hickory
mth, irae arrested on a charge
o^ratlng an autOTnobile with
out n driver's license early this
afternoon after hie vehicle had
^iu|j|lll4ed with a bicycle ridden tiy
"i K«nert LnU. about 12, liHlictlAg
injuries. In addition to a
Concussion of the brain and i>o3-
Bible' Internal - injigdeaa-the girl
suffered lacerations about the
body and cuts on tho bead.
Filed h Eleclion
Suit % Attorneys
For Parties
Rejmner to Heply Fileid By
Cowuel For Loot Pop
lin, ijclendant
SUR-REJOINDER FILED
By Counaol.rFor Swsuwgen;
Illegal Voles Fwr Swar-
IngMi Alleged
Latest doTj^lopments in the
Swarlngen-Pojrtlh election suit
u^er^tt dwiwitligen; former Re-
pdblioaa chainglaa of the board
of county ooaaittiBsioners, is su
ing Leet Poplin, Democrat, for
title to office as a member of the
board, where the filing of a re
joinder to the -teply to the an
swer and th« filing of a sur-re-
joinder t§ the rejoinder.
In the rejoinder filed cy Pop
lin’s counsel it was again alleg
ed that the matters covered in
the controversy were heard be
fore! Judge J. H. Clement In a
mandamas action soon after the
election and dlsmlesed by that
jnrlst, and, denied that Judge
Clement in his judgment suggest
ed any further action in the mat
ter.
The rejoinder alleged that nei
ther Swarlngeu uor anyone In his
behalf protested the election or
asked a recount of the votes from
Rock Creek, where Swaringen
contends he was credited with an
even hundred votes less than he
received.
Another allegation in the de
fendant’s rejoinder, considered
somewhat gnrprlslng at this stage
of tka cafe, waj tOLthe effect that
illeg^ votes were cast for-Swar-
Ingen on election day, November
ServioBs Fof /fiolilbsoii
la liie D^iartalent
Pomona Grange and Kiwan-
is Club Enjoy JointJ^c-
nic On FiMay
IS LARGELY ATTENDED
State'" Grange Master And
Lecturo* Speak At Picnic;
' Other Features
3.
In the sur-rejolnder filed by
Swaringen’s counsel the allega
tion that Illegal votes were cast
for Swaringen was denied, saying,
in effect, that Democrats were In
charge of the election machinejy
and that the right to vote of
persons who vote for Swaringen
was closely scrutinized by Demo
cratic registrars and election
judges. The sur-rejolnder also
pleaded the statute of limitation.
With the last papgM filed the
case Is now schedul^. for trial
in the August term of Wilkes su
perior court beginning on August
9. Plaintiff’s counsel indicated
that about 600 witnesses will be
summoned, including 411 resi
dents of Rock Creek towmship
whom they say have signed affi
davits that they voted for Swar
ingen while the returns from that
precinct credited him with 341
votes.
TO FIGHT SYPHILIS
Chicago, July 24.—^Health of
ficers began the country’s first
mass attack on the syphilis plague
ly by polling Chicagoans on
imtlon of aobmittlfig tA Dwe
%1ood tMU admtniBtmred
doctors. Dr. Louis
hegd.of Mayor Edward
mawoal disease, gfld that In
VUaag* th» probleqi baa been dl-
from, ga^arsfi^a, ,lgno-
1^. falsa
fs nba lofleal city
.. po^nlar ratsrMLdam and
of lyphilia”
®LY RUN WIDOW
..I^tUe Bock, Axk., July 24-—^
X>0&o*atle party dlspnta In Ar-
kppgiif orar sstscttoa of a noml-
wm to sasseed tba lataawtate nia-
fertty Imder T.
today /broaght tha a^a of his
to tha forsfroat as a poa-
' ad^la' iBdcpeadsat. candidate,
ms closa to Mm Bobteson
site ibad reootred many tale-
wgtng’her to run agrtnsl
.r. CmI B. Bailey, aomtnated
(the Damocratle state commit-
it iostordfr to autar the special
* i —= iJQi call.
Washington. D. C. . . . President Roosevelt, Cabinet Offlcere,
members of the Diplomatic Corps and fellow members of the Senate
joined in solemn tribute to the lat^ Senator Joseph T. Robinson
during State funeral rites here.
Two Girls
For
A. record was established in
Wilkes county Friday when
sheriff C. T. Dongbton arrested
two girls for stealing two hors-
'They were Mary Helen Lowe,
16, of Statesville, and Eliza
beth Foy, 14, of MaysvlUe,
who confessed to stealing two
horses from'a bam on the farm
of Mrs. E. B. Minton in the
Hunting Creek vicinity I'hurs-
day night.
The girls, scantily clad in
“shorts” made by cntting off
the legs of men^a paste, were
agfeated 1^
abont a mife^
Creek at eleven o’clock Friday
morning. They were riding the
horses and readily confessed
that they took them from Mrs.
Minton’s bam last night. They
had ridden 18 miles.
The girls were lodged in jail
and Friday afternoon Mrs. Min
ton obtained warrants foraially
charging them with the crime
of horse stealing.
The ghds,
staying tit Creek
community for a’^ Tew days,
would give no explanatiom. of
their senaatlonat horsu stealing
act, other than to say they took
the horses and decided to leave.
When Sheriff Dougbton asked
why they didn’t steal a cor in
stead of a hone the (dder gift
explained that a car would run
out of gas but a horse would
not.
They were observe in this
city at If o’clock Thursday
ttaiMk attA* re
dana around her lu'past. The
other bad a shnilaslF odd out
fit. in passing through Millers
•fkeek- they made fast thne, so
fast that the smaller one was
thrown to the road when the
hOTTO whirled to one side. She
suffered a emshed ’ heel . and
several painful scratches and
bruises.
Called Meetii^f
Of Republicans
Chairman And Secretary
Call Meeting of Commit
tees For July 31
J. M. Brown, chairman, and
Kyle Hayes, secretary of the
Wilkes county Republican execu
tive committee, have called a
meeting to be held at the court
house ip Wilkedboro Saturday
aftwnoon, July 31, two o’clock.
Xha, call for the meeting ro-
the pnshdefe of every mom-
'b^of itiiO:county Republican oi-
ecntive committee, every member
of all township -conunltteee and
all. other Repniblicans who wish
to attend.
Wilkes People Are .
Planning to Attend
Farm, Home Week
Car Cuts Down
White Pine Tree
16-hch Diameter
Another unusual actomoblle
accident, ndracnlons in that no
one was killed, was reported in
Wilkes Saturday night about
eleven o’clock, when a 1987
model Ford left highway 18 a-
bont five miles north of this
city, ran over the bank of the
road, cut down a white pine 16
inches in diameter, ran across
a ditch, left the ground, knock
ed branches from an apple tree
and finally stopped when it hit
a third tree.
The car, reported to have
been traveling between 85 and
00 miles per hour, was said to
hare been driven by Hal Miller,
accompanied by Robert Hartley
in the front seat. Miller and
Hartley reoeiTed serioas injur
ies and are in the Wilkes bos-
lUtal. Two other nm in the
hack s^ were not inJuircA.
The battmd wt!f«k palled to
this city attention
of hundreds^today. "4cha front
bumper, wfakh «M>. BhnuJty
wrapped around the tree by the
crash, wSA.jA Miape ^
almost omnplleie eS/fd^
Eight'otlM ,W|90Gl>:iS in which
cars vrere' budlv thnutged tet
no persons ’ spr tssi.slr
were reported in Wllkep Aurtauf;
the week-end.
‘The ansogl Farm and Home
Week, of farmers’ convention,
will by held at' State Collegn In
Baleigh next .Week, beginning
Monday and conttnuing through
Saturday, August 7.
It is. learned that a nomber of
Accepts Pofition
At FFV^SiJiMnAial
P^lo ATo Interested In
ily for geotenlM 1- attending the week thin ye*r «nd
bly for jmettoiac uae wa
^aetton inmflSsgthe B^- attend are
a rift *^cd to get in touch "with A G^
Etodrea, WUkse fam agant. y/
'.A
Wamsr Miller, Jr., who hie
held a poelthm at .SpalnluMir’s foy
tho past two rsaie> has accepted
a poeition -with %>uthern BhUMiA
-eocgiany, makHs of the widely
kuowii FFV prodgets.
Mr. Miller 'soi^e the many
patrons of the company in Wilkes, .f-
TadUn, Alh^Aany, ' Ashe, Wa-|
taisga and jJStmSt pamiiitm.
Age Of Applicimt
May Be Verified
^BiUe Record
something of what the stot«
department of agriculture is
striving to do was outlined in an
address by W'. Kerr Scott, state
cammlseloner of agriculture. In
an addrees before the annual
Wilkes County Pomona Orange
picnic held at Pine Bldgo picnic
grounds near Moravian Falls Fri
day. * '
The picnic, always an enjoyable
occasion, was well attenaed. The
North Wllkesboro Klwanls club
and a number of visitors joined
the Grange In the picnic
The program opened at 10:80
a. m. with T. W. Ferguson, Po
mona master, preaiding. J. M
German, past Pomona master, de
livered a brief address "of wel
come and Harry B. OiWwell, lec
turer of the state Orange, Intro
duced the speaker.
In the outset Mr. Scott com
mended the Grange for the steady
progress It Is making In the state
and for having, attained a num'
her of objectives. Then he lanmA-
ed Into’a resume of the outlined
purposes and (Aj«tlves of the
state department of agriculture
duiiug his administration.
Relative to tbe^ba^e In ,p^
„ agrkmlfWe he said ihal Whwi bm manner as at present and
. ■. ■ p.».
Over 1,000 Seeking to Ap
ply For Aid; Many New _
Ones Cali Daily
The age of au applicant for old
age assistance may be verified by
BH)ie record provided they have
the original birth
entry, 4t was learned today from
the office of Charles McNeill,
cot^y welfare officer.
Over 1,000 people have called
at the office to make application
for bid age assistance or aid to
dependent children. It has been
impossible for the office sUft to
fill out this great number of ap-
plicsAlOns and their^ names^., and
addnsBSS h.:To be«i recwr^,'>
Bash one will i>e notified on
whj^ldate to.retn^wbi^ f*e ap-
pUektion forms csii be fliidd
tbey'are asked to^ watt patiently
nn/n tiiav rec^re.a card teUiog
oxeiwhat day to return. On 't^
retarn ttey. are -iuiked to carry
alpiig-famlly:;,BlhJ#. If, they
have wot already rifled
age by. Bible record or some oth
er imsMs. ' r- '
eu^loyed were reeldents of the
city of Raleigh and that over 40
per cent were closely related. He
said that because the farmers are
paying for the department by fer
tilizer and seed taxes and for the
sake of efficiency he-changed the
pe*rsonnei situation and placed in
those positions rural people from
one end of the state to the other.
After telling much about the
duties of the department in di
sease control, seed Inspections,
maintaining museum, fertilizer
analysis, farm, statistics, inspec
tion of weights and measures,
and research work, he spoke en
couragingly of the prospects for
agriculture.
He mentioned, however, some
of the Improvements and devoloi^-
ments needed for the upbuilding
of country life, pointing out- that
70 per cent of the farm popula
tion Is on dirt roads and that It
Is a waste of tax money to try to
operate ,chool buses over roads
whic- are at times Impassable.
In conclusion he said he hoped to
see agriculture In North Caro
lina progress at a pace In keep
ing with the development of In
dustry in the past 20 years
County Agent A. G. Hendren
presented Ben Wilson, of Ala-
mnace county, master of the state
Grange. Mr. Wilson e^ke briefly,
bringing greetings from many Bo-
inona Granges In the state. He
(Continued on page elglit)
■ ~ •' ■
Home Coming at Olin
Angntt l$t
The Jfetbodist church atr.Olin,
In IMMI. c;>aiity, will observe its
tw^th 'bome coming on Sunday,
AttgaMivl- Tit* imtor. Bay. D. H.
BhtiN^ ^
mon;'«J «i*v*it. .o’clock.
All foriher vsetwrs. sssUtmto,
aro.^M to attend.
Diuilg^^l beWlivoad at noon in
the dterth yacd. la aa AttenHxm
Tlslto(P-till *» **»#'*n osvon-
tunl;^^ SCO cdd^lwds. ■ - ^
■sliipiHi i^^eeia^t*
greidilSmpB*
■-'^'^-'-sl.tlils
.... ..._ife«vy
‘■oF_1^n^
Air fijiy Sfearrlce M Bnplnh
MetiMidlut Chi^
■ (ad'"FW' Aain»**' i ■”
Park Service To
atruction Hotel Ok I
port Arthur, ’Tex. . , Mrs. Dam
j^pcales, 13 years old, holds the
fitle’of World’s youngest living
Mother. Her first child .was:bom
ib^ore the child-mother was 12,
and her second a month after she
waa 13.
N.C.S.E.S.
S^pFo
Lvger Ditbids
Dutrict Office S«rvjng:;Thia
City Will Be in Hickory
After Aug. 1
Effective Monday, August 2,
the. North Carolina state employ
ment service will be reorganised
Into ten districts, conublntog sev
eral of the present district set
ups.
The district now being served
by the office here has been tlf
sorbed into the Hickory district
'and will 'be known t as ^strict
nnmiber 1 with headquarters in
Hickory, However, It is definite
ly und^tMd th^ th* .
took offtcO 55 per cent ot serve Wilkes, . Alleghany
Ashe and Watauga counties, the
only difference in territory will
be that Aleiander county, former
ly Served from North Wllkesboro,
will be served out of Hickory.
' There will be no change ' In
the personnel of the local office,
the only change In policy being
that It will be under the man
agement of the Hickory office to*
stead of ibeing a separate unit as
at present.
So far it has not been decided
whether James M. Anderson,
present district manager, will be
retained here or will be named
to head the district with head
quarters to Hickory. Appoint
ments have not been made, with
the exception of state director, R.
Mayne Albright being re-appoint
ed.
The reorganization is designed
to iprovlde for more effective and
economical administration of the
employment service and more es
pecially administration ot the un
employment compensation act.
The counties In district 1 will
be -Catawba, Caldwell, Burke,
Avery, Alexander, Wilkes, Alle
ghany,. Ashe and Watauga.
Rousseau Telk
Of Sttite Taxes
Another Penalty on Sche
dule B Taxes After Aug.
r Cites Sales Tax
Bev. J, C, Ctaitry. psttor, hss
announced a home coming serv
ice to be heM at Beulah l^o-
dtot oburcb at Moravian PsUs on
Sunday* Au^mst 1.
All form«* -'P“*®”> ni®™»***
and friends are cordially invited
to attend .the all-day swrlce*
which will miJte the close of s
very sueoassful revival at the
church.
eonday school ■will coavone at
toil o^cleck, ^ermon at 11 aud toe ^
saeremeat tnimedlats^-lpllowingv
Dinner-will be served St aSw. All
those stteadiBg sre siksd: to car-
j, B- Ronssean, ststo colleetor
gf^^meaue in Wilkes county, to-
d[ay" warned that an additional
penalty of five per cent, making
a total penalty of l6 per cent,
will accrue on unpaid schedule B
taxes after August 1.
He also called attmtlon to the
new. eales tax law, aaying tost
anrary- man in buclneas would do
'well -to familiarise htansett 'With
the B«w sales tax jaw. In order
that ^ may not ibs penalised for
Inadvertant failure to comply
with, its provisions. In some casr
he said, manufacturer aie
tected by'the hew law wWch
went into effect July L
^ ■
mit of Wtidext
WEEMS PROSJECtj
Riding
Stable
Camp Sitesj Msmy
velopmenta Plwmiadf g
The Bluff Park to nerttHOk
Wilkes and southsru* AilartlHV
will contain 6,000 amM of rmh
ged mountain scenery and will ha
the outstanding wayside park and
maintenance point for a distaaaa
of about one-third of toe Bbsa
Ridge Parkway, it was learabd-
today from Sam P, Weems, ■pro
ject manager for the national
park service. ^
The park servlOe'jflani de
velopment of If
and work is new^ goiB^ ,|prtihM
on three of ‘the^ .prajaito^’wa
Bluff Park, a wayalde p.ai^ to
Surry and AHs^Mhy Counties
and one in 'Virginia, - V''
However, the Bluff Park In
Wilkes and Alle^uiny _l8 tha
largest of these 'wayMda sh^ toa
the vacationists-who I'WIB tiMul
the scenic boulew^. '; ghd.
structlon^of a,60^ ‘ '
the summit of th| .
at the top of: ; “Wildcat RodP*
will begin to.*,,ahotil time. >Shh
hotel, to be conatmetsd hy.^ttla
park service, ■will ..protoWy
leased as a conces8lonirfito*^||tiStite
said.
Another major deTeiochnrat;. to
the 6,000 acre area will he .a
lot W acr«.
supplied with water by ons
toe . most beautiful of moantpto.
streams, 'will be numeroud sasiW
sites. ’The entire area will be-tofd
off in horse trails end (h9*-jiMl(
.service is contemplating the ere^
tion of concession stables for 'va
cationists. Minor developmi^Ds
will include picnic tables,
era, stone fireplaces and uiaa^
conveniences for those who trasM
the parkway.
Mr. Weems said that many of
the land owners in the park ana
had .been paid for the pr®erly
and all had been optioned. TIMm
who have not received choSta^
he said, will be paid as soou aa
the titles can he abstracted In aa-
cordance with the strict rules i»-
quired by the government.
Veterans Loim;
Fund Avafiki^
The following excerpts from a
letter from Graham ' v HoM%
commissioner of the 'Worldr 'IUtor
Veterans Loan Fund, to Frai;k II
Johnson, i commander oT
Wilkes Legion post, will be of In
terest to veterans: .. • .
• “The W/orid War
Loan Fund is again in eon
and position to aseiat Vetecam
purchasing and acquiring
dther town or..torjp»—by toll
ing loans in accordance with'tow
and prescribed regulationa Htoa
is the time add opportontty.ftw
Yeterana who do not aim hcaiitm
to aequire thmh.
“W* -hive aCTroitailljUg:
(MOO.AOO-OO) ooetoalf
dojlfn to the Bank to be
to boflorably discharged v
who were citizens of North
Hna at date of entry to toe aorw-
ic« and who* otoerwtee meet aadL
coqiply with toe requlremeato
law and regulations. Six per
the rate and three to
doUare (18,000.00) IS
la the maxtoMux.
t
time of a loaniJ. HMr*rw>> .■ %
ent no loan' is teg^Jk ediMML
lee Graun Sapper;
UHH« .awe'Will bd an ke cream
IT alMg well filled hfitoto. ^ gtor artnrday njght, July IIi AC
—Ml Kurtn ^ r. _ .
60 par cant -ct:
valve of thagecaiitir,
fMtet bo tt9^ hi-J
ssmi-annua] iiMtanii
quire first mortgiliitia''
be 'made'. to constritet
SgeealatlTe or.
for the purp^:
esA not bei
-b*;iej
sflmoon serrlM 'wtU ^hegto
1:30. Speelsl -moslc is .glan
^■boto
li
aer aihooUMnse. Proeeedg-for