hon» ' B^o-
Ui4»7 with a senate
‘'•t^wrinl^ l^mtttee Uiat Decern-
' ^%er JlS-was *^bci«t rigbt” tor ad-
^-Jlfttniment ot the special session.
v-Vx:
^^^KMIAN'S PREdEtOGATIYE
^^'.8eattle. Not.-30.—Helen Low,
rS^ttle singer, said “No” when
^Fanl M. Holden prt'posed In Min-
olis 11 years atro. Finally he
flew here to try again. She said
"Tee.” They were childhood
friends at St. Cloud, Minn.
F^atilrs Showing
Entfainiasni For
Sofl Plan Offered
For the Next Year
Luge Crowds Attend Meet'
ings Held tn County
Places By Agent
COMPLIANCE CHECKED
UCENSE RECORD
Raleigh, Not. 30.---With 1038
fOtoiAobile licenses goiag «n sale
tomorrow, the motor vehicle di
vision reported today that nearly
40,000 more tags had been sold
this year than ever before. The
|w high, however, ^ras old news,
previous record, 550,073
lic^OH^in 1936, was exceeded
.two months ago.
Payments This Year May Be
Expected Earlier Than
the 1936 Payments
_ _ \^jritb alrjplaiie metal screws
'’announced today before
SCREWS IN BONES
New Orleans, Nov. 30.—A new,
method of repairing broken bones
by tying the fragm^mts together
was
the
^ Soothern Medical association. The
use of screws to bold a broken
bone in place until it knit;; is not
new, Dr. E4rl D. McBride, of Ok-
'• Ighoma'City, Okla , who report-
it declared
5NT TO ASYLUM
Sandusky, O., Nov. 30.—Judge
^John W. Baster today ordered
John James Miller, confessed
saw-slayer of his only child, com
mitted to the Lima state hospital.
Judge Baxter conducted a hear
ing on Insanity charges brought
by Mrs. Miller, mother of the
seven-months-old boy who was
beheaded yesterday. Miller, 32,
..will be taken to Lima tomorrow,
‘ijanthorities indicated.
CHILD MURDERED
' Newport News, Va., Nov. 30.—
A 12-year-old girl was fat.-«.lly
shot and another of the same age
wounde4 today as they were re-
ae from school. New-
Applicaflons for payment to
Wilkes farmers for compliance-
with provisions of the 1937 soil
conservation program will be for
warded next week, it was learned
today from th® office of Dan Hol-
lerr. county farm agent.
task of checking compli
ance -br bbdr completion and while
it was found that several have
failed to comply with provisions
for payment a majority of those
who signed work sheets have car
ried out practices for which pay
ment to offered under the plan.
A total of approximately 2,000
farms in Wilkes county were cov
ered by work sheets in this year’s
program. This number is practic
ally double that of last year,
when about |40,000 was paid to
Wilkes farmers.
Farmers received their checks
for 1936 compliance in the spring
of this year. While checking the
applications at state and national
offices will entail much work and
considerable time it is not expect
ed that payment for 1937 com
pliance will be as late as last
year.
County Agent Holler and mem
bers of the county committee
have been filling a number of
appointments throughout the
county in order to acquaint farm
ers with provisions of the 1938
farm plan offered by the govem-
he reported
Pretty^ AIice Alexanderson wrote the President uking to her sailor
beau, Bradford Greene, released from the last year of ms six ytor
hitch in the Navy. Reason: Bradford wrote the score for the pl^
“Rieht This Way/’ produced by Alice and now ha^g tta premiere in
ae^and. Alice wanted “to get Brad out of the Navy so he coidd en
joy the success facing him.” Brad got a month a leave—no discharge.
Ubrary Growii^
Steady; Rent^
SheU Is Set Up
One Shot and One
Gets Scalp Wound;
Two Land h Jail
Funds From Rent of Latest: Major Adams Suffered From
Fiction Used to Purchase | Blow on Head; Son Gets
Other Good Books Wounded In Elhow
t^ran
"Awarded Velvet
k Federal Covt
Mitchell Taylor Wins Soi*
For War Risk faunranca;
Total Disability Case
For^Edch
Although the Wilkes county
public library has shown steady
growth, many more good fiction
books and reference books could
be used to advantage and the sup
ply does not fill the demand on
the part of the public for good
reading.
The total number ot books In
the library is approximately 1,- Boy and Fred'.
000 and it is believed that if peo
ple took time to realize the im
portance of a good public library
that the number would be boost
ed by fifty per cent within a short
time. , .
Xhpse who a ;
Major Adams sustained serious
Injury from a blow onl his head
and his son was shot in the el
bow in an altercation late Satur
day night in the D^laplane sec
tion.
Deprtv Sheriff. Winfield Nich
ols madg investigation of the af
fair about inidnl^t and arrested
colored men
of that communltyv It laf»r de
veloped that they were not the
guilty parties and> on Sunday he
arrested Peter and John Sales,
Mitchell Taylor, who went to
the Wtorld War from his moun
tain home necur Laurel Sprtegs,
won a war risk insurance verdict
in federal court at-r ^K^lheabom
Wednesday for $12,870 ’ to date
and $57,£(t per month for thw re
mainder of his life.
The Jury deliberated only 20
minutes before returning the ver
dict, Taylor presented what ob
servers considered a very con
vincing case of total disability in
curred while occupying captured
German ferry boats during the
war. Physicians testified that he
had been suffering from tuberen-
losls, heart disease and paralysis
agltant since his discharge and
that the three ailments made him
unable to follow a gainful occn-
patlon.
.He was represented by Attor
ney R. H. McNeill, of Washing
ton, D. C., and Attorney J. F.
Jordan, of Wilkeeboro. District
Attorney Carlisle Higgins and as
sistants represented the govern
ment. It is understood that ap
peal by the government will not
be recommended. 
The Taylor case, Attorney Mc
Neill said, is the last to be tried
in the Wllkesboro circuit of fed
eral court.
He has represented many vet-,
erans in suits for insurance and
he said yesterday before leaving
for his home in Washington that
approximately $250,000 had been
paid to disabled veterans in war
risk insurance in the territory
seiwed by the Wilkesboro circuit
of federal court.
Hen
also colored. 'The la
confessed to be
wbielr. i^ltipted •
two have
Pftrtlbs
ohl
... - -
larenl
Baraher lUtid fiti
''plained rOeently that children
were defacing his property with
chalk marks. Ritter, who lived a-
lone near the scene of the shoot
ing, was charged with felonious
shooting and murder and remov
ed to an unannounced destination
In custody of Capt. J. M. Peach,
detective chief.
SUICIDE THWARTED
Miami, Fla.. Nov. 30.—A gaso-
te tank which ran dry thwarted
^isway what police said was the
*^pparent desire of a troubled man
J^and woman to die in each other's
embrace. Still in a serious condi
tion but recovering tonight from
poisoning by exhaust gases were
Eldward A_. Kiug, 39, of Balti
more, and Mrs. Marfaret Reeves,
33, of Washington, each married.
The two were found unconscious
this morning in an automobile
With a makeshift connection car
rying exhaust fumes into the
closed machine, and beside them
a note.
.n 'erer hetoth
that indications are that 'th^
will cooperate fully with the 1938
soil conservation program, there
by earning payments from the
government and at the same time
improve their farms.
A county-wide meeting t o
which every farmer in the coun
ty is invited will be held at the
courthouse in Wilkesboro on Sat
urday, December 11, ten o’
clock a. m.
Officers Junior
Council Elected
50 AFTER DRUNKS
"Houston, Tex., Nov. 30.—Any
way, this much seems certain—
the police will go after holiday
inebriates. Foreman L. W. Matt-
North Wilkesboro Council
Enjoys Successful Year;
Many New Members
Paul Hutchens was elected
councilor ot the North Wilkes
boro council of Jr. O. U. A. M. in
the meeting held Tuesday night.
Other officers for the ensuing
six-months period are: D. E. El-
ledge, vice councilor: C. A. Can
ter, recording secretary; Paul
Green, assistant recording secre-
son said the grand jury conferred tary: C. G. Day, financial seci^
with law enforcement „rricers tary; Bank of North \V lkesboro.
and decided on this yuletide plan: I treasurer. Hyde Waller, con
Intoxicated persons who don't' ductor; A. G Anderson, warden,
feel up to the Usk of driving the, George Campbell Inside sent nel;
family cai^ can call headquarters j ^““1 Cash.on, oukside sentinel, E
A, Shook,
and a policeman will see them
But Mayor R. H. Glay Pardue .
C. B. Eller, trustees: H. L. Mech-
saf^y home.
Fonvllle modified the service
Junior past councilor;
C. O. McNlel and
little. “We might go out and get;
em. chaplain.
a drunk,” he agreed. “But we’re
going to take him to ja'i—not
• home.”
liftwonger Coming
To Wilkes County
On December 4th
H. R. Niswonger,
lat at State College,
The North Wilkesboro council
has enjoyed a splendid year’s
work under the leadership of
“Andy’’ Shook as councilor. The
council now has 176 members
and expects to Increase its mem
bership this winter under lead
ership of Councilor Paul Hutch
ens.
The state enrollment fund has
with splendid success since
horticultur- j
will spend ^ ^ i
A - J 1 tn wiiires ^9 organization on October 1,
Tie joints I,
-'^%2SSiTnrIug to consult the benefits of $300 ^ch and
'^wSut about orchard prob-|l>»e «
lenu may contact him at the of-
tlce ot the county farm agent
t.
.f Brock Is
mor Student At
Baptist College
Brock, of Pores Knob,
ioae of the 92 honor stadenta
Wake Forest College thta
and vraa also one of the'four
» k^Dafa: yiRL ^
.‘padee. S» la a aenlor
^'v "
'hSi'
ury.
Each member of the council is
requested to be present Tuesday
night, December 7, 7:30 o’clock,
for a special meeting and a good
time is expected. Visiting Juniors
will be welcome.
> Kills Large Porker
To Sheriff C. T. Doughton goes
the. honor of producing one of
'largest porkers in the county.
bog. butchered recently,
ised $90 pounds.
o’dotfSte
'book or cash equivalent. There is
a large demand for Western .fic
tion of the better type and more
books of this type would increase
the facilities of the library.
'1 here is also a shortage of ref
erence books and any donations
would be appreciated.
A rental shelf has been added
ami funds from renting these
most popular books rf modern
fiction are used to luiy other
books. Some of those on th;- rent
al shelf now are; “Tho Citadel,”
by A. J. Cronin: "Katrina,” by
Sally Salminen; “Northwest Pass
age,!’ by Kenneth Roberts; "And
So Victoria,” by Vaughn Wilkins;
“Gone With the Wind,” by Mar
garet Mitchell; "Drums Along the
Mohawk,” by Walter D. Edmonds.
A number of magazine sub
scriptions have recently been do
nated to the library, which is
located in the Relns-Sturdivant
building.
Say Fanners Will
Get Refund Taxes
McNeil Says Farmers Who
File Claims With Gov
ernment to Get Paid
Robert H. McNeill, Washing
ton, D. C., attorney who is rep
resenting about 700 tobacco
farmers in efforts to get refunds
for tobacco taxes deducted by
warehouse men for the govern
ment under the Invalidated triple
son and CojB8BiW«rinide/»^e
a truck wlRcf iSvas stuck oS^ the
muddy ro|td when" the colored
men attacked them with a double
barrel shotgun, a single barrel
shotgun.; fired several shots and
hit him on the head with some
heavy object. An ugly scalp
wound was the result. His son
was not critically hurt.
Peter and John Sale.s are be
ing held in the Wilkes jail and
have not filled bond.
Science Award
In City Schools
Honored by Being Named In
Group of Schools By
Bausch & Lomb Co.
North Wilkesboro High School
has been honored In being named
as a member'of a group of high
schools in the United States to
award the Bausch and Lomb Sci
ence Medal, according to \V. D.
Halfacre, superintendent of the
school.
Til" Bronze award, estribii.shed
in 1932, is presented by the fac
ulty to the senior who has made
tho greatest progress in .science
during three years of high school
xl License Bureau Locat
ed at Landon’s; Several
I,jcen8e Prices Given
work. Orlgfaally presented in the
•high schools of the State of New wju^ geriicenVM Ht
AKAv/i ia nnur in tidA in ” _ .
The new 1938 automobile lic
ense plates went on sale yester-
d a y, Wednesday, throughout
North Carolina, it haa been an
nounced.
Through November 22 a total
of 585,179 plates had been sold
compared with 544,638 for 'the
same date in 1936, a gain of more
than 40,500. Carolina Motor club
offices sold 476,922 plates. The
total this year has set an all-time
record for registrations, and the
final figures for 1937 will be be
tween 590,000 and 600,000.
Previously plates have been
placed on sale December 15. Pas
senger car owners will experience
a reduction in fees ot five cents
the 100 pounds. The 1938 rate is
35 cents the 100 pounds compar
ed with 40 cents for 1936 and
55 cents for 1935. Minimum fee
this year is $7 instead of $8.
List, of Fees
Light cars. Including Ford,
Chevrolet, and Plymouth sedans
will be licensed at from $9.45 to
$10.50; Terraplane sedan, $10.15:
Oldsmobile sedan, $11.55; Dodge
sedan, $10.60; DeSoto sedan
$10.85; Packard, Buick, La Salle,
Chrysler, and Lincoln sedans
from $11.20 to $13.30. Owners of
York, the awau'd is now in use in
every state in the United States
and in some territorial po.sses-
sion.s.
It has thue become a symbol of
A, said here yesterday that the national recognition for excep-
government had not perfected an
appeal on a test case and that
the farmers would be refunded
the amount ot the tax.
He said, however, that no
farmer who does not file a claim
will be paid.
.\ttomey McNeill, who was
active in attacking tho constitu
tionality of the triple A, praised
the present soil conservation pro-
gra:n as a substitute plan '’ and
said that he advised farmers to
cooperate fully. He has a farm in
tlu^ state apd he said that farm
ing operations on his place are in
compliance with provisions of tho
act.
MOSOMO NOTICE
North Wilkesboro Chapter No.
78, R. A. M. Will
meet Thursday enre-.
ning. 7:00
o’cJqeX
•fV.’ -k' ^
for the election ot
... . ' .fffic.jj"s. for the
coming year. Ail members' are-'.’j'f-O.
urgiad .to be present lor tblB im-ll^4l$%
portant erent ' • Tj#tCr
: 6. fe M
tior.al tvork in science by high
school students. Many of the
twenty-five hundred students who
have won the honor are. continu
ing their excellent records In
some fifty colleges and technical
schools, according to th® Award
ConiiuitieeV^'at Rochester, New
York. "
This is the first year that the
local high jc.hool has received
this recognition, ahd.it is with
interest that the notification from
the company waej^recelved. The
medal 'han'i^o been reeved and
it Is now On dls'p^y on the bul
letin boaji^ in'this high school
.nbsoiutely' no
adTertie42S^rop«^6&'connbqted
with the kitard. iS is ^plY made
available; to fitbools ^tat
iteet the-^ deten^ed
the nni Lomb '''bom-
“"^^ar^'win be made
'at^^ien . pr .igitam
next MkFv. .y..
: t. o: ME.
t miat not fon>.
Worm-Pay
t
Four
Operation
Diviaton EngfuBOP
Satiafaciory WoHi I
Accomplialia4 'v
WORK AT FOUR POINTS
Traphill Doughton Road la.
Near Completion; Stone
Surfacing Durable
Here’s an “educated” hen,
wearing “specks,” not to see
more but to see less. The metal
hlinders prevent “bullies” from
picking feathers from the more
timid henhous© boarders. When
wearing these iron pince-nez, a
•hen can see food and drink by
peering around the blind spot in
Works Progress admlnlstratloa
workmen and highway forces co
operating are placing all-weathoti
surface on secondary roads la
Wilkes county at the rate at half
a mile for each working day. It
was learned here today trem T.
D. Heffner, division engineer for
the WPA.
Four rock crushers are being
used on the roads and another
crew of men are kept busily en
gaged in hauling creek gravel.
fr7nt“St“uereyeV.‘''Burwhen”'she considered the next best surface.
starts picking,
straight.
she can’t see
Installatioii New
Traffic Lights Is
Near Completlor
Liceiue Plates Are
Central Controls ^e at Fire
Station; Motoiftta Are
Asked to
The
in North Wdlkesbero is near com
pletion and the system may be
used for the first time the latter
part of this week. Police Chief J.
B.''^alker said today.
The automatic time controls
will be located at the lire station
On Ninth street, which will facili
tate the handling of traffic while
the fire truck is reaching the
scene of a fire.
The lights have been erecied
and on Tuesday caused some con
fusion among motorists. Th© re
flection of the sunlight from the
red glass caused a number to
stop and in order to prevent fur
ther confusion the lights were
covered with sacks and will not
be uncovered until the system is
ready tor use.
Chief Walker urged that mo
torists refrain from double park
ing and other practices that ob
struct or inconvenience traffic.
fui' dirt roads.
As a result of WPA and high-
w a y commission cooperating-
many miles of dirt roads on
which school buses and mail car
riers have traveled with ^extremw
difficulty and IrregularltV have
been placed in condition for all
weather travel this -winter.
Some of the roads which hav#
been surfaced include the BrnshY
Mountain road, Cricket-Hendrlx
road, Fairpl.!ins-Hays - TraphiU-
Dou.glitou road, a cross country
road in Rock Creek township, a
section of road in the vicinity of
Buck in Reddles. Rtfor to'wnshiy
amd.: roads'to ,TjS^ Fqtk>^te;
Laying Plans For
B. & L. Contest
Mr. Heffner sdtd that af
mately 140 men are belqs used
on the county-wide road projett,
which includes all the road work.
This force is supplemented bv the
use of state highway macl"in«Tr,,
including rock crusher? and
trucks and a number of men em
ployed by the highway x:ommb-^
Sion.
This combination is working
very satisfactorily, Mr. Heffneir-
.‘3id. : . d i.i r ally getting resuitg^.,,
.'oughi ie.- a number of yei’.rs. A
more permanent type of road Im
provement Is the result, since the
highway commission has joined
forces with WPA andtnadc equip
ment available.
Heretofore, the principal criti
cism of WPA road work had beew
that the men had merely isiirred
up red clay for the rains tp make
soft, mainly because that organ
ization lacked, the equipment for
placing stone or gravel aurfaco
on the roads the men had g’-aded.
Stroud Chairman for County;
Is Hoped Msmy Schools
Will Participate In It
Christmas Seals
On Sale In City
10 cents the 100 pounds cheaper
than during 1937, while trucks
laving a gross 'weight of more
than 12,000 pounds will pay 10
cents more the 100 prunds.
The 1937 legislation pa.ssed
two laws that will affect motor
vehicle owners. After January 16
a penalty of $2 will be Imposed
on motor vehicle owners .who fail
ed to make application for trans
fer of registration and title with
in 15 days. Responsibility for the
transfer is placed upon the pur
chaser.
g25 Penalty ^
After January 1, a penatty'‘'hf
$25 will lie_ Imposed,on.any p«r-
sqn, firm or corporation engaged
In .the .business ot transporting
persons ox .property for cbmpe%-
saOon. ttBleee* proper Ucense fees
gresslve Biowit^to ^to, rAlpf^
cate by aaggfcting that wlntw
Tisitori: to onr area pause to
North Caroline wMlo gotog
and from tho north, while Kor^
Ida residents may seek the cw^er
motthtaitt air in Gerellwu In ton*.
North Carolina' may. point■’ tl»
way to Florida when her 8omni«
vlsltofs are ehjoytogjto “
mpota.
It in eedinated that
W. A. Stroud, Secretary-Treas
urer of the Wilkeeboro Bnildiog'
& Loan Association, has again
been appointed as chairman of
the Keesler Memorial Committee
for Wilkes county and he invites
high school principals and teach
ers to get in touch with him re
garding the new rules npr per
taining to this essay contest. The
rules have been changed consid
erably illBya last year and it is
felt that the contest offers to
high school students far more
attractive features for entering
the contest Uan it has heretofore.
J. B. Williams, Secretary-Treas
urer of the North Wilkesboro
Building ft Loan Association, has
been re-appointed presid.ent of
the Building ft Loan District and
he said that the district meeting
will take place sometime the lat
ter part, of March or early in
April itod he personally^ kopto
that every county in hla’district
will bare« perUcipant at the dis
trict meeting w ho will b»Y» ' »
-chance at a cash award of $30.00.
Has 27 Stodeatg^
Hi A. S. TV C PaB Totb
A-report ot the reglstriir,- j. If.
Downom, sold that Wilkes Jotna*
has 27 stttdenta in: thp regular
winter term ja* A*
iMrtr hring an itonnal roremm rf
rt$60 000,00® to' North ‘ ML
One of the state’s largest .vol
unteer armies since the days of
the world war went into action,
last Friday as the North Carolina
Anti-Tuberculosis Assoeiatten and
its affiliated groups in aib'”' see-
lions of the state launched the
annual Christmas Seal crus.ide.
The Wilkes eo’iuty chairman.
Mrs. Tip McNeill, with Mrs. Ivey
Moore and Mrs. t. E. Pearson, on
the committee, has mailed the
seals to all the teachers Ja the
county schools :is a preliminary
to the general sale which .begins
the first of the week. School
children will probably .be ar'aeA to-
assist in the sale later.'... Boy
Bcouta are carrying on tb.e. sale
in the Wllkeeboros.
Christmas seals play an imprft-
ant part iii the Organised erhsada
against tuberenioeis. 'Hie greatoF
part of all fluids dMireC':!ftd»
their sales is used in lodtT - -pro
jects of education and treatmaat
of patients 'wfao hare eontracM
the disease. The fact .'tbat th»
tnhercnlosis deato rate h^ bean
lowered fa the-past few yton to-
dicates clearly .thei toe
rf]|«atk>nalv^a rf
tdhto bat flia fact Norto
Ckirrftaa last' yay" ^satln
(worfred from Mtob aiK
pimak>«s4.tliejaeii^NMy foF,> con-
atadt T^ilafioe to
spread: ' .L., Pc
** CWsens i’’’o ' 'cd*
qcutld lind no toUqr 'way rf
vreting their money thf/A. in
The. total enroUment 4i porekase of .all the ssdia they
thsy can afford.
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