fOTT-
^'OriWlsr, near
lajorfd in
lant Sarinc
'•gottaned in a
teMpltal
l Sdu fail-
^ from |l«ntsg koad and
snatninad when
ck ka «M a imwwd-
febLLECT 6
..^JMklpK
BwraU,
Vlormant compenaation.
^d
G-
■*?inam-
cOmmis-
jGiioUaa
Imd paid
Id tka
jhanigtlon
■pai^
k. par
d pa7 and
:;«MI W rolU.
fficss HCQRT
An*. 8.~Dr. C. BS.
local Tofarlnarr surgeon
ad op^tor of an animal hos-
anstalned a fractured
;l|ioktder and sarere bruises
aent him to thp hospital
d arken his motorcycle on which
ke waa riding yesterday atter-
. soon w*8 struck at a road Inter-
aeetlon in tho ontaklrta of Jones-
TlUe t>y a car driven hy a Brooks
Cross Roiuis serriee station ope
rator.
.• S'" I"
E.j . I w
Jo^eCigiiiait to
Pr^tdeatAagust
SesnwCd Court
Electiom Ciaae Holds Spot*
lislit; AlkW 175 Crim-
inid Gmm Pending
New Naval Aide
GETS BIG FEE
Washington, Aug. 8.—A state
ment i>y Attorney Qeoeeal Cum
mings disclosed today former
Qev. J. C. B EJhringhaua, of
Mitrth Carolina, received $10,000
ensatlon- from January 1 to
June 30 aa a special assistant at-
NO NEW liUiU>ER CASES
Mnajr MadMOaaanor Charges^
Reach SvperiiM* Court;
Terfik Por Two Week*
A sgl^lrbena was Issued 'Tues
day fimk tka office of C. C.
Hayes, WUtM SMrk of superior
court, hearing the names of 411
witnesses tumUoaed to appear
in conrt to testify in the Bwar-
ingen veran* Poplin election
suit, wherein SVaringen, Repuh-
llcan, la suing - Poplin for title
to office as a mamher of the
county board of oommisaloners.
The 411 named in the sub
poena, cohttsel tor Swaringen
said, were those who have
“sworn on tho Bible” that they
cast votes for Swaringen in the
election held on November 3,
whereas thflrreturns from Bock
Creek credited him with 341.
This repreMktk the contention in
the suit) Poplin having been cer
tified as winner of the election
by a maJoHiy of two votes in a
total vote ih the county of ap
proximately 15,000. Swaringen
k
|;lBg
Ttolatton* 0* a 19S4 act banning
munitions shipments to belllnger-
•nts, in South AmMica’s Chaco
war.
BIG GRAIN CROP
Chicago, Aug. 3.—The liatlh.n’s
richest grain harvest since 1929
was envisioned today by Chicago
crop experts. They predicted in
their monthly forecasts yut the
United States would reap 4,813,-
1000,000 bushels of major gr^ns
—wheat, corn, oats and rye—
this year compared with 2,964,-
000,000_hushels la 1936. At. cur
rent market prices this huge
golden ■harvest would have a
value of $3,114,760,000, or 14
per cent greater,than last year.
Wilkfe»boro*8 New
Drug Store Will
r Open Tomorrow
Will ^ Known As Newton’s Cut-
.Baie Store; liocaied Opposite
Oourtboase.
. Wilke^ro’s new., drug store
which will be known as Newton’s
Cut Rate Store, will ibe opened to
the public tomorrow.
'The new store la located in the
brick building known as the J.
T. Fwguson building near the
eourthonse which has been com-
..^tetely ■remodeled emecially for
• drug store. The interior of the
knlldiag has been repainted and
new tile floor has been, constmct-
baa.
Kgi(«j^ie olwgated
ier tie yiaUgpsteat of Mr.
' -Jifawbg? v«0.' wilt he as-
.by’^ Jpr. a n. Craven,
■tered fdmriiiaciat.
managemenb. of the new
^^eordlalty taa^te* the patron-
ifee paople of .WtikeifiOTO
coun^, and will he klghly
M have them lay the
bsrw drag store * vlalt.
alUiKit^oaia kave«MU Ik ll^^wia
votes accorded other Bepablican
candidates.
This battle in the courts, and
which has already made a trip
to the supreme court on a de
murrer decision, has attracted
much-Interest.
Judge J. H. Clement, of Win
ston-Salem, presiding over oourta
of the 17th judicial district for
fall terms, will preside over
Wilkes court beginning on Mon
day, August 9. The term Is for.
trial of criminal cases, although
the quo warranto election case
takes .precedence over any other
cases 'before the court.
About 175 cases are pending
trial during the term but it ip
interesting' to note that few are
charged with felonies and that
many misdemeanor charges have
reached the superior court, many
by appeals from decisions of
magistrates'.
No murdw case has been dock
eted foi Wilkes court during the
past six months, an unusually
good record for Wilkes county
during recent years.
The term will be for two
weeks.
Washington, D.^C. . . . Captain
Walter B. Woodson of Lynchburg,
Va., whom the Navy Department
has announced 'will become Nav
al Aide to President Roosevelt.
Bufldioff Larfife
Bn^ On Blue
Rit^e Parkway
Will Be Largest Highway
Structure in Western
Part of the State
If driving over loose crushed'
stone is not too obnoxious, a
motorist may drive over all the
Blue Riige Parkway »between
th© Vlrglnla-Carollna line and
.tfna.'ipK
Roadi In
WPA Engineer Says Better
Regnlts ,^re BHhf Ob*
tained Than Formeriy
OUTSTANDING mOJECT
Greater PMrt of WPA Labor
Being Used on County*
Wide Road Project
With
the ,klgh5|«„
better coopentloa from
more eqtnpmeiit avallatne Works
Progress administration laborers
In W«kes lUsd fehUa* rapid pro-
gress placing' a etiuked stMe
surface on leading secoodarr
roads, and school bus rootca^ It
was learned today froB ..T, > D.
Heffner, division engineer.
Through oooperatira effort ha-
tween the highway commission
and the WPA many mUee of see-
oUdary roads k*ve I>la(^
In condition fpr^l wmther
el.
Some rapid progress has been
mad© in surfacing the Brushy
Monnteln road, work on whlMi is
now nearing comple^ou. Three
crews have bew ua^, one to
construct drainMO and shape-Mte
grade, on© to out rock and
the other to Wofk wit)t tlM» crush
er and distribute tb» stone on the
road. '
The Ciigket-Hendrlx road has
been sou’fabad and the road from
Mountain View to lAberiy
has been greatly improved.
The county-wide road projee^ f
under the dttsiftion of F’
MeOteseyj,^.
iladdtea Bv
-yoskakly hau.^^
stay^ ijj^bbine
tog to liis inmi
..... Ja a ; rasH
with B(r. jtayder it sWf
ejl^thaS h« had .kdea
eomkhwiae to ’lyilknuliiiiut, iwil;
twice to bis Ilfe,'Oaoe U^^aJ
yoaiv omul and again a'awW'j
time later wlien he had to go 1
to the ooan^rls capital on boaej
inesa to: nqgnsittnpi trittt
toatloa for enltfltoent in tbel
w. ■ ■ -.D. '
: '■ It was learned fnftber tbst
Mr. gnyder had never keen id
oowrt ae a defendant or wit*
■ese, to fact he baa nowtr st-
tended a trial to bla life.
Sibber Phillis
Hold Local N^o
On Theft Cl^e
Cltntou Hnckett Bound to
Court For Theft oi.. dgt*
Dancy’s Pickup
Irs.
Lott
Lon Adgms, a*n'd$, died
jiy at Seir koaia te ItediHaii
towigdug foltewj^
t dt ptraly&.’
|i|>© dg swrTtved ^ three chll
Rick Adas$fk of WUkerimro.
of
y,.
Clinton Hnckett, local colored
man who recently saw four
montha action on the roads tot;
larceny, 'Is again in tolls of the
Ua^ thto time for stealing a pick
up Monging to Jim Dancy.
Ha took the pickup from
where it was p.arked on yoraster
avenue, drove it) for some time,
and •wrecked It on highway 18
In the northern outskirts of this
cl^.
He was tried here Monday la
city -eonrt, sentenced to tour
months- on the for driving
-while under .the Influence of li
quor, and bound over to mmer-
ior ounrt oa tka charge of asto
lareMy.
All the
pleted and contraetora on the
projects on the southern end Of
the stretch are putting
crushed ston© surface as rspfflTy'
as 'possible in an effort to pat on
the finishing touches .before the
severe winter weather on the
Blti'^ Ridge, ,whlch makes work
out of doors but of the qnei.'iion.
And as the work progresses to
the point where a motorist filled
with curiosity can 'get about over
the grade, be"begin» to realise
the magdltudo of this hlg public
vrorks Job Inaugurated and 'being
carried to-completion by the New
Deal.
The route of the parkway waa
so laid out as to provide inter
esting variety all the way for
vacationists. Following the main
summit -of the Blue Ridge, it
criss-crossee the divide. At 090
point one may be gaslng over the
green hills west of the summit
and after traveling a few hun
dred yards be on the east side,
which affords a georgeons pana-
romte view of the foothills and
fac, into piedmont North Caro
lina. At intervals of about 40
miles the vacationist will have
added variety In the way of way-
sid© parks, 19 Of which are
planned.
•While nature In the rough is
tb© predominr.nt attraction, there
will be one man-made wender.
Near Laurel Springs workmen
are making rapid progress on a
hug© bridge across a creek and
ravine. The bridge will 'be of con
crete and steel conatmctlon, 546
feet In length and 110 feet high.
There -will be five uptns of 105
tOet each, supported on tb© tiers
by steel vnuau that length ^
eight feet wide. This gigantic
stmcture, largest bridge in west
ern North Carolina, -will be com-'
pleted in a few months.
present
projecte'
Bg- under .iiiyJtow;
h$p^ot 1m
Aboat^todid
Says Tbose Who Refns# th
Constrflet Fihries Will
Land-Ill Court
G. Odell, county sanitary
Inspector, s^dibdjiy.that any Who
have not Complied with the iaw
requiring sanlta^ privies on the
ReddiOe River watershed ' .aST
b© hailed into supeiior court, .
While tho movement tb hledn
up the -tvatershed has met with
good support, generally speaking,
by the home owners In that ter
ritory, there are still a number of-
.peopl© who disregarded the law
and must 'be prosecuted if they
do not make arrangements im
mediately to construct a privy of
the type approved by the health
department, Mr. Odell said.
The discovery of tbre© cases of
tj^iboid In homw on the water
shed has renewed activity In ‘the
clean-up drive.
Labor for construction of privi
es will be furnished through the
WFlA provided materials are
placed on th© grounds by the
home owners.
Was Sgwpgwly Intomd rWken
Thrdto^iiitoTm ofTlot
- -’’‘’Mash by Mooashmers
A news tfsiwrfcbr from Wash- ■
loglon, D. 1C& yastaritoy. «4d‘
I¥es4d«at ttooem^ bad slgoed
a biU pay SlKiber PblUlps,
well knbwp clHbea cff Um Fer-
gimoB eesiteMii^t f9|B00 for
tojaries skstaiaed wbea he was
-titfown toto a vat of hot niash
while oldfag federal MCMan to
Jestroj^« meoapkiliia itIU
and arrssi the
nib aftoir took ^ace on Hay
87, and hfr. PhUUps waa
feverei^l^ared add little hope
W9W;hd||.-' toi^|ils'-recovery tor ,-
bewiribiBWp
■ OlpiMto,:
Hirflywood, > Cal. . V . -IttriMr
Baxtwr, film stair, reoelv^.a pat*
ant . for a phbtb-elect^ .egll dr
tachmett for any'gnh'. aL
tsefied, the eenfer of the beam of
light, cast 189. yards away, can
be pierced by the bullet.
Andemm Adiiy
Head d IMitrict
NCSES Office
Now in Chargo ot TeHi-Ciwni*
ty District; Hickory Is
New Hegdquarlers
W. N. Almnder
TiAea‘% Death
Fuflwral Servie^ Wfll Be
Hmld At UNii^ Grove
Friday .AHeraoon
James M. iUiderson, head of
the North Carolina State dkaploy-
ment Service for a fivo-oonnty
district for th© past year,- has
been named as acting Stenagsr
of the first district nniter.the new
been a^- up at Bie
Mr. Andersen Is tempon^ly in
charge.
However, the office will con
tinue hero as In the past but
will be a subsidiary of the dis
trict otfiee at IRokory and will
serve four counties, Wilkes, Al
leghany, Ashe and Watauga.
Alexander oounty, formerly serv
ed out of the office -here, -will be
served fronl the Hickory office.
No major change'is antfcipated
in the personnel of the North
Wllkeeboro office.
Answers 2 CaDs
l
Fire Threatou Dastmction
of Shoaf Residence To
day; Another Fire
Forest Furniture
Wins Over W.O.W.
D. J* WHFTE TO PREACH
AT SBHTH CHAPEL 15TH
tidi: D.
J. WhltA'^ Ronda,
will prearil at tonlth Chspol imtr {^The j]|ter
Union Orove oa Angnst If.' that
date bei^ near his 7ftk btrth-
CjMir anntrersary. Theipakllc is
Inviuid to
wfll l^ at U
Forest Furniture, of North
Wllkesboro, won from Wi O W in
a fast ball game gt Clingmaa
Saturday by an 8 to $ seora Bill
jXMgue let the woodmen down
With S hits while hto team mates
,70t 10 hits off MsMla. B. Long
and Uardlag led the hitting for
Woodaea, while BmvIs, , Tk
Wllea and Iceahour M the^ktor
tlif; for •, .make^
itare ,has a -
k^^^ad the
thsy;
Upright Rooster
Walks Like Man
' rnmm I - . ^0^
la the AngosC 1 lakae of
“The Grit,” a atiHeasHy kaowa
weekly pabttcatioa pcteted to
WIliUaiMporty Fa., tiMHe ap
peared aa article about a mem
ber of F. O. (Tom) Forester’s
ICO collection. The article fol
lows:
“Stop rlsfht ap, folks,, aad
©•© the ceiebnaed Ptymootli
: Rodk- eoi^ the oaly msie arisia-
her of toe efaJckeu family ttoit
wailm like a msat", that’#- a*
boaS -too way a barker at a okv
cas wmrid describe Mils odd
loofetog snoptor tbst. grew tk«4 .
of m kted always wsHWig
iwnad wdSi A .hwtebed-bead.'^
he dtolPSrtI rrntom "id&-
WllUam Nelson Atexander, 76,
hl^b* esteemed cUi^n of Rook
Ureek tdwnWllp, tiled atlila home
on; North Wllkesbtjro route A'wu. wv , ,
W-edWdhy Irilowlng a brief «1- rlFH UCPSUTllllCDl
mm of jjaralysia. •
’ He .ifks born^July 29, 1861, a
son'^'the late Nelson D. and
■Mrs. Evoline Brewer Alexander.
H© wsa„jipf$i1ed to Mlsa EiUa-
both'%lobdjl6ff'and to this union
were bom 11 children, nine of
whom survive; Mrs. J. S. Bi
llot, Knottvllle: O. M. Alexander,
Roaring River; Mrs. W. F. B'lack-
bum, Belews Creek; J. S. Alex
ander, Wllkeeboro; C. C. Alex
ander, Winston-Salem; Mrs. John
W. Goodman, Raleigh; W. A.
Alexander, Rocky Monnt; Mrs,
Bruce K. Jones, Wheellh*, W.
Va; Hiss Bva Alexander. North
Wilkesboro route Z.
PMaeral service will be held at
Liberty Orove Baptist church
Friday afternoon, two o’clock.
'The body will He in state at the
church from 1:30 to 2:00 and the
service -will be conducted 1^ Rets.
A. B. Hayes and L C. Wood;
im
NewBd£q[ls
Gonig Up Here
Henty Lsndon Eireeting Spa*
CMOS Building oa Ninth
Street In This Cky
•
Workmen are engaged In 'con-
straietibn of a spacions building
for 'Henry Landon ' oa Ninth
street, adjacent to.tb© location of
bis pyeseat. business location.
Fos^ A ARea, contractors,
ww awarded contract fqr the
bBUding/ wilch, will provide
mack floor space and be 6f brick
and concrete construction.
’Tldf lot ims. been axeayatg qad
j^^atlCT to the
'■ ' '-It
Fire threatened the deetructlon
of the residence of Mrs. R. S.
Shoaf on B street today when a
bed 'cauebt fire but prompt work
on the part of thei fire depart-
aeltt : extinguished the flames be
fore .mneh damage was done to
the home.
On Tuesday night there was
considerable exeitement in the
city when a ohlckea bouse on the
premises of J. E. Deans eaaght
flue and was destroyed. The Are
department krilt the fliunes from
spreading to other property.
cappitaiT’
5nKMrial Service
For W. R. Savage
Olendale Oprings,. Ashe county
commnnity, .-will ofcasirr;- arlth
memorial servicss the'passing offto the
Rev. William R. Savage, retired
Episcopal reetoA there 3 yean
ago. Citisens of the W4ife«sboT6s,.{.
tke Jeffenooa and th* ratal citl-
SSBS plkn to Join, under the lead
ership' of Rev. Mr. Sava je’s very
close friend lA lite^ 4£ikr. Jobs
Lake, to msenoriidtae l^ .kted-
ly rid centlemaria .passing with ,
aK>%9riate sohn, and readtogi,
etc. It Is wij^ reegUed h^
cbMe the life Frtbgr flssgge
parellslM ^ good ItfS- Vf te*
Christ and msny of ^
wlU look ferward te
the T
TwrW-iBid at.t%.uav.«Bjtt^:4
lopil'
Leave Off
Geoeral
ing Fimil-'
- TiiiitiLi I
Oounty-wlde
ensuing fliioal year was sek
the Wilkes county board of «
mlsslonen Monday at 41-66
each hnndred drilan
salgatlon of g^erty, which
nabnts a deoia^ of 4-
under the f(Ue oi; $1.10'for
year 1386. ' . '
However, the ralpk thjs
was based on the dff
of approximately $15^016^60 lie'
comparaA vrith' the vatosiion oC
approximately 118,850,060 fnr
the year 1886.
The tax rate of $1.06 ineloiee
an added burden on the coualT
government finances, that betag
the levy for eld age autstanesk
aid to dependent children,, aid t»
blind and administrative eo-
pense as required by the' state
social security act passed in the
1937 general assmBbly,. a*A
which made K mandatory that
counties levy to pay their share
of the various costs.
In reducing the tox rate .
$1.06 the commissioners foaoE '
It necessary to slash or »nit vav- .
Ions Items in the teatatlto bag
getii,jr*Jl* cglted foti a;
teatativa budget'cos
for which to
building In Wllkealtolf but
budget as finally adriked
greatly reduced, on th^it^g^'*.
Another major ir^ucmn
the tentative bbAget
elimination of a sinking >,fs
$15,000.
An Item of major expeinsej|
left off the general lamlT
as finally adopted when.'it
decided to leave off
for a beating plant for. tlto.c
house, eetimateij to
Various other rntncUTT^j^
tions were made In orto. to af
fect a reduction la the
for the current year.'^ ■'
The $1.06 tax ntq to d^rattS
among the different funds ,a»
follows:
General fund . .IK
H^lth fund
Poor and emergene/ relief . M
Old age assistance ■ .ST
Aid to d^endeijt
children .,
Aid, lo blind
Administrative ’’ori, .fu Q-j
Other welfare expense .
County^wjde deW serriceL .
School funding boqd font!
School debt tervloe
Schori capital outlay — ^
Total connty-wide rate ..—$1.6
The Nrirth Wllkeaboro
shto raflirbad bond fnhd^tax
waa inade Uiree eeatST.
mahes the county tax rata
North Wllkesjtero tQWtobiP H
on each '
valnatlinn. M
ThefcS^
on.aggh
_of.50'
year.jOf &e‘ .
stoa4':;:*pvwt‘'j,,_
fund and fifty cents toHKtoJ
fond.' ' ■'
’rhe dog tox Jite
tor eatti mpte
tor each fetoto ' '
'Tiietox
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