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Wa^Ufton, Mareli 1. — A
ffiO.eOO.OOO emArgency reU«i
iMP^ropiiatlon, ov«rwlielmingly ap-
pMTAd by Congrees, went to the
White HOnse today for quick sig
nature by President Roosevelt.
PAY ROLLS INCREASE
Raleigh, March 1.—Pal rolls of
529 North Carolina mannfactur-
ing Indnstiies increased 7.4 per
cent In February over January,
Labor Co'imlasloner A. L. Fletch
er reported today, and employ
ment Increased in each group ex
cept textiles.
»8RSHING BETTER
Tncson, Ariz., March 1.—The
recovwry of Gen. John J. Persh
ing from a grave Illness depends
on the ability of a weak and
badly damag^ heart to keep
pomping large amounts of fluid
bis physicians said today. “If the
heart is able to do this, the gen
eral can get well,” said Dr. Ro
land Davidson in an official bul
letin, in which Lieut. Col. S. U.
Marietta, army consultant, con
curred.
WOOING DEMOCRATS
Chicago, March 1.—The Re-
Im publican program committee to-
11| A day moved to obtain the support
of dissatisfied Democrats. Mem
bers of the group assigned to pre
pare a statement of policy on cur
rent affairs adopted a resolution
C? inItrucTIng' the committee to keep
In mind: “The deeirablllty of a
field of common thought on
which all elements In agreement
with the political and economic
, principles that we consider vital
to the ‘defense and development
-of America’s free instltntions may
; unite.’’
^YRD HITS BILL
•y,Washington, March 1—The ad
ministration’s government reor
ganization (bill would hand over
to the President vital policy-mak
ing powers now lodged in Con
gress, Senator Byrd. Democrat,
Virginia, said today. Byrd, begin
ning a floor fight against the
measure, cited provisions permit
ting the chief executive to reduce,
merge, reorganize or transfer
government agencies. He told
the senile that the president
^boUsh functions of
• government which have been
fixed by Congress.’’
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Scenic foulevard
Named b Honor
Of R.L Donghton;
By Congress Act
RepresentnUvw Rich, Penn'
sylvania Republican, Re
sponsible For Name
SURPRISES HOUSES
Name DoufhtMi-Blue Ridge
Parkway In Honor Vet
eran In House
SAFETY WEEK
Ral6ig.h, March 1.—Governor
Hoey today designated the week
beginning March 6 as “safety
week In North Carolina.” assert
ing that the “slaughter on the
highways must cease.” The big
drop in automobile fatalities for
anuary gives great encourage-
at to state, county and city au-
iorltles moving to lessen the
highway killings. These lives
were saved during a month in
which the maximum of machines
were running and in weather
adapted to speeding.,The authori
ties believe that with a steady
campaign for safety additional
liyes and accidents may be saved.
ENGINEER PULLED
Miami. Fla., March 1.—A rail
road engineer was arrested here
today and charged with driving
his train through the city at an
excessive speed. Capt. Fred J.
Manning, of the police depart
ment’s traffic squad, said he
paced the Florida East Coast
l^ailway train and upon its ar-
rival at the downtown passenger
terminal arrested Ix>n Hardee.
58, veteran engineer. Manning
said Hardee’s speed averaged 61
miles an hour. The arrest was
made under a 20-year-old law
limiting trains to 20 miles an
hour within the city limits.
First Checks For
1937 Soil Program
^\[^rnve In Wilkes
:Ffvmers Beingr Notified As
Check* Arrive at Office
of County Agent
Son- coaaervatlon checks lu
”^yment for compliance with pro
vision of the government sponsor-
«d soil program in Wilkes In
1937 are beginning to arrive at
-the office of Dan Holler, county
The checks received to da»e
total $«il24, Mr. Holler said, but
checks received represent
a small per cent of the io-
Bumbef due farmers of the
kty and the others are expect-
Holler pointed out that
B "person for whom a check is
—Bi* wni be notified by mall when
fth# €(heek arrives and that It will
be ueless for any person to call
« chMk until he has received
^^«tfl!ee by nail.
"Jthe Aecke are made out In
^ Bgton, D.‘ a
Judge Hayes Rules That In
surance Firm Not Liable
For Damages in Suit
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, hold
ing a special session of federal
court in Wilkesboro Wednesday
tor the purpose of working out
settlements with owners of the
lands embraced In the Bluff Park
area iu Wilkes and Alleghany
counties, ruled that the Ocean
■Occident and Guarantee Insur
ance Corporation was not bound
Myers to recover his damagee.
Trlvette and Holshouser, coun
sel for Myers, gave notice of ap
peal to the circuit court of ap
peals.
Lineman T£dces
2,300 Volts But
Is Badly Burned
M.“ lT Ladd, a resident of
Charlotte, was painfully burn
ed Wednesday afternoon while
rhjmging an Insulator on a
Duke Power line In the Hays
oonun unity.
Witnesses to the accident
said that Ladd’s foot slipped
»r>fl be was for an instant ii^
contact with the line, whttfc
carries 2,800 volts. A work
man on a nearby pole saw the
accident and vigorously ahootL
the line, causing contact with
Ladd’s body to be broken.
He f^ aad was immediate
ly Iwought to the hospital
here. One foot and leg was
badly .bomed.
To Direct Play
Washington, March 2.—The
House of Repressntatives today
paid an unusual tribute to Repre
sentative Robert L. Doughton attractive young lady pic-
when it re-named the Blue Ridge jg M,gg Christine
Parkway in hl8 honor. Howe, who has arrived in North
Under an amendment intro- -^jj^egboro to direct presentation
duced by Representative Robert “Coast To Coast,’’ a comedy-
P. Rich (R), Pennsylvania, to
the Interior Department bill and
unanimously adopted, the scenic
highway connecting the Great
Smoky Mountains and Shenan
doah National Parks will be
known as the “Doughton-Blue
Ridge Parkway.’’
This action was taken just be
fore the House approved an ap
propriation of approximately $2,-
500,000 tol contln.:.e construction
of the parkway—18 additional
miles in North Carolina and 18
in Virginia—during the next fis
cal year. The House also adopted
the appropriation of $86,350
contained in the bill for adminis
tration, protection and mainten
ance of the Great Smoky Moun
tains Park.
House Is Surprised
Representative Doughton, to-
(Continued on page eight)
Myers Loses Suit
Against Insurance
Fim Wadnesday
drama, sponsored by the North
Wilkesboro fire department.
Firemen Here
To Present Play
March 11 and 12
“Coast to Coast” Is Title of
Thrilling Comedy-Drama
To Be Given Here
Miss Christine Howe, director
of “Coast to Coast” which is to
be sponsored by the North Wil
kesboro Fire Department, arrived
Tuesday. “Coast to Coast,’’ the
thrilling comedy-drama, using lo
cal talent as members of its cast,
is to be presented at the school,
Friday and Saturday, March 11th
and 12th. Miss Howe has had
special training for this type of
work at the Horner Institute of
Kansas City, Missouri. This excit
ing drama of the networks will
Includo^a cast of approximately
tiny 'pBu'l/m.
singing popular songs.
have been imported from the sur
rounding country to entertain
with a dance that is rustic and,
at the same time, full of life and
pep.
Another outstanding chorus, is
the "Swing Chorus.” “Swing Mr.
Palmer,” is their tune, and the
Womai^^roic
li) DesoH)^
Besides the play proper, there
are some exceedingly clever danc- i —o -
es. The choruses contain a group three months of age, beloved pets
... X ..
How Mrs. John Baker traveled ;
on skis over five miles of rugged
Rocky Mountain country to get )
help when a mine explosion kill
ed her husband and son and three
other miners reads like the wlld^
est of fiction.
The-tragedy occured at 4:30 p.
m. on February 11 at a coal mine
high up In the Teton range near
the Wyoming-Idaho state line.
Mr. and Mrs. John Baker and son,
Bill, and Denver Holbrook, all of
Wilkes, Henry Ashe, of West Vir
ginia, and Rularid Ivy, of Wyom
ing, were doing development
work In a coal mine. Mrs. Baker
was doing the cooking and house
work for the workmen.
Travel is recognized as a prac
tical Impossibility in the Tetons
In the Winter time and on De
cember 16 the mining party
stocked up on supplies and set
tled down for the long winter
when they would be cut off from
the world.
Mrs. Baker was in the camp
shack at work when the explosion
occured and she ran toward the
mouth of the mine. On the way
she found Henry Ashe, who was
thrown about 300 feet from the
mouth of the mine by the explos
ion hut was still alive. She picked
him up, carried him into the
house and placed him on the bed.
Though dying from Internal In
juries and from a broken leg
with the splintered bone protrud
ing through the flesh, he told her
that the others were in the mine
and probably trapped and alive.
He told her to get his skis and
Instructed her as to how to put
them on.
Skis are as difficult to manage
as roller skates are to the begin
ner but she Immediately began
the five mile trudge to a ranch
owned by Sam and Rex Young.
The normal death of
ySg-fed >ftt manY ■ drifts
had reached a depth of 20 feet.
Two sheep dog pops only
of girls In snapipy costumes and among the mine crew, falthluiiy
• ’ followed Mrs. Baker, who read-
i-'Wi'uazai ovu^o. lOliUWeU liAto* x^*-**^—»
One of the outstanding groups jjy gives them credit for saving
i 8 the “Farmerette Chorus.” ^er from a lonely death In the
These girls, according to reports, gnow
in the sura of $10,000 as a result sing and dance a routine that
would be a credit to any profes
sional show.
“Sing, It’s Good For You,”
of a judgment obtained by I. M.
Mj-ers, Wilkes county coroner, in
Ohio.
Myers, in company with his says the opening chorus, and
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and they really mean it, with their
Mrs. Walter Myers, were on their attractive costumes and the pep-
way homo from Florida when py song.
their car was struck by a car There are more dances and
owned by the Bronard Cab Com- snappy costumes and several spe-
pany, of Akron, Ohio. Myers was cialties. 'The costumes are all
badiv injured, as well as Mrs. lovely. The songs are especially
Jlyers, and their car practically for “Coast to Coast.” Everything
demolished.
about the show is new and dif
ferent. Don’t miss it.
Suit against the Bronard Cab
Company was brought at Akron,
and judgment rendered in favor
of Myers in the sum of $7,500.
This was upheld by the appellate
court of that state.
Tlie insurance company then
brought suit in Judge Hayes’
court to declare the policy not in
force at the time of the accident
which took place near Waycrose to be sponsored
on January 6, 1935. Judge Hayes the Woman’s Bible class of
upheld the Insurance company’s Wilkesboro Methodist
contention, voiding the right of (.j^u^ch Saturday at Spainhour-
ATvyAro ir\ rAPAVAr hlfl liamRSTAA. « « . iii .1
Darkness fell before Mrs.- Bak
er had covered one third of the
distance over the treacherous
trail. The night was bitter cold.
1 She fell many times in the
snow and long before she reached
the ranch she was suffering ter
ribly from bruises and the skis
had inflicted painful Injuries on
her legs.
Mrs. Baker said she grew very
weak as she neared her destina
tion and three times when she
fell tte young dogs nestled close,
licked her face and hands and
tugged at her clothing until she
wou^ld revive from her dazed con
dition) and make another valiant
effort to reach the outside world
and help for her husband, son
and associates whom she thought
(Continued on page eight)
Traffic Court Will Be Held Each
Monday Night, 7:30, In This City
Food Sale Saturday
Sydnor’s Store will begin at
10:30 in the morning. A variety
of cakes and other foods will be
on sale and If anyone desires a
special order they may call Mrs.
M. Brame, president of the
class.
Champion School
Asks WA Project
It was learned here this week
from T. D. Heffner, area super
visor for WPA, that projects have
been sent to Washington for ap
proval on construction of a new
school building at Champion.
It is proposed also that mater
ials reclaimed through salvage
from 17 abandoned small school
buildings In the county be utlllz--
ed In construction of the build
ing, this mararlal to count as a
part of the sfConsor’s contribution.
Mr. Heffner’s 60-day’vacation
began March first. In bis ab
sence Mr. C. M. Crutchfield will
to' acting supervisor, with Mr.
jlPaueette as construction engineer.
Police Chief J. E. Walker.
Mayor R. T. McNlel will pre- back asphalt.
turn them in wm oe lei on wivn u. a. anu ,
a dollar fine for the first often^ of'.Somers township, _ Tues-
If they do not appear on the first day aftwmoon, three ^d^k-
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New Schedule To
>OffwSd»taiitial
Savn^toPatrons
March 1 Radvctioii One of
Many By Company In
the Past F«w Years
Raleigh, March 1.—The utili
ties commission announced to
night a new rate scbednle for the
Duke Power company, which will
save consumers in North Caro
lina and South Carolina more
than $1,000,000 annually, offici
als estimated.
' Utilities Commissioner Stanley
Winborne sold North Carolina
consumers would receive a n
$833,01)0 annual reduction under
193ir Charges, and that South
— , Carolins’s annual saving would
neral was held Sunday In Wllkw- $303,000.
ITa. «raa fiA vAO />f ACTA fttid . s
i n i
Frank D. Hackett, whose fu-
bofo. He was 80 years of age and
since 1804 had practiced law in'
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the WilkeaboroB. (Photo courtesy effective on all meter readings
Winston-Salem Journal). March 1.
Conference Is H^d
The rates were agreed upon
late today at a conference be
tween Winborne and Norman
Cox, vice president and general
counsel for the Duke Power com
pany.
“We are expecting to make
other reductions within the next
few weeks,’’ Winborne said.
Under the new schedule, he
said, commercial customers of
the Duke Power company will re
ceive the largest reduction.
Winborne said the Duke Power
company had made large reduc
tions each year since 1932, with
two reductions during 1936. Last
November, he said, the company
would not discuss another cut
because of an unexpected drop in
consumption.
and
Home Agent Win
Organize Clubs
In This County
One Club Formed at Boom
er; Other Orgiuiizations
Slated Neat Week
Three meetings will be held in
Wilkes county next week for the
purpose of organizing home dem
onstration clubs. Miss Harriet
MoGoogan, home demonstration
agent, said today.
A meeting was held recently at
Boomer, at which time a club
was organized witb' lt»4$|fllBtlftra
and the ladies of the community
entered into the work with an-
thusiasm.
The meetings announced by
Miss McGoogan follow: Ronda
school, Tuesday, Maroh 8; Moun
tain View teacherage, Wednes
day, March 9; Ferguson school
Thursday, March 10. The meet
ings will be held at two o’clock
In the afternoon.
The major project this year.
Miss McGoogan said, will be
“Home Improvement” with em
phasis on kltchlns and kltchln ar
rangement. 'There will also be
discussions of gardening and
preparations for canning, she
said.
Bids Are Asked
For Surfacmg
Scenic Highway
The United States bureau of
public roads last Saturday re
ceived bids for the surfacing of
the Blue Ridge Parkway in Alle
ghany, Wilkes, Ashe and Watau
ga counties until March 17.
Bids have already been receiv
ed on the Laurel Springs overpass
and Glendale Springs bridge, al-
Persons Receiving Tickets so projects on the Parkway. Con-
Must Appear at Traffic
Court Monday Night
be let
59 zniiee 01 ine ivuvo, «*»*%* consumers indH tu uuc *
The first session of an exclus- require approximately 806,- consumers,” Winborne said.
LVA fpoffiA AAiirt frvr North W11- caa vorfia nf condttioninFC ^'HoweveFf previous reductions
I no aasow W. —— wm v
Ive traffic court for North Wll- spp square yards of conditioning
kesboro will be held at the city ^oad surface; 269,000 gallons of
hall on Monday night, March 7, refined tar; 27,300 tons of
It was announced here today by crushed stone and chips;
439,000 of refined tar or
side every Monday night and The bids must he sent to the
traffic law violations will be the bureau of public roads, 1725 F.
only business before the Monday street, N. W., 'Wasblngtop, D. C.
night sessions. The city court as gug may be obtained and plans
usual will convene at nine o’- and specifications seen at the
clock each Monday morning for jice of the bureau of roads
trial of cases other than traffic Roanoke, Va.
law violations.
Chief Walker said that all traf
fic and parking tickets are re
turnable before the Mayor In Uie
Monday night court and those
who have parking tickets' and
turn them in will be let off with
Monday night after thfr"9ftetow { A m.^tor of - ^
warrants win ibe Issued aad’*00*0 family,' he Is snrvfMd. .W
will be added to the fine, . father end mother
Offenses to get attetttlon> In lowing; brothers and nmw;
the traffic conrt will indude Franeea;‘R®'>y> **ale, Sadie, Clyde
parking over the UmU .ofI tiae, and Colvin Hollemon. ^
double parking, parklnif'^lii al- iTnneral service
leys, pariElng 1>y hydrants, .fiwor-
root parking, running
Ur otteaw. .. ^
^-'The- schedule, which is the
same for both states, will become
the commissioner added.
New Domestic Rates
tracts are expected to
soon.
The surfacing proJectj Includes —
59 miles of the scenic route, and consumers than to the residential
> OAfi _ .. .r,r._V ...
80 cents for the first 10, five
cents for the next 20, 3.5 for the
second 20 and 2.5 cents for over
60.
The new commercial rate is 80
cents for the first 10, four cents
for the next 90. 3.5 cents for the
next 300, 2.5 cents for the next
1,600, 1.7 cents for the next 8,-
000 and 1.25 for the next 10,-
000. The old rate was 80 cents
for the first 10, 4.5 cents for the
next 90, four cents for the next
400, three cents for the next 500,
2.6 cents for the next 1,000 and
1.9 cents for excess.
Savings Analyzeil
Based on 1937 consumption,
the new rates will save Nortii
Carolina residential consumers
$223,000 annually. Commercial
consumers in the state v/ill be
saved $255,000. Large power us
ers, such as textile and grain
mills, will have reductions of
$225,000, and municipalities pur
chasing power at wholesale will
be saved approximately $46,000.
“This reduction, like the last
two reductions made by the Duke
company, is slightly more ad
vantageous 10 the commercial
mrnmmmm
DoBlnfifiS dttgjag'-.dvtuary
February of this year, “steadied, ra-r,,
In spite of the closing of mills,” Rtver; W. J. Woodruff, Rock
■ 4 J .M .4 Wn W.1 W 4.0.
Of
ilkei
Court W3 Bli^
Monday, lfeldi^7
Judge J. Will nm, of M*.
rion, Will Preside Over
Two-Weelgs’^
FOR CRIMINAL CASES
Over 200
For Trial} FjOto?.)?*!liioAl|to
Are :
Over 200 casi^are' cgftjtdapod-
for the March term of W^Hmso-
perior court which will open on
Monday, March 7, in WUkss^ro.
Judge J. Will Pless, of Marlon,
whose courts are in the 17th Ju
dicial district during the first six
months of 1938, will preside. So
licitor John R. Jones will prose
cute the docket.
While more than 200 cases
pending would ordinarily indi
cate a congested docket, it Is In
teresting to note that very few
felonies are charged and that the
docket consists mainly of alleged
misdemeanors and appeals from
rulings of magistrates in minor
cases.
A grand jury will he drawn
from the Jurors for the first
week. The first week jurors are
as follows:
C. G. Bumgarner, Wilkesboro;
W. A. Ellis, Wilkesboro; G. B.
Dearman, North Wilkesboro;
Grover C. Whittington, Reddles
River; W. S. Miller, Wilkesboro;
A. B. McNeill. North Wilkesboro;
R. C. Wyatt, Union: JohnLaw
rence, Newcastle; Isaac Roten,
Reddies River; John C. Prevstte,
Lovelace; Lester Carroll, Jobs
Cabin; B. M. Pardue, Moravian
Falls; J. G. Adams, New Castle;
Ernest Poplin, Edwards; J. R.
Walker, Walnut Grove; H. M.
Phillips, Wilkesboro; Carlos Pre-
vette, Somers; Allie McGlamery,
Reddies River; A. A. Finley,
North Wilkesboro; Square WUss,
Rock Creek; Robert L. Faw, Red-
Creek; Roby F. Johnson, North
— Wilkesboro; E. S. Tugman,
The new residential rate Is 80 North Wilkesboro; H. G. Green,
SU-. tft4i/.f 1A VIl/MrAff 11....a.« VT J
cents for the first 10 kilowatt Mew Castle; Charles Howard,
hours a month, four cents for the North Wilkesboro; W. C. Shu-
next 40 kwh. 2.5 cents between maker. Elk; Natt Prevette,
50 and 130 kwh and two cents Union; John Adams, Waljmt
for over 130. The old rate was Grove; J. W. Snyder, North SW-
a- #^4. 4U«. ‘fli.ef 1A flvii t i T TT-. I .. J
were far more advantageous
(Continued on page eight)
to
Was Bad Week
F($r Moonshmers
{q Four- Stills, Much Beer and
Over 100 Gallons Liquor
- --T. . ‘i.. ..Taken In Rsuda
Paul Hollanu^.,
I naf RiIaa TFodaV^ During the past week Sheriff
^ ^ Doughton, deputies and fed-
. — .. Vi ftf orai offlcera have destroyed eev-
D.rVdLUl'f.ltoSi
I . The “OBt successfnl nl\ oc-
' known cured Friday' irheh the iherlff
‘' hte deetroyed four large stills In the
Windy Gap community. Beer ^
stroyad totaled over 2,000
lons.-.- ''
y Prior to the raids Friday Sher
iff Donj^UA and Deputy Manhri
.W, A Joaea looated .ovw 100 gal-
uUakey in harrels and
jan. The tlquor
kesboro; J. Halgwood Estep,
Brushy Mountain; Q. R. Jarris,
Somers; Paul Cashion. North
Wilkesboro; L. C. Horton, North
Wilkesboro: John V. Foster,
North Wilkesboro; D. C. Sebas
tian, Mulberry,
Marcus Steelman
Is Boxing Champ
Local Youth Brings Home
Trophy From Golden
Gloves Tournament
Marcus Steelman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. G. Steelman, battled
his way through the finals in the
Golden Glove boxing tournament
in Greensboro Monday night and
won the gold trophy offered the
winner in the 147-pound novice
class.
In the final match in his
weight class he won a decision
over Marvin Pruett, of Lumber-
ton.
Steelman is a senior in the
North Wilkesboro high school.
Bill Irvin, another North Wfl-
keaboro youth, reached the fin
als in the 175-pound open class
but lost a decision to Jlm Mc
Donald, of Guilford Cotlejje, 'al
though Irvin made a brilliant last
round come-back.
Annual Inspection
Of Guard Monday
Will Be Held at the Armory
Hall on Monday Ni^t}
Public Is Invited
The annual Inspectloa'Of Com
pany A, 105th Engineers, nation
al guard, will he held at the
Armory hall on Monday night,
Marob 7, 7:80, R was annouueed
today by Gafitoiii K. R. Rrino.
The ^lic k thvlted. ’ ‘
Major headtog, ottl-
i»rht)mt)(|ftlriOE^J0qiV^!lMooR-
dprt, tbo. ,
ioOlude^ fiuti» tod ' 0ri
Other
to-ijtaantrt>»lhi^n$r OoL. ^
nev a Windy Gap hvma oC Cba»lotU.f^r
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